Age and technology..

All the talk about the text lingo brought me to another point. I have finally come to the conclusion that at the age of 36...I am old.

It could because I like things simple. I remember when casstte tapes came out...I was happy with my records and 8 tracks...that little part is gonna lose some of you. But then my parents bought me a jambox and so I started getting cassette tapes. Even had the dual one so i could record my friends tapes and they could record mine...the ORIGINAL Napster!

But then cd's came out. Holy crap! Now what? I held onto cassttes till probably 1996 and then broke down and got a cd player. Now we have mp3's and ipods and lord have mercy satellite radio. I refuse to pay for radio...but I did drop $200 on my Sony hd radio and i love it!

But that is not the biggest problem. EVERY appliance in my houe has a damn computer in it. And alot of em i can't figure out how to work them! I am the guy that to get that 12:00 to quit blinking on my vcr I put a piece of electrical tape over it.

My girlfriend recently got us a new coffe maker...and it does everything...except unless I just start it up..I can't do it. I can't figure out how to set the damn clock. Trust me...i read the instructions...and it is now 12:15pm but it says it is 4:17. So to get that puppy to brew coffee automatically in the morning I am stuck doing math. Ok...so I want it at 7:00 that will be 8 hours..minus 43minutes...

My girlfriend does taht too with the alarm clock...she sets it fast...then when it goes off she will hit the snooze and i can hear her doing math.

"It's 9 minutes fast so that will give ma an extra 14 minutes if I think that I am only getting 5 more minutes of sleep"

Then she starts talking to it everytime she hits the snooze!

CLICK..."I won't take a shower"

ClICK..."I'll wear what I wore yesterday"

CLICK..."I'll get dressed in the car"

Getting older does suck butt...the alternative sucks a little worse though.

Dave

Originally posted by nmdavidb
All the talk about the text lingo brought me to another point. I have finally come to the conclusion that at the age of 36...I am old.

It could because I like things simple. I remember when casstte tapes came out...I was happy with my records and 8 tracks...that little part is gonna lose some of you. But then my parents bought me a jambox and so I starte ...[text shortened]... ing older does suck butt...the alternative sucks a little worse though.

Dave

Originally posted by nmdavidb
All the talk about the text lingo brought me to another point. I have finally come to the conclusion that at the age of 36...I am old.

It could because I like things simple. I remember when casstte tapes came out...I was happy with my records and 8 tracks...that little part is gonna lose some of you. But then my parents bought me a jambox and so I starte ing older does suck butt...the alternative sucks a little worse though.

Dave

Originally posted by nmdavidb
All the talk about the text lingo brought me to another point. I have finally come to the conclusion that at the age of 36...I am old.

It could because I like things simple. I remember when casstte tapes came out...I was happy with my records and 8 tracks...that little part is gonna lose some of you. But then my parents bought me a jambox and so I starte ...[text shortened]... ing older does suck butt...the alternative sucks a little worse though.

Dave