sheryl Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 This is a funny email my brother forwarded to me. I thought it was clean humor so I'm posting it here. Hope that's ok. I, for one, fit in to this group and am not at all interested in facebook twitter, tweet or whatever similar social group there is out there. I belong to a local homeschool e-group, wtm and have email and that's good for me....:lol: Oh yes, I have skype to talk with out of state loved ones and friends as they come on board. I'm sure there are others over 50 who don't care about social groups, but I know there are many who do....just as alot of 30 yo may like these groups, perhaps there are some that don't. In any event, read and enjoy! A good laugh for people in the over 50 group !!! Also for those who know people like us. When I bought my Blackberry I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress for Twitter and Facebook, so my seven kids, their spouses, 13 grandkids and 2 great grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way. I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with only 140 characters of space. That was before one of my grandkids hooked me up for Tweeter, Tweetree, Twhirl, Twitterfon, Tweetie and Twittererific Tweetdeck, Twitpix and something that sends every message to my cell phone and every other program within the texting world. My phone was beeping every three minutes with the details of everything except the bowel movements of the entire next generation. I am not ready to live like this. I keep my cell phone in the garage in my golf bag. The kids bought me a GPS for my last birthday because they say I get lost every now and then going over to the grocery store or library. I keep that in a box under my tool bench with the Blue tooth [it's red] phone I am supposed to use when I drive. I wore it once and was standing in line at Barnes and Noble talking to my wife and everyone in the nearest 50 yards was glaring at me. I had to take my hearing aid out to use it, and I got a little loud. I mean the GPS looked pretty smart on my dash board, but the lady inside that gadget was the most annoying, rudest person I had run into in a long time. Every 10 minutes, she would sarcastically say, "Re-calc-u-lating." You would think that she could be nicer. It was like she could barely tolerate me. She would let go with a deep sigh and then tell me to make a U-turn at the next light. Then if I made a right turn instead. Well, it was not a good relationship. When I get really lost now, I call my wife and tell her the name of the cross streets and while she is starting to develop the same tone as Gypsy, the GPS lady, at least she loves me. To be perfectly frank, I am still trying to learn how to use the cordless phones in our house. We have had them for 4 years, but I still haven't figured out how I can lose three phones all at once and have run around digging under chair cushions and checking bathrooms and the dirty laundry baskets when the phone rings. The world is just getting too complex for me. They even mess me up every time I go to the grocery store. You would think they could settle on something themselves but this sudden "Paper or Plastic?" every time I check out just knocks me for a loop. I bought some of those cloth reusable bags to avoid looking confused, but I never remember to take them in with me. Now I toss it back to them. When they ask me, "Paper or Plastic?" I just say, "Doesn't matter to me. I am bi-sacksual." Then it's their turn to stare at me with a blank look. I was recently asked if I tweet. I answered, No, but I do toot a lot." P.S. I know some of you are not over 50. I sent it to you to allow you to forward it to those who are. Us senior citizens don't need anymore gadgets. The tv remote and the garage door remote are about all we can handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 The world is just getting too complex for me. They even mess me up every time I go to the grocery store. You would think they could settle on something themselves but this sudden "Paper or Plastic?" every time I check out just knocks me for a loop. I bought some of those cloth reusable bags to avoid looking confused, but I never remember to take them in with me. Now I toss it back to them. When they ask me, "Paper or Plastic?" I just say, "Doesn't matter to me. I am bi-sacksual." Then it's their turn to stare at me with a blank look.[/font][/color] I was recently asked if I tweet. I answered, No, but I do toot a lot."[/size] :lol::lol::lol: The bag thing is so me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 :lol::lol::lol: The bag thing is so me! :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Cute :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndie Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 :lol::lol: Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 This is too funny! :D Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 bisacksual....that is the funniest thing I have heard in a while!!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaMa2005 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 SInce I celebrate 50 this year and DH is well over 50, this really resonates with both of us! Thanks so much for sharing. We both had a really good laugh this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I had no idea that my problems were due to age. I haven't taken a picture in ten years because I have no idea how to operate a camera these days. I can barely manage my cell phone which is several generations old and my home phone is more trouble than it is worth. I can't even turn on my tv without help. It takes three remotes because I have to pick tv or dvd player, put on subtitles, manage volume and be able to rewind pause and such. I almost had a break down when we changed to this new format. The only thing that kept me going to learn how to use it was that I was really motivated to talk to people I already knew. I certainly wouldn't have went through the trouble to get a new group of on-line friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Cute! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Mom Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Very cute!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 The dysfunctional relationship with Gypsy the GPS lady is the part that kills me!:lol: I can't stand her either!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma H Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 This is me and my husband and we are only 41 and 43! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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