I’ll set the scene a little for this one. In my moms writings I found a rough draft to Womans World Magazine.
Words : A hundred or less
Dated February 15th, 1987.
Titled : ‘Old Fashion Time Warp’
Here is what needs setting up. She is describing fears that my Grandpa and Grandma had and using them to show her own fears. Now when you read them you will think it strange to be afraid of such common, ordinary, everyday things.
But Grandpa and Grandma were born in 1900 and 1906 respectively. When they were little most folks were still getting around in the country by wagon, no, not a station wagon, you probably don’t know what that is either. Okay, they were not getting around in mini-vans, better? Ok. They were getting around in horse drawn wagons, around the farm country.
My mom always told a joke, that she said her dad always told, when my moms cousins were coming around for a visit to the old farm.
He would say, “Would you look at that, here comes a horse, with a Cart-right behind it. Haw, haw, haw.” My Grandma’s maiden name  was Cartwright, get it?
It would seem my grandparents had a thing with new tech, and my mom also, and… me. I just told someone recently, “I feel like a Neanderthal coming out of the forest as I learn my website and get ready to launch my next one… www.theemergingman.com“.
So here is another installment of my Sunday Posts to honor my mom, in her own words.
Title : ‘Old Fashion Time Warp’
Date : Feb. 1987
Written for : ‘Womans World Magazine’
“My father was afraid of telephones and my mom was afraid to drive a car. So when my grown kids teased me about being stuck in a time warp I made up my mind and would try to live in the 1980’s.
As I was driving myself to work one day my car died, thirty miles from nowhere, so I forced myself to use my new telephone calling card for help.
I punched in the numbers and the operator who came on said, “I’m sorry, Americans are not allowed to call the U.S.S.R without prior authorization from the government.”
So much for progress. I didn’t tell my kids I destroyed my calling card.”
That’s funny. Can you imagine if I were to meet my Grandpa some how, me with my cell phone and him with a horse and wagon. I’d say, “Here it’s easy to use.” And I can hear him say, if he’s that much like my ma, “Here, hitch the horse and wagon up, it’s easy to use too.”
I’ve been lucky enough to see some old tech, like cars from 1929, and some horse wagons. I think I’ll stick with the cars.
 Maybe theemergingman.com will touch on some old and new tech phobias in 2018, and how they keep us from being successful in our endeavors.
What do think? Do you have any tech phobia stories? Leave a comment. Or email me at dave@davebosquez.com
Leave a Reply