Changes you have witnessed

Your list reminds Me of Some other technology landmarks we've had in that time too...the creation of the Space Program resulting in the Moon landings,Supersonic travel,the addition of music formats from vinyl to cassette to CD,and Now digital downloads.. The ability to record tv,from the VHS/Betamax wars,through to DVD..

WOW! Reading your post made me look back and see how much the world really has changed. I am just a few years younger than you are and have witnessed all the changes that occurred as years passed. To add to that, I think would be the use of the Metro Rail System. It was used here quite later than other countries. And also the use of a telegram! We would receive those from my grandparents in the provinces. There were no emails yet that time and it as the fastest way of relaying a message if there were no phones available. And also in making a call, you have to go through the operator if you want to call overseas unlike now that you just need to punch the country code, area code then the phone number of the person you want to talk to.

I remember everything you mentioned! I also remember t.v. were big and now we have digital t.v. and t.v.'s are so slim! I remember we had no cable! Now of course we did but their is also Direct TV and Satellite tv! I remember when we didn't need to wear seat belts in cars because cars were bigger and buildt like tanks! Cars ran on leaded gasoline,too! I remember the days of very few or no fast food resturants! Now they are everywhere! You made things from stratch! The microwaves didn't become popular until the 1980's! Now lots of things are made in microwaves and are premade! Video recorders were huge and you rented VHS tapes form places like the grocery stores or mini-marts! Now it is all DVD's and you rent from stores that only do that business! We also have Neflex,too! I remember having LP's! Eight tracks,cassettes and cd's! Now downloading music on I-pads,on cell phones and you can do that on blank cd's! All from the computer! Shopping was different,too! There was Sears,K-Mart,Prange Way and Montgomery Ward! Sears and some K-marts are still around but now there are Walmarts all around! Now you can shop at Walmart for groceries and not have to go to a grocery store! Stores were not open on the holidays and sometimes not on sunday! Now alot are! Christmas was not commericalized like it has become! So many things have changed in my 50 years and I am sure I forgot some things but I do know,things will continue to change!

I agree, I am on my early forties and yes- those changes. But one thing that I feel bad about this modernization is- our culture and tradition are also in danger. Good for other traditions/culture that sounds taboo- but values are suffering the same thing too. Kids of new genre are getting uncontrollable and even worse.

Yes things change so fast so much even we can not notice it,but there is one thing but I find it is very important,and that is all the new inventions will cost us so much,such as now the medicine grow very fast now we can cure almost all kinds of diseases,but meanwhile the medical fee is so expensive that many people can not afford that.So in my mind,things changes to good and all the people can get the benefits from them,and it is really a good change.

Thanks for your post. I learn a lot just by reading your post for almost a minute. Right now, I'm 23 years old. Still a bit younger. But I have also witnessed some changes. When I was still in high school, facebook doesn't exist that time. Because during that time, friendster dominated the social networking industry. But right now, facebook is widely use to socialize virtually. And friendster is nowhere to be found. And then before, cellphones isn't very much developed back then. I can still remember that when I was in high school, most cellphones have antenna. But now, if your cellphone does have an antenna, it's most likely that people will laugh at you. These are just some of the changes that I have witnessed.

Hi... I'm 30 only, and yet I can say that I've seen some real big changes... When I was very young, TV was very new.. And it was expensive too... They needed antennas and they were black and white... We had a radio transister at that time; that was the only entertainment available.. Compare those TVs to today's LCDs and LEDs; it is a huge change. The same goes with computers. The first computer I saw was a 486 processor. It was so slow & based on MS-DOS. I don't think they use DOS anymore. Compare that to today's computers... I have seen major changes, I can say with confidence... I don't think I'll live a hundred years, but I'm sure after another 50 years, we'll have cars running using the air and flying too... Computers & Smart phones will become part of daily life...

I am 34 years old. I remember when televisions were those huge console ones that sat on the floor and took up so much space. When VCR's were just coming out and they cost an arm and a leg. CD players were new and cars all had cassette decks. The only internet you could get was dial up and you had to use AOL. We had a rotary phone as well. Things sure have changed.

I think that this is a really interesting thing to think about, because the majority of us will have witnessed some kind of change during the course of our life, and this means that we will be able to go back and think about it in the future. One of the things that I have noticed is the invention of the internet. When I was born this was just something that wasn't available at all, and now the majority of people in the world are able to use it on a daily basis. I don't know what I would do without the internet, and I am very glad that I have been able to get it.

I remember when gas was 35 cents a gallon. I remember drive-in theaters with 'buck a carload' night. I remember glass pop bottles, and carrying my schoolbooks in my arm, not a bookbag. I remember my parents paid $50 a month to rent a 3 bedroom house...with a garage. I remember poodle skirts and old time rock and roll, and I remember girls wearing skirts and dresses to school....pants weren't allowed for girls. I remember kids being polite, being able to walk down the street without worrying about getting shot, and not even bothering to lock the doors at night. Yea, times have changed, and not always for the best.

hi dear Jodee I have turned 50 this year and I remember these rotary phones and that not everyone had a phone at home. Infact cause my mother and aunt didnt want me to use the phone at home to talk to friends I went to the next phone booth when I wanted to talk to anyone. I also remember the black and white TV of course and how often we listened to the radio. And I remember a lot of products which are sadly off the market not only in the supermarket aisles but when it comes to toys as well. Sometimes I really think I am getting a tad old cause I can say, aha, 40 years ago I had this or did this. Like, not every young person had a stereo compound back then. I didnt and was happy as could be as I was allowed to use a friends one in the students boarding house when she was out and about.

I exprienced many change also, from black and white TV to color TV,from big desk comuputer to notebook, from wired phone to wireless phone, all these changed people's life, If I live to be 100, what things will be changed,this is a question I am interested,too. Let's enjoy the happy the change bring to us,and hope all these have positive effect.

Change very fast,but the technologv does not make people's lives getting better,but there are a lot of bad factors.

when you're 100? hm... super computer implanted into eye-glasses with voice command. All in one function from mobile phone, computer, GPS, virtual 3D games (this one I'll surely love it when it's really created); video phone etc. Imagine laying on sun lounger wearing that glasses reading e-book, shopping on-line, chatting with friends, playing 3D games WOW..... Back to today, I still remember when I was a boy, all my toys were manual/mechanical toys, I used to play with many physical involvement like running in parks, hide and seek etc. And I see my kids now; their toys are mostly electrical, playing with sitting holding remote control; playing games on tab, and sadly they don't have park to go where they can running, cycling etc. And this part of "Modern Life" for me is SAD and I have no idea how to change that.