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oldgraymare2
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I think that changes in technology are probably what I’m noticing the most, like the way that home telephones have changed, for example, and TVs, too.
We have cordless home phones that have the ability to do so many different things, and we also have phone services to go along with them. Who ever thought that we could block calls, or have Caller ID service?
Now we have “smart” appliances, where they just used to be rather simple.
They just basically had dials on them, and you either turned them or pushed them to turn them on or off or turned the dial around to the setting that you wanted.
Now, you need some kind of a remote for them, and not only that, the user’s manual is not that easy to comprehend, and you don’t necessarily get a complete manual.
If you want the really comprehensive one, you usually have to download it off of the Internet.
We can also listen to music on our phones and computers, and satellite radio in our cars when driving, too.
Technology really amazes me at times, when I think about it.
I remember taking the milk in for my Mom too, when I was little, and I can also remember the diaper man in his laundry truck, making deliveries in my neighborhood too, when I was little. That was back when cloth diapers were pretty much the norm.
I remember my various Grammas–my Great-grandmas were still alive when I was growing up, and were born in the late 1800s and early 1900s–talking about petticoats and corsets, and going without electricity or indoor plumbing while growing up. It was always interesting, listening to them talk about those times.
We have cordless home phones that have the ability to do so many different things, and we also have phone services to go along with them. Who ever thought that we could block calls, or have Caller ID service?
Now we have “smart” appliances, where they just used to be rather simple.
They just basically had dials on them, and you either turned them or pushed them to turn them on or off or turned the dial around to the setting that you wanted.
Now, you need some kind of a remote for them, and not only that, the user’s manual is not that easy to comprehend, and you don’t necessarily get a complete manual.
If you want the really comprehensive one, you usually have to download it off of the Internet.
We can also listen to music on our phones and computers, and satellite radio in our cars when driving, too.
Technology really amazes me at times, when I think about it.
I remember taking the milk in for my Mom too, when I was little, and I can also remember the diaper man in his laundry truck, making deliveries in my neighborhood too, when I was little. That was back when cloth diapers were pretty much the norm.
I remember my various Grammas–my Great-grandmas were still alive when I was growing up, and were born in the late 1800s and early 1900s–talking about petticoats and corsets, and going without electricity or indoor plumbing while growing up. It was always interesting, listening to them talk about those times.
My grandma and grandpa’s one room house where they raised 8 children and went to the well for water every day. Going to the out-house with a flashlight in the wee hours late every night. (I’m sure my mom was thrilled)
I learned that the hard way 
