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Change is … different! Living through economic and social forces

Donna Luisa ‏  @DLE41 More The ABC today.Recalling time when cussing not a language and unacceptable on radio..now the top ten songs identify with language of expression and free speech. With deeper meaning and raw truths.. #lifeChanges #theAisaword #Bisaword #Cisaword and #Fisaword The days of change are remembered. There was a time when buying an apple in Trinidad was 1TT$ and that was expensive, so we opted to eat mangoes which were free. No neighbour would consider selling a mango and we gladly ‘stoned’ the tree for the fruits to fall, the more agile opting to climb and sit on a branch eating while the others looked on in envy sometimes.   Enjoying the fruits meant sharing and giving any owner the right to say, ‘yes go ahead and pick what you want but leave a couple on the steps for me please.’ ‘Thank you’ was that natural response, manners were cultural and a part of our free expression. Today, an apple is 10TT$ and some mangoes are the same pr...