According to Wikipedia, Stephan Pastis was born on January 16, 1968, so he is only 49 years old.
He was 7 to 8 when mass-market VCRs were introduced (Betamax in 1975, VHS in 1976). That means that VCRs already existed when he was old enough to send him to get ice cream. So unlike all the other technologies listed, it was just that his family didn’t have a VCR.
According to Wikipedia, Stephan Pastis was born on January 16, 1968, so he is only 49 years old.
He was 7 to 8 when mass-market VCRs were introduced (Betamax in 1975, VHS in 1976). That means that VCRs already existed when he was old enough to send him to get ice cream. So unlike all the other technologies listed, it was just that his family didn’t have a VCR.