Background – I was driving home from Gettysburg after spending the day touring
the battle fields on a Segway (awesome tour…I highly recommend it). I had with me my son Zack and our French
exchange student, Tongi. The boys were
chatting about all kinds of things in their comparison of our two countries and
landed on the subject of the Sony Walkman.
I had to chuckle when I realized that the conversation centered on the
fact that, while they had heard of a Sony Walkman, they weren't entirely sure
what it actually was. I decided to date
myself and explain it to them in the interest of strengthening our
international relations with France.
After a few “runs” at trying to get them to see how this thing worked,
“cassette tape??”, I ended by telling them that I didn't even know if they make
the Sony Walkman anymore. That was the
end of the conversation, but I gave just a few more minutes to thinking about
this ancient device and what had happened to it, “are they still making that thing - or can you now only find one in a
museum somewhere?!”.
S.C.O.U.T. – The very next night,
as the news ran through its various news articles, my ears pricked and the hair
on my neck stiffened as the anchor woman began to profile the next
story…apparently there was an announcement from electronics giant “Sony” today;
they will no longer be making the “Sony Walkman”….
Asked and answered…coincidence? YGTBKM!!
Seriously, YGTBKM if you believe that.
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