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Author: familyfamily Date: Apr 5, 2008 15:16
You know you are old when you can remember when a person would for whatever
the reason measure their lives worth by the work that they did.
Now we have a generation who can only measure their life worth by how they
spend their leisure time.
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Apr 5, 2008 15:27
On Apr 5, 3:16 pm, "family" bresnan.net> wrote:> You know you are old when you can remember when a person would for whatever
> the reason measure their lives worth by the work that they did.
> Now we have a generation who can only measure their life worth by how they
> spend their leisure time.
The notions of leisure and leisure time are thought to have emerged in
Victorian Britain in the late nineteenth century, late in the
Industrial Revolution. Early factories required workers to perform
long shifts, often up to eighteen hours per day, with only Sundays off
work. By the 1870s though, more efficient machinery and the emergence
of trade unions resulted in decreases in working hours per day, and
allowed industrialists to give their workers Saturdays as well as
Sundays off work.
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Date: Apr 5, 2008 16:53
"family" bresnan.net> wrote in message
news:OYidnSEvCYTdZ2ranZ2dnUVZ_oCvnZ2d@bresnan.com...> You know you are old when you can remember when a person would for
> whatever the reason measure their lives worth by the work that they did.
> Now we have a generation who can only measure their life worth by how they
> spend their leisure time.
You can tell when someone else is old when they complain about that.
Science has found that if you do not act your age, then you will not look
your age. Unfortunately, you will look someone else's age, possibly Mother
Theresa's near terminal.
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Author: toolytooly Date: Apr 5, 2008 17:18
"family" bresnan.net> wrote in message
news:OYidnSEvCYTdZ2ranZ2dnUVZ_oCvnZ2d@bresnan.com...> You know you are old when you can remember when a person would for
> whatever the reason measure their lives worth by the work that they did.
> Now we have a generation who can only measure their life worth by how they
> spend their leisure time.
>
Not withstanding Immortalist's storehouse of textbook information, there
remains a philosophical question here about work. Is work what defines us?
I mean, were we born simply to 'work'? To produce? To create 'output'?
Is there something dishonorable about a life measured, in say, 'play'?
Here's something to consider. We hawk the value of work, but yet, truth is,
it is our desire for leisure that has been harbinger to machines to do the
work for us. Essentially, it is our laziness that drives technology is it
not?
I think maybe the word 'work' is used too generally. I think we ALL want to
build and create..but not work for it's own sake without the object of that
creating or building. Work without object is slavery isn't it?
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Apr 5, 2008 22:43
On Apr 5, 8:18 pm, "tooly" bellsouth.net> wrote:> "family" bresnan.net> wrote in message
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> news:OYidnSEvCYTdZ2ranZ2dnUVZ_oCvnZ2d@bresnan.com...
>>> You know you are old when you can remember when a person would for
>> whatever the reason measure their lives worth by the work that they did.
>> Now we have a generation who can only measure their life worth by how they
>> spend their leisure time.
>
> Not withstanding Immortalist's storehouse of textbook information, there
> remains a philosophical question here about work. Is work what defines us?
> I mean, were we born simply to 'work'? To produce? To create 'output'?
>
> Is there something dishonorable about a life measured, in say, 'play'?
>
> Here's something to consider. We hawk the value of work, but yet, truth is,
> it is our desire for leisure that has been harbinger to machines to do the
> work for us. Essentially, it is our laziness that drives technology is it
> not? ...
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Author: MilanMilan Date: Apr 6, 2008 05:27
"family" bresnan.net> wrote in message
news:OYidnSEvCYTdZ2ranZ2dnUVZ_oCvnZ2d@bresnan.com...> You know you are old when you can remember when a person would for
> whatever the reason measure their lives worth by the work that they did.
> Now we have a generation who can only measure their life worth by how they
> spend their leisure time.
>
You know you are old when you start complaining that things were better in
the past.
regards
Milan
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Author: MilanMilan Date: Apr 6, 2008 05:30
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> "family" bresnan.net> wrote in message
> news:OYidnSEvCYTdZ2ranZ2dnUVZ_oCvnZ2d@bresnan.com...>> You know you are old when you can remember when a person would for
>> whatever the reason measure their lives worth by the work that they did.
>> Now we have a generation who can only measure their life worth by how
>> they spend their leisure time.
>>
>
> Not withstanding Immortalist's storehouse of textbook information, there
> remains a philosophical question here about work. Is work what defines
> us? I mean, were we born simply to 'work'? To produce? To create
> 'output'?
>
> Is there something dishonorable about a life measured, in say, 'play'?
>
> Here's something to consider. We hawk the value of work, but yet, truth
> is, it is our desire for leisure that has been harbinger to machines to do ...
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Author: toolytooly Date: Apr 6, 2008 14:58
"turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote in message
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On Apr 5, 8:18 pm, "tooly" bellsouth.net> wrote:> "family" bresnan.net> wrote in message
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> news:OYidnSEvCYTdZ2ranZ2dnUVZ_oCvnZ2d@bresnan.com...
>>> You know you are old when you can remember when a person would for
>> whatever the reason measure their lives worth by the work that they did.
>> Now we have a generation who can only measure their life worth by how
>> they
>> spend their leisure time.
>
> Not withstanding Immortalist's storehouse of textbook information, there
> remains a philosophical question here about work. Is work what defines us?
> I mean, were we born simply to 'work'? To produce? To create 'output'?
>
> Is there something dishonorable about a life measured, in say, 'play'?
>
> Here's something to consider. We hawk the value of work, but yet, truth ...
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Author: toolytooly Date: Apr 6, 2008 15:02
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>> "family" bresnan.net> wrote in message
>> news:OYidnSEvCYTdZ2ranZ2dnUVZ_oCvnZ2d@bresnan.com...>>> You know you are old when you can remember when a person would for
>>> whatever the reason measure their lives worth by the work that they did.
>>> Now we have a generation who can only measure their life worth by how
>>> they spend their leisure time.
>>>
>>
>> Not withstanding Immortalist's storehouse of textbook information, there
>> remains a philosophical question here about work. Is work what defines
>> us? I mean, were we born simply to 'work'? To produce? To create
>> 'output'?
>>
>> Is there something dishonorable about a life measured, in say, 'play'? ...
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