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To: Continental Soldier
" But modern man has been riding the snowball of change down hill at increasing speed. "

It is amazing. My 87 year old mother died last year and I reviewed all the changes she saw in her life, almost unbelieveable when you know that she was born in a farmhouse in rural south Alabama in 1918 without electricity or running water. I was born in that same area 63 years ago and retired from a career in chip-making. My son has a PhD in physics and works on secret government programs.

7 posted on 03/02/2007 5:14:18 PM PST by blam
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To: blam

My own circumstances are not all that different from yours. Recently, to pass the time while waiting for the phone to ring, I started a list of all the things that have disappeared from my world. Without boring you to death, I should say that, by the time the phone rang, my list was up to 60 itmes. Among them were: typewriters, traffic circles, phone booths, slide rules and record players. :)


14 posted on 03/03/2007 2:11:03 PM PST by Continental Soldier
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