| I AM NO MATCH FOR PROGRESS I FEAR I'VE GOTTEN OLD TOO FAST... SO MANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS MORE TODAY THAN IN THE PAST BEEPERS, PAGERS, IPODS WIRELESS HEADSETS AND SUCH EVEN IN THE BATHROOM... NO ONE'S EVER OUT OF TOUCH! THEY CAN'T LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE AND I SIMPLY CAN'T KEEP UP!! PHONES? MY DAUGHTER TRADES HER'S IN LIKE I CHANGE COFFEE CUPS!! THERE'S ALWAYS A NEWER MODEL THAT DOES WHAT THE OLD DID NOT... CHECKS YOUR MAIL...SURFS THE WEB OR ORDERS SEAFOOD ON THE SPOT! ALL THESE NEW-FANGLED GADGETS!!! TECHNOLOGY'S RUNNING WILD!! COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE NOWADAYS? YESTERDAY'S STUFF WAS MILD!! IT TOOK ME LONG FRUSTRATING WEEKS TO DECIPHER EMAIL DIRECTIONS.... ABOUT CREATING FOLDERS, SIGNATURES AND SPAM FILTERS FOR PROTECTION!! AND DOWNLOAD MUSIC? THAT'S A JOKE I WILL NOT LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO EVEN BEGIN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT KIND OF STUFF!! MY SON CALLED AT 6 ONE MORNING SAYING, "MOM!!!!!!!!! I GOT A BLUE TOOTH!! I TOLD HIM..."SEE A DENTIST!!" THAT'S SAD, BUT IT'S THE TRUTH!!! IT SEEMS THERE'S ALMOST NOTHING THAT YOU CANNOT DO ONLINE! BUY PRODUCTS WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD! PAY BILLS OR PUBLISH RHYMES!! I GET EMAILS FROM ANOTHER FRIEND SAYING "SENT FROM HER BLACKBERRY??" I'D LIKE TO ASK BUT I'M AFRAID... IGNORANCE HAS MADE ME WARY... TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS STUFF AND NOT COME ACROSS AS DUMB... IS QUITE A CHALLENGE AND THE STRESS LEAVES THIS BEFUDDLED GRANNY NUMB! I TYPE FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER... I CLICK ON ENTER OR MAYBE SEND? AND ALL MY WORDS JUST SCATTER!! THE POST OR EMAIL THAT I SPENT HOURS CONSTRUCTING WITH SO MUCH CARE? GONE FOREVER WITH ONE STROKE! VANISHED INTO CYBER AIR!!! |
| CYBERGRANNY!! |
| EVEN TODDLERS NOW ARE ALL HOOKED UP THEY'RE ADDICTED TO THE 'NET... WON'T FIND TOO MANY AT THE PLAYGROUND THEY'RE ONLINE EACH CHANCE THEY GET! A TWO YEAR OLD WHO'S BARELY MASTERED THE ART OF TOILET TRAINING.... IS NOT CONTENT WITH FISHER PRICE.. HE FINDS THE WEB MORE ENTERTAINING! AND WHO IN EARTH IS "MAILER DAEMON?" WHY DOES HE POP IN MY INBOX?? I DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE NAME YAHOO SHOULD PASS OUT LOCKS!! AND I'D LIKE TO SAY A WORD TO THOSE... WHO SEND "ATTACHMENTS" IN EMAIL? WHATEVER'S IN IT IS VERY SAFE MY ATTEMPTS TO "OPEN" ALWAYS FAIL! SO IF THE CONTENTS ARE IMPORTANT? OR SOMETHING FOR MY EYES ALONE? THEN FOR ONCE PLEASE BE OLD-FASHIONED JUST PICK UP THE TELEPHONE!! AND DIAL MY LANDLINE NOT THE CELL... BECAUSE THAT'S IN AN UPSTAIRS DRAWER THE PHONE'S QUITE DEAD...THE CONTRACT'S NOT CAN'T HELP IT SAID THE STORE.... THEY OFFERED TO SELL ME ANOTHER PHONE THAT WAS AS FANCY AS THEY GET... BUT I TOLD 'EM THANKS, BUT NO THANKS... I'M NOT QUITE THAT SENILE YET!! |
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