9 things that will disappear ... Thanks Lyle!

Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 4:14 AM This, once again, is Food for thought. In the last few years our world as we use to know it is disappearing. What is happening to our once great country??? The elderly are being treated like animals. At our old ages, we cannot nor will not get the medical attention because it would cost too much and our extended Life time would not be of any value to anyone. They, the government, are proclaiming we are not saveable and it would be a burden financially on the Medical field. It does not matter that we have worked all our lives and paid our taxes and now pay into medicare. I guess all that money we are and have been paying will go To help younger people. The government said not to give any operations or help that way, but just try to keep them comfortable while they are dying. Sounds like a lot of older generations will be at the mercy of the new laws, spend the rest of their lives in a bed under sedation. I am in that place. I have a home care health nurse who tells me I am going down hill fast and her job is to try to keep me as comfortable as possible. She said I Could live some longer, but quaility of life will be out of my control. I took my pills a little too soon and now I had better head for bed I am seeing two Computers and they DISSAPPEAR IN OUR LIFETIME. @ Some of this is downright scary - everything shuts down and we become isolated and not knowing what is going on around us. And how much control will big government have over us? > 9 Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime....... > > > > > > Something to think about. > > > Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we > > adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come > > > > 1. The Post Office - Get ready to imagine a world > > without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is > > probably no way to sustain it long term. E-mail, Fed Ex, and UPS have just > > about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most > > of your mail every day is junk mail and bills. > > > > 2. The Check - Britain is already laying the groundwork > > to do away with checks by 2018. It costs the financial system billions of > > dollars a year to process checks. Plastic cards and online transactions will > > lead to the eventual demise of the check. This plays right into the death of > > the post office. If you never paid your bills by mail and never received them > > by mail, the post office would absolutely go out of business. > > > > > > > > > 3. The Newspaper - The younger generation simply doesn't read > > the newspaper. They certainly don't subscribe to a daily delivered print > > edition. That may go the way of the milkman and the laundry man. As for > > reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it. The rise in mobile Internet > > devices and e-readers has caused all the newspaper and magazine publishers to > > form an alliance. They have met with Apple, Amazon, and the major cell phone > > companies to develop a model for paid subscription services. > > > > > > 4. The Book - You say you will never give up the > > physical book that you hold in your hand and turn the literal pages. I said > > the same thing about downloading music fromiTunes. I wanted my hard copy CD. > > But I quickly changed my mind when I discovered that I could get albums for > > half the price without ever leaving home to get the latest music. The same > > thing will happen with books. You can browse a bookstore online and even read > > a preview chapter before you buy. And the price is less than half that of a > > real book. And think of the convenience! Once you start flicking your fingers > > on the screen instead of the book, you find that you are lost in the story, > > can't wait to see what happens next, and you forget that you're holding > > a gadget instead of a book. > > > > 5. The Land Line Telephone - Unless you have a large family and > > make a lot of local calls, you don't need it anymore. Most people keep it > > simply because they've always had it. But you are paying double charges for > > that extra service. All the cell phone companies will let you call customers > > using the same cell provider for no charge against your minutes > > > > > > 6. Music - This is one of the saddest parts of the change > > story. The music industry is dying a slow death. Not just because of > > illegal downloading. It's the lack of innovative new music being given a > > chance to get to the people who would like to hear it. Greed and corruption is > > the problem. The record labels and the radio conglomerates are simply > > self-destructing. Over 40% of the music purchased today is "catalog items," > > meaning traditional music that the public is familiar with. Older established > > artists. This is also true on the live concert circuit. To explore this > > fascinating and disturbing topic further, check out the book, "Appetite for > > Self-Destruction" by Steve Knopper, and the video documentary, "Before the > > Music Dies." > > > > 7. Television - Revenues to the networks are down dramatically. > > Not just because of the economy. People are watching TV and movies streamed > > from their computers. And they're playing games and doing lots of other > > things that take up the time that used to be spent watching TV. Prime time > > shows have degenerated down to lower than the lowest common denominator. Cable > > rates are skyrocketing and commercials run about every 4 minutes and 30 > > seconds. I say good riddance to most of it. It's time for the cable > > companies to be put out of our misery. Let the people choose what they want to > > watch online and through Netflix. > > > > 8. "Things" That You Own - Many of the very possessions that we > > used to own are still in our lives, but we may not actually own them in the > > future.. They may simply reside in "the cloud." Today your computer has a hard > > drive and you store your pictures, music, movies, and documents. Your software > > is on a CD or DVD, and you can always re-install it if need be. But all > > of that is changing. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all finishing up their > > latest "cloud services." That means that when you turn on a computer, the > > Internet will be built into the operating system. So, Windows, Google, and the > > Mac OS will be tied straight into the Internet. If you click an icon, it will > > open something in the Internet cloud.. If you save something, it will be saved > > to the cloud. And you may pay a monthly subscription fee to the cloud > > provider. In this virtual world, you can access your music or your books, or > > your whatever from any laptop or handheld device. That's the good news. But, > > will you actually own any of this "stuff" or will it all be able to disappear > > at any moment in a big "Poof?" Will most of the things in our lives be > > disposable and whimsical? It makes you want to run to the closet and pull out > > that photo album, grab a book from the shelf, or open up a CD case and pull > > out the insert. > > > > 9. Privacy - If there ever was a concept that we can look back > > on nostalgically, it would be privacy. That's gone. It's been gone for a long > > time anyway. There are cameras on the street, in most of the buildings, and > > even built into your computer and cell phone. But you can be sure that 24/7, > > "They" know who you are and where you are, right down to the GPS > > coordinates, and the Google Street View. If you buy something, your > > habit is put into a zillion profiles, and your ads will change to reflect > > those habits.. And "They" will try to get you to buy something > > else Again and again. > > > > All we will have that can't be changed are Memories. > >