Anytime I return to my hometown, I'll tune into the

radio

to check what's going on around those parts. It's about the only time I'll tolerate listening to

ads

. It makes me feel tuned in to what people there want. When I meet a friend for a 

beer

I'll see how they have changed since the old days. And strangely I'll have to remind myself that they have in fact changed, because on first glance, to me they'll seem the same.

As in they still feel like the old version that I knew, even though they might be doing different details. And this will remind me of the radio. Playing different, new music. Advertising new products. And warning the public about novel diseases. And yet, it wIll all sound the same in some inexplicable manner. Like nothing has changed in any real way.