*grins* Thanks for sharing, Feathery Friend! My childhood home was one of the first test markets for cable TV, but we moved away when I was ten. We were late adopters of VCRs and microwave ovens, but we were quick to get into music CDs. It was not until later on that we had a TV with a remote control.
As for other things that younger folks never saw, I know people who never knew what Pong, the Atari 2600, the Intellivision, or the ColecoVision were. Their first game consoles were either the NES or the Super Nintendo.
I know that times change, but I still shake my head when I see 7-year-old kids walking around with cell phones or read about 9-year-olds asking their parents for an iPod. I'm 31 years old, and even MY music collection isn't big enough to to consider such a device! *shrug*
I have a 15-gig iPod. More space is taken up by backups of vital files (email, images, etc) than the music takes. Those backups have come in handy several times. There aren't many bus-powered Firewire drives that are that small -- if any. I looked once. If I get asked to suggest a small backup drive, I tell people "buy an iPod." You can just plug it in and it just works. Just about everything else, you plug it in, then you get out the power brick ... ugh.
wow yeah.. pong! Well, I've never had an active game system myself, but I know about mosta those and have friends n relatives with 'em *wags*
Interesting about the cable too 8> ...My pop had cable in the 1970s... mainly then it was just a reliable way to get clear channels in hard to reach areas, plus... ya had one movie station (with no commercials), all for $7 a month! :9
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Date: 2004-09-22 03:48 am (UTC)As for other things that younger folks never saw, I know people who never knew what Pong, the Atari 2600, the Intellivision, or the ColecoVision were. Their first game consoles were either the NES or the Super Nintendo.
I know that times change, but I still shake my head when I see 7-year-old kids walking around with cell phones or read about 9-year-olds asking their parents for an iPod. I'm 31 years old, and even MY music collection isn't big enough to to consider such a device! *shrug*
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Date: 2004-09-22 08:48 am (UTC)pong and ipods
Date: 2004-09-23 08:53 pm (UTC)Well, I've never had an active game system myself, but I know about mosta those and have friends n relatives with 'em *wags*
Interesting about the cable too 8> ...My pop had cable in the 1970s... mainly then it was just a reliable way to get clear channels in hard to reach areas, plus... ya had one movie station (with no commercials), all for $7 a month! :9