The Modern Era

I am procrastinating on writing my Upper Intermediate syllabus while listening to Georgian folk at window-rattling volume (which I'm pretty sure is deliberate punishment for my being stubborn and insisting that I got a hot shower last night [which required staying up until past 4:00 AM]), so here is is:

21 simple inventions I really, really wish Georgians would embrace:

1. The clothes dryer
2. The street sign
3. The accessible and accurate bus and marshrutka schedule
4. The window screen
5. The "change ringtone" option on their Nokia cell phone
6. The taxi meter
7. The ice tray
8. The charcoal grill
9. The snow shovel
10. The snow plow
11. The gravel salt and icemelt
12. The central heating (and AC!)
13. The volume button (specifically the down button) on their television and computer
14. The food preservation safety precautions
15. The mealtime (not to mention the concept of breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
16. The traffic lane
17. The sheet set
18. The dental floss
19. The privacy
20. The personal space
21. The child discipline