Good morning friends. World changes.
By marguicha
@marguicha (215405)
Chile
October 25, 2018 7:56am CST
I just received a message from my friend Lili, now in Canada taking care of her daughter who is having a bad pregnancy. She wants to know how her house is and in a while I will call the lady who is in charge there.
Communications have changed a lot in these last years. Only 10 or 15 years ago, if we went to another country, it would be very expensive to get in touch with someone in another country. Now I heard the message tone in my smartphone and I will only have to wait for Lili´s maid to arrive to call her and then send another message to Lili.
Just take a minute to think upon all you did not have 10 years ago. Did you lave a laptop? A tablet? A smartphone? A smart TV? Netflix?
Part of this new world is mylot. We have friends from all over the world. So here I go, to read and answer my notifications. See you
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
25 Oct 18
I don´t have tablet. I bought one a couple of years ago, but the burglars stole it. A friend gave me Netflix for free and I watch old movies once in a while.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
25 Oct 18
@LadyDuck My friend bought Netflix ( not very expense from what I heard). She could place 5 TV sets at the same time. There are only 3 people at her house so she gave me one possibility. So it is free Netflix.
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@LadyDuck (458082)
• Switzerland
25 Oct 18
@marguicha Netflix is expensive here in Switzerland, the choice not great, we have more or less the same things for free with our Internet bundle.
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@dodo19 (47053)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
25 Oct 18
@marguicha It can be pretty scary. I wish time would slow down a little. All these changes can make anyone feel disposable.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
25 Oct 18
@dodo19 It is. And the generation gap is bigger so it feels that our grandchildren are aliens.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
25 Oct 18
I don´t like changes to happen so quickly. I feel disposable
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
25 Oct 18
It was so expensive that when someone went away and we wanted to know whether he had arrived well (no whatsapps, no nothing), we called asking if the call would be accepted. The other side would say no, but they would know we had arrived
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
25 Oct 18
That is so true. I often think about the things my kids will never know. Stretching the phone cord to its limit to get some privacy, playing a record backwards, rewinding a video cassette......etc
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
25 Oct 18
And even that is modernity compared to what out parents had.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
25 Oct 18
@marguicha Yes, you are absolutely right.
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
25 Oct 18
Best wishes to the daughter of your friend.
It is kind of crazy, but also 10 years ago for me at least it really hasn't changed that much I was 13 and I did have a laptop and a lot more friends then...heh But going back just a year or two more I didn't have a laptop we didn't even have highspeed internet and I was using Yahoo and MSN messengers and Myspace to talk to friends.
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
26 Oct 18
@marguicha And yet it seems like 10 years ago was so far away haha!
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
25 Oct 18
I hope your friend's daughter will be alright.
So true. 10 years ago I did have a laptop and Netflix, though Netflix was dvds sent through the mail at the time
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
26 Oct 18
@FayeHazel It was the best news she could give me.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
25 Oct 18
Lili messaged me today that Natalia was in bed, but all was as good as possible.
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@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
25 Oct 18
Yes, I can really relate to that. When my husband and I started dating, we were studying in different countries. The phone call was so expensive and Internet connection was not as fast. So we still wrote letters to each other more often, and sometimes emails. He didn't have a computer, so it's not easy for us to chat online. I always think, it'd be easier for us if we stay apart now. 
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
25 Oct 18
You`re so right with the changes in a positive way 
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
25 Oct 18
Me too. And a small TV and no tablet. Not that I have one now, I haven´t replaced it since it was stolen.
@Marilynda1225 (79708)
• United States
25 Oct 18
We have so many advantages these days for communicating with everyone and I'm happy that those long distance phone calls don't exist any longer. Don't you wonder where technology will go in the future?
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
25 Oct 18
I have trouble keeping up with the present world.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
25 Oct 18
@Marilynda1225 In my case, grandkids don´t have much time.
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@Marilynda1225 (79708)
• United States
25 Oct 18
@marguicha me too. Half the time I'm lost and have to ask the grandkids for help
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
26 Oct 18
I don't have a laptop or tablet. I don't have a smartphone or a smart tv. I do have Netflix though. Yeah the world has changed. I wouldn't have been able to call my mother because it would have been long distance. Now I can call her anytime.
@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
25 Oct 18
I still would like to find someone that could fix my old desktop. I have a lot of photos there.
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@Swayamsiddha (4358)
• New Delhi, India
26 Oct 18
Good point. This was a lovely blog post.
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@freelancermariagrace (27219)
• Philippines
26 Oct 18
The power of technology. Means of communications gets better each day
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