technology and grownups
is there something that says after a certain age, you no longer are “technology savvy.” you don’t keep up with the latest and greatest, you’re unsure of what new technology is available and although you programmed your own VCR in your youth, you now rely on your children to do it for you?
my parents really amusing. my dad worked for ibm for 20+ years before he retired and since i remember, i always knew he was “worked on computers.” but when our family got our first computer when i was in 8th grade, my dad had no clue how to use it! my sister or i would have to turn it on for him, log him onto the internet, and load the hotmail webpage! it made me wonder whether he really did any work while at work 
a couple of years ago, when my dad retired and started spending a lot of time at home, he decided that dialup was too slow for him so he got the family cable internet. i guess he was so excited with the new technology that he felt he had to go all out. so he also got our family a wireless router.
wireless! router!! technology overload! he used this router to route internet to the house’s ONE computer. and he put the WIRELESS router right next to the computer…. bah, thereby fully utilizing the wireless and routing capabilities of this new gadget!
a couple of weeks ago, my dad bought a new scanner. why? because he couldn’t get the old one to work. why couldn’t he get the old one to work? because it had no connection plugs. he dumped the scanner onto me and told me to “fix it.” bah!!
why do i bring this up? ’cause i just received an email from my mom. i need to drive to some person’s house next week so i needed the address of the place. i figured she’d email me the address.
no… instead, i received an email with an attachment on it. the attachment was a scanned-in image of a scrap of paper with the address handwritten. BAHH!!!!
December 20th, 2005 at 2:00 pm
haha they’re scanner happy!
December 20th, 2005 at 2:11 pm
that’s pretty funny, you should continue to communicate with them via attachments of scanned handwritten letters
December 20th, 2005 at 2:41 pm
That is the funniest thing I’ve heard all day!
Oh, and do you really think your dad “worked” or worked? The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree!
January 3rd, 2006 at 4:47 pm
ooo good one erica!
i shoudl scan letters to friends now. that’s a brilliant idea. it’s “old fashion meets tech savvy” except with irony. If Crystal scanned in her letters tho…noone would be able to read her writing
January 18th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
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