The World As I See It

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There are many discussions about how people could or could not deal with the same situations that faced my generation growing up. I come from the age of the black and white television that went off the air at midnight with the playing of the National Anthem. There were only three channels to watch and many times it had snowy reception. I come from an age without cell phones, mine was a rotary dial phone and you could only talk on it nothing else. No iPads or Notebooks, mine was spiral bound, calculators came into play when I was in high school. Until then I did math the old-fashioned way. I memorized the math tables and if necessary used my fingers and toes to count. I come from an age when prices were lower, but so were our paychecks. Dad worked and Mom stayed home. You don't see that very often these days. For me, it was a happier time in some respects. My personal home life was not ideal. However, I could escape to a friend's home. I either walked or rode my bike the five miles to get there. Dad had the only car and Mom didn't have a license. What would you do if you didn't have the technology you have today? Would you panic? Would you believe your life was coming to an end, or would you flow with the times? I believe we don't give people the benefit of being capable to live in the same conditions I did growing up. Yes, it would be strange to have a rotary phone again, have only one car in the family, and need to make your own way where you need to go. However, I think this generation is smart enough to do whatever is necessary to accomplish its goals. There are some things I'm glad we don't have today that we had when I was younger. We've advanced medically and scientifically. We've found cures for many sicknesses and diseases and are getting closer with others. Transportation isn't by horse and carriage any longer, but I think we could manage if we needed to. To those of you in your 20s and 30s, could you live without the technology you have today? Have you tried it? Have you put your cellphone, iPad, Notebook, laptop, computer aside for a period of time and tried to do things without it? Can you do math without a calculator? Give it a try and let me know how it goes. It's time to give credit to people younger than us. I believe they can, given the circumstances, function as we did. A little ingenuity goes a long way. And the next time you want to read a book put away the Kindle and pick up a paperbound book. Let your eyes rest from the strain of a Kindle, and give your brain something new. You never know what will happen if you give the world a try without technology for a little while. The picture is this morning with the blinds down instead of up. We're getting another 10 inches or more of snow today. Thanks for reading.