CHANGING WORLDS
Lessons learned
along the way, filed for a later day.
Some forgotten in required moment’s only to surface after their need. The list we take for granted is long.
The electric kettle
that didn’t work, what do I do? I really
wanted that cup of hot tea. Thank God
for my husband who kindly reminded me, that my mother would probably have
boiled a pot of water on top of the stove.
All bundled up,
freezing to death, no heat in the jeep because it had a summer thermostat. Once inside at our destination, telling our
story, here is the question, “Why didn’t you just put cardboard in front of the
radiator”?
There was a time I
wouldn’t have believed, I could put a plastic card in a hole in the wall and
get money out.
Black and white
T.V’s with rabbit ears, then to color with cable or satellite, then the advent
of the remote control we can’t do without, all soon to be changed to digital.
Party line phones,
operator operated. What was your ring, 1
long and 2 short! Black rotary dial
phones became the in thing. Then along
came the push button, colors and all.
Then cordless and cell phones, blue ray and all. Satellite connections, free computer long
distance, picture and all.
Cars of the day,
collector classic’s today.
Camera’s with film,
120, 110 then 35 mm and Polaroid Instants, movie camera’s with reels played on
projectors on white screens. Slide shows
too, along the way. Then video camera’s with
video tapes shown on VCR machines connected to TV’s. Digital camera’s for pictures and movies
connected to computers for instant sharing with friends around the world. Cell phones that take pictures and movies
too, with oodles of functions and that make phone calls too.
Wright brothers fly
into the sky. Now airbuses taking us to
where we have to be. Then the space
travel and soon the moon landing.
We have seen so much. So many products we didn’t need, till the
advertisers told us, we mustn’t do without.
Listen and learn
from your ancestors well, for they have many stories, so much to tell.
By Lynn
Keeling
Feb 10, 2009
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