21 May
2009
21 May
'09
4:54 p.m.
On 21 May 2009 at 11:16, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
A friend of mine had the black one. I remember him
showing my Dad and
I it, as we sat and fiddled with CB radios out in the back field.
Wow, technology has moved on... (just comparing a
?100-in-late-70s-money 4-watt CB radio the size of two bricks that
guzzled AA nicads with my ?15 5-watt 70cm handheld the size of an
espresso cup)
Around 1972, a co-worker obtained a divorce from his well-to-do wife
who hadn't the foresight to execute a prenuptual agreement with him.
He engaged in a lot of interesting buying afterwards--one item was a
Pulsar digital. I recall it was freakishly expensive--over USD$1000.
Even then, it seemed inevitable that LED watches would eventually be
cheaper than the mechanical variety. Having to push a button to read
the time was ridiculous.
--Chuck