Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Technology is a blessing and a curse, because so many things are auto-this and auto-that, it seems to become a bit silly. Now there are many people younger than me (and I'm almost 17) who will have no clue what an LP is, they will also never see a rotary-dial telephone, much less know anything about vacuum tubes, or command-line operating systems or know what it is like to change a channel by turning a knob. many of these kids may not learn how to use a real Manual camera, or respect the capabilities of such cameras. I am one of the few in my generation that prefers a 35 year old leicaflex SL over "modern" cameras. - -Forrest Herr (still rolling up car windows manually) > > About 6 or 7 years ago a neighbour's kid of about 12 came over while I > > was outside the garage and asked to use our phone, as he had locked > > himself out of the house. I directed him to the phone in the garage, > > which was an old black rotary dial desk phone. He picked up the > > receiver, looked at the dial and then at me and asked "How do you work > > this?". > > > > I had the same experience recently with a couple of kids of about the > same age. The situation was a cheap rental car that had manual roll-up > windows. The kids were first baffled, then fascinated :-). > > I'd frankly forgotten that manual car windows had fallen out of common > experience. > > Rolfe > > -- > Rolfe Tessem | Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. > rolfe@ldp.com | 96 Morton Street > (212) 463-0029 | New York, Ny 10014 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html