09-30-2013, 01:35 PM
Do you know people, friends and/or family who don't utilize the internet?
I know a few, one of which who goes so far as to say the internet is the debil.
Do you know people, friends and/or family who don't utilize the internet?
I know a few, one of which who goes so far as to say the internet is the debil.
09-30-2013, 02:26 PM
I have employees that can't use email.
We are a telecom company
We are a telecom company
09-30-2013, 03:16 PM
Yes, a few. Most that I do know, are my age or older, meaning of the generation who did not grow up with computers or the internet. Some of these folks do not even OWN or know the first thing of how to even use a computer.
09-30-2013, 04:01 PM
Yes. My mother. She doesn't have any of the electronics of today. No cell, no computer...not even a DVD player. She has stacks of VHS tapes she watches and refuses to convert them to a cd.
Says she's gotten along for 72 years without all that newfangled crap and refuses to move along to the 21st century. Haha...she cracks me up.
Says she's gotten along for 72 years without all that newfangled crap and refuses to move along to the 21st century. Haha...she cracks me up.
10-01-2013, 01:22 AM
My family has REALLY put pressure on me to get a cell phone(for my safety of course) ! I DO NOT want one and yes, I'm yelling. I just don't want to be one of those people who are constantly on their phone or texting. I'd never be able to move my thumbs that fast. At a recent reunion, most of my classmates had cells. I think that most 60 year olds have one. But, my 94 year old neighbor has no use for any of the above mentioned. Oh, I use a VCR to tape. But,I love my puter ! ps: We graduated from high school in 1954. You figure it out !!
10-01-2013, 11:56 AM
(10-01-2013, 01:22 AM)Older Than Dirt Wrote: [ -> ]! ps: We graduated from high school in 1954. You figure it out !!
Oh geesh..you graduated the year I was born. Just sayin'. I was talking with my supervisor about just tat this morning...that it is mainly the people my generation and older who usually do not welcome electronics. I realized I got my first computer 20 years ago, when I was about 40. There is now a whole generation that has grown up with these new fangled contraptions.
10-02-2013, 06:16 AM
I don't know how people manage without the internet. If I didn't have access to it I would be on the road everyday & if I had a different phone I'd hardly ever have to even step foot in a bank again. I'd take pix of my checks and deposit them that way. I really like being able to accomplish as much as I do from home. It's made my life a lot easier.
10-02-2013, 07:56 AM
Yes I do know a few oldsters who don't partake in the Internet, and they have absolutely no interest in doing so.
Surprisingly, the rest of my peers are on the web!
Surprisingly, the rest of my peers are on the web!
10-02-2013, 09:05 AM
I remember not having internet, back in those days I had stacks of catalogs for motorcycle parts companies, car parts companies, outdoor sports and the like. Had to go to the library to do any real research on how to do something or make something I didn't know about.
Buying things meant having to go to a brick and mortar store or find it in a catalog and phone the order in, which meant I was limited to the catalogs I had and no real way to find similar items from outfits I didn't know about.
Its rare that I need a paper catalog these days, the net makes that kind of thing a whole lot easier, yesterday during a conf call I bought 3 boxes of 22LR in a nifty little oak box from Cabellas, took all of 5 minutes and there is not a Cabellas within 300 miles of me.
Oh, and any contact with friends meant a phone call to someone I actually knew IRL, or a face to face meet with a stranger to meet new ones.
It subsequently made getting laid a lot easier and cheaper, no wasting drinks and dinner picking up chics
Buying things meant having to go to a brick and mortar store or find it in a catalog and phone the order in, which meant I was limited to the catalogs I had and no real way to find similar items from outfits I didn't know about.
Its rare that I need a paper catalog these days, the net makes that kind of thing a whole lot easier, yesterday during a conf call I bought 3 boxes of 22LR in a nifty little oak box from Cabellas, took all of 5 minutes and there is not a Cabellas within 300 miles of me.
Oh, and any contact with friends meant a phone call to someone I actually knew IRL, or a face to face meet with a stranger to meet new ones.
It subsequently made getting laid a lot easier and cheaper, no wasting drinks and dinner picking up chics
10-02-2013, 09:28 AM
Surprizingly the ones without internet or gadgets are the most happy and laid back.