When this time of year rolls around I always think of the advancements that we see now and take for granted. For example Frank always wanted to make sure that if he spent a great deal of money did all the research on the product. He spent almost a good three years researching the perfect flat screen TV. Eventually one day he just said "We're going to do it!" And we did! But the thing must have weighed 70 lb! It was one of the first flat screen TVs I probably wasn't even more than 30 in. Today in my living room I have a 65" HDTV but I can almost lift by myself. Here's a few other things that would amazed Frank:
Mobile phones withcameras better than most of us could buy and constant alerts of so many things we don't even need to know about.
Facebook and all the other social media
Mobile banking
Apps for everything
Same sex marriage
HIV as a "treatable disease"
Legal and medicinal marijuana
CBD
Cars that assists with driving or drive themselves
Online ordering for everything, i.e. Amazon
Refrigerators that tell you went you're or of something
Smart homes
Alexa and her friends
Decline of large movie theaters
Movie theaters with assigned, reclining seats with beverages and food
9/11
So many gay couple and single LFBTQ people with children
Binary, gender-fluid identification
A third gender on driver's licenses
Global Entry, Mobile Passport and TSA
Online airline, hotel, car, and tour booking
AirBnB
MisterBnB
Global warming
The first black president
Sunday delivery of mail/packages
Decline of printed newspapers
Cloning
Tablets for everything
Netflix and all the streaming services
Changes in the British Royal Family
Death of Princess Diana
What else can YOU think of?!?
Happy 70th birthday next month, Frank!!
