Where have common courtesy and respect gone?
Most of us belonging to pre-Gen X (people who are
60+ of age) will agree that the young and the not so-young among us
have become less considerate and more selfish than they used to be a
few decades ago. We know it through personal experience and through
published studies.
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Vignettes
Why supermen don’t produce super-sons
Once a pretty woman told Oscar Wilde, “With your
brains and my beauty, what wonderful sons we could have.” Pat came
the reply. “Quite, madam, but suppose they had your brains and my
beauty!”
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Thorns on the Side
A good time for whales
Whales are the biggest creatures on Earth, even
if you count in the mighty dinosaurs that lived more than 65 million
years ago. A blue whale can measure almost 30 metres end to end. Sri
Lanka is lucky to have these creatures, as well as dolphins, in the
seas of its vicinity.
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