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Originally Posted by garinda
Knock down Ginger, or Grand Theft Auto?
Slates, or paper?
Rickets, or childhood obesity?
Pen and ink, or keyboards?
Pea-soupers, or smog?
Hands, or knives and forks?
Talking, or texting?
Going to dances, looking for romance, or trawling internet dating sites?
Observing things with your eyes, or snapping them on your mobile phone?
Living, or virtually living?
Choices, choices.
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Some call it progress -I'm not so sure.
For me it's "nicknack" (that's what we called it), paper, pen & ink, knives and forks, no smog, talking, dancing (always alone these days
), using my eyes (rather like the Victorian idea of looking at a view through a mirror to "frame"it) and definitely living -preferably livin' it up given half a chance.
Virtual= frustration!
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Originally Posted by davemac
Anyway to get back on thread, is it :
red phone box...or... smartphones.
Getting up to turn the telly over...or...remote controls.
black and white telly with two channels...or...100's of channels with a lot of repeats
coal fires...or...central heating.
box brownies...or...digital cameras
what about the stuff that was never thought about when I was a nipper, computers, sat navs, mp3 players, dvd players, digital recorders,microwaves, and many more... could we do without them  |
Red phone boxes and post-boxes, for that matter, too.
Switch off the telly unless it's something you really want to watch.
Love a real fire, the smell and colour of the flames in coal (like my Gran used to have) and the crackle of logs.
Digital cameras are great but I never print the photos anymore and I do love looking through my albums...
Can live without most gadgets but would be lost without my laptop these days.
