REMEMBER WHEN....

--affordable housing - was a place you could afford

--rent control - was keeping enough money in a bureau drawer to pay it

--work – was considered an ethic

--change - was what you told kids to keep

--teachers – taught

--thinking – wasn’t critical

--geometry students – still had to prove the Pythagorean theorem

--an apple a day kept the doctor away – without a mandate

--questioning authority – was a good thing

--“that is a very good question” – meant you didn’t know the answer

--liar’s poker – was a kid’s game – not a political party plank

--pronouns – were parts of speech

--flatulence – referred to the expulsion of noxious gases from either end

--dogs – were pets – not furry babies

--cats – were….well they’ve always been cats and anyone who thinks differently

                            has never (thought they) owned one

John G. Lawless

11/16/2021