Sunday, June 5, 2005
Modern conveniences
Today is the 98th anniversary of the official introduction of the automatic clothes washer and dryer. That was only one of the many changes the last century wrought and which utterly altered everyone's lives. Electricity powered many of the changes but ingenuity forged them too. Automobiles, typewriters, deodorant, kleenex, telephones, computers, synthetic fabrics, additives for food and plants, etc., etc. Some advances need to be taken carefully or even restrained, but it's an amazing world. And it's a good idea to stop and smell/appreciate it all, now and then.
Labels: anniversaries, modern culture
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