In the early 1960's
- I watched Black & White Television with rabbit ear antennas
- We had to go over to the television to change the channel
- There were about a dozen channels to choose from
- Our telephone had a long cord and a rotary dial
- There wasn't anyway to record a television show.
- Mom use to ring a bell out the back door when she wanted us to come home from playing
- We listened to music on the record player or the A.M. radio
- Mail was hand written and hand delivered
- Clocks had to be wound up or plugged in to work
- All of our drinks came in bottles made of glass or waxed cartons
- Leftover food was wrapped in aluminum foil or wax paper
- We played board games, played cards, hide and seek and other types of games that required two or people to play.
- My parent's car did not have air conditioning and neither did our home.
- We drank tap water
- Washes our dishes by hand
- We used maps when we traveled
- We used carbon paper in our typewriters to make copies
- The lawn mower did not have a motor, it had to be pushed to move the blades.
- Smoking cigarettes and pipes was not considered harmful by adults
- Later when there were copy machines, we would cut out pictures or larger fonts labels and paste them into a new document with tape or glue.
Wow, how things have changed.
- We got our first computer in 1990. It had a 650 MB hard drive and 4 megs of RAM. The built in fax modern meant I didn't have to buy a fax machine.
- Now we have remotes, cell phones, laptops, ipods, plastic, video games, GPS's and much more.
Here is a video which reviews the progression of technology and projects its advancement in a
"Did You Know" fast-paced format. Very interesting, I hope you enjoy!
Technology | CLICK
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