In the threadThings You Miss in Cafe Society, people are lamenting shows, movies, commercials, etc. that they miss from their past. A few posters have touched upon a few other amenities and characteristics of decades-past that just aren’t around anymore.
And it got me to thinking, we’ve gotten rid of those things to make room for modern-day amenities like the internet. And I for one am not sure if I would trade in my computer and connection so that my children (when I have them) can play kick-the-can, or so my cousin can hitchhike across the country without worrying about the consequences.
Neither my wife or I (I just asked her) ever played “kick-the-can”, although she played “hop scotch” and I played “mumbly peg”. I agree with you that I wouldn’t want to trade my computer to be able to play any of them. I’ve also hitchhiked and picked up hitchhikers. Can’t say that I miss either side of that activity, so no trade there either.
Hand written letters.
The internet is wonderful, and I love that I can actually have a discussion here (almost without exception intelligent discussions) with people from everywhere, but…
a little part of me regrets that the hand-written letter is going away. Little note envelopes stuck in my vanity mirror, the smell of my mom’s perfume in her letters when I was far away and home sick, the stack of love letters from my husband; there’s a whole generation of people growing up who won’t know what it’s like to get those things.
Or, .;), maybe I’m just slightly melancholy today. Cheer me up, Much.
Don’t worry Maureen the physical letter isn’t going away. Just today I sent a two page letter to a very dear friend in Malaysia, whom I’ve met 6 years ago in a chatroom
I would trade my access to the Internet for money. Without a second thought.
If anyone wants to see a girl live withotu any of the following in exchange for cash payments, let me know - internet access, the ability to print at home, cable, TV at all, the phone, the fridge, AC…
But I’ll never give up my hot water! Never!!
I think we still have cans to kick. Although if you let your children kick a can, you’ll probably be considered an unfit parent for exposing them to botulism.
Since I found this website . . . well, and a couple others, no way. It would have to be a heck of a lot of money! But now that I think about it, I’d give up the Internet if I had to, to go back to my life 20 years ago, and be that age and in that place again.
I would trade the internet for the MATRIX if I could program my own virtual environment. It’d be okay with me to spend my life in a gooey womb, if all my senses told me I was boinking Hollywood starlets.
Since I found this website … well, and a couple others, no way. It would take a huge amount of money to get me away from it. But now that I think about it, I’d give up the Internet if I had to, to be back in my life 20 years ago–be that age and in that place.
