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flylock shox · 12-08-2011, 08:04 PM

I got to thinking today about the pace technology moves at and the speed with which things I grew up with have become obsolete or disappeared entirely.

I thought it might be fun to start a thread about the types of things we can expect to tell our grandchildren about that they'll think were super-primitive or ridiculous (and how we'd describe these things so they'd understand). It could be something that's already in the past, or something now that will disappear in 40 years.

I'll start:

Back in my day, we had these phones that were plugged into the wall, and you worked them by poking your finger into holes and rotating a dial that had to rotate all the way back before you could dial the next number. And you had to write down all your friends' numbers so you wouldn't forget them because the phone wouldn't remember them for you.

Also back in my day, we had these buildings full of paper books, and if you wanted to find a book, you had to go to a card catalogue, which was like a set of drawers with alphabetical lists of topics written on cards. And if you couldn't find the topic you were looking for on those cards, you were pretty much screwed.

12-08-2011, 08:04 PM	#1
flylock shox 1 millionth post winnar! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Now world wide! Exp:	Back in my day... I got to thinking today about the pace technology moves at and the speed with which things I grew up with have become obsolete or disappeared entirely. I thought it might be fun to start a thread about the types of things we can expect to tell our grandchildren about that they'll think were super-primitive or ridiculous (and how we'd describe these things so they'd understand). It could be something that's already in the past, or something now that will disappear in 40 years. I'll start: Back in my day, we had these phones that were plugged into the wall, and you worked them by poking your finger into holes and rotating a dial that had to rotate all the way back before you could dial the next number. And you had to write down all your friends' numbers so you wouldn't forget them because the phone wouldn't remember them for you. Also back in my day, we had these buildings full of paper books, and if you wanted to find a book, you had to go to a card catalogue, which was like a set of drawers with alphabetical lists of topics written on cards. And if you couldn't find the topic you were looking for on those cards, you were pretty much screwed.