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Today, I got a camera to take pictures of interesting things I see while walking.  I’ve used almost half of the roll of film just from the mile walk from the store to my home.  I’ll try to upload some pictures on here after I finish writing this post.  The electronics store I went to has greatly expanded since the last time I was there, which was only six months ago to get a new toaster.  My other had abruptly stopped working one morning.  I should have known it would’ve soon, it was 20 years old, and it’s not one of those high tech remote control ones that never seem to break. 

Oh, I’ve seemed to have gotten off topic.  Now what was I talking about?  Oh, yes, the store, the expansion and such.  Six months prior it was just opening its doors; a small two story store whose entire top floor was dedicated to televisions, leaving the bottom floor with everything else.  But, now you could fit at least 12 of those small stores inside.  Now there are five stories (two and a half of those dedicated to televisions and the rest full of various electronics), and a three story parking garage.  Inside, to get to the kitchen appliances section, I needed to go up in one of the six elevators the store possesses to the third floor.  Stepping out, I noticed the toasters were at the opposite end.  I had two options: walk the distance or take the moving walkway, which was very popular with the other occupants of the store.  All of the robust people standing on the walkway occasionally stepped off in order to change directions, other than that, they were statues being moved to one place to another.  I was appalled that that many citizens opted to take the walkway in order to avoid any kind of extreme (I guess you would say in their case) activity that required effort.  Why, when going to this store in its previous state, people had to walk, getting to the merchandise, going to the entrance/exit and getting to your vehicle all required the now unneeded and over all crazy activity of walking.  I remember I started walking just as a plump young man with bright orange hair stepped on to the walkway.  I realized that at my normal walking speed, we got to our desired destination (the toaster section) at the exact moment.  It amazes me how much things can change in six months.