Looking for things from the past
This morning, I was chatting with a friend in the Center Grove and a guy came up to us asking if we knew where the nearest record store was. He was looking for CD's not records.
We couldn't tell him, even Spec's was knocked down in S. Miami recently. The guy had been all over the Grove looking for things from the past. I can't remember what else he had been looking for, it almost seemed like a scavenger hunt, but it wasn't. Then he mentioned Yucky's and he sarcastically said, "I bet Yucky's is gone, too!" But we were happy to tell him that it's still there. It just changed hands, but it's there as Lucky 14 Gifts. I have sent quite a few people there already, I never realized how popular the place was/is.
As for the records and CD's we ended up sending the guy to Target, I suggested Dadeland, but he was headed north, so I told him about the store in Midtown.
It' got us to thinking of all the obsolete things that were once a part of our lives and then within a few years or even 100 years, came and went like VCR's, typewriters, payphones, film, faxes? What else?
We couldn't tell him, even Spec's was knocked down in S. Miami recently. The guy had been all over the Grove looking for things from the past. I can't remember what else he had been looking for, it almost seemed like a scavenger hunt, but it wasn't. Then he mentioned Yucky's and he sarcastically said, "I bet Yucky's is gone, too!" But we were happy to tell him that it's still there. It just changed hands, but it's there as Lucky 14 Gifts. I have sent quite a few people there already, I never realized how popular the place was/is.
As for the records and CD's we ended up sending the guy to Target, I suggested Dadeland, but he was headed north, so I told him about the store in Midtown.
It' got us to thinking of all the obsolete things that were once a part of our lives and then within a few years or even 100 years, came and went like VCR's, typewriters, payphones, film, faxes? What else?
posted by Tom Falco at 10:50 AM
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5 Comments:
Pretty soon the grove will be a part of the past
Just like Common Courtesy. This morning I stopped at a Crosswalk, whilst riding my Motorcycle, to allow a Gentleman to cross Bayshore Dive. Six cars sped past me and almost hit this guy.
Common Courtesy: can possibly found in Museums, next to Dinosaurs.
Agree with Dexter, add to that antique collection honesty, respect, neighborliness, decent politicians...
Kids playing outside, conversations, etc...it seems with every great mobile phone/computer innovation, we also lose some of the basic communication skills between family members.
Home phone lines are going extinct too.
Kids nowadays think if you call a # you get a specific person.
No more "Hi Mrs. jones, could I please speak to TImmy?"
Checks and checkbooks will be gone fairly soon. Credit, debit, ATM taking over.
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