tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post2289883102629751257..comments2024-03-13T06:31:17.010-04:00Comments on Susan Says: The Old and the NewSusan Gourley/Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-44051997940829256722014-02-23T10:17:34.003-05:002014-02-23T10:17:34.003-05:00For me it's the cellphone which hit the right ...For me it's the cellphone which hit the right scifi note. When I was in my late teens, I left home to go to university. There were no cellphones then. We did have phones on campus, but my parents only had access to phones at work. So I wrote them letters on a regular basis, telling them about life at university and what I was studying and how it was going. Phone calls were for emergencies then... like if I was bleeding to death. To this day, I'm still uneasy about picking up a phone to just chat. Probably explains why I prefer emails. To me, writing a letter, however you send it, is a much more familiar method of communicating with people who are not in the same location as me.Damaria Sennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933949808230808200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-91369656685026494962014-02-22T06:49:31.896-05:002014-02-22T06:49:31.896-05:00I'm sitting here with a cup of hot tea, too. I...I'm sitting here with a cup of hot tea, too. I was too warm last night, so I opened the window, and I think the cold air gave me a sore throat. I hope you're feeling better today.Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272293468239097754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-63375995059676881992014-02-21T21:14:37.953-05:002014-02-21T21:14:37.953-05:00Wonderful post. I do think things have changed dra...Wonderful post. I do think things have changed drastically. I can't imagine what it'll be like when my son is an adult. I hope you're feeling better. Sickness went through our house this week too. Rest, soup, and toast. As it's always been. :)Christine Rainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-42004852629816922212014-02-21T19:13:53.631-05:002014-02-21T19:13:53.631-05:00How I wish I could write with the distraction of n...How I wish I could write with the distraction of noise, I'd get so much work done.<br />I hope your throat is feeling better.Frankie Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787954599014677407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-76990745090294234932014-02-21T19:11:46.999-05:002014-02-21T19:11:46.999-05:00I'm sorry to hear about your sore throat. They...I'm sorry to hear about your sore throat. They drive me insane.<br /><br />I agree about the microwave. We take it for granted today, but it was a pretty spiffy machine back in the day.<br /><br />As for the future, I'll be happy if they can help the blind and paralyzed, walk and see again. Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-43249636479210039002014-02-21T18:07:04.403-05:002014-02-21T18:07:04.403-05:00Where is my robot butler? Obviously they will end ...Where is my robot butler? Obviously they will end up killing us all, but all the tea and soup you want (until they murder us in our sleep).<br /><br />mood<br /><a href="http://moodywriting.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Moody Writing</a> <br />mooderinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523337588830695638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-13997725971139427152014-02-21T17:46:42.199-05:002014-02-21T17:46:42.199-05:00I love watching the original Star Trek series and ...I love watching the original Star Trek series and spotting all the tech gadgets we've borrowed from them and made real!<br /><br />Hope you're feeling better soon!Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-34254535850105502172014-02-21T17:05:52.225-05:002014-02-21T17:05:52.225-05:00My theory is anything that can be imagined, can ul...My theory is anything that can be imagined, can ultimately become real. Last night, husband, daughter and I were thinking replicators would be good. All we'd have to do is walk up to a computer and say: "Ice cream, with fudge sauce...hot!" Since they currently have "copy" machines that make 3D shapes, how far away can replicators be?Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-35011516491454996022014-02-21T14:26:24.517-05:002014-02-21T14:26:24.517-05:00Although I can't write with music - it distrac...Although I can't write with music - it distracts me, especially if it's danceable! - I can write with television and probably for the same reason; it feels like the noise of a big family in the background, comforting but easy to tune out. And I'd love to be around a hundred years from now to see what things look like.mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-9998738717424958662014-02-21T14:05:02.331-05:002014-02-21T14:05:02.331-05:00I'm one of those folks that likes complete sil...I'm one of those folks that likes complete silence while I'm in writer-mode. I don't like music or TV. Just the hums of the house. I love watching old Hawaii Five-Os and seeing what they thought was such advanced technology. I tell my kids that when I was in high school, computer "brains" took up entire rooms!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741349796538313075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-89346569129434409492014-02-21T13:02:11.263-05:002014-02-21T13:02:11.263-05:00i try not to have anything on as it can be distrac...i try not to have anything on as it can be distracting to me. Not sure technology will get that far or not, I mean the little things like phones and computers have come a long long way. Everything else is pretty much the same, cars, medicine, etc. Not much has changed.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-78513043814567494882014-02-21T12:14:41.635-05:002014-02-21T12:14:41.635-05:00very intriguing how you like things playing while ...very intriguing how you like things playing while you write--i don't like any noise when i write----i hope you are feeling better--yeah i drank so much hot tea over my recent flu that now i am into it just for the heck of it---great thoughts here!Lynn Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349867270815243053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-79531359937606831382014-02-21T11:48:52.490-05:002014-02-21T11:48:52.490-05:00Heather, I hope some of the old sticks round for a...Heather, I hope some of the old sticks round for a long time.<br />Alex, I wonder what it says about my intelligence when you mention a lot of really smart people don't believe in God. LOL<br />L. Diane, I still feel amazed using Facetime.<br />DG, good points about the analytical.<br />MJ, yeah the video talks are like sf to me too.<br />Robin, my one grandmother didn't have indoor plumbing when I was very little. I remember my dad and uncles hand digging the lines to put it in for her.Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-13260577803354633762014-02-21T11:11:09.733-05:002014-02-21T11:11:09.733-05:00I never thought I would enjoy writing with ANY noi...I never thought I would enjoy writing with ANY noise. Now, I sometimes listen to my IPod. Music, if it is low, is comforting.<br /><br />As for technology advances... I just went with my mom earlier this week while she visited a distant cousin. They used to spend summers together when my mom was a kid. The cousins lived on a farm, so it was a big change for my mom. <br /><br />They reminisced over what it was like not having indoor plumbing, spending all of your time doing chores (with some goofing off thrown in), no distractions like TV or phones, walking most everywhere you went. It is difficult for even my generation to fathom a life without indoor plumbing, no TV, no phone, etc. When I was a kid there were three channels on the TV, one TV in the house, and my dad usually decided what we watched, but still... And I thought the push button phone was a HUGE improvement over the rotary dial. Seemed like I always grabbed the wrong number at the end and had to start over. <br /><br />When I was a kid the idea of a cell phone... inconceivable. The idea of computers and the internet... inconceivable. Even handheld phones (wireless) were outside the imaginings. I remember how excited my parents got over the microwave oven. <br /><br />That is a very long way of saying that I can't envision what 20 years from now will look like... more less 50 or 100.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-62538494978777017692014-02-21T10:47:47.812-05:002014-02-21T10:47:47.812-05:00I almost always have a tv show or movie playing wh...I almost always have a tv show or movie playing when I write too. Like you, I need the background noise.<br /><br />Video chats still weird me out. Maybe they'll always be science fiction to me.<br /><br />M.J. Fifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626475963328519693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-40537539175269419762014-02-21T10:43:47.884-05:002014-02-21T10:43:47.884-05:00I'd say it could go either way, Susan, dependi...I'd say it could go either way, Susan, depending on whether the character has had emotion settings as part of his design. Super smart may mean super analytical, too. Analysts, like mentats in Herbert's DUNE, don't have time for things that can't be proven. . .D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-7838117725422519412014-02-21T09:19:53.325-05:002014-02-21T09:19:53.325-05:00Seeing the person on the other end of the telephon...Seeing the person on the other end of the telephone was once science fiction. Now we can do it through our computers.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-17628216216510139612014-02-21T08:10:01.848-05:002014-02-21T08:10:01.848-05:00You think deep thoughts when you are sick!
It woul...You think deep thoughts when you are sick!<br />It would depend on how someone is raised whether they would develop a god complex. Seems a lot of super smart people don't believe in God, so maybe that person would develop that complex.<br />Your taste in shows in awesome. And I like having something going in the background as well.<br />The first thing that comes to mind are iPads. The old Star Trek had little computer tablets and now they are real.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-556528429571644528.post-36043833077623353622014-02-21T02:53:19.150-05:002014-02-21T02:53:19.150-05:00Wow, I never thought of things like this before. I...Wow, I never thought of things like this before. It's nice to know that the old and new can co-exist like that!Heather R. Holdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309060285955963459noreply@blogger.com