It’s the early days of online ticket services, and this pilot fish is sitting with his grandma as he buys tickets for a local event.

“Grandma took a keen interest in how the whole thing worked,” fish says. “After all, we were saving a trip to the box office downtown.

“I explained about the link over the phone line, the communication with a computer on the other end and how that computer kept track of all the events and what tickets were sold or not. Lastly, I explained how we didn’t need to give someone our credit card number over the phone — we simply had to type it in.

“All was good, and my dear grandma was really taking it all in, asking questions as if she fully understood.

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