Gary -
Thanks a lot, dude. The second post that makes me feel incredibly old
at 54 :-)
You and me both (56)...
I certainly remember life without cell phones, trying to find a public
phone and the right change.
In my Private Investigator days (late 70s) I carried a fully analog
pager and had a CB Radio under the dash and a roll of dimes in the
ashtray of my AMC Gremlin and a cassette tape-based answering machine on
my landline. No Rockford or Magnum (though with some of their *funkier*
characteristics I suppose). I knew where all the pay phones were and
which ones worked and which ones were likely to have boogers on the
handset. My wife *hated* the CB (with all the noisy "Breaker Breaker"
ratchetjaw chatter) but was willing to leave it on a mostly unused
channel for me to check in with her on. She didn't take messages but
usually was willing to tell me if *any* messages had come in and in a
pinch would play them back for me.
My first Cell was a Motorola Brick (beam me up Scotty!) that I had for
work for about a year in the mid 90's I didn't go back to a cell until
the early 2000's and was at least a year late on the smart-phone bandwagon.
Incredible how much things can change in such a short time (including
the differing perceptions of what constitutes "a short time").
I remember when (crotchety old man voice) the term "Internet Time" was
coined. It wasn't that long ago except in "Internet Time" where it is
of course, eons!
Actually, it makes me feel rather hopeful about the future, but at
least a little intimidated...
I feel more deprecated (and hopeful) than intimidated!
I voted for Obama more because he was young than because he was
not-white. I would have voted for Hillary if she wasn't *older than
me* (and of course wasn't *actually* HIllary)...
I want my children's generation *30 somethings* to take the reins firmly
from my *parents* and my own generation (50s through 80s) and be ready
to include the *20 somethings* as they demonstrate their ability (plenty
who are, see Resig and some of our own constituency right here!). I
guess you 40-somethings (Guerin, et al) should just accept being the
wise elders you already have become and get over having the chance to
run the world into the ground.
- Steve
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