What does 2104 have in store?
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TexasRaceLady
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That list gives one pause --- think how "far" we've come in just 100 years. Of course, there are things I don't think have "improved" since 1904.
My grandmother was born in 1900. It boggled my mind when she died in 1988 that she'd seen the entire span of powered flight --- from the birth of the airplane to the flight to the moon.
I was born in 1946 --- I remember the absolute wonder of air conditioning in a private home! And even more wonderful -- actually buying a car with AC!!!! Do any of you remember the clear vinyl seat covers that you stuck to in the summer? LOL
Actually having to get up to change the channel on the TV --- of course, having only 3 channels made it easy to select.
My grandmother was born in 1900. It boggled my mind when she died in 1988 that she'd seen the entire span of powered flight --- from the birth of the airplane to the flight to the moon.
I was born in 1946 --- I remember the absolute wonder of air conditioning in a private home! And even more wonderful -- actually buying a car with AC!!!! Do any of you remember the clear vinyl seat covers that you stuck to in the summer? LOL
Actually having to get up to change the channel on the TV --- of course, having only 3 channels made it easy to select.
Gato_Solo said:When I was growing up, our TV had 2 remote controls. Me, or my brother...depending upon who was at home at the time. We were also the answering machines...
We dislike answering machines and voice inboxes. If we dial and there's no one home, we dial the cell phone, if it plays the "leave your message" thingie we hang up. Very very few people actually leave a message.
TexasRaceLady
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Having more than one phone in the house was a rarity until the late 60s, early 70s.
I remember the phone numbers from over the years. At first, it was just 1492. Then the phone co. went to exchanges -- UN-1492. From there it went to all numbers.
I remember the phone numbers from over the years. At first, it was just 1492. Then the phone co. went to exchanges -- UN-1492. From there it went to all numbers.
MrBishop
Well-Known Member
Colour TV ... we didn't have one until I was about 17 or so. I remember watching the Hulk for the first time on the colour screen and exclaiming "The Hulk is green!" - I knew it from the comix that he was supposed to be but had no idea that they'd acctually painted Lou the correct colour.
chcr
Too cute for words
I remember that. Of course there were only three or four channels.Gato_Solo said:When I was growing up, our TV had 2 remote controls. Me, or my brother...depending upon who was at home at the time. We were also the answering machines...
Dad: "Boy, go change that to the other channel."
*It wasn't until I was a teenager that I understood that blacks were offended when someone called them boy (and why).
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SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
tonksy said:
Some white men use the term to refer to any other male. I hear it routinely. It's not racial. Fewer things are than many think are. Pretty much everything is racial now, whether it really is or not. 'Tis what we have wrought. Now we get to live with it.
The use of the term "boy" in the presence of another fully grown man can have many derivations. Yes, in rare instances it can be a holdover from the civil rights struggle and before. It can be a backlash against the 60's term "man" that got interjected in every sentence by a younger generation some on here may identify with. It can be a derrogatory term, meaning the one being spoken to isn't considered to be as "manly" as the speaker. It can be as innocent a little interjection as the word "like" is.
Why does it all have to be traced back to black and white every time?
SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
Gato_Solo said:For the same reason the term 'Ebonics' comes up when the education system is lampooned.
OK, fair enough I suppose. Though ebonics has actually been added to curriculums in some schools. Then again, I suppose the whole black/white debate has been too....
Hand me that brick there, wouldya? Time to get started again.
tonksy
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i only explained that facet because it was the only one appropriate to the conversation.SouthernN'Proud said:Some white men use the term to refer to any other male. I hear it routinely. It's not racial. Fewer things are than many think are. Pretty much everything is racial now, whether it really is or not. 'Tis what we have wrought. Now we get to live with it.
The use of the term "boy" in the presence of another fully grown man can have many derivations. Yes, in rare instances it can be a holdover from the civil rights struggle and before. It can be a backlash against the 60's term "man" that got interjected in every sentence by a younger generation some on here may identify with. It can be a derrogatory term, meaning the one being spoken to isn't considered to be as "manly" as the speaker. It can be as innocent a little interjection as the word "like" is.
Why does it all have to be traced back to black and white every time?
