Minimoog
Enlightened
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- Jan 13, 2005
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I remember as a kid that when people went out at night they almost always had a pocket torch 'for the dark bits' and whilst it may have only been a 2AA penlight it was some light and you could see them coming also.
Then around 2006/7 LED lights arrived and there was a real boost in the amount of people out with lights - they made a good gift - and some were quite bright.
But the last couple of years has seen people walking with no lights at all - despite their phone probably having some sort of flashlight function. I was out yesterday along a very dark path through the wooded park and of course I had a light (SureFire E2o) and the amount of people out in total darkness was a suprise. I'm glad I had a light as I don't like seeing people as just shadows heading towards me. Last week I was out with my light (I live in a semi-rural area in the UK) and passed a husband and wife - no lights between them - and as I passed I heard her saying why haven't we got a torch and being quite forceful too "well I WANT ONE!" and I have a few recent encounters like that - as if torches were never invented and they had seen one for the first time. One little girl was walking with me ahead of her father to be in the torch beam and said "why haven't you got ta torch daddy". A torch is surely one of the first gifts to give a child - they love them! Seemingly no longer.
Maybe its the lack of decent lights for sale (ones sold in shops are usually quite nasty these days) or some other reason. Have you noticed this? I don't even see many people using their phones as lights any more.
Then around 2006/7 LED lights arrived and there was a real boost in the amount of people out with lights - they made a good gift - and some were quite bright.
But the last couple of years has seen people walking with no lights at all - despite their phone probably having some sort of flashlight function. I was out yesterday along a very dark path through the wooded park and of course I had a light (SureFire E2o) and the amount of people out in total darkness was a suprise. I'm glad I had a light as I don't like seeing people as just shadows heading towards me. Last week I was out with my light (I live in a semi-rural area in the UK) and passed a husband and wife - no lights between them - and as I passed I heard her saying why haven't we got a torch and being quite forceful too "well I WANT ONE!" and I have a few recent encounters like that - as if torches were never invented and they had seen one for the first time. One little girl was walking with me ahead of her father to be in the torch beam and said "why haven't you got ta torch daddy". A torch is surely one of the first gifts to give a child - they love them! Seemingly no longer.
Maybe its the lack of decent lights for sale (ones sold in shops are usually quite nasty these days) or some other reason. Have you noticed this? I don't even see many people using their phones as lights any more.