Why does everything bleep?

At work, every time someone steps into the lift it bleeps. At home, the iron beeps, the washing machine beeps, the cooker constantly sounds off, push a button on the tv and it beeps. Why? Why does my DVD player have a remote control with 30 buttons on it? And there are 55 buttons on the remote for my Hi-Fi - that's 55!

Is it a sign of aging that I long for simpler times and simpler things?

Nostagia

I’m getting older. As I do I’m getting more nostaligic. And the web has enabled me to not just reminisce, but to travel back to those days. I can get the music I remember from just about anywhere. The TV programmes are on those obscure Sky channels. I can get the games, the clothes and anything else from eBay. I can even re-find my old friends through social networking sites such as Friends Reunited. Lots of people have speculated on what is behind the ‘nostalgia boom’ – some say it’s a longing for simpler times. I don’t know the answer to that, but I do know that the marketeers have moved in and we now have ‘nostalgic marketing’. It’s a shame not even our memories are free from commercialisation!