I keep coming across the above list on Facebook and elsewhere so I thought I'd take one entire minute to take inventory…
Yes, I've used a rotary phone, a floppy disk, a typewriter, an encyclopedia, a phone book and a paper map. I've taken pics with a film camera, listened to music on a CD and a Boombox, made a mixed tape, owned a Walkman, watched a movie on VHS and even rented some from Blockbuster. I've learned Cursive, played an Atari, both sent and received Faxes, ordered from Columbia House, had an AOL address, accessed the Internet via dial-up, sent a postcard, uncurled a telephone cord and I still own a couple of dictionaries and I sometimes write checks.
The only thing I've never done from that list is have a MySpace account. So I guess at the age of 72, I'm old, at least by the standards of whoever compiled this list. If so, I'm glad I've lived long enough to see most things on this list be replaced by something newer and better. So I don't really feel it's about me getting older. I think it's about things around me improving.