On Jan 12, 1:28 am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 12, 8:03 am, JimBreen <jimbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> <snip>
>
> > Usenet and mailing lists were a life-changing occurrence. It's hard to
> > recall
> > just how constricted communications and interaction were before then.
> > Things
> > have moved on since then, but they were real paradigm shifts.
>
> Earlier today, I needed to explain to a new (young) staff member what
> a fax machine was.

My son found an old phone at my parent's house with the dial. He knew
what it was, but couldn't imagine a world where it was needed.

John W.