Internets!
I finally ended up calling tech support last night, after dealing with a flaky internet connection for a few weeks. It’s nice not to worry if the connection is going to go down just as I hit “publish”.
Consequently, there was no knitting, since I spent my prime yarn time playing with the modem, router, and cables, and trying to make myself understood. Maybe today.
I had fun at scouts last night. I covered telephone manners and 911. I played it like Deal or No Deal, like so: Mom’s taking a nap and you are hungry– 911 or Grandma? There’s a dog in the yard and you are scared– 911 or Dad?� They had fun with it, and hopefully the lessons will stick. One thing that was interesting: I took in play phones to practice on. These kids had honestly never seen a rotary dial phone!! I literally had to show them how to use one.
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Is your connection better after all of that? I hope you got a good tech support person. Nothing worse than getting someone who is clueless.
Isn’t funny what us old people (give me a few days and I will be caught up to you, Cass!) assume everyone knows? Like how to work the t.v. without a remote or how to talk on a phone that has a cord or how to use a real dictionary. It just ain’t so anymore. We are outdated! Do you suppose our parents felt outdated at such a young age?
No, I don’t think they did. I think our grandparents might have with all the inovations in travel that occurred in their lives. But I remember things being pretty static until about 10 years ago, and then technology just took off.