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In the fifties life was simple black and white you see Elvis on Ed Sullivan came across our used TV Phones from Mother Bell Rotary dial straight cords made way for Princess touch-tones we now had tele-lords Sputnik was the next big thing man walked on the moon Neal Armstrong declared one small step we sensed space travel soon Then came IBM computers much to our distress seemed we didn’t speak the language didn’t have access Enter Microsoft and Apple much to our delight We could talk to all our buddies whether far,day or night Email, wireless, blue-tooth our new communications talking either neighbors or to once obscure nations As I look back and ponder changes we’ve been through I sometimes miss approaching a friend simply saying how are you?

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