Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for October 14, 2015
October 13, 2015
October 15, 2015
Transcript:
Grandma says she got this old camera when she was our age. It looks expensive. Yeah. Wonder why she didn't just get a smart phone to take her pictures, like us. No wonder she always says that kids nowadays are more advanced.
Partyalldatyme about 9 years ago
I once told my kids how I had to use a slide rule for physics class. After explaining what a slide rule is, one asked, “So you couldn’t afford ten dollars for a calculator?” Try explaining that at $20 for a slide rule, it was still cheaper than $200 for a calculator, and that in 1970’s dollars.
Al Nala about 9 years ago
The past is a strange and unknown world to kids. Show them a late ‘20s or early ’30s movie for the telephones and cars. They still won’t understand that radios did not come on immediately (always do, in movies), and why there are no TVs.
abbybookcase about 9 years ago
it takes imagination, which these 2 often seem to lack