Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 01-11-19 06:20 <=-
Back then, it also came with a substantial annual fee.... that alone was enough to keep me from considering it, even if I had had the required
income level, which I didn't...
I'm sure you remember as well when having any sort of credit card
was a status symbol. Not many had them.
Even having a gas station card was something.
Local/regional department store cards were valued.
Now everyone has one.
Indeed. :) Quite the contrast... :)
Take car phones.
I knew a guy when in college 40+ years ago who had a car phone
(forget why, something to do with business I think) and everyone
thought that was something.
My brother-in-law bought one for Mom... she found it too difficult to
figure out, but she did keep it in the car, just in case....
And cell phones when they first came out, the huge ones. That was
really something as well.
I wasn't anywhere near the cutting edge on those, but my first cell
phone was closer to the size of the smaller landline handsets.... now my
dumb phone is not much larger than a credit card, although thicker... ;)
ttyl neb
... Madness takes its toll; please have exact change.
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