Sensitivity

Wow!  My search of the internet though not extensive was eye opening.   I tried to access race as something genetic, limited to specific physical  characteristics such as skin color, facial features etc..Being political correct is the more important statement.  Oriental is viewed as racist and the term Asian has or should be used instead.  You are right that according to today's standards we should use Asian.

The only article that I found which answered my question, did not address the sociological issue.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/list-of-human-races.html

Sort of reminds me of the the administrator who used the term "black hole"
http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2008/07/dallas-county-meeting-turns-ra.html/

or the school teacher using the word niggardly in her class.
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20020831/NEWS/208310308

or the mayor's aide for also using the word niggardly.
http://www.adversity.net/special/niggardly.htm

Brits still use Oriental, but that doesn't mean much.

I don't think that kike was analogous to Oriental and was surprised where it may have originated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kike

Are we getting to sensitive or is it just time that we become more aware of other peoples' sensitivities? 

The Lesser of Two Evils

It's over.   The elections I mean.  I would like to vote for someone who is honest, intelligent, practical, wise, moral and a leader!   I didn't.  I voted for the lesser of two evils as I usually do.  Will it ever change?

Wire Hangers and Buggy Whips

My daughter, Malka, my son Aryeh and I went through 5 drawers of assorted wires and chargers from various obsolete and long forgotten computers, cell phones and the peripheral hardware that goes with it.  We threw out most if it but still had 16 extension cords in one drawer.  I thought that they were breeding and told my family about it as well.
I mentioned that when I was a kid, we had a terrible problem with wire hangers  which bred and became entangled in the bottom of closets in a terrible tangle.
Discussing this with some of my younger friends who did not know of the breeding habits of wire hangers, they could not comprehend the humor of the situation and immediately suggested that recycling was the answer.  When they were informed that recycling wasn't invented at that time they were stunned.
The topic of fountain pens then came up.  Someone said that they have one but could no longer obtain ink.  Shimon said the he stopped using them because they smeared.  I suggested blotters.  What is  a blotter?
My sister Carol, a former teacher of NYC schools had a couple of similar stories.   She asked her class to bring in blotters for a science experiment.  The following day, not a single student brought in a blotter.  She berated them for it until one bold student raised his hand and asked,  "What is a blotter?"
Another time, Carol asked a student, who had misbehaved,  to call home handing him a rotary phone.  10 minutes later she came back and asked him if he had called home.  He said no because he did not know how to use it.
That brings us to buggy whips.  I have seen them used at various time in my life primarily by the Pennsylvania Dutch but not to much in recent times. Possibly this is because Pittsburgh doesn't have very many buggies and I don't get to Pennsylvania Dutch Country to often.  There are not to many buggy whip mfgs left.  There doesn't seen to be any humor in their demise although much is said about their failings and for the most part inability to make any technological transitions.
In college, I was the last class to use a slide rule.    Our professors didn't like us to use them because it gave us an unfair advantage. They preferred us to use long hand and logarithmic tables.What is a slide rule? What are logarithmic tables?

Arthritis

Arthritis!  How many of us have Arthritis?   It seems like everyone gets it eventually.  I believe that the body is very much like a machine and anything which moves requires lubrication  Joints are no exception.   Without continual renewal of bone and lubricant between and within joints,  serious wear will occur.   Call  it common sense.  My approach to treating the bone with calcium, magnesium, vitamin D and glucosamine.  The lubricant would be  hyaluronic acid, 100mg minimum twice a day.  I feel pretty good and my arthritis is under control and I walk 2-3 miles almost every day.  Exercise without building bone and renewing lubricant can only worsen arthritis.