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March 18, 2015
You Heard It from the “Antique’s” Mouth By Ellie Behman
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who haven’t moved too quickly into the 21st Century. By omeone once said that anything over 25 years that I mean, we don’t jump to buy the latest technology, or so can be considered an antique. That would even though many friends and relatives have left us behind qualify me as an antique, many times over. Pictures in a cloud of dust. posted on Facebook show items which were popular in Take for instance our Beta Video the forties and fifties and the caption reads, “Do you Recorder. Yes, I did say Beta. Just about remember this?” Oh boy, do I remember. Almost all the time our daughter bought it for us of those items were either in my mom’s kitchen or VHS came along. No sooner we got mine. comfy with a big bowl of popcorn and Who knew that the normal everyday items snuggled in our warm jammies - used in the kitchen way back when would WHAM - - DVDs were staring us in the now be precious antiques to face. Now there is something called be revered. For instance, Blu-ray. We just can’t keep ahead of Mom did everything by hand progress. Society is on speed dial and including grating cheese, everyone in it is rushing toward new potatoes and onions on a and improved gadgets. I say slow small metal grater. I never down, look back at the old products. realized just how strong They have proven themselves. Mom’s arms were until I Now before I say too much about tried to follow her path. new technology and make some readers There was no such uncomfortable, allow me to point out thing in her kitchen as a food one more teensy-weensy glitch in the processor or a blender. Emma Jakavcic, Ellie's Mom progress department. Calling a company She could easily grate 20 for any reason whatsoever results in a pounds of potatoes just to series of automated messages, music, more messages and make her special potato dumplings then finally you may be asked to press one for billing, two and I never gave a thought as to how for customer service, three for technical support and on time consuming and hard that was. I and on. When you are connected to a live have used the grater, only to find that person, more often than not, they cannot if I’m not careful I could grate my answer your question anyway. Progress? knuckles in the process. How did she I believe I could build a fire and toss a ever do it? blanket up and down over the smoke to On another note, anyone who get my questions answered a lot faster. knows Ron and me, sees two people
I love antiques. There is something about each and every one of them that tells a story. They have a history and one that has lasted for decades. I’m not too sure how long these new products will survive but time will tell. They are being replaced every few months by faster, more expensive items while the old flour sifters, graters, lanterns, etc., live on and on through generations. Yes, we may be a couple of old antiques, reluctant to move ahead, but I look at it this way. When we lose our electricity for a period of time, the gadgets become completely useless and that’s when good old fashioned tools come in handy. Nature, on the other hand, remains the same. Walking through the woods and taking in the cool crisp air is a luxury that I don’t take lightly. The squirrels, birds and dozens of other forms of wildlife make their homes in the wild and in the trees, existing day to day just fine and, believe it or not, I haven’t seen one squirrel with a cell phone yet. Two of Webster’s definitions of “antique” are; outdated, old fashioned. However the one I think describes it the best is “rarity.” Yes, we have all sorts of electronic toys at our finger tips but the tried and true implements of yesterday have a reputation and a rare quality that we can’t deny. They worked just fine and they are still working. Remember, you heard it from the “antique’s” mouth. Call me “nutty” but I’m with the squirrels on this one!
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