Where were you in '62?

Where were you in '62 was the tag line in the 1973 film "American Graffiti".

In 1962 I was 6 years old, living in Oakland California. That was the year we moved to our house on Monticello Avenue and I started attending Maxwell Park school in the middle of the first grade.

This post isn't about cruising the strip in Modesto (which is where I'm looking at apartments), but about where I was on this day in 1980. Until August 10th I had lived with my sister in an apartment in Salinas but on the 11th at 7:30 AM PDT I started working at AT&T in Redwood City, CA. That's 35 years ago. 420 months ago. 12,783 days ago!

A lot has changed in the telephone, later the telecommunications, industry. When I first started, the switch I worked in was made up of relays. Then we went to switches that were big, specialized computers. Somewhere along the line cell phones came in. Now we have smart phones. We went from phones that could just carry voice and attached to the wall by a cord to phones that could receive voice and data. Mostly data these days. If my phone rings, it takes me a second to figure out what that sound is.

So, where were you in '62? And where were you in '80?

Interesting days

Today - https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/ingersoll-day/ I still don't really know who he is. It's also https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/play-in-the-sand-day/ Now that sounds like a good idea. And it's https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/son-and-daughter-day/ I think I'll reach out to Danny and Nick today

Tomorrow - https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/vinyl-record-day/ This was pretty much the only way you could own music back in '62. And vinyl is making a comeback! It's also https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-elephant-day/ We can't forget that! And it's a double celebration for some of us because it's https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/youth-day/ and https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/middle-childs-day/

Next Tuesday - https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/bad-poetry-day/ and https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/mail-order-catalog-day/ Back in college I combined these two days without even knowing it. I wrote a song called Damaged Merchandise. I'll see if I can remember how it goes and embarrass myself next week.

September 11 - Of course it's https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/patriot-day/. As well as https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/make-your-bed-day/,  https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/no-news-is-good-news-day/, https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/hot-cross-bun-day/ and finally https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/stand-up-to-cancer-day/