All of these posts have gotten me to thinking. Common sense isn't so common any more. It is too many times seen as something extraordinary, because it is seen as revolutionary or innovative thinking. Technology is great, but it's true...most of us are too dependent on it and have lost some skills that used to be basic. I am guilty of it as much as anyone. I've had our A/C cranked every day of this hot and humid weather in my part of the country. Saying a prayer of thanks every time it clicks on. Could I go out and kill an animal, and prepare it to feed my family? No way...no clue. Because I choose to prepare myself and my equipment to the best of my ability, I'm better off than most people in this country, who choose to depend enitirely on modern technology and take little or no responsibility for their own well being. In an episode of Star Trek TNG, the medical equipment wasn't working and all the doctors and nurses threw up their hands. Crusher wisely knew how to immoblize a broken leg with a splint...but she was the only one.

There was a story game several years ago called "Soft Kill". The plot was that the Japanese figured out a way to wipe out the US computer network...everything in the country. Power plants, sewage treatment, banks, everything was crippled.

Maybe ironraven is right...a few riding lessons might not be such a bad idea.

And let's all hope that none of us have to come up with two plans of how we're going to survive a political situation.

Time to study some old school?