Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

neverdespairgirl

My parents are a bit younger - 63 and 61. But they are entirely computer literate, and have been for absolutely ages. My Dad bought two Amstrads in about 1984, one for home, one for work. That was the first time either had used a computer, and it took them ages to get them set up.

Since then, they've both used them frequently. My Mama uses Facebook, Dad doesn't. He's not a facebook kinda guy (-:

michaels

I am fairly convinced that you are my older sister but 10 years younger (and a bit posher) if that makes sense.

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

My parents are a bit younger - 63 and 61. But they are entirely computer literate, and have been for absolutely ages. My Dad bought two Amstrads in about 1984, one for home, one for work. That was the first time either had used a computer, and it took them ages to get them set up.

Since then, they've both used them frequently. My Mama uses Facebook, Dad doesn't. He's not a facebook kinda guy (-:

zagubov

Just had a flashback to the early 1980s. Dad's work set him up with a BBC Micro, monitor and modem which he left in the guest room,

It was called a Prestel service and you could get access to a very limited range of online information text pages (looked a lot like teletext). Don't ever recall him using it and he got rid of it much later.

I was deeply underwhelmed but used it as a primitive word processor for a while. I've no doubt it was very cutting edge.

There wsas also a radio 4 show late at night called The Chip Shop which broadcast a warbling sound called "the TakeAway" you could record on a cassette (remember them?).

If you connected your tape player tgo the BBCmicro it would then load made a simple game. Never got into it either.

If you'd asked me if computers had a future....:cool:

I've just realised half the posters/lurkers here won't understand a word I've said! Prestel, BBC Micro, teletext, cassette! :rotfl:

lostinrates

we have casettes, and a fair bit of vinyl. I liked cassettes, they were simple, you pushed record and play and recorded. But the rest...gobbledygook.

I'm contemplating some breakfast...I'm not hungry, but my mother is visiting, so I could do with the special super hero powers promised from some cereals.

Still, on the brighter side, its lovely to see the sky again instead of cloud.

sss555s

michaels wrote: »

I am fairly convinced that you are my older sister but 10 years younger (and a bit posher) if that makes sense.

NDG does remind me of my cousins from Woking a little. Uncle worked for the inland revenue in London and one cousin was working with the EU and doing very regular trips to Brussels the last i heard.

I have also seen NDG as many times as i have seen my cousins in the last 20 years

I really should push mum on the PC because it may be just too easy for her to sit back knowing we will do it all for her.

lostinrates

sss555s wrote: »

I have also seen NDG as many times as i have seen my cousins in the last 20 years
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the only person I communicate with more frequently than the NP is my husband. unless you count the animals.

sss555s

zagubov wrote: »

Just had a flashback to the early 1980s. Dad's work set him up with a BBC Micro, monitor and modem which he left in the guest room,

It was called a Prestel service and you could get access to a very limited range of online information text pages (looked a lot like teletext). Don't ever recall him using it and he got rid of it much later.

I was deeply underwhelmed but used it as a primitive word processor for a while. I've no doubt it was very cutting edge.

I was also underwhelmed by early computers.

It was the option of...

Night out drinking, girls, fun, party or sit in all night typing symbols you didn't understand into a keyboard so that at the end of the night you got a morph type figure running across a screen :A

Computers are far more interesting now :beer:

sss555s

lostinrates wrote: »

the only person I communicate with more frequently than the NP is my husband. unless you count the animals.

We could call you Dr Dolittle lir :rotfl:

Sounds like the heating engineer is almost coming through the roof

That's a good sign to me :j

sss555s

silvercar wrote: »

I'm at parents again.

Tried to explain what an ipad does, failed and gave up. They don't understand why you wouldn't just use the computer.

Tried to explain facebook and their completely mystified. Why would you want to see what someone else is doing? Why look at photos on FB, when you would email them to whoever you wanted?

Can't possibly explain nice people to them, so this tab is hidden behind the facebook one.

They are reasonably computer literate for 70 year olds; they buy online and they email. Networking seems beyond them.

Just catching up and this made me laugh

Wheezy_2

My parents never used a computer. Mum is 78, dad was 74 when he passed away in '09.
I have often tried to set them up, because it would have been nice to be able to contact them online, email, skype, send photos, etc...but they never got the point.

email? you can write a letter
skype? we have a phone
photos? much nicer in an album
google? we have an encyclopedia


Mum gets very annoyed when watching telly and at the end of the program they say something like "If you want to know more, go to www.whatever.com".