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    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thu Feb 20 06:35:46 2020
    Nancy wrote --

    But I think the tag is more about how quickly technology tends to
    accelerate....

    I like the older detective shows (Columbo, etc) and always get a chuckle
    when say Colombo comes across something cutting edge (c. 1970-90) and has to
    be told how something works.
    "What is that machine on the table?"
    It's a personal computer.
    "You mean like those big room size machines that crunch numbers?"
    Yes, you can use it for data processing....
    "You mean like a typewriter? Where do you put the paper?"
    You don't need paper, you write whatever and send it over the phone wire
    to another computer.
    "How does that work?"

    And so on. :)
    I also figure 20 years from now people will get a chuckle out of our
    current cutting age technology and how primitive it was.
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Thu Feb 20 19:51:00 2020
    Joe,

    I also figure 20 years from now people will get a chuckle out of our
    current cutting age technology and how primitive it was.

    Like how toilet paper replaced corncobs and slop jars?? <G>

    Daryl


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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Fri Feb 21 07:11:26 2020
    Daryl wrote --

    I also figure 20 years from now people will get a chuckle out of our
    current cutting age technology and how primitive it was.

    Like how toilet paper replaced corncobs and slop jars?? <G>

    It has? When did this happen?
    Joe


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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Fri Feb 21 16:43:00 2020
    Joe,

    I also figure 20 years from now people will get a chuckle out of our JM>> JM>current cutting age technology and how primitive it was.

    Like how toilet paper replaced corncobs and slop jars?? <G>

    It has? When did this happen?

    Well, if you're off the grid and in the rural mountains, you might
    still be living in the past. :P

    Daryl


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