BABY WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY !!!!!!

I'm amazed at the technology I have seen advance during my life. I've not been one to jump into the latest gadgets on the market. We are usually the last of my relatives and friends to make a purchase of a new item. My wife was always the last to get that new appliance that saved her some work in the house or kitchen. Her sister was always the first one to get the latest new state of the art appliance. One Christmas I was determined that my wife was going to be the first one to get one of those new microwaves. Low and behold she was first and she thought I had gone off my rocker. She sure was proud of her new microwave and let everyone know about it.
Telephones have come a long way since her parents got their first phone. It has been handed down to her and I refinished it years ago when we moved into our new house. Man, it is ancient. To use that phone you had to ring up an operator that was on duty night and day. She would in turn connect you with the party you were trying to talk to. Each person in the area that had a phone had a certain ring that alerted that person that the call was for them.
Who would have thought that we would be carrying small phones that had no wires and we could stay in contact with everyone we know. I have always bad mouthed people using those dad-burn phones in public places and talking while driving. It annoyed me to no end when we went out to eat and someone close by got a phone call. " Yeah, we are at Shoneys eating" or what ever dining establishment we were at. People never say anything I've over heard that was that important. I sure didn't see any need for a cell phone. The kids all had them and wanted to get us one but we refused their offers.
Christmas this year as we opened our gifts we got a cell phone from my son as our present. He had put us on his plan. " Dad  and Mom it's all taken care of, my treat." Both of us thanked him for the gift but we don't like to use cell phones. He spent some time showing me how to work the phone. Hey, it's like a computer and after about 30 minutes I was hooked. I was texting and talking to everyone on my list of contacts the next day. My grand daughter has taught me a lot about the phone. I still turn it off while out to dine and don't text while driving. Wife will use it to talk on if I contact the person she wishes to speak . She still bad mouths the cell but it sure didn't take me long to change my mind on the advantages of having the latest technology.
From an old ancient monster phone to a cell phone proves that times have changed for the best. CALL ME????