We Have So Much to be Thankful for
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189820)
Boise, Idaho
February 11, 2023 6:11pm CST
In this day and age, we have so much to be thankful for. We no longer have to fetch our own water. We no longer have to make candles for lighting. So many things we have nowadays. When there was a big party they would put up an inconceivable amount of candles to light the ballroom and/or dining room. No electric lights until the late 1870s.
We just upgraded our internet service to fiber optics from the cable we did have. I was amazed to learn about fiber optics and how behind and slow the cable we had was.
Thomas Edison lived from 1847 to 1931. During his life, he held 1,093 patents. He is responsible for the automatic telegraph, the carbon telephone transmitter, the light bulb, the phonograph, the microphone, batteries, incandescent lamps, the mimeograph machine, and so many more inventions.
We have come a long way.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
13 Feb 23
@celticeagle All these new inventions we didn't think of even thirty years ago.
@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Feb 23
@RubyHawk ..........It's amazing how fast technology changes. There are certain things I like to keep up on. Others not so much.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
12 Feb 23
We never realize how much of an inconvenience it is when we lose something that is a complete necessity, but also a luxury because we take it for granted. We have advanced so far and so fast and it is really really outstanding.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Feb 23
Our lives are wrapped around so much technology.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Feb 23
@DesirousDreamer ...........True. Just thinking of my own life and how much I depend on new age stuff each and every day.
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
12 Feb 23
@celticeagle It sure is helpful, but we cannot let it consume us
@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Feb 23
@LadyDuck .......I thought so as well.
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@LadyDuck (502235)
• Italy
13 Feb 23
@celticeagle Incredibly interesting. There was a light bulb always lit that still was from Thomas Edison times.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
12 Feb 23
Technology from when I was a teenager until now is hard to comprehend...and it's constantly changing.
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@thebos (5960)
• Kisumu, Kenya
13 Feb 23
@celticeagle but most people take things for granted
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