ErnieW
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I want to backpack
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Post by ErnieW on Sept 12, 2019 11:43:34 GMT -8
I think that is the motto for the current and future generations. Current yes but future will have implants. Retina display will have a different meaning in the future.
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Post by autumnmist on Sept 12, 2019 13:23:51 GMT -8
ErnieW , the thought of an RFID chip installed in a body gives me the chills. I could never be comfortable that privileged data couldn't or wouldn't be compromised, or that the chips might contain bacteria or germs or something that could induce a medical issue if not a crisis. Would YOU ever allow yourself to be chipped? If it ever comes to mandatory chipping, I think the legal ramifications and suits could fill the courts for years. Maybe it's time to find an island somewhere far away, where people just live to enjoy life and don't have to be connected to anything by metal in their bodies.
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Post by bradmacmt on Sept 12, 2019 15:12:56 GMT -8
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Westy
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Post by Westy on Sept 12, 2019 15:22:22 GMT -8
7- 8 days in the La Garita Wilderness in southern Colo. Good Luck and Safe Travels RD!
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ErnieW
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Post by ErnieW on Sept 12, 2019 18:25:31 GMT -8
Would YOU ever allow yourself to be chipped? Maybe. I think people older than me would tend to say no and younger would tend say yes if there was a good reason to. So to bring this back to the OP maybe you're old if you wouldn't be implanted. P.S. The chips are sterile and injected that way.
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leafwalker
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peace on earth and good will toward all - om shanti
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Post by leafwalker on Sept 21, 2019 12:27:43 GMT -8
Nice you found what you wanted. We never gave in with the kids. They only knew tent. Beginning at age two. They did not know crowded campgrounds either. That is the way it went. Today, my wife nd I at age 65 and 70 only tent camp. Some of those nights get real chilly (lowest was about 24 F), some times it is wet, but we have not given in. Our way to connect and be at one. Our way.
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sarbar
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Post by sarbar on Sept 25, 2019 13:40:15 GMT -8
After the last kid, my nerves say no. I can't and don't want to anymore. That kid screwed up my sciatic. Maybe I ran out of needing to prove to myself and became a fan of the easy life ;-)
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gabby
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Post by gabby on Sept 25, 2019 14:38:36 GMT -8
I think everyone should - and absolutely needs to - make their own choices.
From what I know about "old age" so far, you can never ever be sure when some aspect will raise its ugly head and knock you flat.
For instance: I recall a day when I casually went running only a few years ago, like I have done since I was in my 30s, and ended up completely disabled after only a couple of miles. I felt unable to walk - though I did manage to get home - and I had severe nausea. Turns out that 60-somethings shouldn't go running on an empty stomach. Who knew?
You just gotta do what you gotta do. No one else can make that decision for you.
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Post by bradmacmt on Sept 25, 2019 14:58:06 GMT -8
I guarantee I'm older, and while my kids are grown and I don't have a camper (and likely never will), I'm far less adamant about what I "will" and "won't" do than when My kids were smaller. So, long way of saying, "good for you!" Getting out with your kids is about them, not you (me).
Making memories is more important than some puritanical standard...
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