On my train trip last month, I had the foresight to stock my phone with MP3 files and to carry dead-tree books (I am a librarian, after all) whipe my sister relied on Spotify, Netflix, and Youtube streqming for entertainment. Why had something to do in the mountains when night fell shortly after lunch to prevent gazing atbthe scenery, and no cell signal was ro be found? This alleged Millennial who remembers portable cassettes and family road trips!
I loved portable cassettes!! Ah the good old days when the best innovation was rechargeable batteries for the Walkman!!
Rechargeable batteries? Bah! Sure, the promised long-term savings were alluring, but they never seemed to meet the hype. The Sony Walkman isnone of the greatest inventions of all time though. I think it is right in between the wheel and the flat-screen monitor in importance.
It sure is. I absolutely loved mine. I think I loved the idea more than the cost saving!
I just watched this video on expensive vs. cheap AA batteries, as a matter of fact, and thought of the old debates over different emerging battery technologies in the 80s and 90s.
Energiser all the way!!!