RE: How's that Scientology working out for you, Tom?
July 2, 2012 at 9:22 pm
(This post was last modified: July 2, 2012 at 9:24 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Rhiz:
I'm a baby boomer:
We got our first fridge when I was 6.
Mum washed the dishes with soap,using a little wire cage thing,which she agitated in the water.
The washing machine had an electric wringer.
Home entertainment was a massive radio which sat in the lounge. I got my very own (vacuum tube,brown bakelite) radio when I was 8.
No phone until I was about 14, when dad's company paid to have a phone installed.
We got our first car in 1960 when I was 13, a 1938 Nash. Same year we also got our first TV, a 23 inch black and white,tube job,which broke down about once a month.
Had my first plane ride at 18, in a Fokker Friendship,flying at 10,000 feet. Loved it. First time in a jet was at 21, Sydney-Singapore in 1969. Was enthralled with the whole experience. I remain enthralled by the very idea of overseas travel,even after visiting 20-odd countries and over 50 cities.
It has been observed that to primitive people, technology is magic.Same applies if you see amazing technology become commonplace,as I have. It was even more exciting for my dad,who was born in 1919 and died in 2006,at 87.
I'm a baby boomer:
We got our first fridge when I was 6.
Mum washed the dishes with soap,using a little wire cage thing,which she agitated in the water.
The washing machine had an electric wringer.
Home entertainment was a massive radio which sat in the lounge. I got my very own (vacuum tube,brown bakelite) radio when I was 8.
No phone until I was about 14, when dad's company paid to have a phone installed.
We got our first car in 1960 when I was 13, a 1938 Nash. Same year we also got our first TV, a 23 inch black and white,tube job,which broke down about once a month.
Had my first plane ride at 18, in a Fokker Friendship,flying at 10,000 feet. Loved it. First time in a jet was at 21, Sydney-Singapore in 1969. Was enthralled with the whole experience. I remain enthralled by the very idea of overseas travel,even after visiting 20-odd countries and over 50 cities.
It has been observed that to primitive people, technology is magic.Same applies if you see amazing technology become commonplace,as I have. It was even more exciting for my dad,who was born in 1919 and died in 2006,at 87.
