She's trying - very - Page 2

WillowTheWhisp · 12-12-2006, 23:17

There are things I still can't fully fathom too West Ender so I dread to think what the next 10 years or so may bring. You only need to look back 10 - 20 years to see how much things have changed in such a short time. I remember being excited by an electric typewriter which could lift the text back up off the page if I made a mistake.

grannyclaret · 12-12-2006, 23:34

things go in one of my ears and out the other,, i cant seem to grasp things these days.. but when i was a kid at school i was one of the brighter ones,,,,
i think some of my brain cells have aged too quickly

Tinkerbelle · 13-12-2006, 00:52

Willow, I don't know how able or mobile the lady is but Acc & Ross run an excellent free course called 'computing for the Terrified'. It really does teach the basics, from literally being able to turn the pc on, to eventually e-mailing. It's a very short course (6 weeks I think) but it will help her gain confidence with the pc. There is a good number of older folk that attend these courses, she wouldn't feel out of place.

shillelagh · 13-12-2006, 01:01

Good on her Willow. My mum used to have a go at learning new stuff but gave up when she got older. Said it was all to new fangled for her and wouldnt learn how to use the microwave!

entwisi · 13-12-2006, 07:53

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Originally Posted by Tinkerbelle

Willow, I don't know how able or mobile the lady is but Acc & Ross run an excellent free course called 'computing for the Terrified'. It really does teach the basics, from literally being able to turn the pc on, to eventually e-mailing. It's a very short course (6 weeks I think) but it will help her gain confidence with the pc. There is a good number of older folk that attend these courses, she wouldn't feel out of place.

IIRC Age Concern do somethinmg similar.

Church Boy · 13-12-2006, 15:26

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Originally Posted by West Ender

That's set me thinking (you'd better duck).

My mum, who died 6 years ago aged 91, had never touched a computer in her life. She knew what they were and she was used to seeing lots of them in my house, in various states of assembly as my husband was a hardware/software engineer, but she didn't really appreciate what they were for. In 30 or 40 years there will be very few 80 and 90 year olds who can't use a computer and they will be as commonplace as TV sets are today.

That leads me to think of her mother, my grandmother, who was born in 1870. She died in 1924 so I doubt she had even operated a wireless set on her own and my great-grandmother, born in 1843, wouldn't have understood the concept of electricity and she never saw a "horseless carriage". So when I'm 91 or, even more relevant, when you are 91 what on Earth will be around that we haven't a clue about? It's a staggering thought.

Mind you, I can operate a computer and drive a horseless carriage but I still have trouble setting our video recorder.

It just goes to show,females are totally hopeless when it comes to video recorders,& five year old's are smart-asses

bullseyebarb · 13-12-2006, 20:31

Keeps those brain cells active.

West Ender · 13-12-2006, 20:40

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Originally Posted by Church Boy

It just goes to show,females are totally hopeless when it comes to video recorders,& five year old's are smart-asses

Video recorders are the works of Satan - especially when you've lost the instructions, years ago.