Routine things that were once New and Exciting

[SoCalDem]

I can still remember my aunt lambasting my uncle because he paid $20 for a new-fangled gadget called .....

a ballpoint pen...


i can also remember being thrilled with the latest thing from the phone company...

"800" toll-free numbers :)

[billyskank]

1. The internet

New to us ordinary joes, anyway. How long such a few years seems...

[KitchenWitch]

2. $100 for a calculator that only added and subtracted.

[trof]

3. Electric or hand crank?

[KitchenWitch]

4. 'lectric

with a big ole plug into the wall. I think the thing was the size of a small toaster.

[hfojvt]

12. now you are not that old, dang it

The TI-30 came out in 1978 or so. It was only $30. Two inches thick and the size of a checkbook and it did factorials, trigonometric functions, y to the x, square root, logarithms and natural logs. At least they were all over my chemistry class that year.

[madinmaryland]

33. I had one of those. All those functions!

[billyskank]

7. Hey KW!

:hug:

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

8. Hey billy!

:hug::loveya::*

[billyskank]

11. Back atcha!

I miss you! :* :loveya:

[KitchenWitch]

15. I am glad to be back more often

:woohoo:

[cwydro]

5. I remember my dad bringing home a calculator

big old thing cost over $100.

edit: cannot type today.

[trof]

6. email. And forwarding jokes.

From 'wow' to 'oh jeez' in about a year?
And now, 60+ spams a day.
:-(

[crim son]

9. Driving!

Indian food, having breasts, Friday nights out.

[ThomCat]

10. I remember when Microwave ovens first came out.

They were HUGE and horribly expen$ive. And they were LOUD!

Wow.

[hfojvt]

13. MTV and VCRs n/t

[trof]

14. My first electronic, hand-held, calculator

was a gift from a friend who went to Japan on business frequently.
6 digit capacity.
I took it to work and people were AMAZED.

Bill also brought me my first electronic mini-piano/organ (remember those?) and my first electric pepper mill.

[Robb]

16. Calculator watches

Actually, they aren't exactly routine right now. You just don't see them any more. :D

[SoCalDem]

17. mini phones have taken over that feature :)

[SKKY]

18. I remember the first time I saw a flat-panel monitor...

...it was at a very well funded Navy command that does some very cool things. At the time, a 15' could run you about $1,700. They had probably
like 300 or 400. I was flabbergasted.

[blondeatlast]

19. Pay TV--and not pay per view, either. nt

[blondeatlast]

20. ATMs. nt

[Lydia Leftcoast]

21. Cassette recorders!

Especially cassette recorders that let you record songs off the radio!

[deucemagnet]

22. The walkman!

A portable cassette player that was only about the size of a small brick and would run for a full 90 minutes off of four AA batteries.

[Lars39]

23. I remember when *69 was just a rumor.

And then finding out it actually worked.
Kinda took the power away from the "It's me again, Margaret" crowd.:D

[YDogg]

26. I remember when 69 was just a rumor.

And then finding out it actually worked.
Kinda took the power away from the "It's me again, Margaret" crowd. :D

[Lars39]

32. *snicker*

"Say Goodnight, Gracie". :D

[bluethruandthru]

24. I remember when fax machines seemed like a miracle!

Now they seem so antiquated!

[Mrs.Matcom]

25. Cable TV

that was on only after 7PM!!

[greatauntoftriplets]

27. The car!!!!

I kid! I am not THAT old, but this thread was crying out for that response.

:D

[reyd reid reed]

28. First electric typewriters...

and then electronic typewriters. I saw a typewriter in a store the other day and my kids were looking at it like it was something that belonged in a museum.

Then there's cable...color tee vee...stereo speakers...cassettes, much less CDs...VCRs...yikes, I could go on and on and on...

And the internets.

[AlCzervik]

29. call waiting, that was pretty cool.

[MoseyWalker]

30. flying shoes

oh, wait, you don't know about those yet.

never mind!

[blondeatlast]

31. Beta. nt