Kids nowadays probably don’t know
what I’m talking about. What I have is not something I need to turn on, boot
up, or recharge, and I use my own moistened digits to turn the pages. Well my
old 1980’s era PDA was falling apart – tattered, dog eared, cover torn off, held together by rubber bands, etc. After using it to look up addresses for this year’s Christmas card list, I
decided it had taken too much abuse, served me past it’s lifetime, and time to
get a replacement.
First, I went to the 99 Cent store
but didn’t find one. Then I visited the websites of Walmart, Target, Staples,
OfficeMax and Office Depot. There were all sorts but the simplest one I found
with the right price was at Target. It was made from recycled paper so there, I’m
being environmentally friendly, okay?
I copied the names and addresses
from the old PDA to the new one, left out the ones I haven’t been in touch with
for several years (old gf’s, distant relatives, etc.), then shredded the pages
that have been written on before throwing away the blank ones in the trash.
Parting with the broken down PDA was such sweet sorrow and I wish the new one
will last just as long. If it does, this world will have gone paperless by then.
On a second thought, what would we use for toilet paper?!
My Old Address Book and the Replacement
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