Friday, April 3, 2015

A to Z - C




For my A to Z Challenge theme I will be posting items that are no longer with us or are close to becoming extinct.

These are great items to use if you are trying to set a time period in your story or to stay away from if you want your story to be timeless.

Cathode ray tubes (CRTs) were used to display the pictures in your television and computer monitor. These bulky tubes have been replaced by LCD and plasma, which are thinner and lighter.  I, for one, don't miss the large bulky televisions and computer monitors. Couldn't have a lap top with CRTs!

Cassette Tapes These were the latest and greatest music innovation. They were going to replace and wipe out albums. They did a pretty good job of replacing the album but because you could not pick the song you wanted on a tape without fast forwarding and rewinding until you found it but on an album you could pick exactly the song you wanted without all the fiddling, I think albums stuck around. Tapes were compact, easy to carry and you could record on them yourself. The birth of the mixed tape and the garage band self-recording.

Coal heating for homes. When I had the pleasure of visiting the amazing mansions in Newport Rhode Island many of these homes were the ultimate in advancements for their time. I remember a few houses that had coal brought in underground from across the street so you would not see the coal. After WWII coal was seen as the old technology and was replaced by fuel oil burners.

Circuit City  Need I say more?

Happy writing!

8 comments:

  1. I still have the first two. Those houses in Newport really were ahead of their time when they were built. We were there last fall.

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    1. Thanks for visiting. I visited your google page- thanks for introducing me to the ruby slipper WWF! I have it in my calendar for next year.

      Isn't Newport incredible? It is awesome you got a chance to visit. I still have cassettes of my friends garage bands.

      Do you have a blog I can visit?

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  2. My dad used to take my to Circuit City sometimes when my mom was grocery shopping and they had these little kid carts that I would push around the store. And oh man, I would unravel every single cassette tape in my house--it was bad.

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    1. I meant to put in my post the need to carry a pencil so you could wind the tapes back up when they pulled out! I was so tired last night I'm lucky I got the post up.

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  3. Commodore 64. My first computer. Bought it in 1981 when I was in high school. It cost me a fortune >:)

    Cold As Heaven

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    1. We had a TRS 80. I was pretty young so I don't know how expensive it was but it sat next to my dad's manual typewriter which he used more and I used for all my school work, not the computer. I was always running out of white out. How things have changed.

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  4. Commodore 64. My first computer. Bought it in 1981 when I was in high school. It cost me a fortune >:)

    Cold As Heaven

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  5. I can see some good cartoons with this selection of extinct items. :-)
    The View from the Top of the Ladder
    Take 25 to Hollister

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