Antique is a moving target, and I think it always has been. Regarding its
legal definition for purposes of insurance claims against shipping damage, Rich
is right, it does need to be clearly stated, though I think 100 years is too
many, personally. I've also found more than one source saying 100 years is the
typical consideration (none of which were wiki-related).
Seems it's a bit like "unique", another word murdered by popular usage and
general misunderstanding. There are no degrees of unique -- it means literally
one of its kind in all of existence. That one gets me worse than "antique"
does.
Fun story, Peter. I know people less than half your friend's age who are still
to scared to embrace modern (computer) technology fully, even though in their
youth they were anything but Luddite.
> From: pjfra...@mac.com
> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 11:34:22 -0800
> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
> Subject: [Phono-L] definition of "antique" - was Re: Shipping phonographs
>
> Yesterday my 14 year old and I went to install some RAM in the computer of a
> friend. We also helped our friend with her iPod.
>
> As we left, I told my daughter that she would be lucky if she, too, could be
> as "with it" when she got to the age of our friend: 92. She replied that
> she'd always stay up on the latest ipods and other technology...but paused to
> reflect when I mentioned that by that time, an iPhone would look to
> youngsters the same way an Edison cylinder phono looks to her today.
>
> "Antique" is a moving target. Most kids today have no idea what an LP is -
> and even cassettes as well - and when they see one consider it to be an
> antique.
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