Re: FWIW first welding job, 2 years on

"Snag"  wrote in message news:vemfvd$1qs7e$1@dont-email.me...
On 10/15/2024 9:13 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

Our urbanites have become used to thinking that the world is safe and not staying alert or taking precautions.
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   Sounds like a good way to cull the incurably stupid among us ... our
culture has pretty much eliminated natural selection .
Snag
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It's not stupidity, they are street-smart in their own environment, just not in the wilderness. I had to stay alert, learn fast and dress to become invisible when the Army stationed me in New Jersey and I had the chance to explore New York City on weekends. I knew I had succeeded when the hookers around 42nd St stopped noticing me. In Mensa NH, MA and sometimes NY and Quebec mingled at functions and learned the rules of each others' turf.
The biggest cultural divide I've experienced was between French and English speakers in Canada. I made the mistake of speaking French when I hadn't noticed that we (black-leather bikers) had passed from Quebec into New Brunswick, and the store clerk was very rude until I switched to American English.