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New inventions in our lifetime........
Katie77:
I decided to start this thread, after reading a post in David's, Heartland thread...
he mentions how in the "old days" when he had pen friends and used to actually "WRITE" letters to them, and then have to wait four weeks till he got a reply to that letter....comparing it to now, with email and chat, where "its like we are all in the same room".......
I replied, about the boss who told me 20-25 years ago, telling me that one day there would be a machine at the bank where we could deposit and withdraw money.......
Am curious, what other stuff do you remember hearing about that just seemed un-imaginable at the time, and yet now, we just take for granted.
Another thing I remember, the advent of CD's.....I remember walking past the first CD shop I had ever seen, with very few CD's in there, and thought, "that will never take off".........
David:
Great idea for a thread Katie!
How about personal Cell phones? When I was a kid (ahem, not that long ago) you had to find a phone booth or pay phone to make a call if you were not home. Cell phones were only fantasy items like Star Trek's communicators or Dick Tracys wristwatch!
Speaking of which, some people don't wear watches anymore because their phones have a clock on them too! :P
We now have a generation of kids that don't know the sounds of coins clinking into a pay phone or using a rotary dial phone either!
delalluvia:
"Paying at the pump."
I thought, how were they going to keep people from just driving off without paying for the gas?
Duh.
opinionista:
The fax machines. I remember when everyone was in awe when the fax became trendy.
Kelda:
--- Quote from: DavidinHartford on October 08, 2006, 08:37:24 am ---Great idea for a thread Katie!
How about personal Cell phones? When I was a kid (ahem, not that long ago) you had to find a phone booth or pay phone to make a call if you were not home. Cell phones were only fantasy items like Star Trek's communicators or Dick Tracys wristwatch!
--- End quote ---
and how the hell did we make arrnagments to meet without the phone calls saying
where are you? or texts saying 'I'm running 5 mins late - just get me at the bar' etc etc
But shouldn't the real question be how would we live without the internet!?
Its only been about 8 years since I actually used the internet on a regualr basis. before I staryted uni in 98 I had maybe used the internet about 5 times for a couple of minutes at a time.
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