Crow’s Feet Writing Prompt #7: Rapidly Changing Technology

I’m Almost Living in the Pioneering World I Was Promised

However, I’m still waiting for my flying car and jetpack

Yes, I named my first Instant Pot after the Jetson’s robot Rosie (photo by author)

I was born in 1961 and have seen technology changing rapidly since then, but as I was raised on Star Trek TOS and the Jetsons, I expected to have flying cars and jet packs when I got older. While I don't have those yet, I have all sorts of cool technology that would truly amaze my grandparents.

My grandparents, born early in the 20th century, witnessed amazing technological changes from the horse and buggy to jet planes and moon landings. They went from telephones you needed to have an operator connect you to the person you wanted to speak to, to telephones you directly dialed to talk with someone. Vacuum cleaners meant no more hauling the big rug out to slap it clean, refrigerators instead of ice boxes, electric or gas stoves instead of wood-burning ones. They went from windup Victrolas for listening to music at home, to radio, and the television.

While color TV was around when I was born, our family had a black-and-white TV. We didn’t get a color TV until 1977, just in time to watch Roots when it premiered. It was your standard box TV with dials you had to turn to the channels you…