As we get older things seem to change faster, and with modern technology they really do.
I was thinking about the last dozen years and came up with this list in a few minutes. It may seem flip, but each change represents a deeper truth (okay, some deeper than others).
A dozen years ago:
A fax was still high tech, I had a landline and I carried maps in my car (which I could never fold).
We talked face to face, not on Facebook.
We weren't in even one war.
There was just us, not Wii.
911 was just an emergency number.
When I worried about China it was about breaking plates.
Tweet was a bird noise.
I had my pads, not iPads.
My cellphone was big enough not to lose, and not smarter than I am.
Texts were books. And books were made of paper.
I had one password.
Gaga was a description of when a lady got excited.
Real Housewives were ... real housewives.
Mani–pedis were not for mannies.
Harry Potter was a boy.
3D was three large bras (not mine).
We didn’t undress and get felt up when we went to the airport.
The only voice giving directions in my car came from a backseat driver.
Twilight was a time of day.
Sarah Palin was a small-town bully. (Well that hasn’t changed, has it?)
Dancing with the Stars was when I cha-chaed on my patio at night.
We had optimism.
A Republican was not extreme right, a Democrat was not a moderate Republican, and Santorum was not a definition.
I was the age I say I am now.
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...although I will admit I worried about that China a dozen years ago as well -- but didn't worry about breaking my china.
Now I do both.
Now, I avoid airports entirely, while in the late 70s and early 80s (way past a dozen years) I flew frequently and dressed up as if I were going to a fabulous party. : )
Scary huh?
Rated for some things might better be today than yesterday.
:-)
It's nice to be old in some ways. / r
The phone book was to look up a phone number, not to use as a footrest for the vertically challenged.
Great list, Lea! I actually used a folding map in my car recently (no GPS, no smartphone, directionally challenged passenger).
HUGGGGGGGGGG
Climate Change meant taking a holiday.
Afghanistan was a place where you could buy carpets.
Columbine was a flower.
By 2012 everything would be fixed.
That one still is so heartwrenching.
I remember every moment of that day... I plant Columbines every year just to keep the flower foremost.
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............... *•.¸.•* ♥⋆★•❥ Thanx & Smiles (ツ) & ♥ L☼√Ξ ☼ ♥
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(and yes I did this in a few minutes).
(Remember those PCs with two 5-inch floppy drives and no hard drives?)
Twelve years ago, I also used a camera with film in it. I didn't own a cell phone. I had a cassette player in my car.
My job was in New York state, not India.
I still believed baseball players didn't use steroids.
Contraception wasn't a political issue.
I didn't know what a Snooki was.
I didn't know you, or any of the people on OS.
This is a terrific piece. Thanks for so many smiles, laughs and "uh-huh" moments.
Rated and appreciated.
Hmm, let me see:
Planned Parenthood was not a dirty word.
Dogs road in cars, not crates on top of them.
My youngest son left me one to get calls.
I accidently hung up on the caller 6 X's.
I still call the refrigerator a Ice Box.
If people said 'Take Care Now." huh.
I say "Take care of what?" Buy 'Lysol'
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Why does the annoying 'Lysol' ad blare?
Does that 'Lysol' ad blare everywhere else?
Maybe buy the editor a jug of 'gargle 'Lysol'
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annoy . . .
editor get tattoo
he get heart shape
he tattoo forehead
he is a trend setter
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