Exercising my ‘old guy’ privilege to be contradictory about ‘gadgets’
Posted on February 23, 2009 - Filed Under Lifestyle News, Tech News | Leave a Comment
You might say I’m exercising my “old guy” privileges to be somewhat contradictory about my last post regarding “gadgets” and high-tech stuff. I have to admit I have mixed feelings about digital cameras.
A friend of ours from far away was coming through town last week and spent two nights staying with us. She’s from Idaho [...]
Major misconception: ‘Old people’ are ‘anti-gadget’ or ‘anti-technology’
Posted on February 18, 2009 - Filed Under Aging, Lifestyle News, Tech News | Leave a Comment
There’s a major misconception floating around in our culture (at least some strains of “pop culture” here in the U.S.) that “old people” are somewhat high-tech “impaired” or downright anti-technology or anti-gadget, or some such silliness.
I have one caveat about my remarks here: One of the mentally sharpest, highly educated people I know personally (you [...]
Our latest adventure in home ownership — new water heater
Posted on February 14, 2009 - Filed Under Lifestyle News, Personal News | Leave a Comment
We just completed another great adventure in home ownership — we had to have a new water heater installed a few days ago. Not only was it twice as much as we wanted to pay, but there were all sorts of complications in the process thanks to our VERY OLD house. Yup, if you’ve lived [...]
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