(May 24, 2020 at 6:34 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: It's hard for me to speak to the change in the wildlife population. I grew up in the country but have been in much more urban areas the last few years. I am happy we have quite a variety of wild birds who visit and I try to keep the birdfeeders filled to make sure they keep coming around.
Then and now...so many things...
Vinyl, and the wonderful album covers***digital downloads
Rotary phones with party lines***phone that doubles as a computer that fits in my hand
Waiting weeks for film to be developed***phone that doubles as a camera that provides editing and printing ^see above
Wringer washing machines***washing machines you can control with an app on your phone
Three channels (and we kids were the remote)***roughly eight bazillion channels you can call up with a voice recognition remote control
Waiting for weeks for an order to arrive from the Sears catalog***two day shipping on almost everything
Paging through the encyclopedia with a dictionary on the side***Google
***so many things
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SO much this. It raises my hackles when people bitch about the price of a smart phone, usually saying something like, ‘I would never pay $1000 for a phone!’
I’m tempted to grab them and shake them while yelling, ‘It’s not just a phone! It’s a portable computer that makes phone calls - GET A SENSE OF PROPORTION!!’
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
