Despite my best intentions I have not added any articles in months. This article will probably not remain here for long. I found some fascinating information that I want to record. This is purely for my entertainment.
When I was a girl (back when dirt was new) we had a "party line". Several families shared a phone line. Until you lifted the receiver you could not tell if a phone was in use. The only person with a "mobile phone" was Dick Tracy, a cop in the comic strips.
There were times when I was in elementary school I picked up the line and "listened in on someones call", which was very rude. You might listen for a second to determine if a call sounded like it was starting or ending, but no one appreciated an eaves dropper.
Now cell phones place calls, text, surf the internet. Mobile skype can send video calls. Tablets,U-tube, facebook, tweets, digital cameras, GPS and more commonplace. Adding machines zipped from basic calculators to laptops. Real techies are aware of the latest and greatest. Just when I feel comfortable with one technology, it is replaced by something more spectacular. Amazing apps are downloadable. Ebooks are rocking the publishing domain.
The three networks have been dwarfed by cable. Cable is threatened by online services like HULU and netflicks.
Our family subscribed to and read cover to cover "The Atlanta Journal", a local paper, "Saturday Evening Post", "Life","Ladies Home Journal"."Readers Digest", "US News & World Report", and "Time" magazines. Today there are folk who get their news from comedians "pretending to talk about issues" and newscasts are lightened with stories about Oprah retiring and Utube videos.
My mother told me of traveling with hot potatoes to keep your hands warm when traveling in a Model T in winter. Travel by plane was noteable. Today international travel is both a necessity and a nuisance. Friends and family travel the world to Asia, Europe, and Australia. Years ago I insured an astronaut who flew the Space Shuttle. Oh, that phrase "American as Apple pie" might need to be updated because the apples may be imported from China.
Andy's best friend is living with his family in Japan. One of my favorite people is a wonderful Muslim mom from Turkey. Our congregation has wonderful members from Japan, Korea, Germany, India, England and yes the US. Education, shared experiences, and testimony provide a wonderful starting point to build friendships. The differences that seem so significant when isolated without opportunities to know others are non-existent when working together. We can appreciate the talents, gifts and contribution each offers. It really is the "content of soul" that matters.
My feeble imagination has seen fantasy become reality. Technology. Diversity. Globalization. What is next?
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