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<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK so we didn't get
robot maids or flying cars, but that isn't all.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has been a
loooong long time since I have been at any public pool, but I must confess
I was shocked and disappointed today. Envision swimwear from the
1930s:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.glamoursplash.com/2009/01/swimwear-through-ages-early-1930s.html">http://www.glamoursplash.com/2009/01/swimwear-through-ages-early-1930s.html</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Repeat for
1950s:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.fashion-era.com/1950s/1950s_7_swimsuits.htm">http://www.fashion-era.com/1950s/1950s_7_swimsuits.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>1970s and
80s:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>You get the trend
there, so I guess I expected at some point we would skip the pretense of
actually wearing clothing, and be cool with it at public pools and
beaches. Some SF writers have picked up on this, and had characters with a
nonchalant attitude towards mixed nudity, such as in OS Card's Enders
Game.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I went to <SPAN
class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>a neighbhorhood party today at
the local community pool, with my son and some of his colarvae. I was
shocked that almost all the ladies, all with the exception of two
preflabescent teens, had some manner of obscuring blouse over top their all too
non-revealing swimwear. Far too much was left to my overtaxed
imagination. There was lack of skin everywhere, more cloth than I have
seen at a pool in decades. Buns were actually covered. And this is
California! Not only have we as a society failed to advance to
the logical conclusion, we appear to have gone wildly retro, back to the
1930s, if not further. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I felt I was in a den of
iquity. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=466141402-20072009>How did this happen? I was busy living my
middle years, working my career, taking care of my family, things
seemed to be moving along just fine. Then we hit a rough patch, I
wake up one day to find that America has become liberal, modest and
bankrupt.</SPAN> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial
size=2>{8-[</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466141402-20072009><FONT face=Arial
size=2>spike</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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