Thank you modern technology for occasionally dropping the ball.
For the past seven days, my children were transported back to my childhood in extremely rural Central Pennsylvania back in the 1990s. Until today, my children had been without no internet and certainly no cable for the past week. The unplugging of the house was not due to grounding, but rather their addictions to all things recent like cartoons were disrupted all due to a bad cable port connecting the outside wire to the house.
The internet was the first thing to go. The connection to work from home and doing homework on their school issued computers was interrupted. After a long conversation with the internet provider, the initial solution was to send a new router to be delivered. The old router was ten years old and live a long, productive life. Surely, it must have been the problem since the television was still working.
Nearly twenty four hours after the internet was no longer accessible, the television signals across the house also felt compelled to waive the white flag as well. The man of the house became a little frustrated. There would be no world baseball tournament and the threat of missing any college basketball games being recorded was just unimaginable. With as much patience that could be mustered, he made a call to the cable company who needed to schedule repairs in person for a week out.
The smart phones did what they could for the first two days until the data started to slow down and videos began to buffer. Crafting past some of the time and after a couple of days, a box to days of old became a lifeline for the younger people of the house. A much needed blast of the past was warranted.
The cardboard box had DVDs and CDs that their adult sister had enjoyed when she was their age. Luckily, the DVD and CD players were not discarded, and the once outdated discs were given new life. While the adults grew tired of what their brains had blocked out for years, the younger crowd quickly forgot what they were missing.
Like rain that eventually ends a drought, the cable guy came. One hour later, we were hooked back up to modern technology, new router and all. While the children had gone back to watching their favorite cartoons, one DVD remains on repeat. I guess what was old is new again!
I might have liked a little more detail as to what you pulled out DVD and CD-wise and enjoyed. I treasure those moments when technology fails. I get to experience a whole side of my possessions I normally neglect. Sometimes, like the Kodo album I bought at their concert in the 90s, I’ve very pleased to make the rediscovery.
I actually have cassette tapes to add to this list. I play piano and sing, so there were some revelations there. And embarrassments! I liked to vocally take things too far when I was younger and fuller of bluster!
We watched Evan Almighty and enjoyed listening to Matchbox 20 and A*Teens, lol!