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New inventions in our lifetime........
Arad-3:
Microwave ovens! Heres a funny story, at least I think so now looking back at it.
Growing up my parents owned and operated a small town restauraunt. Well this had to be around thirty years ago when my mother was talked into buying by a very persistant salesman a oven that cooked with microwaves. it sounded too good to be true because it would come in handy at a restaurant. Well when it arrived everyone from the dinning room came in to see it. I remember it so well because it was a saturday and there was no school so I was allowed to help in the kitchen, washing dishes or doing little things
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Anyways.. my mom was afraid to use it. so with some encouragement from the dinning room crowd (who were all in the kitchen by this time) she decided to bake a potato. When she put the potato in and set the timer and turned it on everybody ran from the kitchen like they do in a Dentist office for exrays. After a few minutes the timer went ding and everybody slowly peaked into the kitchen. Very cautiously they took the potato out and put it on the counter. Everybody watching my mom cut into the potato and to everyones amazement the potato was steaming and fluffy. everyone in the restaurant clapped with joy and amazement!
It took awhile before we stopped clearing out of the kitchen when it was on though! Who would of thought? :o
Arad-3:
"The funny thing is, we never felt deprived of anything. Indianapolis only had 4 tv channels, and nobody ever thought anything about it. The possibility of hundreds of tv channels would have seemed ludicrous to us back then. But now I wonder how we ever survived without them."
[/quote] By David 925
Ludicrous is right David because we didn't have remotes and we would have to manually click through all them channels! It was a pain enough to get up and click back and forthwith 3 or 4 of them!
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: kelda_shelton on October 08, 2006, 02:03:07 pm ---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
--- End quote ---
I think people were more considerate and punctual back then becuase they knew they were limited in communications. Once they gave their word to be somewhere they had to keep it or be branded rude and inconsiderate.
Someone invited me to their home for a wedding. I was expected. Long been expected. Suddenly, before my arrival, the parents decided to run to the store to pick up some last minute things. They wouldn't be home to greet me and let me in the house.
Easy fix, right? They called their daughter and told her to call me on my cell phone to say they were going to be late/not there when I arrived.
My friend replied, "She doesn't have a cell phone."
Oops.
They left anyway and I had to sit on the stoop like a stray dog until they arrived.
Or else if your friends were flakey and were habitual late or no-shows you found out a lot faster, rather than having to deal with constant calls 'I'm running late', 'I'm almost there." 'I'm lost.' which some people think excuses their rude lateness.
I think people had to be more organized. They couldn't call home to find out what was needed at the grocery store, so hey, they made lists before hand. What a concept, actually being prepared.
Park rangers are complaining that people go into parks and wilderness areas unprepared for any eventuality as they caution them to be - take extra water, jackets, rain ponchos, flashlights, etc. in case a storm blows up or etc. - because they have a cell phone and think if they run into trouble they can just call and have someone bail them out, rather than take responsibility for their own safety.
Yes, cell phones are a great salvation for many things. They also cover up a lot of faults as well.
Katie77:
Some of these stories are so funny, probably because we all went thru similar things with these new dang inventions......
I remember my step father having to get up on the roof every time (yes everytime) we wanted to watch one of the three channels we had....he used to twist the aeirial and yell out to us down in the loungeroom if it was working....then it was back on the roof to turn it back after that show was finished.....
And the dear old microwave.....my mum put a raw egg, still in its shell in there one time......i remember, i couldnt believe how much stuff was actually in one little egg, not one part of the microwave insides did not have a bit of egg on it.....
And computers....I'm still learning......I only found out, about 2 years ago, that I could play a CD on it......duhhhhhhhh!!!!....
And I shocked a few friends the other day, when I told them, I dont use a mobile, except when I go away on holidays...neither do my husband or sons....ive got one, but its in one of my drawers waiting for when i skip town again.
I remember the first VCR we got, then went to the one video rental store that was half hour away, where they had about 20 movies.....I thought to myself "what am I gonna watch, once I've seen all of these?"
And digital watches.....they came out when my eldest son was at school....he could tel the time on his digital watch, but couldnt tell the time on an ordinary clock with the clock face.
And dvd's......still a point of dissention in our household.....Hubby reckons the Cassette tapes were better, cause we could fast forward them.....
So many more, I cant think of now, cause we take so much for granted now....but a lot of funny stories, I am enjoying them.
2robots4u:
Not just TV stations but the concept of TV itself. I remember my grandmother saying it was just a fad (1948 or 1949), would not last and she would not put the money into buying one. I did not actually watch TV until early 1953 when my parents were finally broken by family pressure. They were hugh pieces of furniture and weighed more than me at the time, so once is was in place, it was never moved. Wonder what granny would think of TV and the many models available today? She died in 1987, ironically, while watching TV.....
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