When I was a kid, I used to see Model T's on the roads. Not a lot of them, but used for real commutes. Road construction crews would set out kerosene lanterns at night to warn of open trenches - battery operated blinkers had not yet come on the market. Coins were silver (well, not pennies which were really made of copper, or nickels). Many people still used fountain pens as those newfangled ball-points sometimes leaked into your shirt pockets, making quite a mess. My father installed central air-conditioning in our house, which was quite advanced for its time - businesses had air conditioning but private homes - no way! First class postage was 3¢ and all those stamps were purple in color.

I started using computers in mid-life. Each computer was a machine unto itself, as there was no internet. The printer consisted of an electronic typewriter which went clackity-clack as it laboriously typed out messages from the computer. Carbon paper was used in all offices to create copies of letters as they were typed. Cars had no seat belts. You could not return to the Main Menu when making a phone call, nor "Push 2 To Speak To A Representative." You'd be more likely to hear your neighbor discussing her recipe for pot roast to a friend. My first job, in college, paid a decent $1.20 an hour.

There were 48 states, STOP signs were yellow in color, and the YIELD traffic sign had not yet been invented.

I applied for Medicare two months ago and it is much more confusing than all of the above.

You do the math.