tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post6044201077938579561..comments2024-03-16T08:31:08.514-07:00Comments on Welcome Words: Progress and PlotMartyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-22306138038831579792015-05-28T03:54:11.694-07:002015-05-28T03:54:11.694-07:00When I was in college, my dorm room was right next...When I was in college, my dorm room was right next to the hall phone, and I spent a lot of time with the cord stretched into my room and the door closed! I always wonder now whether my dormmates were crouched on the other side of the door listening to me?<br /><br />Re. the plot, you could always have one of the characters forget their cell phone, or have their battery die. God knows that happens enough in real life now.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-14285393466807097012015-05-27T17:30:48.174-07:002015-05-27T17:30:48.174-07:00We only have a foggy idea of what future technolog...We only have a foggy idea of what future technology developments could take place. This will seem like nothing. Yes, I wish it was a few decades ago when we had to work to communicate.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-47039759013587528012015-05-27T16:20:49.697-07:002015-05-27T16:20:49.697-07:00Now I have plot ideas that feature losing, forgett...Now I have plot ideas that feature losing, forgetting to carry, or forgetting to recharge the batteries on cell phones. Thanks.<br />I remember when answering machines were new, people got very inventive with their outgoing messages. <br />I also remember living with no phone at all until I was about 25. We walked to the public phone box over on the next block and deposited our coins to speak to someone in the next state. I was amazed to learn that a neighbour across the road used her home phone to call her friend who lived three houses away.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-62527867648800912132015-05-27T13:31:47.006-07:002015-05-27T13:31:47.006-07:00In the house where my kids grew up, I had an avoca...In the house where my kids grew up, I had an avocado (way cool!) kitchen wall phone<br />with a cord that could reach to the front door. And I used it to get there!Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-36054259078066342452015-05-27T13:30:16.723-07:002015-05-27T13:30:16.723-07:00Oh my goodness, yes.
Back to encyclopedias!Oh my goodness, yes. <br />Back to encyclopedias!Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-58094795863544895172015-05-27T13:29:42.397-07:002015-05-27T13:29:42.397-07:00Yes, but it's hard on authors who need a victi...Yes, but it's hard on authors who need a victim!Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-82670966000290356212015-05-27T13:29:02.391-07:002015-05-27T13:29:02.391-07:00Not all progress is progress. :-)Not all progress is progress. :-)Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-63976644831007392292015-05-27T13:27:46.545-07:002015-05-27T13:27:46.545-07:00Good grief, you're right.
We sure are wusses ...Good grief, you're right. <br />We sure are wusses nowadays, aren't we?Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-37504704796180862622015-05-27T13:26:50.229-07:002015-05-27T13:26:50.229-07:00You know, in the last book I read by Jean Hess, th...You know, in the last book I read by Jean Hess, the main character was exactly like that. The author must have used that to get around this whole constant connectivity problem. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-79894524549042869882015-05-27T13:25:18.033-07:002015-05-27T13:25:18.033-07:00Have you ever seen all the articles describing wha...Have you ever seen all the articles describing what those corsets did to a woman's internal organs? They didn't call those sofas "fainting couches" for nothing. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-62828354318370604672015-05-27T13:01:30.789-07:002015-05-27T13:01:30.789-07:00I like the stretchy phone cord image.I like the stretchy phone cord image.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-33132845759231674612015-05-27T12:33:37.494-07:002015-05-27T12:33:37.494-07:00I go through that when I watch a not all that old ...I go through that when I watch a not all that old of a movie and realize, they couldn't just pull the phone out of their pocket and save the day. I still only use a cell for emergencies mainly because there is no service here but I would hate to go back once more to before Google. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-46176494450419201102015-05-27T11:26:47.509-07:002015-05-27T11:26:47.509-07:00I remember how annoying it was reading fiction aft...I remember how annoying it was reading fiction after caller ID and cell phones came along. For some reason it took many authors a long time to incorporate these things into the story. I love technology and everything it brings to us.Pudge450https://www.blogger.com/profile/13096161371562249151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-41476527652596551372015-05-27T10:53:40.784-07:002015-05-27T10:53:40.784-07:00I remember black and white tv that we were only al...I remember black and white tv that we were only allowed to watch a short amount of time. I remember the old phones on a party line where you had to count the rings to see if it was for you or the other person sharing a line.<br /><br />I'm not sure I would miss phone or tv but indoor plumbing is the greatest thing!Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-66826198679044251152015-05-27T09:25:48.286-07:002015-05-27T09:25:48.286-07:00Oh, Marty, I looked again at those mountains on my...Oh, Marty, I looked again at those mountains on my recent trip to North Carolina and thought of women in long skirts, baby at breast, walking up the mountains to spare the horses. Probably walked down, too.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-39233916090158954122015-05-27T06:43:04.143-07:002015-05-27T06:43:04.143-07:00Interesting. I'm very ambivalent about some as...Interesting. I'm very ambivalent about some aspects of modern , especially the improvements I don't want or need but end up paying for on a new car etc. troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-7891763853304448562015-05-27T06:39:40.037-07:002015-05-27T06:39:40.037-07:00On the other hand... I never take my phone all tha...On the other hand... I never take my phone all that much, and when I do, half the time the battery is empty. I'm prime murder material, it seems...Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-27402054631272181212015-05-27T06:37:06.560-07:002015-05-27T06:37:06.560-07:00I think of that when I watch reruns of old sitcoms...I think of that when I watch reruns of old sitcoms. So often the plot depends on misunderstandings that involve people not able to get in touch with each other. I find myself thinking, "Why not send a text message?"jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-76036672224410442592015-05-27T06:09:54.796-07:002015-05-27T06:09:54.796-07:00Good Lord, in that last picture that woman looks l...Good Lord, in that last picture that woman looks like she's almost cut in half. I agree it must be difficult to write anything historical. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.com