Yesterday I decided to stick my toe into the 21st Century. I went out shopping for a flat screen TV. I did some research on the Internet, asked multiple questions from all my friends and finally decided to jump into the car and head for my favorite local Walmart…you know the big one out in Jordan Creek where the rich people in Des Moines, IA shop. I had a few models in mind, like that really mattered as I would not know a good one from a bad one or which is best or best suited to me. I had my best friend Jeff with me to assist in the decision. I ended up getting a Vizio 32 inch. Thirty-two inches!!! That has to be the largest screen I have ever owned and it is long and wide. Nothing of this nature has ever graced my home. I'm use to those big box, tube TV’s that after a few years you have to slap on the side when you first turn them on so you can see the pictures. Heck I still have TV’s in my house that actually have knobs. I’m sure I am not the only one that remembers those. The knobs break off and you have to get the needle nose pliers out to turn the channel. Oh my, I guess I can lie about my age but not the ages.
I can remember my very first computer, a TI-99-4A (circa 1979) by Texas Instruments. I was so excited. I ripped open the box, hooked it up to the TV (used as a monitor) and then now what? I looked at my dad and said, “I don’t like this, I cannot ask it questions and have it tell me the answers”. He explained to me that this is not how computers work and that what I was wishing for would never happen. But I had a vision beyond my years and then here came the Internet that did all the things that I had wanted and envisioned for a computer to do. No I did not invent the Internet, that would have been Al Gore.
I also had to get a new cell phone a couple of weeks ago. Everyone tried to talk me into getting an Iphone or Android type phone with all the bells and whistles. I just could not do it. I was unwilling to learn the new technology of having all this information immediately at my fingertips 24/7. I stuck with a more traditional cell phone that about all it does is make phone calls. That’s what a cell phone is supposed to do isn’t it?
So as you see getting my toes wet in the purchase of my first flat screen TV was a pretty big plunge into the 21st century for me. Next maybe I will learn how to send text messages!
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