http://thegrumpyowl.com/2009/10/20/the-future/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:14:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thegrumpyowl.com/2009/10/20/the-future/#comment-1849 Ryan Oakley Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:12:12 +0000 http://www.thegrumpyowl.com/?p=5047#comment-1849 It could be that today's alarmism is tomorrow's fashion. Who would have worn sunblock in 1910? It's odd though: On balance, life keeps getting safer and we keep getting more frightened of it. It could be that today’s alarmism is tomorrow’s fashion. Who would have worn sunblock in 1910? It’s odd though: On balance, life keeps getting safer and we keep getting more frightened of it.

]]> http://thegrumpyowl.com/2009/10/20/the-future/#comment-1848 Prunella de Pedant Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:52:21 +0000 http://www.thegrumpyowl.com/?p=5047#comment-1848 Dear Mr Oakley Your website amuses me so. This picture has a comic air about it, but I can't help feeling a little frightened. What if this picture reveals our future? At the very least, your portrait in the background will live on reminding us of a more civilised and - dare I say - more dapper time. Fondly PDP ps I believe that I've seen some cyclists here in Blighty sporting such fashions. Are they forward-thinking fashionistas or merely alarmists? Dear Mr Oakley
Your website amuses me so. This picture has a comic air about it, but I can’t help feeling a little frightened. What if this picture reveals our future? At the very least, your portrait in the background will live on reminding us of a more civilised and – dare I say – more dapper time.
Fondly
PDP
ps I believe that I’ve seen some cyclists here in Blighty sporting such fashions. Are they forward-thinking fashionistas or merely alarmists?

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