Anything new, you bet. We went from Party Line telephones to cell phones. I remember when we had to get on a "waiting list" to get a private number, our number was WAlnut 2229 in the 40's. In the 60's we were on a 3-party line. I remember buying a "bagphone" and using it. I realized then I could sit in the officer for an hour and not make a call, get in the car, and think of many to call.
Airplanes, went from the P-40 of wartime fame to landing on the moon. Cars, most still have 4 wheels, and basically still are used for transportation, but not they have a lot more gadgets. I got a car in '49, options were a radio, AM, and a dashboard clock. It was a '49, Dodge Wayfarer Roadster Convertible, Fluid Drive, loved that car. One seater, had a back seat put in, gigantic trunk.
Store hours in those days, 8 to 5, Closed on Sunday. Some even Saturday, nothing much was open on Sunday. Department Stores offered Service, Layaway and some even Delivery, but heavy on the Service. I remember when my Mom got her "Charge A Plate" for Rikes. It even used to be, just, "Put in on my account," ...... "Yes, Mrs. Dooley."
We bought our groceries at Earls Grocery Store, across the street and down at the corner. We got our drugs, toothpaste and such items, at a Drug Store. Rarely had a prescription to fill though. Got most of our pills from the Doctor. The drug store had a "soda fountain" and we often ate lunch there, a sandwich and a Coke. I really miss the old Ten Cent Store, Woolworths, McCrorys, Kresges, they all had the same aroma in them, can still bring that aroma to mind. I loved those guys who demonstrated the little "mice" that could climb up and down their arm, with the help of a piece of thread. I bought many of them, never could get them to work, a lot of other "gimmicks" ..... bought them, had the same problem.
The computer is probably the most earth shattering thing to come down the pike. It has changed the whole world, everything we do, that and television have changed the whole world, I doubt that it has been for the better.
