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I remember twist wall switches, vacuum tube radios, hand dug hand pump wells, ringer crank telephones on a party line, news paper in the walls and floor for insulation, galvanized pipe, knob and tube wiring, snow ice cream, school competitions with winners and Loosers.
I remember in the 1950's, if your car purred like a kitten, you had a great car! The quieter the better!
Now, loud mufflers and souped up noisy cars are admired by the young ones.
My parents had a 1966 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme with the "Ultra High Compression" 330 V8. It was uncommonly smooth & quiet. In my mind, that engine set the standard for internal combustion engines. Measured by today's (R+M)/2 octane ratings, you would need at least 95 octane fuel.
These days I find myself getting irritated if a YouTube video is uploaded in anything less than 4K. Growing up we had access to between 1 and 5 TV channels to watch on a low resolution 17" black and white TV. Today I can watch 38 million YouTube channels in full color on a 32" 4K monitor.
It still amazes me that a 15 year old kid today can film YouTube videos on his phone, in resolution and quality that a TV network technician in the 1960s or 70s could have never dreamed of. Hell, 4K video didn't even exist 20 years ago.
I can remember when digital photographs were not as good as 35mm film photography, let alone as good as the larger formats. I led a sheltered life, but there was a time when photography club members were viewed with suspicion. They might be taking pictures of nude women.
I can remember when digital photographs were not as good as 35mm film photography, let alone as good as the larger formats. I led a sheltered life, but there was a time when photography club members were viewed with suspicion. They might be taking pictures of nude women.
I have been 100% digital photos since 2000, when I bought a Sony Mavica MVC-CD1000 camera to replace my 35mm film camera that had broken about a year earlier. I have never looked back.
I remember in the 1950's, if your car purred like a kitten, you had a great car! The quieter the better!
Now, loud mufflers and souped up noisy cars are admired by the young ones.
I was just thinking of the #1 defining moment I knew I was getting old.
First some background. I remember one day when I was in high school, my dad coming home from work (or from looking for work, I can't remember which) and he was really excited. He told me he wished I had been with him when he was Downtown. Because he had just taken a tour of a new courthouse building at the grand opening. He told me how amazing the building was. I never did see the inside of that building, but from the outside it was a super futuristic looking building that looked like something out of George Jetson. Just the type of thing my dad would get excited about.
Fast forward 30 years later to about 10 or 12 years ago, I was watching a compilation video on YouTube of building implosions. One short clip showed what appeared to be that same courthouse building being imploded. A little shocked I Googled it and sure enough they had blown it up, and replaced it with a more traditional courthouse building built in a modern Greek architecture style.
I think that was the first time I could remember a major landmark that was built in my lifetime being demolished. But since then it's getting a lot more common. It seems like buildings these days are only designed to last about 30 years. Now it wouldn't shock me to see any of them getting torn down. But still seeing it the first time, definitely had me feeling old.
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