For those of us who may be digging in our heels at the deluge of on-demand technology, I humbly point you to this article. I was a neo-Luddite myself for awhile but happily embrace most new technologies if there is the slightest chance my life will be made a smidgen easier or more enjoyable.
This article brings back fond memories--but my memories go farther back to my Harvest Gold RCA transistor radio. I could h
ang it off the handlebars of my bike and pedal away with my music with me. I was cool, if only in my own mind. It was only an AM radio, but that was ok, too. It was music I could take with me. Looking back at the list in the article, what do you fondly remember enjoying or using? How would you explain missing a television show or a rotary dial telephone to a 12 year-old?
ang it off the handlebars of my bike and pedal away with my music with me. I was cool, if only in my own mind. It was only an AM radio, but that was ok, too. It was music I could take with me. Looking back at the list in the article, what do you fondly remember enjoying or using? How would you explain missing a television show or a rotary dial telephone to a 12 year-old? 
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My parents own what may be the oldest rotary telephone in North America still in daily use. Installed in 1961, it dates to the time when the telephone company owned all phones, which were hard-wired into the wall. Great-grandchildren stare in bewilderment the first time they really look at it and notice the absence of push buttons. My dad at times waxes nostalgic over the cutting edge technology of his boyhood: a telephone that required vigorous cranking prior to placing a call.
AND the phone company owned your phone, not you.
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