It didn’t strike me as odd at the time, but I closed an email message to Sarah this afternoon with something to the effect of “Gotta run…there’s the doorbell…” Sounds a little anachronistic in retrospect.
Yer behind the times humble host, volume 15:
- I still prefer to read the newspaper in its cumbersome paper format, and I regularly spend money for content I could read free online. I make an exception for my hometown paper which I can’t buy here.
- Iced tea must be brewed in a suitably stained pot. Iced tea in a can or bottle is a crime against nature.
- I wish radio stations still had jingles and played music in the morning.
- I have never owned an automobile with power locks or windows.
- I do not automatically address strangers using their first names unless they introduce themselves that way, especially if they’re older than me. Yes, I behaved the same way even when I worked in retail customer service.
- Canned vegetables are just fine in a pinch, thank you.
- My long distance carrier is AT&T.
- Give me “Maude” over “Ally McBeal” and “Streets of San Francisco” over “Nash Bridges” any day of the week.
- The TV in my living room is a 20-year-old Sony. I’m not really inclined to replace it anytime soon.
- Coke really does taste better from a glass bottle.
- “Downtown” by Petulia Clark is still one of my favorite songs, even though it was released the year I was born. I listen to KABL more than KUSF these days.
- I still use a 28.8K modem. I still believe all web designers should be forced to do the same.
- My dream car is a 1964 Corvair convertible.
- The last bar I visited was the Tonga Room. There will be pictures soon…