I'm so old I Remember when:

[notabitail]

Interesting. I actually love tele-health stuff.
So much better than going to a doctor in person! I also like being able to read my medical records and test results myself and not have to rely on someone interpreting it all for me.
To me it is banking and credit cards that freak me out on line!

Especially being able to do it on your phone. I know some people who should never be allowed to have banking from their phone capabilities. And if your phone gets stolen, well, who knows what the thief can do.

 

[jxp]

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I remember when Macy's Santa would keep track of what stores had which toys and sent parents all over Manhattan to get just the right present for their young ones. Then MrMacy and MrGimbal shook hands and laughed together. It was a true Miracle on 34th St.

 

[troyer]

I am almost afraid to ask, but here goes .... What is a Smart TV?
As I don't know, I assume I don't have one, but how would I know?

A “Smart TV” listens to you so that the advertisers knows which ads to show you. “Smart” appliances do the same.

 

[RoyalChick]

A “Smart TV” listens to you so that the advertisers knows which ads to show you. “Smart” appliances do the same.

Listens to me? I only really talk to the cats. I talk to the chickens too, but they are probably out of earshot for a TV, however smart it is!

 

[SkyAJK]

At 73¢ per stamp (US) you can get a basic cell phone plan cheaper with the added bonus of hearing your friend's voice.

The letter writing was back in the day before the internet. It was around the time 1980....something.
My school pocket money was like $2.
Potatoes scallop was $0.20 a piece and my friend and I loved it while waiting for the train home from school.

What my friend and I wrote in a letter to each other is not the same as conversation on the phone. There is something sweet and lovely in the whole process of letter writing - the stationery to write on, the act of sitting quietly to write, thought gathered and realisations of those thoughts as pen put down on paper.

These days, I get email Christmas wishes, text messages endlessly on Christmas day and new year day. I would love to get a paper Christmas card that come in the snail mail, there is a reason to open the letter box, see a human handwriting. I am so old I remember about these lovely things.

 

[The Moonshiner]

A “Smart TV” listens to you so that the advertisers knows which ads to show you. “Smart” appliances do the same.

Our gas station just got those smart pumps a couple weeks ago. Fortunately I found they have a mute button.

 

[SkyAJK]

Our gas station just got those smart pumps a couple weeks ago. Fortunately I found they have a mute buttom.

I wonder, every devices/appliances.e.tc.. are so smart now. Only a small percentage of the human race is creating all these smart devices, what are the rest of us doing?

My handwriting is terrible for many years now because I type instead of using a pen to write. Now touch screen, only use a few fingers. In my grandma's nursing home they often tell her, you lose what you don't use.

 

[notabitail]

Our gas station just got those smart pumps a couple weeks ago. Fortunately I found they have a mute buttom.

Which button is it?

Also, have you tried a hammer?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Which button is it?

The one someone wrote "mute" next to with a sharpie.

 

[notabitail]

The one someone wrote "mute" next to with a sharpie.

Next time you go, tell me which button it is from the top down and on what side (as in, button 2 on the left side).