What did we do without cell phones and the Internet? That thought crossed my mind New Year’s Eve night while out to dinner with family. I observed a gentleman to my left perpetually engrossed in his smartphone despite a female companion and another couple seated with him at the table.
When I was in high school a good friend turned me on to a quirky radio program called “Swap Shop.”
The premise of the show was people calling in to buy, sell and trade hard-to-find items. A quick Internet search reveals the call-in show still exists on a radio station in Florida.
One of my cousins is a weather
aficionado.
He had a weather-only radio growing up, can give you the definition of
barometric pressure, and he really goes off the charts with enthusiasm when
watches and warnings are issued in northern Illinois.