Thanks, guys, make me feel old.
Typewriters had no spell check, right hand to slam the carriage back. First electric I saw was in Dad's office, for the "secretary" to transribe from the Dict-a-phone. Wanna know how to spell, look it up in the dictionary.
8-track tapes were all the rage, you could even tape off your vinyl albums so that you could play them in the car. First color TV I watched was bought by my father, just so that we could watch the Apollo moon landing (and that was in B&W). Got to see it live, Mom let us stay home from school, as the school didn't have a color TV, and the one at home was bigger, at 17".
No electronic toys, first calculator cost Dad $180, and it ran on 4 C cells. Dang thing still works, only 4 functions, Dad used it again to do his taxes this year. We rode bicycles, w/o helmets, played with lawn darts, and spent time on playgrounds that had jungle gyms and swings with chains, all over an asphalt base. Made swords and knives in metal shop class. Learned about construction design by building treehouses (and having them fall out of the trees with us in them). Streaking in the woods with the girls (look out for sticker patches). Still remember Grandpa's old phone # - TUxedo8-2874!
Visit relatives, learned about party lines on the phone - Uncle Roy was 2 short and a long, Uncle Louie was 1 short, 1 long - don't answer anything else, it might be for a neighbor.
We survived, maybe a few broken bones and scars. We even used to have dirt clod wars, not quite as hard as a rock for throwing at each other.
Cable, Dish? Still don't have it! Spend too much time watching TV with the free stations as it is. Best thing ever invented was the Microwave and frozen pizza....anyone remember the first TV dinners? No flavor, no texture, but they were "quick" to fix - about 40 minutes in the OVEN!
God, I feel old.......
Seriously...point me to a link, would love to see the tech they used.... fun to see how stuff changes.
