[GH85Carrera]

I have been a tech geek all my life even before home computers. I remember building Heat-kits that did nothing but blink lights back in the 60s. I bought a pair of jeans “on-line” in 1982 via CompuServe and a Commodore 64 at 300 baud. I got my first month’s bill from CompuServe and about fainted. Each minute “on line” was billed and at 300 baud with a black screen and white text it took forever just to look around.

I was never on the bleeding edge of computers and toys because I am CHEAP. I had a Compaq 4.77 MHz with 256K (that is K not Megs) running DOS 2.1 and twin floppies. No hard drive!

I did not get a cell phone until AT&T finally had a package deal for a free phone and only 50 bucks a month for 100 minutes. That was just 5 phones ago for me. I now have an original 8GB iPhone that I got for free because my dad upgraded his to a 3GS. We did not go to a HD TV at home until just a few months ago. I could not bring myself to spend the huge bucks for the first few generations of HD TVs. I still have a standard TV in the home office, where I use a five year old computer. I drive 25 year old cars and I have not had a car payment in this millennium. My house is paid for and I don’t have any debt. I could afford to have the latest and greatest but I am cheap.