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Archae

(46,337 posts) Mon Nov 28, 2016, 01:40 AM Nov 2016

Remember this from the 1960's "House Of The Future" films?

On Thanksgiving, my family here in Sheboygan, connected via iPad with my sister and BIL in Oregon, and we could all see each other!

I daily connect with a guy in Maryland on Skype.

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Remember this from the 1960's "House Of The Future" films? (Original Post) Archae Nov 2016 OP

My son-in-law keeps in touch with his children like that. It's great isn't it? shraby Nov 2016 #1

I still can't believe what technology has given us in the last 10 years! I don't think anyone napi21 Nov 2016 #2

Prior to getting married my wife and I were doing video chat.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2016 #3

shraby

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1. My son-in-law keeps in touch with his children like that. It's great isn't it?

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Mon Nov 28, 2016, 01:48 AM

Nov 2016

napi21

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2. I still can't believe what technology has given us in the last 10 years! I don't think anyone

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 02:11 AM

Nov 2016

believed most Americans would have video phone calls, tiny mobile phones, smart houses, and we're on the verge of self-driving cars! I'm retired now, but it wasn't THAT long ago I was keeping accounting data on columnar pads and totaling everything with a adding machine. I constantly ask myself "What in the hell did you do without the internet & Google?"

The world has lots of problems, but I still think we live in wonderful times!

Spitfire of ATJ

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3. Prior to getting married my wife and I were doing video chat....

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 04:16 AM

Nov 2016

Back in the days of Earthlink and ICQ.

At least 7 years before the Blackberry.

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