Old people.........don't you just love em!

kingfats · 08-11-2007, 11:15 AM

Old people can make you laugh sometimes,can't they!

My Grandad was round the other day,i was on the computer and he come over and started to have a look.
He was asking about ordering online with a credit card,i was explaining and then he started to look around the back of the PC ............i asked what he was looking for and he said the slot to put your card in !!!

**Kieron** · 08-11-2007, 11:54 AM

Brilliant. Reminds me of Star Trek 4 with Scotty holding a Mac mouse to his mouth and saying "computorrrr, compuuuutoorrrr"

Razor · 08-11-2007, 11:58 AM

The scary thing is that one day we will all be like that.

daveleeuk · 08-11-2007, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by kingfats

Old people can make you laugh sometimes,can't they!

My Grandad was round the other day,i was on the computer and he come over and started to have a look.
He was asking about ordering online with a credit card,i was explaining and then he started to look around the back of the PC ............i asked what he was looking for and he said the slot to put your card in !!!

I'd wonder how he thinks people utilize computers for pornography

kingfats · 08-11-2007, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by daveleeuk

I'd wonder how he thinks people utilize computers for pornography

I dread to think!

Duncan G · 08-11-2007, 12:29 PM

I reckon Granddad will have the last laugh as computers of the future will have a credit card/pin number slot reader added.

geomuss · 08-11-2007, 2:08 PM

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Originally Posted by daveleeuk

I'd wonder how he thinks people utilize computers for pornography

i hope they do invent one with a moist opening for your external hard drive!

Will take internet dating to new levels!

Maniac618 · 08-11-2007, 2:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Razor

The scary thing is that one day we will all be like that.

yes indeed.

krish · 08-11-2007, 2:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Duncan G

I reckon Granddad will have the last laugh as computers of the future will have a credit card/pin number slot reader added.

Barclays are rolling this out: www.barclays.co.uk/pinsentry

- two step authentication, like the VPN smartcard readers many of us have

Pezerinno · 08-11-2007, 3:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Razor

The scary thing is that one day we will all be like that.

Is this really true? I just can't imagine me not being interested in technology and the like. Is there a specific age where we turn?

Mac Man · 08-11-2007, 6:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick25

Is this really true? I just can't imagine me not being interested in technology and the like. Is there a specific age where we turn?

We all turn in to our parents eventually

kingfats · 08-11-2007, 7:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris Lamle

We all turn in to our parents eventually

I think there's probably a lot of truth in that!

dBrowne · 08-11-2007, 7:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick25

Is this really true? I just can't imagine me not being interested in technology and the like. Is there a specific age where we turn?

That might not be the issue. It could be that we will be too old to be eligible for the required implants or, even then, to be intellectually still malleable enough to adapt to them.

KoThreads · 08-11-2007, 8:31 PM

His not so daft. It's already started to a degree. Nat West sent me a card reader which i now have to use on certain transactions with my on-line account and it's a pain.

Razor · 08-11-2007, 8:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick25

Is this really true? I just can't imagine me not being interested in technology and the like. Is there a specific age where we turn?

I am afraid it will happen to us all. First our fashion sense goes down the pan, then we start preferring music from our era and finally we end being happy with a goodmans home cinema which we don't know what half the features do.

Its a sad state of affairs.

Pezerinno · 08-11-2007, 11:33 PM

Well I already prefer most of the music that was made before I was born

la gran siete · 09-11-2007, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Razor

I am afraid it will happen to us all. First our fashion sense goes down the pan, then we start preferring music from our era and finally we end being happy with a goodmans home cinema which we don't know what half the features do.

Its a sad state of affairs.

Music from my era Llalalllalaal- Layla! They dont write them like that anymore. My wife/daughter keeps having a go at me for not liking new music - calls me an old fart

and yet and yet i like world music

Razor · 09-11-2007, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by la gran siete

Music from my era Llalalllalaal- Layla! They dont write them like that anymore. My wife/daughter keeps having a go at me for not liking new music - calls me an old fart

and yet and yet i like world music

As long as you havent got a Goodmans home cinema kit where you dont know how to use half of the features your still ok.

DJT75 · 09-11-2007, 11:31 AM

Fond but disturbing memory my late gramps pulling out in front of some poor soul at a roundabout.

His only comment on the near miss: "bloody idiot, doesn't he know you aways give way to the left at roundabouts!!"

He'd only been driving for 60 years bless him.

Razor · 09-11-2007, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by DJT75

Fond but disturbing memory my late gramps pulling out in front of some poor soul at a roundabout.

His only comment on the near miss: "bloody idiot, doesn't he know you aways give way to the left at roundabouts!!"

He'd only been driving for 60 years bless him.

Did you tell him he was wrong.

DJT75 · 09-11-2007, 11:49 AM

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Did you tell him he was wrong.

Can't remember, probably just attempted to with no joy