Proud of Myself, Technology Misfit

fureverywhere

fureverywhere

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That was amusing...besides Best Buy offering me a job. Probably after a credit check that is not going to happen. But it's a joke, like when I worked at Petco and half the staff was afraid of the animals. But just now I figured out WII and Netflix. Wow, my kid has the mentality of an eight year old and she knows how to work it. I was down here and wanted to watch one more episode of OINB. I just kept pressing controls until bingo, I got it to work.

Really I can't be the only one completely baffled by high tech...or even pre-school tech...
 

fureverywhere said:
That was amusing...besides Best Buy offering me a job. Probably after a credit check that is not going to happen. But it's a joke, like when I worked at Petco and half the staff was afraid of the animals. But just now I figured out WII and Netflix. Wow, my kid has the mentality of an eight year old and she knows how to work it. I was down here and wanted to watch one more episode of OINB. I just kept pressing controls until bingo, I got it to work.

Really I can't be the only one completely baffled by high tech...or even pre-school tech...
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LOL. My 3 year old grand daughter grabbed my phone once and said " This is how you do it Nana." Made me feel so smart ;)
 
Really we have this big screen thing in the living room...kids how do I turn it on? Okay can you record " Mysteries of the Museum" ? Of course plus bonus episodes. I am out of the loop...
 
I'm fairly good at techie stuff - computers mostly. But hubby does the tv, roku, wifi stuff. My sister however is a complete technophobe but she's improving. Her kids or son in law patiently show her how to do things.
 
Having studied Electronic engineering at Uni and most of my working life in computing (hardware & software), I should be OK with technology, but I feel it's getting too much - gadgets for gadgets sake. I grew up without these things, and while the internet makes life easier, most things I can live without.
 
I am a techie nerd. Totally. I have an I-Pad sitting in a drawer (for more than a year) that I don't know how to use and I guess I don't really care as I never seem to want to learn and bother with it. It was a gift. I am kinda embarrassed about it, but I am admitting it, so go ahead an laugh at me. :numbness:

The last time my grandson was here to visit, he was in my "office". (He is 25!) He said, "Gram, you have a Rollodex?" Yup, and I use an outhouse and my horse and buggy are out in the backyard! (At least he knows that such a thing existed in the olden days.) I wonder if you can still buy cards for it? :confused:

I find my Rollodex to be absolutely indispensable! So there!

P.S. The Spellcheck thingy doesn't know how to spell it either.
 
It all started about 6 years ago, when my daughter bought me an IPod. I had no idea what to do with the darn thing. Had always used a desktop computer before. Got to the point where I started to navigate it somewhat and it became my friend.
Long story short, went on to Ipad2, then IPad Air, which I'm using now and yesterday, I got a used IPhone 5. Am sure as heck becoming a technical guy, even at my age. And, I love it. :sentimental:
 
I discovered computers in 1990 and was hooked. Got a mobile in 2000, an Ipod in 2005, after that I got smartphones, Kindle. tablet. Never have felt the need to get an Ipad. Have a Chromebook which I really like as well.
 
Back in the mid 1960's, we had a maths teacher who was very enthusiastic about 'computer science'. As a bit of extra-curricular work, he taught us the basics of computer programming and we went to the local technology college to use their 32K (yes K) computer which was the size of small room! At uni, I learned Fortran and later I learned machine code and assembler languages.

As an engineer, hardware met software. None of this "Duh - I'll download an 'app' to tell me what to watch on TV" - we wrote machine code straight into 'core'. In he following years I worked my way through a number of mainframe - mainly PL/1 & Cobol - and PC based languages - Pascal, C, C++, Visual Basic etc. - most of which I've now forgotten.

Last weekend I dropped my laptop & broke the screen. The machine itself was OK so I bought a new screen & replaced the old one, so I still know how to hold a screwdriver!

I find my laptop useful but that's as far as it goes. In 65 years I have learned the skills to do without a lot of technology and I'm not going to waste time and money walking around staring at a plastic box and looking like an old zombie.
 
My IPod is my favorite toy. But even that and I'm clueless, for instance you can click the clip on the ear bud cord to turn it on or off, change the volume, make yourself fly;) All in one tiny clip...I had the IPod for a year before I knew about that. You can pick up radio stations with it, just discovered that the other day.
 

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