I've never hidden the fact that Walker Creek was pretty behind about technology. So this memory popped into my head today while I was on my phone - I'm old as hell and I remember the first time I ever saw a computer. And surprisingly, it was in Walker Creek. Can you imagine the excitement when our library got a Macintosh computer in 1988? That was the most riled up I've ever seen the whole damn town.
Our library was probably the biggest building we had. Got constant funding, it was used a lot, overall just a really popular place. So in 1988, they announced that they were getting a computer. The kind we'd seen on TV and thought "that thing is magic, but too bad I'll never use one" and suddenly, it was in our grasp. It was 4 years late but we didn't care. The line was all the way down Main Street just to have a few minutes to mess with it when it arrived. I was in line with Julia, and so was pretty much every other face I knew. That was a fun day. Everyone was talking about what it was like, what they did on it, etc. It was a technological marvel to everyone. Once I got to Texas, it was pretty commonplace. Saw em a lot more often, and now everyone has one in their pocket. Pretty crazy to think about. - Trevor
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