The smart phone ate it

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Ate what? Well for one ,my wrist watch and lots of others besides.Once upon a time it was THE gift when we had to sit for our class 10 board exams. How proudly my friends wore their first wrist watches.Steel bands with blue or white faces. Then there were those pretty golden ones to wear for special occasions, like a bangle and different coloured leather straps to match the outfits.No longer do they sit pretty on our wrists, we pick up the phone and check the time. Then the alarm clock with its button which we would push sleepily in the morning as we hid our heads under the pillow for another snooze.Well, that is gone too. There is the alarm app on my mobile and it works like my old clock. I used to carry a small notepad in my purse for lists and things. Shopping and to do lists or things to pack before a trip. No longer ,do I scribble with a pen . My son installed a notepad app. The camera which as newly weds we saved up to buy discussing the pixels versus costs .It lies in some corner in the cupboard.Need a photo, just point and click, your phone. The paperbacks on trips.A couple of novels easily fit into my phone. Only a handy charging point is to be located. The train timetable listing information on all trains , that is gone too.Thete is a railway app which tells me how to plan my trip and spots my train when I travel. All these and much more of the once indispensable objects of my past are gone.Eaten up by the smart phone!