Modern technology (Vol.5, 1983)

Here we are with Episode 7, part 1 of a 2-part recording on a Friday in early May. Yes we're a bit behind but will be catching up soon! We know how important it is for people to be hearing our current-day news close to real time. The 1983 readings? Well, they are timeless. But these days when we record we seem to go for hours and so have to split the gold! As well, I'm all over the place (Seattle-London-Antalya) while Mum is actually bed bound. We're not up to that yet in the podcast. But yes, another horse fall but this time so uncanny and ridiculous; did not match the injury! She's fine but we'll talk about that at a later time.)

To the episode!

We talk about a new passion of ours: line dancing. We talk about eating Nepalese food in Brunswick. We talk about how triggered I used to get during the Lion King Mufasa death scene and we'd have to ffwd.

Then it's onto a SIDE CHAT about Dramione - Harry Potter fan fiction, or more precisely Draco-Hermione fanfic. We've taken it out of the main episode so you don't have to suffer through it if you're not into it. (We stand for consent even if the fanfic often doesn't.)

Into the diary reading, it's 1983: mum's talking about restarting something called Image Fix Fanzines with her new friend Sandy (Mum's had a look online, can't find anything about it). There's a gig at the Aberdeen Hotel in Fitzroy to take some photos of (guess who) No Nonsense. She's still house-hunting with Sandy, and Dee might also move in. There's a mysterious call from 'Rod' in Yarrawonga and for a minute we think it's skinhead Rod (spoiler: it's not), and there's a fight with my uncle that results in spilled apple cider, whatever that means. Was there shoving? We don't know.

Mum banks a $500 cheque - woo hoo and we talk about how cheques worked. She tapes the punk show on PBS, plans the Sydney trip with her friends, and talks about the 'new space-age phones with press button dialling' at work.

We marvel at how technology has changed since the '80s.

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