We have finally arrived, nothing left to invent or is there.
Once upon a time the world was not so complicated; telephones had one purpose,
to relay messages vocally. Now they do everything, but pick your teeth. Before
phones there was only one way to let someone know where you were or to ask a
question. Not so long ago I observed a lot of people shopping in the grocery
store, and talking to themselves, until I learned about the hands free method
of talking on a phone without a visible phone.
Party lines didn’t mean a line to a party. It
meant your personal business was being shared by anyone that happened to be on
your party line, such as the modern Facebook and many other ‘tell the world
about it’ web sites. If you wanted
someone to know something you had to get out the stationary and a pen, and
actually write it out and send it by mail. Wouldn’t it be terrible if we had to go back
to that?
My mother was born in 1905, and she once said the one
invention that she appreciated the most was the electric washing machine. She
was speaking of the first one invented with a wringer attached, and the wringer
was not automatic, you had to guide the item through it while turning the
handle.
It wasn’t long until a way was made to make the wringer automatic, but
you would still guide the item through it. Finally the spin method was made.
Families had large families, mainly because a sure fire method of birth control
had not been discovered, and that is very likely the reason I am here. One
brother is only two years older. There were eight kids. The Mom of the family
did a huge laundry each week with a washtub and scrub board, and then had to
hang it on a line outside to dry. The electric dryer was another great
invention.
I remember our first radio and how much we enjoyed it, and
going from an ice box to a refrigerator. I thought the microwave was a fabulous
invention. I would hate to live without one now.
Watching the evolution of the computer age is amazing. We
probably haven’t seen anything yet. I
believe pigs will fly.
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| Similar to the one we had. |
4 comments:
My grandmother had one just like that. Brought back memories.
Sue
You have seen great changes in technology in your lifetime, Lorrene. Heck, even I have! My mother ran her hand through the wringer of her mother's washing machine when she was a kid. My father wrote about my grandmother's excitement getting a gas powered washing machine (they didn't have electricity yet). Thanks for sharing your memories and recalling some of mine!
Stephanie, ours was gas also, It was started like a lawn mower. Us kids used to beg,"let me pull the cord".
My mother ran her hand through her mother's wringer washer. It's a wonder she wasn't maimed for life. One time, when we lived at the beach and microwave went on the fritz, my fiancé drove it all the way to Bellevue to get it fixed. Now you can't find someone to fix stuff. You take it to the dump and buy new stuff. Don't get me started.
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