A dear family friend found a fax message my dad had sent to her husband. Art was one of my dad's best friends. They had gotten to know each other through USF and when Art sold his business in California, he and his wife Barbara moved back to Sioux Falls. Art passed away in December 2000. I was in the hospital in Sioux Falls delivering Evie. Evie's first outing at just over a week old, was to Art's visitation.
At the visitation I told you about the FAX message Art received from Gordon many years ago when a fax was THE technology. I'm glad I kept searching because I found it.
Attached is a copy of his fax. Needless to say, as soon as Art got the message (May 12, 1993), he called Gordon and they both went out to play.
The fact I still have this fax shows how much we enjoyed it.
Thinking of all of you this morning as I write this email.
Love,
Barb
Barb
Receiving this post, got our family chatting about the different technologies and the changes....which brought up a memory about my dad's office phone from when I was a little girl. It was really high tech for it's time....
Although G had a phone that had a punch card dialing system. It was soooooooo cool. You had this card stock card and you punched out the numbers for the phone number and then each number he dialed had it's own card and you'd insert the card and it would dial it. So cutting edge! 
I always wanted to call people whenever I was in his office ....I was probably all of 5...No no you can't dial the bank....maybe grandma -- but not over and over again.
That prompted my nephew to mention Late Night Talk Show host extraordinaire - Johnny Carson. Which prompted another memory of my dad....
Grandpa saw Johnny Carson crossing the street one day. We asked -- did you say anything? His response...."I got to go to the John"
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