A bad morning, c. 6000 BCE
Do you ever wish you could trade in those modern problems and annoyances, and live in the past, when things were simpler? Or were they....?
This morning, in neolithic terms (okay, waaay in the past):
- My medicinal plant stores are rotten, and I'll have to dig more root to treat the cat (yeah, I know people didn't keep cats as pets back then, just deal with it).
- I forgot to properly bank the cooking fire, so the coals went out and I had to get out the flint and steel, and rekindle the spark.
- A cold rain made the morning trap run damp and dreary.
- I was late in getting out on the trap run, and by the time I got to my traps some animal had already scavenged the kill, and all the traps were empty.
In modern lingo:
- I forgot to put the cat's antibiotic in the refrigerator last night, and I'll probably have to go back to the vet for more.
- My car was low on gas, and I had to stop at the gas station before driving to work.
- A cold rain made the morning commute damp and dreary.
- I was late to work. The battery on the iPod is dead. My tea bag tore open, leaving little bits of tea leaf floating in my cup. (And several other petty annoyances without specific neolithic analogues).
This morning, in neolithic terms (okay, waaay in the past):
- My medicinal plant stores are rotten, and I'll have to dig more root to treat the cat (yeah, I know people didn't keep cats as pets back then, just deal with it).
- I forgot to properly bank the cooking fire, so the coals went out and I had to get out the flint and steel, and rekindle the spark.
- A cold rain made the morning trap run damp and dreary.
- I was late in getting out on the trap run, and by the time I got to my traps some animal had already scavenged the kill, and all the traps were empty.
In modern lingo:
- I forgot to put the cat's antibiotic in the refrigerator last night, and I'll probably have to go back to the vet for more.
- My car was low on gas, and I had to stop at the gas station before driving to work.
- A cold rain made the morning commute damp and dreary.
- I was late to work. The battery on the iPod is dead. My tea bag tore open, leaving little bits of tea leaf floating in my cup. (And several other petty annoyances without specific neolithic analogues).