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harold
Citizen
Username: Harold
Post Number: 150
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, November 10, 2002 - 11:50 am: |     |
While doing the shopping thing this morning on Rt.22, I noticed the electronic stores (Best Buy, the Wiz, 6th. Ave., etc.) were doing a bang-up business in small personal electronic gadgets, such as Walkmans, P.d.a.'s, camcorders and so on (you get the point).
Since the economy supposedly is on the skids, theres a lot of money flowing here.
My question: what did people do for gadgets/instant gradification in the 40's, 50's, or even in the early 60's before this proliferation of 'personal electronics"? |
Timmeh
Citizen
Username: Timmeh
Post Number: 553
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, November 10, 2002 - 12:14 pm: | |
They had lots of sex and made lots of babies. Don't you remember the "Baby Boom?" |
harold
Citizen
Username: Harold
Post Number: 151
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, November 10, 2002 - 2:06 pm: | |
"Baby Boom" box? |
Nohero
Citizen
Username: Nohero
Post Number: 1129
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, November 10, 2002 - 7:21 pm: | |
Maybe Harry Chapin said it best:
Remember when the music
Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire
And as we sang the words, it would set our minds on fire,
For we believed in things, and so we'd sing.
Remember when the music
Brought us all together to stand inside the rain
And as we'd join our hands, we'd meet in the refrain,
For we had dreams to live, we had hopes to give.
Remember when the music
Was the best of what we dreamed of for our children's time
And as we sang we worked, for time was just a line,
It was a gift we saved, a gift the future gave.
Remember when the music
Was a rock that we could cling to so we'd not despair,
And as we sang we knew we'd hear an echo fill the air
We'd be smiling then, we would smile again.
Oh all the times I've listened, and all the times I've heard
All the melodies I'm missing, and all the magic words,
And all those potent voices, and the choices we had then,
How I'd love to find we had that kind of choice again.
Remember when the music
Was a glow on the horizon of every newborn day
And as we sang, the sun came up to chase the dark away,
And life was good, for we knew we could.
Remember when the music
Brought the night across the valley as the day went down
And as we'd hum the melody, we'd be safe inside the sound,
And so we'd sleep, we had dreams to keep.
And I feel that something's coming, and it's not just in the wind.
It's more than just tomorrow, it's more than where we've been,
It offers me a promise, it's telling me "Begin",
I know we're needing something worth believing in.
Remember when the music
Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire
And as we sang the words, it would set our minds on fire,
For we believed in things, and so we'd sing. |
Chris Dickson
Citizen
Username: Ironman
Post Number: 287
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, November 10, 2002 - 8:51 pm: | |
It has been well documented that ALL ROADS LEAD TO BRUCE ... Did you ever hear Bruce's version of this one. He did it at some Chapin Tribute show. |
duncanrogers
Citizen
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 125
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, November 10, 2002 - 8:56 pm: | |
No actually they dont. It seems you just have to run a big train through a field or wall to get there. |
Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 1136
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 2:13 pm: | |
The television set was the big electronic gadget of the 40's and 50's, though it took a while for the electronics industry to come out with a personal model.
In the 50's the transister radio was all the rage.
In the 1960's it was the electric typewriter. |
harold
Citizen
Username: Harold
Post Number: 152
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 9:30 pm: | |
Joan, well said.......but, electric typewriters? |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1362
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 10:52 am: | |
Yeah-
Sunday, I broke the glass lid of The Spouse's chafing dish (not mine, because I don't cook). I did a search on the manufacturer's name, hit the website & ordered the replacement part in about 5 minutes.
A few years ago, it would've been a pain, or I just would've bought a new dish. Now, we'll have the piece in time for holiday entertaining! |
Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 1141
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 7:26 pm: | |
Harold:
The electric typewriter developed a bubble memory in the 70's. From there it was just a short burst of inspiration to the PC with a built in word processor program. |
Redsox
Citizen
Username: Redsox
Post Number: 130
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 11:57 am: | |
ibm selectric with the ball was the bomb |
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