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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:35 AM Original message |
Your opinion please! Did you know that Larry King, Judge Judy Sheindlen, and Oprah Winfrey... |
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Blashyrkh (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Neither have millions of Africans. Big deal. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 01:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. The hundred dollar crank up laptop might change that... nt |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Seriously, that was a story out of the MIT Media Labs back in 2005... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. More recent info here--Dunno if it has gotten down to a hundred, though--maybe two |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm a relatively early computer adopter, |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Hello evlbstrd -- Thanks. You might like to read this... |
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Jeanette in FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 05:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. I just got my first one this summer too |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Mine startles me when it does ring. |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. You can have my telephone, just don't mess with my computer. |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. We concur totally, Frustratedlady. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. My daughter got me a pc and cell. |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 03:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Hello EmilyG. Nice to know you here. Thanks for the post! |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 04:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. speaking of seniors... |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. My mother just got her first PC a couple moths ago at age 75. |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 01:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. "so much time goes by with her Internet surfing that she doesn't get her usual chores done anymore" |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 01:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Hmmm. I think all the laundry is done and the dishes are in the dishwasher. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I did chores the first 25 years |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. That's kinda our deal, too. I'm doing most of the food shopping... |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm 62. |
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Ytzak (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
9. To paraphrase Chuck Heston - |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 01:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. "I will keep my computer until they pry the keyboard from my cold dead fingers." |
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Ytzak (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. As a little boy, I saw Ben Hur in its first release (1959) withmy Grandmother, for 15 cents. |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. You said, "Like all men, mentally I never matured past the age of 16." |
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Ytzak (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Yes, I usually hang my hat at the Wrest. |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Thanks, Ytzak. I'm putting you first on my buddy list. |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Brockton, Massachusetts (1921) PHOTO and LINK: |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
15. Funny story |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
16. Been "computering" since 1974 |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 03:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Great info, sandnsea. We don't understand being "technologically ignorant" either. |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. I have never used a computer in my life, |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 03:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Well, thanks for those puffs of smoke... I got your message loud and clear. |
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Raejeanowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
19. Communication Has Suffered |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 03:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Cellphones came with the territory when we were 157 miles from our pregnant daughter. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. Never had a cell phone or even a cassette recorder thingie |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 03:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. With 65,882 posts to your credit, SoCalDem, I'd say you're making up for lost time! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 03:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I DID teach myself as much as i was able..about computers |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
28. I still have no need for a cell phone! Just an added expense.. |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. Learned how to key punch in the 70's |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
31. My profession was revolutionized by the Internet |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
32. My first book getting published forced a cell phone on me for interviews etc. |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. When we lived in Massachusetts, up until 1998 -- we used the other search engines. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
34. I would not chuck them |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
37. Oprah herself may not have a cellphone, but everyone around her does. |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Hi Midlodemocrat -- we had the same reaction. A retinue of people allows the monarch to... |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. Radio Lady wonders if Queen Elizabeth carries a cellphone in her purse? |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. I don't have a cell phone either. Big deal. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. Early 1990s |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
47. Thanks for all these great responses. We'll use them on a future audio program. |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
48. Older folks can afford to do so. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
50. My 82 year old aunt prefers to get real letters--in the mail--and says |
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Audio_Al (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. If you're REALLY old, you can regale people by telling them this: |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
52. The Internet is like your own personal library |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
53. More Republican Propaganda to keep the masses uninformed. |
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