Best rant on PC I have seen for awhile...long, but worth it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

107. I grew up mostly rural, never quite enough money,

we lived much like my Grandmother did, she fed 8 kids on a small 5 acre place with one cow, some chickens, homemade almost everything, during the Depression, so my Mom was of the "Greatest" Generation and I fall in the "early" boomer charts.
Kids having to work after age 12 to help with clothes expenses, do a lot of housework and chores, and etc. was a natural thing.
I didn't mind, cause we were used to it.

Did what most Boomers did....married, 2 kids, better life, tv followed by color tv, all the versions of music players, better and cheaper medical
( this was before insurance came along and made it so expensive)

But ya know what? the one thing that makes today better, IMHO....computers.
Changed my entire life, such a boon to those of us who live rural lives.
Booted the tv years ago, but absolutely count on computers for important information, for connections to friends and family, etc.

When I think what we could have done with today's computers when I was growing up.........