HOW THE LATEST INNOVATION CAN CHANGE STATURE
From Gene Autry, Hop-a-long Cassidy and Roy Rogers. Comic books like Little Lulu, Bugs Bunny or Dick Tracy. The good old days of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sponsors, slogans such as ‘look sharp, feel sharp’. Those old-time memories can drive us crazy. From Joe Lewis to Rocky Marciano, when we were glued to our tube radio or hand-made crystal set. Today they can bring back many nostalgic appetites. Put us into a state of bliss at collectible sales some seniors can get, recalling long time gone championship fights.
Now, close your eyes and try to imagine a collectible sale fifty years from now. Folks might be going ‘bananas’ viewing a green screen computer called a Commodore 64, ‘iPhones’, eight-track recorders, and even film cameras, holy cow! There might even be a dated Time Magazine cover featuring the first successful commercial driverless car. Wow, what a score!
There might be even more amusement checking out a digital camera card with less than half a megabyte of memory plus beta, VHS, cds, and dvd technology. How about Sylvania, Westinghouse flash bulbs to create enough light?
The final straw, an old BC Ministry of Highways sign with a ‘sorry for the inconvenience’ apology.