With a bit of luck we can still retrieve all those moving family and vacation memories. After that when Beta and VHS then digital came in and all the latest techno-logical 'miracles', one ponders whether retrieval down the years will be as easy because everything.that was new yesterday often turned 'old hat' in the blink of an eye.
CLUTCHING ON WHAT USED TO BE
Guess there are some positive brakes we can clutch back to the past. Even way back to the days of standard transmission. You could use the clutch as a brake from going down too fast.
Anybody out there remember learning the skills to drive without grinding the gears? I had the honour of being a student at a Vancouver McKinley Driving School. For the poor instructor, truly it was a huge challenge. Like Bob Newhart's famous skit on Ed Sullivan, it was mighty hard to keep his cool. How I finally got my license, one still can't figure out how one did manage.