I was thinking about things I used when I was younger.  Things that just went away with the years that teens nowadays have no idea what they are.  Maybe they are what they use now but just a bit different.  If your over 35 you should remember and appreciate these old gadgets of yesteryear.

What the hell is that?:

•   No it’s not a cash register.  Its a giant (does not fit in your pocket)  battery operated (not solar) Calculator.

•  What is this?  What is that round thing in the middle?  Where is the memory?  Its a frig-gin dial and it takes 20 minutes (exaggerated) to dial someone’s phone number.  AND WE LOVED IT!

•  What is this?  Its a damn word-processor!!!!  What is the rest of the crap with it?  I don’t know!  But we loved it!  Does it have a printer?  I am not sure!  But it has a cassette recorder to do something important. Believe it or not I sold these things.  I think you still needed a printer!  No it does not surf the net!  It just word-processes!

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