(I'm sad and lonely today.  Elaine is in the hospital for an infection, but I expect her home in a few days. Meanwhile I will gorge myself on episodes of "Better Call Saul.") 

More Inventions

Bobby Mercer has another list in his book "ManVentions." 

"Top ten best Manventions of the 1980's." 

01.  Personal Computers - What would we ever do without them? What! No more Facebook?  Life would not be the same.

When I first started programming computers for the Social Security Administration (SSA), they were monsters that filled rooms and required large storage areas that contained data on magnetic tape.  And then, personal computers appeared and allowed me to have on my desk computer power that was unimaginable in that earlier time. 

Would anyone except Isaac Asimov have believed this back in the 1950's?  Just think about the future.

02.  Post-it Notes - another amazing invention.  Who doesn't use them.  I know that I can't function without them.

03.  Pac-Man - Japanese video game that never interested me or my kids.

04.  Spandex for Women - this is a synthetic fabric that is praised for its elasticity.  Dirty old men love to look at its clinginess.  Women think it is extremely comfortable, and they like how it retains its original shape when not used.

05.  Big Hair - enough said. (However, I just remembered a nice lady at SSA who was already over six feet tall and whose hair put her into the seven-foot range.  All of the ladies complained when she sprayed that bird's nest in the lady's room.)

06.  Cell Phones - another amazing invention.  With very little effort I can call and talk to my cousin Lulu in London (UK).

Forget about:  "Hello, get me long distance."

07.  MTV - an American cable TV channel that launched in 1981.  It's still around.  It plays 24 hour music videos as well as "exciting" movies. (Or so I've been told.)

08.  Members Only Jackets - From Europe Craft imports:  narrow epaulettes and collar strip and knitted trim.  I have a couple of these but didn't know I was so "with it."

09.  Game Boy - this is "an 8-bit hand-held game console developed by Nintendo."  I guess its a wonderful thing for the "game-addicted."

10.  Leg Warmers - ugly half-stockings that one applies to cold legs.  Women like to show them off, men hide them under their trouser legs.

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