iCed Tea

Here's an example of the kind of picture you can take with an iPhone.  As a lad growing up in small-town America I would not have been able to fathom that one day you'd be able to carry a phone in your pocket that would also take high quality pictures.  That thought still nearly blows my mind!

I'm not a technical guru; not technically, but it still confounds me what you can do with a small device like an iPhone.  The downside to the iWorld we live in is that a lot of folks would have a difficult time functioning outside the home without their phone or preferred device in-hand, or at least in their pocket.  I don't have any idea what that means from a long term perspective, but I'll share an example of the iEverything affect:

This past couple of weeks I've had a fine young 19 year old lad working with me on a road repair project.  He's a smart, intuitive and insightful young man (and strong as an ox, which comes in handy when lifting and toting large rocks).  Yesterday, while we were eating lunch in the shade of a tree, a frog was croaking from the spring-fed pond just above our project. He asked, "What's making that noise?", referring to the frog.  I told him it was a frog and he seemed somewhat surprised.

A little later in the day he said, "Hey Mr. Russ, there's a lizard over here on this rock; do you want to see it!"  He seemed excited.  I asked him if it was a gray one or a purple one. He said "purple".  I  told him we were covered up with lizards and that I'd seen at least a million or so of each color in my lifetime, and that I was good.  He seemed surprised that I wouldn't want to see the lizard.

Point being, this millennial generation is missing out on most of the actual cool and fun stuff while hanging out inside, staring at their device in an effort to find out what's going on where they're not.  It seems a shame to this aging Boomer.  I suppose that perspective is a sign of getting old, but I'll take old over "missing out" nearly every single time.

I'll try to keep you posted on iCed tea and iOtherstuff as I move closer and closer to becoming irrelevant to youngsters...except my grandkids:  They think I'm cool:)