Otis

Otis' Odyssey (eBook, ePUB)

How to Fly and Stay Alive

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Computers have now taken over our lives, with countries hacking one another all over the world. The older generation are unable to keep up with the new technology, and I consider myself an old dinosaur and have trouble operating a smartphone or logging onto the internet. In fact, when I arrived in Hawaii twenty years ago, I went into Comp USA and asked the young salesperson where the typewriters were, and he wouldn't stop laughing. Families are changing, with same-sex marriages, and while parents are both working, the children have no guidance, with drug use common and suicide rates high. Young people don't respect their elders, and crime and murders are taking place all over our country. Maybe if and when this pandemic is ever under control, this world will return to the basics, but I don't know.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798823001076
• Artikelnr.: 69322160

Autorenporträt

I've had a challenging life. At times I didn't think I would live this long. But sometimes God does things in mysterious ways. The world has changed considerably, and I was fortunate to be brought into a loving family that stood behind me and taught me right from wrong and how to give more than to take; it's a better feeling. I wasn't the smartest kid in school, but my mother showed me how to work and get what you want and try to learn from your mistakes. I made a lot of friends and some enemies but always tried to maintain a sense of humor and enjoyed making people laugh, regardless of how bad the situation was. If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't change anything except that you should look before you leap and shouldn't take things for granted. When I was younger, money was very important, but as I aged, knowledge and health were more satisfying. The '50s and '60s were an innocent time. Then came the Vietnam War, and people became reckless with sex, drugs, and demonstrations, saying it was not their war, and the government was lying to them. Then came the '70s and '80s. We were sending astronauts to the moon on a space shuttle, people were spending money because of low interest rates, and the economy was very strong, with everyone driving big gas-guzzling cars creating smog in large cities. Then the AIDS virus arrived with no cure. The '90s were the beginning of computers, and the elite were walking around with large cell phones that weighed a pound or two. In 2000, Tiger Woods was a golf sensation, and we started fighting other country's wars in Somalia, Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan. No wonder we had so many enemies.