Electricity, radio, TV, men on the moon and on and on.
There has never been such a change in technology, ever.
Same here. Amazing isn't it? As a child, I remember my grandmother talking about her father hitching up the buggy to go to church on Sunday.
In the 1970s my Grandmother wrote a story in the local paper about her first trip to Geneva, Alabama. She was maybe 8 and her Sister was around 10. Their Father took an Ox wagon for the 14 or so mile trip. They were to pick up their older Sister who was coming home from college via train.
A hurricane came through and the college president telegraphed them that he was keeping her for another day due to the storm. They had to stay overnight in a hotel.
They had all kinds of adventures and were helped out several times by strangers and acquaintances. Their Father thought nothing of taking a side trip to check on a turpentine still and then meeting them several miles later. The Ox, named “Old Bright”, just kept on the trail.
The next day their Father told them he would let them do anything they wanted so they visited the graveyard.
***As a child, I remember my grandmother talking about her father hitching up the buggy to go to church on Sunday.***
It is indeed all amzing!
My dad was born in 1925, I remember him talking about hitching up the mules for a trip to the “big” town across the state line, he showed me where they spent the night. Now the drive takes about 45 minutes.
He also told me the story about the first time he saw a jet fighter. He was slogging his way across Germany as an Infantryman in WWII and one flew overhead. He asked his buddy what it was and he told Dad it was a jet. Only thought my dad had was “Crap, this is going to make the war last longer!”