Patti, back in the 90's, when I came home on vacation, I got my parents their very first push-button phone.  They still had a rotary-dial.  Actually, I got them (and they were adverse to "new technology" - my dad called it "fancy stuff") a phone two steps up.  Not only was it push-button, it was cordless.  And it had the speaker-phone option.  I had to teach them how to use it.  My mom was resistant at first - she feared anything new (she almost had a stroke when I bought them a microwave as a present) - but eventually she was able to appreciate it.  She could take the handset into the basement when she did laundry instead of trying to race up the stairs to answer a ringing phone.  When her hands were wet, she could push the speaker button to talk when somebody called.  (And she also came to love the microwave - she couldn't get over making baked potatoes in 12 minutes.) 

I got my first VCR when I was 32.  It was about the same time when the Sci-Fi network ("SyFy") started rerunning DS.  I could tape it and watch it later.  It could tape up to 12 hours of programming on one tape (remember the slow, medium and fast taping speeds?) so when I went on vacation for two weeks, I pre-set it tape all the DS episodes and then watch them in a marathon when I got back home.  I ordered several DS tapes from MPI, including HoDS, NoDS, the documentary (which originally aired on Sci-Fi), the bloopers, the "Best of's...," etc.  I considered purchasing the entire series and I called MPI and asked if there could be a discount if I did so.  The person I talked to said:  "I don't know.  No one has ever wanted to buy it all at one time.  I'll have to ask and call you back."  He did, and I was offered a 20% discount if I did, but, unfortunately, I decided not to.  I still couldn't quite afford it.  I still have a massive tape collection, of professionally made tapes from several topics, to things I taped and saved.  I have classic sci-fi and horror movies that aired on AMC when it a commercial-free, authentic movie classic station hosted by people like Lauren Bacall.  The entire collection fills shelves and shelves I had installed in a huge walk-in closet.  I've archived it all and it's in catalogue order.

Gerard

Cassettes, Mangus?  Oh, you fancy, rich people!  What have you done with your 8-tracks?

Gerard

Julia:  "You're right.  A little spritz of Lysol and that roadkill scent of rabbit is gone.  I need to use it on my various woolen green suits that I wear over and over again."

Gerard

The 1970 haunting, pre-1840/41 plot had several more things in it that would deal with 1840/41, but were quickly discarded, such as the whole thing about a sailing ship that was dropped or ignored.

Gerard

Carolyn:  "You need to realize, Father, if you come back to Collinwood, that we do rather enjoy imbibing.  Hell, wait until you taste one of David's vodka martinis."

Gerard

Megan:  "God, look how flabby they are.  I'm going on that banana-only diet that's all the rage."

Gerard

On a 70's Match Game, the final, $5,000 fill-in-the-blank with Fannie Flagg selected was "dark-blank."  The contestant got it wrong.  Fannie apologized, pulled up her card, and said "shadows."

Gerard