the newspapers keep walking away!
here at the Oaks, in the library, there is a table where there are three newspapers for us all to read. the Oaks subscribes.
I try to read at least one of them every day after supper.
I have been here now about three years, about a year ago, someone or someones took one of these papers long before the day was over, took it to their apartment or room. the librarian placed a sign on the table, "please do not remove these papers, they ar...e libary copies". to no avail. they once pasted *on* the papers a note saying the same thing. someone ripped off the note and took the paper and the crumpled note seemed to infer, "HA...this paper is MINE, i worked hard all of my life and now that i am retired, it is due for me! GOTTYA"!
here at the Oaks, in the library, there is a table where there are three newspapers for us all to read. the Oaks subscribes.
I try to read at least one of them every day after supper.
I have been here now about three years, about a year ago, someone or someones took one of these papers long before the day was over, took it to their apartment or room. the librarian placed a sign on the table, "please do not remove these papers, they ar...e libary copies". to no avail. they once pasted *on* the papers a note saying the same thing. someone ripped off the note and took the paper and the crumpled note seemed to infer, "HA...this paper is MINE, i worked hard all of my life and now that i am retired, it is due for me! GOTTYA"!
they tell me that no one has taken papers for years.
I can see now why they take them!
---a few years ago the retirees hailed from the period of the great depression and the War. people took care more of each other and looked out for other people. church socials and cafeterias and boy scouts and mom stayed home to raise the kids.
the baby boomers begin in 1947. thus now the New Generation has begun to arrive here at the Oaks. the "me" generation! it is all about me. self actualization. the handicapped has better access, the battered wife can leave, the small towns empty as anyone who can Dream can Leave.
no more cafeterias, the churches are dying and the people who dream often end up being one of the top 5% as they made a good life with their dream$.
so.
some of these people consider anything that they touch to be theirs. thus the loss of papers.
its getting worse now. rare is the day that all of the papers are there. yesterday, sunday, only two sections of the sunday Times was left. i expect that my paper reading days are nearly over!
I can see now why they take them!
---a few years ago the retirees hailed from the period of the great depression and the War. people took care more of each other and looked out for other people. church socials and cafeterias and boy scouts and mom stayed home to raise the kids.
the baby boomers begin in 1947. thus now the New Generation has begun to arrive here at the Oaks. the "me" generation! it is all about me. self actualization. the handicapped has better access, the battered wife can leave, the small towns empty as anyone who can Dream can Leave.
no more cafeterias, the churches are dying and the people who dream often end up being one of the top 5% as they made a good life with their dream$.
so.
some of these people consider anything that they touch to be theirs. thus the loss of papers.
its getting worse now. rare is the day that all of the papers are there. yesterday, sunday, only two sections of the sunday Times was left. i expect that my paper reading days are nearly over!
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