Not that I am completely ignorant of new technology, but practically so. Obviously, with these blogs, I must know a little something about it. I know what I know, and that "ain't" much.
I can't help but laugh in some of the comics when this awkward, backward technology comes full fore. One great comic strip I like is "Pickles" about an elderly couple, your grandparents type. I have really come to relate to the old codger of the pair, Earl.
From the Aug. 7th Chicago Tribune.
FRAME 1: Earl's wife Opal is dusting. Grandson Nelson asks, "Gramma, where's Grampa?" Opal replies, "He's on the computer trying to figure out how to send an e-mail."
FRAME 2: Nelson, "Old people aren't very good at computers, are they?"
FRAME 3: Opal, "Well, we didn't grow up with them like your generation, Nelson."
FRAME 4: Still Dusting, Opal says, "Some of us are pretty god at learning computer skills."
FRAME 5: They are now in the computer room where Earl is at the computer, an old pc unit like I use. Earl has a look of exasperation and says, "Oh, shoot! I think I just deleted the whole darn internet."
FRAME 6: Opal and Nelson walking away, and Opal says, "Others of us, not so much."
This would explain why Liz can do so much on a computer and I can't.
Well, That's My Excuse, Anyway. --RoadDog
HOW"S THAT AGAIN? One bad apple spoils the whole barrel...One corrupt or bad person can cause all others to go bad if you don't remove the bad one.
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Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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