Comments on: Snowy Track Meets Take Me Back to the Old Days http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2009/04/snowy-track-meets-take-me-back-to-the-old-days/ Exploring possibilities, asking questions, discovering life day by day. Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:36:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Barbara Hartsook http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2009/04/snowy-track-meets-take-me-back-to-the-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-10533 Barbara Hartsook Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:18:44 +0000 http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=661#comment-10533 Hi Valerie -- I love your stories. I had not heard that one from Churchill. Very funny. What's also amusing is to sit in the balcony at a dance competition (my granddaughter's) with only the stage lights on, no flash photography allowed. Then, down below and in front of me there are hundreds of cell phones lit up as the audience talks-by-text to whoever, or play the games on their cell phones... Maybe some are even painting! Hi Valerie — I love your stories. I had not heard that one from Churchill. Very funny. What’s also amusing is to sit in the balcony at a dance competition (my granddaughter’s) with only the stage lights on, no flash photography allowed. Then, down below and in front of me there are hundreds of cell phones lit up as the audience talks-by-text to whoever, or play the games on their cell phones… Maybe some are even painting!

]]> By: Barbara Hartsook http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2009/04/snowy-track-meets-take-me-back-to-the-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-10531 Barbara Hartsook Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:13:58 +0000 http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=661#comment-10531 You know, Barbara, I do wonder if I would get more writing done if I didn't have all the extras. And I don't even HAVE all the extras that my kids and grandkids have. Kindle? I might like that for the access to so much reading material in a small space, but not yet. I love to read. I love the smell of books and the feel of the paper. I love to turn pages. And my eyes like the printed page far better than the lighted screen. I don't yet think of curling up with a good Kindle... :) You know, Barbara, I do wonder if I would get more writing done if I didn’t have all the extras. And I don’t even HAVE all the extras that my kids and grandkids have.

Kindle? I might like that for the access to so much reading material in a small space, but not yet. I love to read. I love the smell of books and the feel of the paper. I love to turn pages. And my eyes like the printed page far better than the lighted screen. I don’t yet think of curling up with a good Kindle… :)

]]> By: Barbara Hartsook http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2009/04/snowy-track-meets-take-me-back-to-the-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-10530 Barbara Hartsook Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:09:58 +0000 http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=661#comment-10530 Hi Anita -- hahahahaha! Yes, don't we all? And you're still young! Hi Anita — hahahahaha! Yes, don’t we all? And you’re still young!

]]> By: Barbara Hartsook http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2009/04/snowy-track-meets-take-me-back-to-the-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-10529 Barbara Hartsook Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:09:28 +0000 http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=661#comment-10529 Hi Neets -- it's time for another phone call, don't you think? One sister to another. Love you... thanks so much for sharing here. :) Hi Neets — it’s time for another phone call, don’t you think? One sister to another. Love you… thanks so much for sharing here. :)

]]> By: Valerie Beeby http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2009/04/snowy-track-meets-take-me-back-to-the-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3305 Valerie Beeby Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:28:23 +0000 http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=661#comment-3305 All these tiny new fangled gadgets are heaven to me. I love them! And yes, I am beginning to have a ball drawing on my iPhone. I'm sorry to admit that I'm a bit NIMBY (Not in my back yard) about them though. People yelling into their cell phones on buses and trains drive me crazy. Makes me think of one of Winston Churchill's remarks at his London HQ. Somebody was talking loudly in an adjoining office. On being told that the reason for this was that the person was talking to New York, Winston said, "Then why the hell doesn't he use the telephone?" <abbr><em>Valerie Beeby’s last blog post..<a href="http://owler.com/-blog/2009/04/iphone-art-app-colors/" rel="nofollow">iPhone hatches Easter chicks</a></abbr></em> All these tiny new fangled gadgets are heaven to me. I love them! And yes, I am beginning to have a ball drawing on my iPhone.

I’m sorry to admit that I’m a bit NIMBY (Not in my back yard) about them though. People yelling into their cell phones on buses and trains drive me crazy.

Makes me think of one of Winston Churchill’s remarks at his London HQ. Somebody was talking loudly in an adjoining office. On being told that the reason for this was that the person was talking to New York, Winston said, “Then why the hell doesn’t he use the telephone?”

Valerie Beeby’s last blog post..iPhone hatches Easter chicks

]]> By: Barbara Swafford http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2009/04/snowy-track-meets-take-me-back-to-the-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3292 Barbara Swafford Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:55:10 +0000 http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=661#comment-3292 Hi Barb, Oh, I also remember the old days, the purple ink and the manual typewriters. Remember when the IBMs came out. What a treat that was. Although I have a cell phone, I don't use it much. I keep thinking I NEED a blackberry or iphone, or a netbook or Kindle, but then ask myself, "why?" In some ways I miss the old days. Looking back, they seemed simple. I kinda miss that. <abbr><em>Barbara Swafford’s last blog post..<a href="http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/give-your-readers-what-they-want/" rel="nofollow">Give Your Readers What They Want</a></abbr></em> Hi Barb,

Oh, I also remember the old days, the purple ink and the manual typewriters. Remember when the IBMs came out. What a treat that was.

Although I have a cell phone, I don’t use it much. I keep thinking I NEED a blackberry or iphone, or a netbook or Kindle, but then ask myself, “why?”

In some ways I miss the old days. Looking back, they seemed simple. I kinda miss that.

Barbara Swafford’s last blog post..Give Your Readers What They Want

]]> By: Sliloh http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2009/04/snowy-track-meets-take-me-back-to-the-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3262 Sliloh Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:32:15 +0000 http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=661#comment-3262 Great post Barb. Sometimes I wonder what I did with myself. You know, back in the ice age :) <abbr><em>Sliloh’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.sliloh.com/blog/musings/add-is-a-cool-disorder-to-have/" rel="nofollow">A.D.D. is a cool disorder to have</a></abbr></em> Great post Barb. Sometimes I wonder what I did with myself. You know, back in the ice age :)

Sliloh’s last blog post..A.D.D. is a cool disorder to have

]]> By: Nita Mata http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2009/04/snowy-track-meets-take-me-back-to-the-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3238 Nita Mata Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:37:49 +0000 http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=661#comment-3238 How well I remember those days, Barb! I love your comment about not feeling old, yet those days were definitely "the old days"!!! It seems like soooo long ago......gosh, was it really?! New technology is what defines how vastly different our lives have become....but at what price? We all move at an exponentially faster pace today......and have to force ourselves to remember to take the time out to "smell the roses" or turn our cellphones off and write in our journals or call a friend for no special reason....etc., etc., etc. How well I remember those days, Barb! I love your comment about not feeling old, yet those days were definitely “the old days”!!! It seems like soooo long ago……gosh, was it really?! New technology is what defines how vastly different our lives have become….but at what price? We all move at an exponentially faster pace today……and have to force ourselves to remember to take the time out to “smell the roses” or turn our cellphones off and write in our journals or call a friend for no special reason….etc., etc., etc.

]]> By: Barbara Hartsook http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2009/04/snowy-track-meets-take-me-back-to-the-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-10528 Barbara Hartsook Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:08:29 +0000 http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=661#comment-10528 Brrrrr..... and I wish you well too, Lance. Thanks so much for your thoughts. Brrrrr….. and I wish you well too, Lance. Thanks so much for your thoughts.

]]> By: Barbara Hartsook http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2009/04/snowy-track-meets-take-me-back-to-the-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-10527 Barbara Hartsook Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:06:16 +0000 http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=661#comment-10527 Hi Lisa -- yes, it is amazing. Because once we buy into the change, it really does change us. What we didn't know existed because it didn't, now is essential to our lives. Or our safety. Or convenience. And sometimes to our fun. I know I wouldn't want to ever go back to my old typewriter! :) Hi Lisa — yes, it is amazing. Because once we buy into the change, it really does change us. What we didn’t know existed because it didn’t, now is essential to our lives. Or our safety. Or convenience. And sometimes to our fun.

I know I wouldn’t want to ever go back to my old typewriter! :)

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