The first supermarket in the country – a Piggly Wiggly – opened in Memphis, Tennessee in 1916. Since then by choice or necessity we all shop in supermarkets and hopefully those experiences are uneventful and not unpleasant – or are they?
Have you had some eventful or out-of-the-ordinary adventures – either good or bad – while shopping in supermarkets?
Think back about Supermarkets and share forward!
2024 has rammed electoral-year people, places, and events into our hearts, minds, and nerves.
Another election 56 years ago also roared into our national consciousness. The Tet Offensive exposed the failures of the Vietnam War. Hair rocked Broadway with its naked hippiedom.
A white supremacist assassinated Martin Luther King in Memphis. Robert F Kennedy was shot down in Los Angeles. In Chicago a protested 1968 Democratic convention chose Hubert Humphrey over Senator Eugene McCarthy, paving the way for a Nixon victory.
What does that pivotal year mean to you? Think back to 1968 and share forward!
Do you remember when you could intentionally and legally ram another vehicle with your Bumper Car? Or when you could tempt fate on the Big Dipper roller coaster, or ride the Tilt-O-Whirl until your stomach gave up your greasy midway junk food all over your date?
Think back about Bumper Car Memories and share forward!
Ever try to rush anywhere during “rush hour”? Good luck!
If you’ve ever lived or worked in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Boston — or even Lexington, KY, believe it or not — you might have horror stories that turned into nightmares. Or minimally, days that were upended with important appointments missed.
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Over the years we’ve all heard the phrase “Sex, drugs, and rock & roll”. That rowdy triad became a slogan, a macho myth, even an advertising hook.
How do you view the phrase? Did you identify with its celebratory aspect? Was it a call to rebellion? Did you aspire to embrace all those elements into your life?
Think back about Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll and share forward!
Tattoos and body piercing have been traditionally practiced in many cultures for millennia.
But in ours it was usually just sailors who were tattooed, and women’s ears that were pierced – that is until recently. Now tattoos and piercings seem ubiquitous!
Are you inked or pierced? Are your friends or your kids? Do you find those practices appealing or distasteful?
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We have all spent time sitting in a doctor’s or dentist’s office, waiting for an exam, a diagnosis, or test results for yourself or a loved one.
What do you remember about waiting rooms as a child? What’s it like for you to spend time in a waiting room today? Why, when, and where do you remember waiting?
Think back about Waiting Rooms and share forward!
Webster’s defines superstition as a belief held despite evidence to the contrary. As Eurocentric beings, we usually dismiss superstitions as unscientific.
But in other cultures, dreams, visions, people, places, and events are seen as omens of good or bad luck.
Did you harbor any superstitions as a child? Do you have any now, or do you know of any held by family or friends?
Think back about Superstitions and share forward!
What do you miss about shopping when you were growing up? How different is shopping now, and what are the gains and losses to your lifestyle?
Think back about Shopping: Then and Now and share forward!
Sound plays a major role in our lives. Sound gives us early warnings, enables verbal communication, and affords us the pleasure of music. But what about the absence of sound – silence?
What impressions, emotions, or memories do you carry about silence? Did you fear it as a child? Now do you seek it as an opportunity for peace and contemplation?
Or, in the company of others, do you sometimes talk simply to avoid silence? Or conversely does the compulsive talk of others put your nerves on edge?
Think back about Silence and share forward!
