Friday, June 26, 2009

Specialized skills, no longer needed

"I know how to wait for four days for a mailed letter to arrive."

Mark Patinkin says that his specialized skills are no longer needed.

comments: 5

Slywy said...

I'm going to start a series on "Relics," things that I grew up with that are now gone. I started a list. It keeps growing. And am I that old? Thanks— I enjoyed this in a morose kind of way.

Michael Leddy said...

I look forward to reading your posts, Slywy.

Patinkin's piece brought back a couple of things I thought I'd forgotten — controlling the high beams with my foot and rolling metal garbage cans.

Geo-B said...

I miss that satisfied and satisfying high beam click. I also miss the smell of flash bulbs.

brownstudy said...

Loved this piece. I wrote a reply to it on my blog (http://www.brownstudy.info/2009/07/01/old-world-skillz/). Bringing it up in conversation with my co-workers is yielding really neat conversations.

Michael Leddy said...

Mike, I saw your post in my reader and just made a post linking to it.