The War Against the Machines Part 7 or 8

Monday 1:15 p.m.
                           One machine I would have liked to have bought today was a tape recorder, the kind you could use to record peoples' voices, like the kind reporters used to have.
                            There was once a time before that when you could get twin tapes, a double reel thing for playing the music on, around 1970. Before that you could buy a tape machine for recording off the Radio Luxembourg, but these were rare and you needed to jam a screwdriver into them to make them work.
                            All I want is something to record the mother in law and I have already despaired before setting out the door. I'm sure there are machines that would do this, but you can also probably use them to phone, or get on the internet, or read ebooks, or tell you which bus you are on, or where you are in relation to the Orion Nebula. And I'm sure they will have a big fat instruction manual to tell you all about these useless things you don't want and you will have to read all the way through until you get to the bit that says this model requires a cable which only comes from the Orion Nebula and that's why you have to know where you are in relation to it.
                          This technological revolution is just a sign that the world is in the hands of the uncoolest geeks and big wee boys!
                           The photies are from the top of the National Museum in Chambers Street. We were there on Saturday to check out the refurbishment.