The best and worst of what you see now is a reformulation of the best and worst that was.
A quick list of what was and what is:
High School Reunions = Facebook.com
5¢ Peep Shows and Carnival Side Shows = YouTube.com
Mash notes = Twitter.com
Ye Olde Book Shoppe = Amazon.com
Classifieds = Craigslist.org
Your local library = Google.com
Your school locker = MySpace.com
The Soap Box in the town square = Blogging
The Yard Sale = eBay.com
Scrapbooks = Flickr.com
The Guy Who Owns the Comic Book Store = IMDB.com
Your Aunt = Match.com
Bygone Telephone Phone Monopolies = AOL.com and/or Yahoo.com
Cave Drawings = Pop Up Ads
Side Show Hawker = Spam
Send in your suggestions!
Adding to the list by commenters:
Ann: Mom reading you to sleep = Audible.com
Linda: World Book Encyclopedia = Wikipedia
Any website that says they are the "new" has to be taken with a grain of salt because it seeks to disregard the past by pretending to not take from it.
Image: Ophelia Chong / Why?
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I'll still smile in person, but will send you this "now"
:)
:O) to you Steph
Nice post - and, like the old song says
Don't throw the pa-ast away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When everything old is new again
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So, Let's order now what they ordered then
cuz everything old.
Thanks amp! :O) So as we age we just get newer. :O)
Plumber just left, I now have new faucets working well on an old house. Is that relevant?
Cheryl,
I just had my roofer finish the job. So the plumber is relevant too. :O))
Fantastic post! One of my vices is Audible.com. Mom reading bedtime stories = Audible + iPod Shuffle.
Ann, nice link. And handy too. I could use it for myself when I am stressed out. :O) ophelia
Here's another one for the list:
World Book Encyclopedia = Wikipedia
Hey Linda! I added yours to the list! Thanks! :O) ophelia
When I was kid the boys in my Sunday school knew what all the "dirty parts of the bible" where - basically any use of the word "bosom." Which just goes to show there has always been a virtual red light district, too!
Dear eigen,
I remember those passages, I got dragged to Sunday school with the neighbor's kids and always flipped to the more salacious parts to stay awake. We also had the "bad" kid next door who had access to his dad's stash of Playboys. Thanks for visiting and the comments are always appreciated! :O) ophelia
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Teri says :
Yep, no new ideas...just recycled. I love all the old tangible stuff. The sound of someones voice, the color of someones eyes, the smell and feel of books and pages..... stuff you can reach out and touch.