Comments on: First National Bank’s living museum http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/ The people, issues, and events of Northfield, MN Wed, 23 May 2012 15:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-93070 Griff Wigley Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:57:32 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-93070 <p>Uh oh. <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2009/10/29/technology-reduces-the-value-of-old-people/" rel="nofollow">Technology reduces the value of old people</a>. The author argues "that technology has reduced the value of old people because it has rendered their skills and fact knowledge less valuable to younger folks."</p> <p>(Courtesy of Bob Collins on the <a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2009/10/five_at_8_-_103009_im_old_shoo.shtml" rel="nofollow">MPR Newscut blog today</a>.)</p> Uh oh. Technology reduces the value of old people. The author argues “that technology has reduced the value of old people because it has rendered their skills and fact knowledge less valuable to younger folks.”

(Courtesy of Bob Collins on the MPR Newscut blog today.)

]]> By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-93069 Griff Wigley Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:55:36 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-93069 <p>Fax machines are becoming obsolete.</p> Fax machines are becoming obsolete.

]]> By: Bright Spencer http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-92919 Bright Spencer Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:24:03 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-92919 Segway! Griff said; When I do have to write something, it ends up being this weird hybrid of cursive and printing. I have been guilty of this forever, but I do it for the look of it. We create as we go. Segway!

Griff said; When I do have to write something, it ends up being this weird hybrid of cursive and printing.

I have been guilty of this forever, but I do it for the look of it. We create as we go.

]]> By: john george http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-92872 john george Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:37:25 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-92872 Robbie- No pencil sharpener is pointless! Robbie- No pencil sharpener is pointless!

]]> By: Robbie Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-92868 Robbie Wigley Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:51 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-92868 Ahhh but it is an electric one! That one never made sense to me. Ahhh but it is an electric one! That one never made sense to me.

]]> By: john george http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-92865 john george Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:31:40 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-92865 I spy! There is a pencil sharpener! I spy! There is a pencil sharpener!

]]> By: john george http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-92864 john george Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:29:10 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-92864 Griff- I'm glad to hear that your world is approaching the paperless nirvana promised many years ago by the computer proponents. My world, unfortunately, is drowning in the reams or reports printed out daily for my perusal. And, since I cannot drag my computer all over the two acres of store in which I work, I go through many pens in a year just writing down products for people. Have any extras lying around drying up that you care to get rid of? Griff- I’m glad to hear that your world is approaching the paperless nirvana promised many years ago by the computer proponents. My world, unfortunately, is drowning in the reams or reports printed out daily for my perusal. And, since I cannot drag my computer all over the two acres of store in which I work, I go through many pens in a year just writing down products for people. Have any extras lying around drying up that you care to get rid of?

]]> By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-92858 Griff Wigley Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:04:08 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-92858 Pens! I use a pen so little these days that my penmanship has regressed to pre-3rd grade level. When I do have to write something, it ends up being this weird hybrid of cursive and printing. Sister Mary Francis would be so ashamed of me. Pens! I use a pen so little these days that my penmanship has regressed to pre-3rd grade level. When I do have to write something, it ends up being this weird hybrid of cursive and printing. Sister Mary Francis would be so ashamed of me.

]]> By: Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-92857 Griff Wigley Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:03:23 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-92857 Index card boxes and filing cabinets. I still have a filing cabinet at home but the only thing I add to it is receipts, primarily for electronic gear. And even paper receipts are going away. The last time I was at the Apple store, they emailed me my receipt. Index card boxes and filing cabinets. I still have a filing cabinet at home but the only thing I add to it is receipts, primarily for electronic gear. And even paper receipts are going away. The last time I was at the Apple store, they emailed me my receipt.

]]> By: Robbie Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-92856 Robbie Wigley Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:23:08 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-92856 Boy those 4x5 file drawers look pretty old.... Boy those 4x5 file drawers look pretty old….

]]> By: Ray Cox http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-92849 Ray Cox Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:13:43 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-92849 I'm thinking I see a postage meter in there as well. I’m thinking I see a postage meter in there as well.

]]> By: Bright Spencer http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-92840 Bright Spencer Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:06:07 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-92840 The counters and the safe. The counters and the safe.

]]> By: Sandy Vesledahl http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-92826 Sandy Vesledahl Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:15:05 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-92826 It's a receipt or cashier's check imprinter. And yes Premier Bank still has one as well which is occasionally still used as well as an electric typewriter. When the computers go on the blink we still need to take care of customers, so these items are still necessary! :-) It’s a receipt or cashier’s check imprinter. And yes Premier Bank still has one as well which is occasionally still used as well as an electric typewriter. When the computers go on the blink we still need to take care of customers, so these items are still necessary! :-)

]]> By: Patrick Enders http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/comment-page-1/#comment-92818 Patrick Enders Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:36:45 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/13411/#comment-92818 Well, I see a beautiful adding machine - and some kind of strange device which I believe is used to refill the ink in archaic writing devices known as "pencils." Well, I see a beautiful adding machine -- and some kind of strange device which I believe is used to refill the ink in archaic writing devices known as “pencils.”

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