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I Remember When...

A computer was something on TV
from a science-fiction show of note

A window was something you hated to clean
and ram was the cousin of goat

Meg was the name of a girlfriend
and gigs were jobs done at night.

Now they all have different meanings
and that really mega bytes

An application was for employment
A program, a TV show

A cursor used profanity
A keyboard, a piano

Memory was something you lost with age
A CD, a banking term

And if you had a 3-inch floppy
It was reason to blush and squirm

Compressing was done to the garbage
Not something you did to a file

And if you unzipped in public
you'd be landed in jail for a while

Log on was wood to the fire
hard drive, a long trip on the road

A mouse pad was where a small rodent lived
And a backup, a messy commode

Cutting you did with a pocket knife
and pasting required glue

A web site, a nest for a spider
and a virus just gave you the flu

Though no one's been killed in a computer crash,
When it happens they wish they were dead.

So I'll stick to my pad and paper
and what memory's left in my head.

 

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Last Modified: October 9,  2008