As I mentioned yesterday, we went to the theater. We had a great time. The show we saw was South Pacific at the Lincoln Center.
First, the theater is very nice, spacious, comfortable, good visibility, good acoustics, nice lobby and on and on. Not like the cramped, uncomfortable, overpriced old theaters on Broadway.
The show was very musical and entertaining. Everybody knows the South Pacific story. There was no mystery and suspense. Yet, it was still entertaining. All the musical numbers are well known but still enjoyable. I saw the movie several times but never the stage show.
Even though it was almost three hours long with one intermission we enjoyed it immensely. My butt hurt for all that sitting but what's a little pain for culture.
Probably what helped in the enjoyment was that we sat in the second row right in the center. Sitting so close to the action gives the feeling that we are part of what's happening.
Looking at the people at the theater we came to the conclusion that Americans, or maybe just New Yorkers dress like bums to go see a show. There were tourists, there were people coming from work, there were people coming from home but invariably the majority was dressed like bums.
Jeans, sneakers, windbreakers, tee shirts seem to be be the standard wardrobe of the sophisticated ones.
Including us there were a few people dressed decently. But we always dress civilized when we go out. This is how we learned from our parents. Show respect toward the players by dressing normally.
Looking at the people at the theater we came to the conclusion that Americans, or maybe just New Yorkers dress like bums to go see a show. There were tourists, there were people coming from work, there were people coming from home but invariably the majority was dressed like bums.
Jeans, sneakers, windbreakers, tee shirts seem to be be the standard wardrobe of the sophisticated ones.
Including us there were a few people dressed decently. But we always dress civilized when we go out. This is how we learned from our parents. Show respect toward the players by dressing normally.
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President Obama went to Florida today to campaign for jobs and at the same time push for the Florida High Speed Rail project in the Tampa-Orlando-Miami corridor. This is a 120 mph train service that has been on the drawing board for at least thirty years or longer.
The original idea was a high speed train service criss-crossing the state but then governor Jeb Bush nixed the idea.
I know this because I worked on the study over twenty-five years ago. Even back then it looked like grabbing for straws as far as Florida's economic future was concerned and today it looks just the same.
There are too many controversies involved and there will be some powerful lobbyists who will succeed in stopping the project.
They said today that NASA is planning soon to end its current space shuttle program. That would unfortunately create a lot of people without work.
Now, the smart people who deal with statistics only said that would create a lot of people available to work on the high speed rail project.
The original idea was a high speed train service criss-crossing the state but then governor Jeb Bush nixed the idea.
I know this because I worked on the study over twenty-five years ago. Even back then it looked like grabbing for straws as far as Florida's economic future was concerned and today it looks just the same.
There are too many controversies involved and there will be some powerful lobbyists who will succeed in stopping the project.
They said today that NASA is planning soon to end its current space shuttle program. That would unfortunately create a lot of people without work.
Now, the smart people who deal with statistics only said that would create a lot of people available to work on the high speed rail project.
I worked in most of my professional life on rail projects but I can not imagine aeronautics or space engineers working on railroad projects. Not unless they plan to fly the train from one location to the other through space.
This a perfect example of that they are dealing with statistics and percentages while the poor slob with the family to feed and with the mortgage to pay is getting lost in the shuffle. Unfortunately, nobody cares about the individuals anymore.
This a perfect example of that they are dealing with statistics and percentages while the poor slob with the family to feed and with the mortgage to pay is getting lost in the shuffle. Unfortunately, nobody cares about the individuals anymore.
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