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Old 11-25-2017, 07:24 PM   #269
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Originally Posted by silverraven View Post
Very off topic: My dad is 92. He worked at Sperry Univac his whole life. So he remembers the 'room size' computers. I had a 64gb micro SD card with me one time when I was visiting with him, showed it to him, and explained to him just how much data it would hold. He was amazed.
My parents were born in 1925/1926. So they remember when having a radio (which went off at sunset, by the way) was special. It just amazes me how far technology has come in their lifetime. I can't imagine how far it will go in mine.
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Yep, my Dad's 93 and used to listen to Buck Rogers on an AM console radio that was powered by a car battery. Even I can remember starting with vacuum tube radios -- and tying to track down and replace the burned out ones.

Now Dad has an Echo and reads on a Kindle. Talk about Buck Rogers.
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