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#CoolGRannies Wisdom: not hopping on The Bandwagon

10/23/2020

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Do you remember when VCR movies first came out?  I sure do.  The first VCR's were released in 1976. Coincidentally microwaves became available for home use around the same time.  So, imagine the delight, when our family got both a VCR and a microwave for Christmas!  As kids, we were ecstatic that we could now choose movies we wanted to watch, view them when we wanted to, AND make popcorn in a minute to munch on during the film.  We were in heaven.  That Christmas, we spent several days binging on and stuffing ourselves full of popcorn. 
 
That same Christmas, someone in the family bought my grandparents the same two appliances.  
 
When we went to visit our grandparents, we asked, "Aren't you excited, Ma and Pa?" 
 
Crickets.  Side glances.  Eye rolls.  That's the response we got.
 
"I don't need this," my grandfather pointed at the VCR that now sat on top of his television. "I don't even go to the movies.  Why would I watch them at home?"
 
"I like my pots and ny oven.  If I need to heat something up, they work just fine.  That microwave is taking up my counter space." My Grandmother chimed in.
 
I remember being a young teen and completed flabbergasted.  Wow, they were really missing out, I thought.
 
Fast-forward to today, my grandparents are long gone, but their memories, seem to be replaying in my mind, through a new lens.  As I now reach middle age, I watch as people younger than me race to buy the latest phone, the coolest video games, and anything tech related.  I find myself asking, do I really need this, while I long for the days when we only had to answer the phone when it rang, and we were home.  
 
The VCR and Microwave sat in my grandparent’s home, untouched for a few months.  One day, we went to visit and they were gone.  The relative who gave them the gifts ended up taking them over to his own house.  My grandparents went on to live to ripe old ages, perfectly happy, without that breakthrough technology.
 

Do you have some #CoolGrannies wisdom to share?  It could be your own perspective as a cool granny, or maybe you want to share something that you learned from your cool granny?  Send me your #CoolGrannies wisdom story in 600 words or less.  I must be able to share it on my blog, while acknowledging you as the author. You keep the copyright.  The first 5 #CoolGrannies wisdom stories that I post will receive a free copy of #CoolGrannies.  Contest open until Dec. 31, 2020, no purchase necessary, open to people with mailing addresses in the continental United States. Send your story to susanallisondean@gmail.com
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