To put some things in perspective and how times have changed drastically in my life time I'll post a list of something you don't see any more except on display in some exhibit.

I remember a small foundry in the small town (county seat) that I spent my first years. It was right next door to my grandmother's, and I'd watch the men make the lead ingots from the alley doorway.

I can remember the rag man coming down the street in his horse drawn wagon calling for rags. He was a black gentleman, and my grandmother would send me out with remnants from her invisible mending for Brooks Bros, Gimbels, Macy's.

I remember the trolley that ran through town, in one street, and out the other. It ran on electricity, and used to ride it to Upper Darby and the 69th Street Station with my grandmother and mother on trips to Philly.

I remember picking up the phone and hearing some ones voice, not really knowing who it was. Party-line phones, and real operators. As a kid, sometimes, we'd eavesdrop on the party line, and always hear "get off you little sneaks". We thought it was cool to get nabbed!!!

I remember when a quarter...25 cents..would get you a double feature, cartoon if not two, popcorn, drink, and a box of dots candy.

I remember when TV were the size of the average computer monitor, and the screen was about 12"x12" and you only got 4 channels. About midnight, you got an annoying signal and visual on the screen saying the station was off the air. It came back on with agricultural news about 5 AM.

These are just a few of the things I've seen and experienced in life. I had my first plane ride when I was about 5 year old in a Piper Cub. I puked into a coffee can after looking out the window and down at the ground one time, and have loved flying and looking down ever since. No vertigo here.

Now compare that to what we have today, it seems like a 100 years have passed already! :lol5: