This weekend while in North Georgia we headed to Dahlonega to pan for gold at the Consolidated Gold Mine. Seems like there is a 'panning for gold' station on every block up that way but we chose Consolidated because you get to actually go down into a mine.
Dahlonega: Site of the first major gold rush in the US. It's actually a terribly sad story.A terribly sad story that they totally gloss over in the movie they make you watch before pan for gold.
I was a big fan of the rules:
Especially number eight.
Now, if you do it correctly it's supposed to take you 20 minutes to pan for the gold.
It took this kid about three. And that's being liberal with my estimate.
"Oops."
It was all good though because he got a whole piece of gold out of his pan.
And by 'piece' I mean flake the size of a pin head.
After the panning our tour guide took us down into the mine.
He was a nice fellow. I took a bunch of pictures but unfortunately I now have no idea what any of them mean. It's happened before.
Well, this is clearly a...er...uh...I got nothing.
And this one? Nope, I got nothing on this one either.
Oooh! Oooh! I remember this one! Those are the original rails that led into the mine.
Thrilling, huh.
And this one? Oh, I remember this one: At one point on the tour they asked everyone to sit down on benches. We sat down but soon realized that there weren't enough spots for everyone. The last people to arrive were a young woman carrying a baby and an older woman who was a little on the hefty side.
No one, not one dude, got up to give them their seats. What the heck? It was totally obvious as these poor women stood that they needed a seat.
So, Mr 'Scars Are Tattoos With Better Stories', you're kind of a big jerk and now all the tens of people that read my blog will know it.
Consolidate that why don't you!
Seriously, it seems like the more I travel the less men I see give up their seats.
Leatherneck, Cousin Eddie, Anonymous: my cousin Rusty that refuses to learn to sign in...Do you have anything to say in men's defense?
Nope. So did one of the male minions give up his seat? Was Billy there and did he give up his sest. I hope you took advantage of the "teaching moment" for the minions.
ReplyDeleteI would suggest that Stella should be taught that if she declines a seat proferred by a male that she say "Why thank you so much, that's very kind but surely some one could use that seat more than me." There are some militant wimmin who make a man feel like a Neaderthal for offering. But basically I never even attempt to defend boorish, impolite, or discourteous behavior.
It was a good teaching moment and I definitely talked to them about it.
DeleteVery good point about teaching Stella how to respond to it.
How fun! We went to Alaska for our honeymoon. It was interesting visiting the old gold mine towns.
ReplyDeleteI bet the gold mines in Alaska are even more fun!
DeleteWhat do you expect from males since our gender has been beaten down by liberal feminist over the past 50 years? I still follow my southern upbringing but ever now and then when I open the door for a woman (and I do it for both genders and all ages) I get a scowl or sharp comment about "I can get it myself, thank you." So if a guy hasn't been taught that it is okay then he may believe and follow the hype that men and women are 100% the same and no acknowledgement of feminine amazing qualities is right and proper then you get Scars with Tattoos behavior.
ReplyDeleteI see your point - if people acted like that when I did something nice for them it would irritate the stew out of me.
DeleteHey, my feet hurt! And by the way, tattoos are definitely cooler than scars, and i'm going to go out on a limb and say that most of them probably have better stories than scars...
ReplyDeletei'm so far behind on your blog, but it feels awesome to know that i have several to read all in a row!
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