Colorings

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We got our first color television in about 1964. They had only been out just a few years then and there were very few television shows in color. It was really primitive, and sometimes it was better just to watch the show in black and white.

Soon thereafter, most anything in grey scale seemed to go by the wayside. Gone were the movies, comics, snapshot film, stripped suits, and saddle shoes. Most anything black and white was gone.

Except......Newspapers. It was not until about 1972 that a newspaper appeared on my doorstep with its first color photograph on the cover. Why then did something so seemingly simple to do, take so long? After all, we even got color magazines, and coloring books long before the newspapers adapted to color.

Well, it's because they just refused to improve, and it's for that very same reason that so many newspapers have gone broke in recent years. And, I hope the all go broke. They are so arrogant. In this fast paced world, new is obsolete even before it can be printed. No one lists their wares in the classified section because it is so expensive and reaches so few people. But there is still room for newspapers, but they need to change their ways, and I don't think they will.

That's just what happens when you become stale and arrogant. Wake up General Motors and the like. It might be sad; but you're next.

Bright blue skies above The Dock today.