This magazine ad from 1968 seemed to be something out of science fiction at the time.
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In retrospect, it's strange that it took forty years for such communication to become commonplace.Personally, I never liked the idea of being on screen every time I picked up the phone; some things are just better not seen! So, if I had an opportunity to have a Picturephone of my own, I would say, Thanks, but no thanks.
Mind you, I would not say no to a little Skype with baby Elsie if Annie had internet right now.
But she doesn't.
This is me, fighting technology to the bitter end, and signing off for today.
I don't want to be seen every time I talk on the phone either, but I sure appreciate Skype for talking to Andy in Afghanistan!
ReplyDeleteOh mercy, no. I'd have to put a bag over my head if I had that technology! And I agree that it seems very strange it took so long to make this commonplace ... to some. Certainly not to me; I don't even text and only recently acquired an iPod!
ReplyDeleteI think it's so funny that our kids don't have the internet access that we enjoy. It's the same when I go to Stephanie's house ... I can't even check my blog or email unless Joel happens to bring home his laptop from the church, and then the device can pick up a borrowed wireless signal from somewhere in the vicinity! More often than not it's just not worth it to even try.
So I don't ... and I only miss it a little bit. But Skype-ing with Baby Elsie? I'd move heaven and earth for that. So Annie should totally get with the program. Tell her I said so.
Annie has internet, but no laptop. Edwin is off training somewhere and took the laptop with him. So I will get to Skype eventually, but not right now.
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