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Hi Guys,
My old cell phone died so I got two new iPhone 7s, one for my wife and one for me. They were not free...lol
Instead of talking to people, I now talk to my phone. I talk and it converts my redneck voice to text...lol No one actually answers their phone anymore anyway, so "leave a message" "you know what to do, just do it after the beep". I am not crying the blues about all this modern electronics we have but we really live in a different world today.
I certainly like the fact I can talk and see my friends live, who live on the other side of the planet via Skype for free. If one wants to spend the money, the iPhone will start your car and warm it up for you or turn on the AC which I guess could be useful here in Florida.
The other day I saw two kids sitting at Starbucks two feet apart texting back and forth to each other. It appears that spoken language has gone out of fashion.
Six zillion songs can be listen to on the phone using MP3. The quality is not the greatest but who cares because we got the songs for free.
Actually the quality of the music on my old 1963 Chevy Super Sport AM pushbutton radio was not that great either. I did very much like the fact I could turn one knob and push a button and actually hear someone I recognized sing something I could understand.
All my newer photo albums came from the camera in my phone and live and are kept safe on a cloud somewhere I am told.
I guess "how we got here" is not too mysterious. We can borrow the money on credit to fund our desire for the latest and greatest next new thing. I understand I am a stranger in a strange land as I pay cash for everything and don't owe anything to anyone.
Perhaps the greater question is where are we all going.
It is possible to resist to some degree the advance of electronic technology. For the most part, most of us give in and go buy and use these new "toys". Who doesn't own a cell phone in todays world? Ever notice how even just about every homeless person standing on the street asking for money has a cell phone? I guess now it must be some sort of inalienable right to own a cell phone at this point.
Just for the record, no vocal chords were harmed in the production of this post...lol
Cheers,
Billy
My old cell phone died so I got two new iPhone 7s, one for my wife and one for me. They were not free...lol
Instead of talking to people, I now talk to my phone. I talk and it converts my redneck voice to text...lol No one actually answers their phone anymore anyway, so "leave a message" "you know what to do, just do it after the beep". I am not crying the blues about all this modern electronics we have but we really live in a different world today.
I certainly like the fact I can talk and see my friends live, who live on the other side of the planet via Skype for free. If one wants to spend the money, the iPhone will start your car and warm it up for you or turn on the AC which I guess could be useful here in Florida.
The other day I saw two kids sitting at Starbucks two feet apart texting back and forth to each other. It appears that spoken language has gone out of fashion.
Six zillion songs can be listen to on the phone using MP3. The quality is not the greatest but who cares because we got the songs for free.
Actually the quality of the music on my old 1963 Chevy Super Sport AM pushbutton radio was not that great either. I did very much like the fact I could turn one knob and push a button and actually hear someone I recognized sing something I could understand.
All my newer photo albums came from the camera in my phone and live and are kept safe on a cloud somewhere I am told.
I guess "how we got here" is not too mysterious. We can borrow the money on credit to fund our desire for the latest and greatest next new thing. I understand I am a stranger in a strange land as I pay cash for everything and don't owe anything to anyone.
Perhaps the greater question is where are we all going.
It is possible to resist to some degree the advance of electronic technology. For the most part, most of us give in and go buy and use these new "toys". Who doesn't own a cell phone in todays world? Ever notice how even just about every homeless person standing on the street asking for money has a cell phone? I guess now it must be some sort of inalienable right to own a cell phone at this point.
Just for the record, no vocal chords were harmed in the production of this post...lol
Cheers,
Billy