That was better then ... this is better now
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That was better then ... this is better now It can be so many things ..... or both .... cordless phones ..... (now) .... (then) not attached to the wall with limited travel
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better then (opinion only) .... some old buildings with such great detail
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TVs may be better now, the resolution & all...but I don't 'get' flat screens. You still need to put the cable box somewhere & the remotes & the audio box (bose system or whatever), maybe a vcr or a DVd recorder or another recording device. So where do you put all that stuff now? I need to go shopping for a new TV so I'm trying to 'get' it. But now you need a shelf under the flat screen.
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then ..... Concert tickets (most entertainment tickets for that matter - even with adjusted inflation )
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I don't worry so much about the visibility of a "shelf" or stand for a tv... but I'm anal as all hell about wires. I gutted my basement just so I could run speaker wires and power chords through my walls. (and bought a Bose paintable in-wall speaker setup) Then vs Now? Books (then)- I hate reading on a "device."
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Cooking shows. They used to over do the drinking of the wine now they can cook good with it love doris
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The_Fool:
then ..... Concert tickets (most entertainment tickets for that matter - even with adjusted inflation )
OMG yes! I think I only paid $12.50 per ticket the first time I saw Paul in '76! And George was only $7.50 in '74!
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oobu24:
TVs may be better now, the resolution & all...but I don't 'get' flat screens. You still need to put the cable box somewhere & the remotes & the audio box (bose system or whatever), maybe a vcr or a DVd recorder or another recording device. So where do you put all that stuff now? I need to go shopping for a new TV so I'm trying to 'get' it. But now you need a shelf under the flat screen.
And...usually we don't have time for see nothing
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oobu24:
TVs may be better now, the resolution & all...but I don't 'get' flat screens. You still need to put the cable box somewhere & the remotes & the audio box (bose system or whatever), maybe a vcr or a DVd recorder or another recording device. So where do you put all that stuff now? I need to go shopping for a new TV so I'm trying to 'get' it. But now you need a shelf under the flat screen.
i also feel sorry for the sad old tvs that nobody wants anymore at thrift stores no one wants them even if its a big screen with a tube on the back
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Computers are better now than when they filled a room.
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al Sabah:
Computers are better now than when they filled a room.
THAT I agree with. But you do have to keep updating programs or whatever all the time.
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pizza varieties seem to have improved. Now you can get chicken wings with them. love doris
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Adriana Rojas:
oobu24:
TVs may be better now, the resolution & all...but I don't 'get' flat screens. You still need to put the cable box somewhere & the remotes & the audio box (bose system or whatever), maybe a vcr or a DVd recorder or another recording device. So where do you put all that stuff now? I need to go shopping for a new TV so I'm trying to 'get' it. But now you need a shelf under the flat screen.
And...usually we don't have time for see nothing
You're forgetting the REALLY annoying thing - remote controls. Remember those days when all the controls you needed were available on the TV set? Now you need at least 3 different remote controls and unless you can find the right one at the right moment you can't do ANYTHING!! And you spend ages looking under sofa cushions for the one you need to select something off a DVD menu because you can't do that on the actual DVD player....
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illwobble:
Adriana Rojas:
oobu24:
TVs may be better now, the resolution & all...but I don't 'get' flat screens. You still need to put the cable box somewhere & the remotes & the audio box (bose system or whatever), maybe a vcr or a DVd recorder or another recording device. So where do you put all that stuff now? I need to go shopping for a new TV so I'm trying to 'get' it. But now you need a shelf under the flat screen.
And...usually we don't have time for see nothing
You're forgetting the REALLY annoying thing - remote controls. Remember those days when all the controls you needed were available on the TV set? Now you need at least 3 different remote controls and unless you can find the right one at the right moment you can't do ANYTHING!! And you spend ages looking under sofa cushions for the one you need to select something off a DVD menu because you can't do that on the actual DVD player....
Put more buttons on the DVD players and TV sets themselves again! PLEASE!!yeah you are right! I used to be able to walk up to my VCR & program it in 2 minutes. Time on time off, channel. done. Then you had to turn on the TV for on screen programming after finding the remotes...and do it all. Now...who knows what I will need with a new tv.
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doris mendlovitz:
pizza varieties seem to have improved. Now you can get chicken wings with them. love doris
This is the most important innovation.
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The supermarkets seem to be larger and have a bigger variety to choose from love doris
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It maybe just me..'cause I'm OLD now! But a lot of things were better then, like..music..TV, you didn't have to pay a monthly fee for! and food, 'cause now they seem to have a recall once a month on things like fresh produce(lettus and spinach) Don't know anymore what is going to make you sick!! And last but not least..the AIR..YES, the air was better back then. You have to agree on that, right?!!
What is better now? Travel is one..it's much faster..in cars..on air planes..and in some cases, you don't have to even leave your house to chat with friends from around the world! 
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The air is much better now for some of us. I would have to say that music is better now because you can listen to more from yesterday and today. The variety in our grocery stores has never been better. We used to have a lot of British items. Now we get more American, Mediterranean, east Asian.
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Television programming was better then....... there were only a handful of channels and everyone watched the same thing, and it was a family activity. News reported the news. Today there are too many channels..... cable and satellite co.'s charge too much, and there are still too many commercials, and the programming often lacks any kind of morality..... news channels can't report the news without discriminating bias..... it's like the song..... 57 channels and nothing's on.
