Just saw a FB post saying that anyone born before 1998 came before Google.
Ah, that’s nuthin’, trust me!
I came before the Internet.
And, actually, when I stop to think about it, I also preceded …
Touch-Tone…
8-track cartridges, cassettes & CDs…
Seat belt laws… (Note: Pls 🙋🏼♀️ 🙋🏻♂️if you knew that I attended the very FIRST safety driving class ever held in the history of Texas for the purpose of dismissing one’s seat belt summons.
6 hours on a Saturday, sitting on a damned metal folding chair with only 2 other priso, er, students in the basement of a church in Leon Valley, listening to the most monotone & absolutely boring instructor ever talk about the safety features of a car & other equally-fascinating topics! I may now know more about child safety restraints & the proper use of one’s horn than 99.9999% of the human race!
Damn those ring-tail monkeys, however, as they’re the foremost experts in this field.)
3-point seat belts…
PCs…
Man walking on the moon, or even going up in space…
The NY Mets & Houston Astros…
Direct-dial long distance…
The Super Bowl…
When “Made in Japan” actually meant a quality product…
Southwest Airlines…
Expensive sneakers & Nike…
The Big Mac & the Whopper…
The first $100K salary in basketball or football…
Air bags…
ATMs…
Color TVs outselling B&W models…
Computer mouse…
Contact lenses…
Pop Tarts, Doritos, Lucky Charms, Chips Ahoy, Gatorade, Sprite…
Video games…
The product “Super Glue (and, of course, “Gorilla Glue styling gel”)…
The laser beam…
Zip codes…
Laptop computers…
Internal pacemakers…
The first FDA-approved oral contraceptive (“the Pill”)…
Barbie Doll & the Hula Hoop…
Commercial jet airliners…
Cordless tools…
Communications satellites…
Computer modem…
Sharpies…
Bubble wrap…
Kevlar…
Music synthesizer…
IHOP, Trader Joe’s, Pizza Hut, Little Caesar’s, Burger King, Domino’s, Walmart, Starbucks…
Coronary bypass surgery…
Slurpees & Icees…
Hand-held calculators…
Mobile phones…
Post-it notes…
The extinction of common sense & common courtesy…
MasterCard…
President John F Kennedy…
UPC/Universal Product Codes (bar coding)…
Push-through can tops…
Rubik’s Cube…
MRI…
Artificial turf…
E-mail…
Optical fiber…
VCRs & VHS cassettes (what?)…
Smoke detectors…
911 service…
Counter-top microwaves…
and even 😊 (yes, the smiley face)!!!
Now, THAT’S OLD!!!
As always, thank you so very much for listening!
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