What do you think your parents would be befuddled by 21st century living?

[Beezer]

How fast people drive now. You do the speed limit, and you've always got some cowboy in a truck sitting right on your back bumper.

 

[hollydolly]

How fast people drive now. You do the speed limit, and you've always got some cowboy in a truck sitting right on your back bumper.

..yes and the sheer volume of traffic would horrify my mother who died in the early 70's... also the foul language used by kids these days in public in normal conversation.. she would be horrified.. as I am to be truthful

 

[Pinky]

I think my parents would be fascinated with Google Earth, as well as YouTube, as they both loved music.

 

[Beezer]

Whenever my teen daughters would complain about their cell phones, I'd say...

"Do you know what I had at your age?? Do ya?!"

BALL IN A CUP!!!

 

[hollydolly]

Whenever my teen daughters would complain about their cell phones, I'd say...

"Do you know what I had at your age?? Do ya?!"

BALL IN A CUP!!!

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you should have told them this was as high tech as it got...

 

[Wren]

My parents would be horrified at our ‘throwaway society’ nothing got thrown out, my mother was still using the baking tins she had when they first married

 

[horseless carriage]

My father lived until 2008 so he was around for the internet etc.. but was horrified that people would pay ££'s for a coffee.. in a coffee house.. but he would be fascinated by Amazon prime etc..

My mother died in the early 70's...she never saw or even imagined the Internet.. home computers, Remote control everything.. she would have loved to have had remote controls to watch TV.. to have 1000 channels as we have here today.... and she would have loved the joy of shopping online, and especially for groceries after years of hauling food on foot.. for 6 people!!

I'm sure both of them would have taken full advantage of Youtube..

Like you Holly my parents were long separated by death. Mother died in 1956 aged just 33. Dad went on for 55 more years, passing at the age of 92. My mother would have been blown over by the concept of the supermarket.

Here in the UK it was 1967 when Britain’s first real supermarket, Gem, was established in West Bridgford, Nottingham. They had actually opened three years earlier, pioneering an American concept of one-stop shopping, where a vast range of goods were available under one roof. It heralded the growth of out-of-town shopping centres and brought tough times for the traditional corner shop.

 

[hollydolly]

Like you Holly my parents were long separated by death. Mother died in 1956 aged just 33. Dad went on for 55 more years, passing at the age of 92. My mother would have been blown over by the concept of the supermarket.

Here in the UK it was 1967 when Britain’s first real supermarket, Gem, was established in West Bridgford, Nottingham. They had actually opened three years earlier, pioneering an American concept of one-stop shopping, where a vast range of goods were available under one roof. It heralded the growth of out-of-town shopping centres and brought tough times for the traditional corner shop.

that can't be right HC.. because when I was kid in the early to Mid 60's.... we used to shop in Fine Fare and in Safeway.. they were both large supermarkets, and I had to go every weekend to help my mum with the Shopping. It's where I grew to hate Supermarket Musak.. we had a small Co-op across the road from where we lived, and that was still an over the counter service.. but we only used that for small items.. we always went to the supermarket at weekends..

 

[horseless carriage]

that can't be right HC.. because when I was kid in the early to Mid 60's.... we used to shop in Fine Fare and in Safeway.. they were both large supermarkets, and I had to go every weekend to help my mum with the Shopping.

You are probably right Holly, I worked for Green Shield Stamps in the late 60's and remember the Tesco deal. I Googled first UK supermarket.
What came up was this. It's a clip from a Nottingham newspaper and the first supermarket in their headline is probably the first one in their area.
You have to be so vigilant, but I really should have known given my time at Green Shield.

 

[dobielvr]

I'm still trying to figure that one our myself, dobielvr.

I don't know if you're 'pulling my leg' or not, but I told him it meant Sport Utility Vehicle.

 

[Tommy]

Hahaha! I think the definition is a bit fuzzy. Not that it matters much.

Merriam-Webster says it's "a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis". Other definitions specify "high performance", 4-wheel drive, high ground clearance, and off-road capability. I would think our Toyota Landcruiser wagon would have qualified, but we consider our current Rav4 just an ugly little car with AWD.