tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post1292844532470674696..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #11068Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-32744931575537970072011-03-10T22:22:20.899-06:002011-03-10T22:22:20.899-06:00RBM: Never to late. Actually, my childhood was i...RBM: Never to late. Actually, my childhood was in color and wasn't bad at all. It was only when I left home and the hills that I discovered I'd been, we'd been, poor all those years. I wouldn't now go back and trade it and back then I didn't know there was anything better to trade it for.<br /><br />And I treasure the inheritance my father was proud to leave me: The ability, and the need, to work hard. It stood me in good stead; still does.<br /><br />But I do agree with you - Paul Simon was right about Kodachrome.<br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-47224301301355882202011-03-10T20:57:49.416-06:002011-03-10T20:57:49.416-06:00CK:
Hope you read this as it is a late post.
T...CK: <br />Hope you read this as it is a late post. <br /><br />Truth be told, your brand of suffering ain't no better than mine. We can compare notes someday.<br /><br />Glad we both got out of it!<br /><br />My point was more of how pictures shot in BW make the situation, in my perception (as I now know), grimmer than those shot in color. <br /><br />I'm always amazed when I see pictures of the depression (and earlier) in color. The people had clothes of many colors and types and expressed their individuality through those colors. The BW pictures make all the people seem the same and drab. It let's me know that even in desperate times, people are individuals. <br /><br />RBMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-62993007960131269132011-03-09T14:11:20.707-06:002011-03-09T14:11:20.707-06:00Wait a minute, do you mean that those men, women a...Wait a minute, do you mean that those men, women and children laboring in god-awful conditions would be less heartbreaking if they were in color? Music in the background? <br /><br />Perhaps they remind you of depression era pictures not because they are black and white, but because of the subject matter.<br /><br />My family lived through the Depression - in living color, and because it was Appalachia, I got to grow up through the same conditions - in living color. The color didn't make it better.<br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-47304219367104479702011-03-09T13:47:46.562-06:002011-03-09T13:47:46.562-06:00RE: Photos of the Future:
It's funny how pic...RE: Photos of the Future: <br /><br />It's funny how pictures presented in Black and White make things seem grimier and more depressing. Kind of like Great Depression pictures. I've seen color pictures of the Great Depression and it didn't seem as "depressing. <br /><br />RBMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-34096648331601055132011-03-09T09:51:44.858-06:002011-03-09T09:51:44.858-06:00Good going. You may take note of the Kaupthing ar...Good going. You may take note of the Kaupthing arrests in London and Iceland today. This has very big implications. Yet people seemed surprised. See my post of today 9th "Arresting News" for why I am not surprised! Best.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-47475428252101793262011-03-09T09:27:37.784-06:002011-03-09T09:27:37.784-06:00Thanks for the reply CKM. Much appreciated...darw...Thanks for the reply CKM. Much appreciated...darwin1858Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-35645676665248184842011-03-09T09:25:19.034-06:002011-03-09T09:25:19.034-06:00How intrusively personal! Yes, knowing what I knew...How intrusively personal! Yes, knowing what I knew then (1970s), when my son was 5, I became aware of the problems and pressures our exploding population was and would cause. My wife and I decided that one child was all any couple should have. So I had a vasectomy. That was over 35 years ago, and I have not ever regretted the choice. <br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-91227340408510334872011-03-09T08:40:03.088-06:002011-03-09T08:40:03.088-06:00Hey CK. Love the blog, read it everyday (except S...Hey CK. Love the blog, read it everyday (except Sundays of course - how dare you take a day off!!). Anyway, was wondering what your take is on having children and the future.Would you have children today knowing what you know now? Or would it not influence your decision at all. Thanks...darwin1858Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com