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Post by Bearsland » Fri May 27, 2005 4:47 pm

An interestng wee article here on the BBC news site. Given the results of Patrick's poll, this group includes a lot of people here. :wink:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4582831.stm

Personally, I think it's a good thing. I know that the 'Net' has certainly changed my mother in law's life immensely.

What do you ladies say?

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Post by mette » Fri May 27, 2005 6:56 pm

I think it's excellent :D

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Post by Davimad » Fri May 27, 2005 7:09 pm

Wasn't there a similar article last year Bear?

Could be this 'Silver Surfer' is gettin' confooosed! :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:

'Tis better than the telly any day, except when Corrie's on. :shock: :lol: :lol:
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Post by Liz Mayhew » Fri May 27, 2005 10:44 pm

I'm not silver any more (thanks to putting a bottle in my head :lol: ).

I know gaming and communicating on the forum keeps my brain active. If I sit in front of the telly I go to sleep.

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Post by Bearsland » Fri May 27, 2005 11:14 pm

Liz Mayhew wrote:If I sit in front of the telly I go to sleep.
You poor old thing. :wink: :wink:

Maybe you should try turning it on, dearie. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by Lillian » Fri May 27, 2005 11:16 pm

Bearsland wrote: Maybe you should try turning it on, dearie. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by Cat » Sat May 28, 2005 1:53 am

Update: No. of Members is now 233610

In your dreams Bear! :D :) :lol: :roll: :wink:

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Post by majic1 » Sat May 28, 2005 2:03 am

Cat wrote:Update: No. of Members is now 233610

In your dreams Bear! :D :) :lol: :roll: :wink: Cat
Yes, he's got it wrong - it's actually 1,233,610 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Only 35% of people over-55s are using the net, according to the Office of National Statistics.
I'm not sure where they are getting their statistics from, but around here, it's closer to 65% - also, my dad is 84 and uses the net a lot - not for games or meeting people, but for his business (and HE lives the next state over). Maybe this study isn't current???
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Post by ol'gramma » Sat May 28, 2005 2:17 am

What's with this Silver stuff?????
Silver is the color of my car.
Don't you guys have dye-it-ticians over across the pond?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by Bearsland » Sat May 28, 2005 2:20 am

majic1 wrote:I'm not sure where they are getting their statistics from, but around here, it's closer to 65% - also, my dad is 84 and uses the net a lot - not for games or meeting people, but for his business (and HE lives the next state over). Maybe this study isn't current???
Oh, it's current alright, but it refers to the UK only, I believe.

That said, like you, Majic, I still don't believe the figures. I reckon it's a lot higher than that. I should add that since the figures quoted are from the Office of National Statistics, (i.e. The Government), I'd be taking them with a very large pinch of salt anyway.
ol'gramma wrote:What's with this Silver stuff?????
Apparently, it's supposed to be a term of endearment. It alledgely sounds better than 'Old People on the Net'. :wink: :wink:

My experience would suggest 'Blue-rinse Surfers' would be a bit more accurate. :lol:

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Post by Bearsland » Sat May 28, 2005 2:29 am

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Post by SharonM » Sat May 28, 2005 3:08 am

Very interesting article, Bear. I agree the numbers probably aren't accurate.
I would like to see similar programs here. There are very few in my section of the world that have computers, much less internet access. Most of those who don't have them, when asked either say they can't afford one or are afraid of them. My mother-in-law is of the opinion that they tend to divide people even more from lack of personal contact. Needless to say, I don't agree with her and I can't change her mind. I think she and others like her would be more likely to accept it from another source.
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Post by ol'gramma » Sat May 28, 2005 3:32 am

'Blue-rinse Surfers'
I like that better too.
There is nothing nicer than hair that matches your outfit. Who wears silver/chrome?
Bear, you are just on the cutting edge of what's hot, what's not.. 8)
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I have a 90 year old friend who got her computer at age 85. She learned how to email; forwarding is her most favorite thing :wink: Sometimes it took 18 clicks to see what was there, and I could see the email addresses of a thousand people.. :lol: I don't open them any more.
She can still remember how to use AOL Instant Messenger...most of the time, but she types very well.

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Post by majic1 » Sat May 28, 2005 5:33 am

ol'gramma wrote:What's with this Silver stuff?????
Silver is the color of my car.O/G
SILVER! Cool! That's what I should be driving at this time of year in Arizona - NO! NOT ME! I gotta do what I want - I had to get a new vehicle, and I had to have BLUE! What a jerk. I got a royal blue Blazer -NOT a good color for the hot Arizona sun. That's what happens when you are stubborn and don't LISTEN!! CAN I BORROW YOUR CAR for the summer OG?????? I've got good insurance, and I promise I won't wreck it - you can use my BLUE Blazer as it does not get as hot there. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by ol'gramma » Sat May 28, 2005 5:44 am

I had to have BLUE! What a jerk. I got a royal blue Blazer -NOT a good color for the hot Arizona sun. CAN I BORROW YOUR CAR for the summer OG??????
A car color does not a jerk make :lol: :lol: ...I would raise one eyebrow if you had black tho :shock: :shock:
Since you are coming to visit me...and your son....just drive instead of flying, and you can have my car.....You do know you have to pedal it :P It's cheap to run tho. :wink:
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Post by majic1 » Sat May 28, 2005 6:14 am

ol'gramma wrote:
Since you are coming to visit me...and your son....
OH - so you know ----- he may come with (this is a MIDWEST SAYING - come with - how STUPID - I keep telling them - it's "come with YOU") ANYWAYS, I mean ANYWAY, since you have offered, we will take your silver car and run it out of gas visiting all the people we left behind when we moved. Okey-Dokey?
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Post by rmelin13 » Sat May 28, 2005 10:18 am

If you travel roughly eastward, you will probably run out of gas in my
neighborhood. Feel free to stop by and pick up my vehicle, as it is also
of the silver variety. That way, you could drop off the out-of-gas silver
vehicle and continue onward without missing a beat.
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Post by Liz Mayhew » Sat May 28, 2005 11:12 am

Lillian wrote:
Bearsland wrote: Maybe you should try turning it on, dearie. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Lillie - What does LMAO mean anyway?

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Post by Lillian » Sat May 28, 2005 1:18 pm

Liz Mayhew wrote:Lillie - What does LMAO mean anyway?

Liz :D :D
"Laughed my A--- Off!" :lol: :lol: :lol: I only found out yesterday - lost all my street cred not knowing what it meant :?
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Post by Liz Mayhew » Sat May 28, 2005 2:16 pm

Laughed my letter A off? So now you're left with only B and C. Oh dear!
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Thanks for the info Lillie. I may get some street cred yet.

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Post by ol'gramma » Sat May 28, 2005 2:33 pm

Roger wrote
Feel free to stop by and pick up my vehicle, as it is also
of the silver variety.
What a great idea :idea: When Majic leaves IL, I will send her to NY on her way back to AZ. :lol: :lol:

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Post by majic1 » Sat May 28, 2005 2:40 pm

ol'gramma wrote:What a great idea :idea: When Majic leaves IL, I will send her to NY on her way back to AZ.
On my way back - just a LITTLE detour. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
roger wrote:That way, you could drop off the out-of-gas silver
vehicle and continue onward without missing a beat.
With the price of gas - this is a deal I cannot refuse. Now all I need is a map.
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Post by rmelin13 » Sat May 28, 2005 2:50 pm

Done! Map provided. Where will you be travelling to? Oregon?
Georgia? You name it. I'll bet you could travel all over, picking up
silver vehicles in every state along the way. Just ask. It worked
here, didn't it? :lol: No gas money required.
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Post by ol'gramma » Sat May 28, 2005 2:54 pm

Here is a map....
Our friends across the pond want to follow your trip.... I am sure :roll:

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Post by rmelin13 » Sat May 28, 2005 3:00 pm

O/G - I don't see AK and HI on that map? :?: It is incomplete.
Majic1 may have such a destination in mind and may become lost
with an incomplete map.
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Post by majic1 » Sat May 28, 2005 3:07 pm

rmelin13 wrote:Done! Map provided.
Are batteries included?
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Post by majic1 » Sat May 28, 2005 3:10 pm

rmelin13 wrote:O/G - I don't see AK and HI on that map? :?: It is incomplete.
Majic1 may have such a destination in mind and may become lost
with an incomplete map.
I will also need to know the bridge route to HI.
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Post by Liz Mayhew » Sat May 28, 2005 3:14 pm

Majic, are you really driving all the way from Arizona to Illinois? What an epic journey. And then going on to New York State to pick up another silver car. And then back to Arizona! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

To an English person your distances are unbelievably huge. We have villages signposted that are only one or two miles apart, and going to Cornwall on holiday (about 300 miles) seems a ghastly trek.

If you come to England you can borrow my silver car!

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Post by ol'gramma » Sat May 28, 2005 3:15 pm

Some how, while adding the two missing States, the map self-destructed. Here is the new one. :lol: :lol:

We are very sorry for this interruption.
:roll:
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Post by rmelin13 » Sat May 28, 2005 3:17 pm

ol'gramma wrote:Some how, while adding the two missing States, the map self-destructed. O/G
Batteries ran out?
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