1694 At Simple Times

I look back to the times of my youth and realize how simple things were then—or at least different. I have no wish to return to the days of racism and sexism, rampant discrimination and segregated water fountains, but it would be nice to occasionally have the opportunity to cherish their simplicity.
Like the tooth fairy. Always a controversy-free entity, divorced from the soiled toils of daily life. Well not anymore. A recent story concluded that the bad economic times had hit the change under the pillow market too. The Delta Dental association published results that the average price per tooth had gone down from $2.52 to $2.10.
Further, the association figured out that the tooth fairy payout has correlated with the Dow Industrial Average for the last 13 years. Wow. I wonder if Santa has any connection with NASDAQ?
So maybe that's the secret to improving the economy, every parent right now, pay your kids more per tooth.
Heard another thing the other day about a modern change in a simple thing. A firm was advertising its website and it said to "go to Income At Home dot com." Then they clarified it and said "Income A-T- home dot com."
Why? Because the use of the squirrelly little @ key has become so prevalent that companies have to audibly spell out the word "at" when they mean the word "at."
And I am so behind the times on that too. Turns out some fancy pants computer trendsetters actually have a dedicated @ key on their computer keyboards. They don't even have to press "shift 2."
Attaboy Gunner. Maybe that keystroke will save you enough time to earn an extra quarter for your kid's tooth.
America ya gotta love it.