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Butch Furse
Time sure flies when you grow older. We guess we shouldn’t complain. At least we’re still around.
Time flying was evident in our household a week ago when we were searching for the American flag to fly for the Memorial Day on our home’s flagpole. We found the 50-star flag and while searching for a few smaller ones, we came across two 48-star flags in the “flag” cupboard. That’s when the Betterhalf asked, “What was the year that the 48-stars and stripes expanded to the present 50-star flag?”
Trying to avoid my lack of knowledge, I told her when Hawaii and Alaska joined the Union. The Betterhalf was on to my gimmick and emphasized she had said, “The year, not who” and then continued waiting as I stuttered for an answer.
She proudly answered her own question. “It was Aug. 21, 1959,” she said and then added her real zinger, “The day before our wedding!” It should be noted I found out she had looked it up on Goggle via her Apple watch while waiting.
Yep, time sure flies when you’re having fun . . . or being made to feel outdated by the modern era. It reminds us of the quote, “Love is blind, and marriage can be a real eye-opener.”
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We commonly hear of the Dark Ages and one may say that a terrible war will drive civilization back into the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages represent a period in history the world characterized by the decline or eclipse of the arts, letters and sciences. The Dark Ages are considered as the period between ancient and modern times, as between the fall of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters, the period from about 400 to 1400 AD.
It’s hard to visualize what the dark ages could hold in our modern times.
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A guy by the name Calvin Trillin stated, “The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for 30 years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”
Making a statement like that may be the reason “Calvin” has never been quoted again.
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It’s better to say “Thank You” and not mean it, than to mean it and never say it.
RL Furse is publisher emeritus of the News-Register
