tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post1491583476558646886..comments2023-11-02T04:25:49.595-07:00Comments on sixtyfivewhatnow: Together in different worlds.Rosaria Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-62454643837067888792016-02-22T12:14:54.031-08:002016-02-22T12:14:54.031-08:00I enjoyed your memory of first watching television...I enjoyed your memory of first watching television at your neighbor's. <br />I do miss some of the family connectedness of years ago. It was dependent on proximity--my family growing up all lived within a few miles of each other and were able to stay very involved in each others' lives because of that. Today none of my family lives in the same town and only two live in the same state! So I am grateful for the technology of today to be able to stay in touch. One of my daughters is in Vietnam for two weeks and I am so happy we can "talk" through texting a couple times a day and I can see what she is doing through photos. Instantly! Isn't that amazing!<br />Thanks for visiting my blog today, Rosaria. What a pretty name!Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035113274497372396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-48871399921301805012016-02-20T13:20:55.629-08:002016-02-20T13:20:55.629-08:00I like the photo and I think it encapsulates the w...I like the photo and I think it encapsulates the way technology can join generations, rather than separating them. Thanks, i really appreciated that post.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-80059514397851105502016-02-20T06:23:17.599-08:002016-02-20T06:23:17.599-08:00Yes, I agree with you. Although there are many thi...Yes, I agree with you. Although there are many things wrong with our world, technology is great for keeping in touch and being up to date with things and furthering out knowledge. However, social skills do seem to suffer somewhat, especially in the young as we still remember how to converse and integrate!<br />Maggie xMaggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-52856905308480897482016-02-20T03:47:05.258-08:002016-02-20T03:47:05.258-08:00Rosaria you are a more forgiving person than I am....Rosaria you are a more forgiving person than I am. I am still stuck in the technology that was available in 1999 and most of the time I find it easy to ignore and not good for much than an occasional drive by hell; yes I write still and drop the best of the newest pieces on the blog but how is a phone smarter than I am, or a computer that I have to command and constantly maintain in order to get it to bend itself to my desires?<br /><br />I think i could detach and drop away without a problem, it hasn't been all that hard a thing to do in my reality, reality. The virtual reality is just a place my wife can use to make video phone calls to our grandson, currently in Thailand. Bless you for keeping up with the evolution of revolution--I have seen enough to know i wish i, like my grandmother had been born in 1887 when invention was done to fill a need not a pocket or another road to physical isolation.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-4600867215800190442016-02-18T06:53:49.293-08:002016-02-18T06:53:49.293-08:00I like your attitude! For us, with children spread...I like your attitude! For us, with children spread far apart and no grandchildren, technology is the ONLY way we keep family together, thru facebook, Im'ing, phone, messaging -- and occasionally the airplane.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-88786538695976032262016-02-17T09:50:04.855-08:002016-02-17T09:50:04.855-08:00Well said and I agree wholeheartedly. Still I rese...Well said and I agree wholeheartedly. Still I resent smart phone people who lurk waiting in group conversation to "correct" even the most minute factual error with the "correct" answer from Google. :)troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-48975830980060292232016-02-17T08:40:10.666-08:002016-02-17T08:40:10.666-08:00I think back to the essays I wrote in school or wh...I think back to the essays I wrote in school or when I was at university. All that research in books and in tedious footnotes. All those trips to the library. I don't regret not having a computer. But how helpful it would have been, not to provide me with research but to check out those odd allusions. My husband tells the story of a German (naturally) scholar who was working his way through a book to find a certain quote. He accidentally knocked the book on the floor and it opened at exactly the correct page. He picked the book up,closed it and started looking again from the beginning. Beryl Amenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434257277408290473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-75507502889286963662016-02-17T03:04:15.814-08:002016-02-17T03:04:15.814-08:00What an excellent post and wonderfully well writte...What an excellent post and wonderfully well written. Thank you.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-29766466432476878072016-02-17T01:53:18.580-08:002016-02-17T01:53:18.580-08:00Computers are amazing but I miss the sit down and ...Computers are amazing but I miss the sit down and chat around a family meal. I have a very old mobile and I use it for emergencies only. I don't want to be in permanent contact with the world or use it as a camera. I have a small camera that I can carry which suits me fine.<br />I have to admit to loving the 50's, 60' and 70's we worked hard but life was less complicated. When I first got married we had no electricity, the wood oven was a marvel and all heating of water etc was wood. We never lacked for anything and home grown food tasted so much better in the old oven. Yes I would miss my computer knowing what I know now, but I would love to go back to those early years. DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-61239345258468597062016-02-17T01:06:59.200-08:002016-02-17T01:06:59.200-08:00Hi Rosaria - we can still have that balance ... bu...Hi Rosaria - we can still have that balance ... but joining in with research or looking at similar ideas on the computer can lead to great discussions. Then we all sit round a table for our meals if we're together .. I certainly still expect it - perhaps if I had kids - there'd be more freedom .. I'm not sure - but KJ effectively is saying what I want to say, as do you .. <br /><br />It's a choice - but people and engagement are important, family and friends essential .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-56378731965649519142016-02-16T19:23:32.570-08:002016-02-16T19:23:32.570-08:00i don't know... but you know me, rosaria. i...i don't know... but you know me, rosaria. i'm conflicted by the ever changing advances, the so-called progresses and luxuries. i'd not draw the line at the dark ages but societally i wish we could somehow step back and evaluate, truly evaluate where real and deep value resides in life.<br /><br />just moments ago i finished a russian movie viewed on-line. so who am i to say anything? yet the movie was written by a man who watched his russian villages destroyed in the development of hydro-electric plants. Farewell, made in 1983 by Elem Klimov (whose wife wrote the screen-play and began filming, but died in a car accident, and so he finished it). you can view it on you-tube. i highly recommend it.<br /><br />i read your memoirs. what will today's children's memoirs look like? i'm afraid they might be lists of things marked favorite, or liked, if they are remembered at all.<br /><br />no. i don't go so easily into the future.<br /><br />with love))erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636371927224076866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-27986472580481066472016-02-16T17:36:21.549-08:002016-02-16T17:36:21.549-08:00This article needs to be submitted to some big tim...This article needs to be submitted to some big time news outlet for publishing. You are so right in what you have said here. Your wisdom shines through once again. We do live in a different world that the one we grew up in. We can use our devices that allow us to connect to each other and the outside world for growth and advancement of our education and social contacts, or we can use them to disconnect from each other and the world. We don't have to be rigid about the use of these devices. On second thought, I think some need to disconnect from their devices while driving!Sally Wesselyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470453773515491625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-75012370457256032692016-02-16T17:19:00.564-08:002016-02-16T17:19:00.564-08:00rosaria, this is a fantastic thoughtful enlighteni...rosaria, this is a fantastic thoughtful enlightening and informative essay. and hopeful! and affirming. as i read it i found myself thinking about the details and priorities of my own life ( a sure sign that a good writer is at work!)<br /><br />such a balance is required. I work at that. i bring my grandchildren back to the days of quiet games without moving parts and they bring me forward to the glitz of video action. and in between, we make a pizza and i make up stories about an iguana named emily or a little boy who becomes brave. <br /><br />it is refreshing to read of the solid hope you share here. thank you, my friend.<br /><br />love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-22859761370560546132016-02-16T15:09:17.235-08:002016-02-16T15:09:17.235-08:00I agree, and those simpler times were nice, we can...I agree, and those simpler times were nice, we can choose the simpler life today and few do, back in the day the simple life was the only choice. I prefer having the choice.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-24304450579262283602016-02-16T14:36:43.061-08:002016-02-16T14:36:43.061-08:00Completely agree. We still have choices about how ...Completely agree. We still have choices about how connected or unconnected we are from others. If we choose to be connected, it is much, much easier now.Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257034884908994204.post-71656674367174853982016-02-16T14:11:16.560-08:002016-02-16T14:11:16.560-08:00I agree that it's a great time to live. It'...I agree that it's a great time to live. It's also fun to watch shows like "Downton Abbey" that take us back to a time when it was proper to dress for dinner, wear gloves, send notes, and generally have a sense of beauty and grace that's lacking in today's world. Maybe that's why that show is popular. I've come to enjoy the computer, the ease that we can prepare dinner or get around in this world. Then there's the fact that Jack and I heat our home with wood. We have to gather, cut, split, load, stack, stoke the furnace..etc. Funny how the modern can clash with a way of life that's more pioneer! That's because we have the luxury of choosing to do that or use electricity or gas to do the heating. It's a different world than our parents and I know my kids live a different life than I did growing up. But it's still a great life isn't it?yayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12047536332780197024noreply@blogger.com