Then I started thinking about a movie we had seen recently called The Road. It's about a guy and his son in a post-apocalyptic world as they head from their old home to the ocean shore where they are disappointed to find things pretty much the same as at home. They have little food or water and it's pretty bleak.
In our land of plenty, I don't think about having limited choices, especially in the food arena. But all around the world people have limited access to food and certainly don't have the choices available to me even on the worst days. For many people it's probably pretty common to go to the store and have them be out of certain things...often staples. Not actual staples, but the basic foods and necessities, though they probably run out of staples too. That's just not the case here and it's something for which I'm thankful.
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well spoken! I often think about how totally screwed we'd be if our easy life was in any way impacted: energy grid down, food supplies, water contaminated. It is scary, so I don't dwell on it.
On the other hand the Dutch supermarkets can't be bothered/labor laws prevent the shops here from being stocked during peak hours, so I am very accustomed to there being no bread or milk available on a Sunday night.
Nice post Joe.
... You do realize Thanksgiving was two weeks ago?
You're right. We do have it easy here. We have stores just around the corner with almost anything we need at any given time. Sometimes that makes it too easy that there are others who don't have it nearly so good.
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