So...I realized today that I am definitly not as without when it comes to technology as I had previously imagined. In past blogs I expressed some distress over my inadequacies when it came to the world of technology. I realized over the past week that I know somebody who is less savvy than I. Yes, you heard me correctly! Not only does this gal own a cell phone that she has had for 8 years, but she does not have a computer, and only recently acquired a DVD player. Until then she and her husband were merely subsisting on a VCR. They determined it was time to purchase a DVD player when they ventured to Hollywood video, only to find no videos , just little, round, shiny disk that do you no good in a video cassette player.
I remember that first weekend we fired up her " new fangled contraption!" She could not figure out how to get it to play, so I explained to her what to do. That was not too hard, but then it was comical watching her get frustrated about the big black lines on the top and the bottom of the screen and why they would not go away. Again I knew about widescreen versus fullscreen and filled her in on all I could.
Not only this, but her cell phone is seriously a dinosaur and I do not mean only in age. It is not only old, but enormous! I have to give her kudos though she has utilized it so infrequently that is works like it is brand new. However the day she needed to borrow my crazer phone was also a treat. She could barely keep a hold of it and when it rang she did not know you only had to flip it open to take the call.
There is more, she and her husband see no need to have a computer. She does not have email, never has and probably never will. They say it is an expense they do not need! Perhaps that is true, but seriously I am not techno savvy or rolling in dough, but I still enjoy an occasional go at the ol' Dell.
All this say I am so not the farthest behind when it comes to technology. That makes me feel better! I know I have a lot to learn and the class wiki and projects so far have already helped soooo much. I am getting there, however I do not think my friend is.
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Hey Meg
Cute story -- Now, let me ask this question. I held on to my old cell phone because I refused to give Sprint more than $2.50 for a new phone but when it broke in half after five years I had no choice. Is your friend just holding on to the old cell phone because she doesn’t want to pay those ridiculously high cell prices?
marcella
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