Googling

Did you know that the word "googling" is actually in our dictionary now?  It is considered a verb, meaning to use an internet search engine, particularly google, such as "she spent the morning googling aimlessly".  Or, to search for the name of someone, or something on the internet.  When I was a kid, "googling" was a description of the sounds a baby makes.  Of course, a lot of things are different when searching for anything, since I was a kid.

If I needed a phone number, there was the phone book.  Quite large, with different sections to it, it was quite the adventure exploring its pages.  The yellow pages was all businesses listed under category, for example, restaurants would bring up all the local restaurants in your area.  Sometimes it would be tricky trying to figure out just what section to look under.  The white pages was divided into two areas... business names, and residential or personal names.  And for personal names, the phone number was listed under the parents name.  And if your friends last name was Smith or Jones, you could forget it.  There would be pages and pages to sort through.

If I was looking for a person, this was usually handled by word of mouth.  You would talk to... so and so, who knew.. you know who, who was friends with... what's her name, and she knew the phone number of the person you were searching.

And you may wonder how we ever got around without google maps optimization?  Directions were given as...you know where Jack In The Box on Genesee Ave and Balboa?  Two blocks past Jack In The Box, there's that baseball field?  Turn right at the baseball field, and you know Pacific that takes you down to the beach?  Turn there and follow it to Scripps Clinic.  So and so lives just behind it.  Simple.

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