Huh? What's Up With That?

pos(people over 60)memories #3...                     Some people like to think about their favorite memory or two on a regular basis.  Two ladies said they think of great family memories as a recurring theme.     Others may dwell in the past way too much.  One man told me he thinks the 1970s were the greatest decade in his history and he would like to go back to that time.   Still others claim not to have a fun memory they occasionally bring up just to reminisce. Two people, independent of each other, told me they stay in the moment and don't look back.  I find that almost impossible to do, but, it must be real to some.   Richard DeHart, 85, started his adult life in the Armed Forces.   I was in Vietnam in 1969 and left in early 1970, he recalled .  Then, I turned right around and went back in late 1970 and stayed a year and a half.   Okay.  It's now 1972 and you left the serv...

oddities, observations & ?s...#6                                                             There are many objects or concepts we don't observe, see, or, hear of today, because of scientific advancements, cultural change, or evolution.    It is as if they had never existed.   Except for professional photographers, I can't remember the last time I saw someone holding a camera up to their face, squinting through one eye, looking into a lens, and, snapping a camera shutter that captures the moment.   It has been many years since I've seen a Bell Telephone truck on the road.   Cd’s, floppy discs and thumb-drive backups are in the past.  We are in the Age of the Cloud .     I remember thinking a Garmin GPS was like having a magical box with some mysterious knowledge unknown to me. Now, it is all ab...