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At 9/16/08 04:28 PM, MissingNYC wrote: im getting old, but i must def know my way around a pc... my wife however doesnt even know how to work thunderbird

You're 15 and you have a wife?

My nan just recently got a computer - Whilst I do love her dearly, I'm dodging the call from her when she will say "Leanne you're good with computers can you teach me how to use it?"

;_;

Tomorrow I get to teach my grandma how to chat with people.

At 9/17/08 07:31 AM, Sensationalism wrote: Tomorrow I get to teach my grandma how to chat with people.

Can I help?

Well my mom can do it.

I remember when my mum was trying to sign up for a website of some sort, and I was standing next to her helping, and she typed in her preferred username as "Louise", and I just said quietly, "Mum, that's never going to work, there'll be hundreds of thousands of people before you, one will have taken Louise already", and she just screamed at me to get out and stop interfering and she'd do it on her own just fine.

Anorexic people are anorexic.

At 9/16/08 04:17 PM, Sawke wrote: I just had to explain netflix to my dad, and help him set up his account, when i maximized the screen he was like "don't DO that because i don't know how to fix it! put it back! just scroll!" he's been using a computer for over a decade and he still doesn't know how to minimize a screen! did anyone ever have to attempt explaining technology to a oldie?

HAHAAHA I hate it when they get cocky as well like when I'm fixing the TV and they're like " DON'T TOUCH THAT, I KNOW HOW." Then when I fix it they say they fixed it : /

My dad is horrible at typing on the computer when he wants to check his email or look at sports news, and he asked me how to do the @ symbol once so he could type his email address. I also tried to teach him how to play Halo. He could only strafe while looking at the ground. It's sad how old people don't just adapt to the growing technologies like us kids of the nuclear age do.

Really?

My dad's 48 and he knows everything about computers (But he did take a computer course when he was 32)

I had to explain to this guy in my art class that there are other ways to get songs on your ipod besides ripping a CD. Its called a torrent. I got halfway through the explanation and I started to see his eyes glazing over with a look of incomprension.

Redundancy is redundant.

My Grandfather got an Ipod. Figure it out.

At 9/17/08 11:09 AM, Sheepshifter wrote: My Grandfather got an Ipod. Figure it out.

Oh lawdy I feel your pain T__T

Circular logic is circular.

I had to explain how to use a mouse to my grandmother. She had some of it down, put pressed bot buttons at the same time.

Gay people are gay.

But, I taught my Grand-dad how to use a computer, now he's awesome with one.

My mum thinks that 'A Google' is a place that can tell you what sites you want by typing in one keyword.

Let me explain, typing in 'Family Tree' WILL NOT get you results for the Ritchie or the Stewart family trees, you need to search through the site.
Typing in 'Ritchie Family Tree -buy -g...' WILL get you results when you do some snooping.

My mom didn't even knew you could put music on a computer..

I have gotten used to this. Old people are probably a bit scared of the Internet and computers and such. If one of them asks me to explain something, I always try to help them out, it'll make it easier for them to understand the new generation I think.