The World Before Computers

The World Before Computers By Elton Camp Those younger than thirty have no memory of the day When paper, envelope & stamp a message did convey When computers mainly in science fiction did reside With only a few found in top universities worldwide A reference to electronic mail is all that it then took To generate many questions along with a blank look People old enough to remember will know what I mean Computers and e-mail suddenly burst onto the scene So now, whether it is thought to be for good or for ill Competence in computers has become an expected skill It’d be with the deepest shame anyone would confess “Well, actually I don’t even have an e-mail address.” Computer use has come to traverse the entire age span From a little kid to Uncle Charles and even old Gran If there is anyone around who is still trying to hold out Wise up or you will be left in the dust without any doubt