short and true story.......

charlie_the_tuna · #1 10-20-2011, 10:39 PM

so we're at my parents house the other day and i found an old 'BLACK SABBATH' cassette. my 13 year old looks at it and says "what's that"?
found it funny and sad at the same time. many things our kids wont know as the simple pleasures we took for granted.
they'll never see the connection between a cassette and a pencil. they'll never know the hilarity of a phony phone call.
i bought my house from my inlaws and we were cleaning the basement after irenes visit and we found an old rotary phone. my 9 year old couldnt figure out how to use it.
funny......................

Destroyer · #2 10-20-2011, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by charlie_the_tuna

so we're at my parents house the other day and i found an old 'BLACK SABBATH' cassette. my 13 year old looks at it and says "what's that"?
found it funny and sad at the same time. many things our kids wont know as the simple pleasures we took for granted.
they'll never see the connection between a cassette and a pencil. they'll never know the hilarity of a phony phone call.
i bought my house from my inlaws and we were cleaning the basement after irenes visit and we found an old rotary phone. my 9 year old couldnt figure out how to use it.
funny......................

So true...

chumbucket · #3 10-21-2011, 06:13 AM

That is funny Chuck.
Related; My grandson came across my old album collection and my 8 track cassettes. I ended up connecting the 8 track player to my stereo because he was having a hard time figuring out how they could work.

phatdaddy · #4 10-21-2011, 06:29 AM

we were in a thrift store a few years ago and my daughter said " hey dad, come look at this old computer."

it was a typewriter

Blue_Runner · #5 10-21-2011, 08:03 AM

LOL for sure! On the flip side, I find myself asking my kids the same question about all these complex gadgets of today.

If I were president, I would do away with cell phones.

charlie_the_tuna · #6 10-21-2011, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

If I were president, I would do away with cell phones.

i'm with you in that one. i only carry a cell because it's company issued and we're required to carry it. somehow i lived to be 38 before i got my first cell phone. how did anybody survive without one? sometimes i think technology has gone a little too far. i often long for the simple days. actual human interaction is now a thing of the past.