{"id":909,"date":"2007-07-07T18:40:13","date_gmt":"2007-07-07T22:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?p=909"},"modified":"2007-10-14T20:45:14","modified_gmt":"2007-10-15T00:45:14","slug":"20-things-our-children-won%e2%80%99t-understand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/07\/20-things-our-children-won%e2%80%99t-understand\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Things Our Children Won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Understand"},"content":{"rendered":"

I stumbled across this list in my browsing.<\/p>\n

I know you have all heard how comic books used to be $0.10, Candy bars $0.05 and how we (our parents or grandparents) used to walk to school 5 miles in the snow (uphill, both ways); but here is a more contemporary list that our children (grandchildren or great grandchildren as the case may be) won’t understand. Some are humorous, some sad and some make you stop and think a bit.<\/p>\n

It is has a few Science Fiction references but most are ones we all can recognize.<\/p>\n

1. The opening line of Neuromancer<\/em>. *<\/p>\n

2. Please be kind\u00e2\u20ac\u201drewind.<\/p>\n

8. Dittos.9. Green-on-black computer monitors.<\/p>\n

14. A and B drives.<\/p>\n

19. Why manual transmission is referred to as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153standard.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can find the full list here.<\/a><\/p>\n

*The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

What would you add to the list?<\/font><\/p>\n

Record Albums, 8 -Tracks, soon Cassette tapes. Transistor Radios?<\/font><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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