Nelda and Willard remembered also being amazed in their lifetimes by, in no particular order, radio, television, electric lights and the telephone.

"The one I marvel at more than anything is the cell phone," said Willard. "It's not the most important, but it amazes me."

As the Oakesons left as satisfied customers, Kay Percival, who has been helping officiate elections in Farmington for years now, noted that one of the nicest aspects of the computerized voting machines is how easy it is to fix it if you make a mistake.

"Before, if someone punched the wrong name, we had to put that in a spoiled ballot bin and they had to start over," Kay said. "Now, if you make a mistake, you just touch the screen again and it will be erased and you can start over. You can't vote for the wrong guy."

Or, as Mildred Olson might add, at least not knowingly.

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