I've written about cheap calls to and from the Philippines a couple of times and each time I mentioned Skype as what I considered the best solution. A number of people have left enough comments about magicJack being better and cheaper than Skype that I decided to do a little research.
Once the holidays are over and all the gift-giving has been accomplished, it's time to start thinking about next year. More importantly, it's time to take advantage of all the after-holiday clearance sales. Okay, so you didn't get what you wanted or needed for Christmas. So what? Take advantage of the situation and get what you want or need at deep discounts.
When I wrote about cars and computers at the first of the month, I neglected to mention a problem with my son's 2004 Jeep Liberty, a problem other than gas guzzling. Apparently, this particular model doesn't like its electronics as well as its computer.
This post is directed at people younger than I, many much younger. I'm only going to list things that I lived without at some time during my 46 years of age and I'm only going to list those things that I can remember. If they're already obsolete, I won't bother to list them. Here we go and in no particular order:
I could go on, but I won't. Many of these things existed while I was young but were not affordable to the average family. If you're young, you probably can't imagine what life would be like without all of these advances. In my opinion, life was simpler and more fun.
Edit: Are there any items on the list that I failed to mention and you would like to elaborate on? Feel free to add them to the comments. The base date I used was the year of my birth, 1960. Anything prior is digging too far back.
