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When archeologists in 1000 years time look back at today's technology and want to state the year people started using microwave ovens, flat screens or memory sticks, for example, how difficult will it be for them to do this?

Therefore to help the out, this page is my personal technology timeline.  It gives the years that I remember either personally using, seeing, or buying a piece of technology.  As you will see, in some cases I was a late adopter and some cases an earlier adopter. Therefore this list will a least give future researchers some idea of the maximum year they can assign to a technology.

'''1961''' I first traveled on an ocean cruiser
'''1963''' I first traveled on an airplane
'''1964''' I saw a typewriter for the first time
'''1964''' I touched a camera for the first time (a Voightlander)
'''1965''' I first used an electric toaster
'''1965''' I first wired an electric plug
'''1965''' I first touched a transistor radio
'''1965''' I first touched a black and white television
'''1965''' I saw vacuum valves for the first time
'''1965''' I experienced my first electric shock when playing with electricity
'''1965''' I lit a match for the first time
'''1965''' I used an alarm clock for the first time
'''1966''' I received my first battery-operated toy car
'''1966''' I saw a reel-to-reel tape recorder for the first time
'''1966''' I used a vinyl record player for the first time
'''1966''' I first used a soldering iron
'''1968''' I saw an electric cattle fence for the first time
'''1969''' I used a slide rule for the first time
'''1971''' I had my first 126 format camera, with magnesium flashbulbs 
'''1972''' I purchased my own Liebig condenser
'''1976''' I purchased my first SLR camera (Pentax), with external electronic flash
'''1977''' I first used infrared film in my camera
'''1977''' I used a photocopier for the first time



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