{"id":26621,"date":"2020-04-18T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=26621"},"modified":"2020-04-15T09:15:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T13:15:25","slug":"im-so-old-i-remember-when-flying-helicopters-was-dangerous-and-shopping-for-groceries-was-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/18\/im-so-old-i-remember-when-flying-helicopters-was-dangerous-and-shopping-for-groceries-was-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m so old I remember when flying helicopters was dangerous and shopping for groceries was safe."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s my meme for the day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I&#8217;m so old I remember when flying helicopters was dangerous and shopping for groceries was safe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A viral-ready version for the viral age:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26622\" width=\"440\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-8.png 666w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-8-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s my meme for the day: I&#8217;m so old I remember when flying helicopters was dangerous and shopping for groceries was safe. 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