Tech Talk

I am sure that many of us senior citizens received “new tech” gifts or have needed to purchase a new cell phone, new appliance or even a new vehicle.

The sad part of these purchases is that they do not come with a training session. We all have experienced that frustrating period of trying to make the new gadget work.

I recall my dad getting a new vehicle and being very upset because he couldn’t get the air conditioner to work. Now just how many folks in the older population would look for a “snow flake” icon on the A/C button, rather than the standard A/C button? And that is the new world.

However, if you would like to feel better about the frustrating new stuff, just put your grandchild in front of a manual typewriter, complete with carbon paper, or maybe an adding machine that requires you to pull a lever for each entry, or even better a vehicle with a manual transmission. Then you will remember just how much you do know and that you do have the ability to learn more new things, even if it is frustrating.

Happy learning.

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