welcome to the 21st century
The other day I took a short trip into town to buy some things....some of those things were not things I would typically buy on a daily or weekly basis....such as clothes and a hunting rifle.The whole of this story really does not mean much, if a person made a ton of stops. But, I only made a limited amount of stops and the frequency of interesting events is what makes the overall experience, interesting.
I made a total of 5 stops.
2 stops went fine....even though one of the two stops didn't have a whole lot of clothes that I liked...but that is okay, I am somewhat fussy.
But the other 3 stops were interesting....making it from a mathematical stand point, 60% of my stops were unique to what I had expected.
The first of those three was at a sporting goods store. I decided I wanted to buy a new hunting rifle that day. Honestly, I had expected not to find any guns whatsoever...but, I found the opposite. Well, I guess technically my expectations were met because there were no hunting rifles....however, what surprised me is that their gun cabinets were loaded with assault style weapons. I thought to myself, if somebody wanted to prepare for WWIII, here they go. The store was loaded with those.
Odd I thought, why is it they are trying to remove those style guns from the public....but yet you could buy a truck load of them if you wanted....and the hunting rifles that are deemed okay, by many, not available. 
The next unusual thing that I encountered was at Walmart. I think I had three items, so I went through the self checkout. I am trying to stick my $100 bill into their machine but it would not take it. I tried a couple more times until the store clerk came up and said that it does not accept cash.
Huh?
Is not cash king?On my way out of town, we decided to bypass the Chinese restaurant and get some fast food. The place was Hardees. They have great chicken sandwiches there. Well, I should say.....they used to. I ordered my hand breaded chicken sandwich and I found it very difficult to find the chicken within it. I am not exaggerating here....the chicken in the bun was about 1/3rd the size of the bun. It is a good thing that bread is filling....otherwise I would have went hungry after eating.
So there you have it....my 21st century trip into town.
happy weekend all
Comments (43)
You brought me to 21st century road trip I guess
We need more of those.
If it was Norway there would be no gun stores, but if you're looking
for a hunting rifle you can find one in a designated department of
an ordinary sport equipment shop.
Assault rifles are not for sale here, and a pistol store I never seen either.
About cash, there must be one in the register to use it
but 98.7% of all purchases are done with what you guys call plastic.
About the sandwich, 1/3 chicken make up the sandwich?
That here would be considered plenty.
1/10th here, the rest would be loaf, salad, majo etc.
And this concept also applies to different ares of life as a journey. Some hard paths will lead to the best destinations eventually, literally and figuratively. Just have faith and follow on
That makes sense about some hard paths to take leading to some of the best destinations.
Have you taken any hard paths?
I am trying to think if I had.....I can think of one that if taken....may lead to a great destination. Now it is the time to assess what makes it so hard...and why it has not been taken yet.
Thank you for the compliment on my blog topic/content.
You make me feel bad for mentioning anything here....given your circumstances.
I just heard on world news tonight that China is getting ready to nuke us. Buy extra ammo.
When a business is producing something...
and that something is selling off of the shelves....
typically, that business will ramp up production to meet demand.
I don't know.....but something does not seem to add up to me here.
At a young age or maybe qualified age that time when I had my first travel overseas well that didn't stop me from traveling places to another country. In every stop over I had great experience, good people, nice places with their cultures which made me realized wow it's not just 21st century indeed
And that journey continues where I'll be someday somehow
What is the significance of that you may wonder?
Well, what countries own these beer companies? I really do not know the answer to that question...but...
Is it fair to say that other companies may not be owned by American companies....and there is a deliberate shortage for some agenda to be reached?
I don't know that either...but maybe food for thought.
1) We continue to fight each other
2) The population remains out of control
3) There is no universally concerted, Global Effort, to combat Environmental Degradation, and Climate Change
4) The treatment of animals (overall) remains subpar
Don't know that either.
Maybe they should rule more responsibly...............
True to all you say.
You know, I just read an article about 10 minutes ago where bigger political figures are admitting that they UFOs that have been caught on camera appear to be technology that nobody has on this planet...and they say it might be another life form.
If true....
That might be...and in my opinion....should be....something for us as a human species on this planet to pull together for. So far, there has been nothing bigger than ourselves to be concerned about.....other than ourselves and our own petty greeds. If there is something out there and more powerful than us....that is something we as a human species should genuinely be concerned about...instead of who has more oil and who is benefiting more.....blah, blah, blah...
Aerophobia. Fear of getting on a plane can be a heritage from childhood or it can emerge from adulthood as a result of various triggering factors.... Try you'll never know
you’ll overcome that fear
But, I do have a desire to go and see new places...so I think in time, my desire will overcome my fear. I understand better, thanks to you.
your positive response made it possible to get through it
See you next flight then
I must admit, I am a hunter....but...to this day, I have not killed one yet.
Anyone
Thank you Ysa....I will remember that. :)