Remember When

        A computer was something on TV
        from a science fiction show of note
        a window was something you hated to clean...
        And ram was the cousin of a goat...

        Meg was the name of my girlfriend
        and gig was a job for the nights
        now they all mean different things
        and that really mega bytes

        An application was for employment
        a program was a TV show
        a cursor used profanity
        a keyboard was a piano
        Memory was something that you lost with age
        a cd was a bank account
        and if you had a 3 1/2" floppy
        you hoped nobody found out

        Compress was something you did to the garbage
        not something you did to a file
        and if you unzipped anything in public
        you'd be in jail for a while

        Log on was adding wood to the fire
        hard drive was a long trip on the road
        a mouse pad was where a mouse lived
        and a backup happened to your commode

        Cut you did with a pocket knife
        paste you did with glue
        a web was a spider's home
        and a virus was the flu

        I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper
        and the memory in my head
        I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
        but when it happens they wish they were dead.