What 2011 babies will never know
If you still feel young just because you don’t have a better answer than “In the womb” to the question of where you were when Kennedy was shot, it’s time to check again for gray hairs. Once you get a look at the list of things kids born this year will never know, you’ll definitely be feeling older. Pass the Geritol, please.
Video tape
Forget a projector, children born in 2011 might never see a broadcast that uses tape of any kind.
Travel agents
Who needs a middleman when the world and all the ways to explore it are right at the tips of your fingers? Ding!
Books, magazines and newspapers
No more meandering the shelves or giving the hardsell to all the neighbors when the school is doing a fundraiser. What’s good for the forest will be a sad day for the nostalgic reader.
Paper maps
Yell at the navigator in the car all you want now that it sits on the dashboard and never skips a beat when you let loose the string of curses that would shame your mother. What if someone hijacks the GPS system, eh, and we all end up in Cleveland? The guy/girl with the sense of direction will get the last laugh then!
Full list at Yahoo Finance.
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