More things lost on today's youth
I'm a collector. My wife doesn't help me with my problem. It's something I've done since I was young, and growing up as an only child, it brought me joy to share these things with others. On the other hand, she comes from a big family but has also come to appreciate stuff. There are things we collect together, such as retro video games, which led us to the Let's Play Gaming Expo which was in Plano, TX on 6/18 and 6/19. We brought eight of our home console systems with at least one game per system from our personal stash, and two pinball machines . (Not to mention the gigantic 100x NES controller.) We have seen a staggering evolution in technology and aesthetics in our just shy of 30 years in existence, and what's more interesting to me about this evolution is the things we don't do anymore rather than the new things that have evolved. For instance, print media has declined drastically over the past 15 years, pay-phone booths are virtual...