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Monday, June 4, 2012

36 Things I Have Done That My Kids Will Never Do


 Why 36?  Well, that’s all I could think of. Quit being a conformist.  Now, onto the list!

1.  Manually roll down their car windows
2.  Adjust “rabbit ears” on the TV to get reception
3.  Know how to spell
4.  Use White Out
5.  Put film in their cameras (or get film developed)
6.  Have a dime to make a phone call while on the road
7.  Choose which program to watch on TV
8.  Use an encyclopedia to research a paper
9.  Cash a paycheck (direct deposit!)
10. Use a card catalog at the library
11. Wait years for a movie to come out on broadcast TV so you can see it
12. Cut coupons
13. Read a map
14. Fax something
15. Answer the phone without knowing who is calling first
16. Get up to change the channel on the TV
17. Write a handwritten letter
18. Drive around different stores looking for the best price
19. Negotiate with the whole family to determine what we will watch on TV
20. Have only 3 channels to choose from
21. Use a travel agent
22. Use the white pages to find a number
23. Getting paper 3D glasses from Burger King
24. Dial up their internet connection (screech)
25. Make a mix tape
26. Remember someone’s phone number
27. Be surprised at a movie’s twist ending (damn you internet spoilers!)
28. Not talk to strangers (thank you social media)
29. Put an air conditioner in the bedroom window
30. Go to an arcade
31. Sit through commercials
32. Wear a watch (unless it is an Iwatch)
33. Wait 40 minutes to cook something instead of microwaving it
34. Physically go to a video store to rent a movie
35. Not know how to fix something (Thank you Google)
36. Use cash (or maybe that will be my grandchildren)

4 comments:

  1. Love this list. I grew up on a farm, so I might add: drive a 5-tonne grain truck, shovel snow off the pond to skate on it, jump off a diving board that consists of a plank held down by a tractor...

    Might make my own list...

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    1. I would be interested in reading that. While I can say I have shoveled snow off a pond to skate, I haven't used a tractor to hold down a diving board!

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  2. Don't forget they won't ever know what the floppy disc that represents save means. Nor the tape that represents a voicemail on a cell phone :-)

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    1. That's right - I remember using those large disks that would not even hold a single mp3 today! That's an interesting thought - all these icon's that people won't understand the origins. Its like the hourglass - something people once used to count time and that I grew up only using as part of a board game!

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