Maser Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Old vid I know, but always puts a smile on my face! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 About three years ago i was in a sandwich shop and this very pretty little blond girl was standing next to me and said, "How, cute! You're wearing a watch!" I told her it was a nice watch and i was happy with it....but wanted to know why she thought it was cute? After all the watch is a time keeping device. Her response back was she tells time with her cell phone. That turned into a paper I wrote for graduate school. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Why would the guy be making a video of his daughter hanging up the phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Had some kids (teenagers) walking past my house a few years ago. I was working out front with the garage doors open. They walked up the driveway and asked if they could use the phone. I have a rotary phone in the garage. Yeah, they had no idea. Asked if it was for real. I showed them how to use it. My gf, myself, and the 2 boys all had a good laugh about it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 The kids today are totally different than us. It's created a real cultural divide. They have no idea what the Sears Christmas catalog was like because they have Amazon that delivers everything in two days or less. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Ask some of them what time it is on an analog clock and they panic... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Just now, Mrs.Cicero said: Ask some of them what time it is on an analog clock and they panic... That was pretty much the point of the paper i wrote. We still have to deal with older technology by the younger employees...have no clue how to deal with it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Making change the old fashioned way - by counting money. Most cash registers - maybe all modern ones - have an “Amount Tendered” button which can calculate additional amount owed or change due back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul53 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 If your kids are close to driving age, get a standard transmission vehicle. Thank me later. "Dial" the phone. Dial is rarely what we do, except for in Walts garage. I am at a loss for a word to replace dial for digital phones. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 “Punch” the number? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 6 hours ago, Mrs.Cicero said: Ask some of them what time it is on an analog clock and they panic... Write instructions in cursive 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 There will be a small but lucrative field for experts who can translate cursive to print. Redundancy will be required for someone to audit and verify the accuracy of the translation 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 On the other hand, how many of us have asked a younger person for help with a smart phone, computer, or TV? : 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 6 minutes ago, railfancwb said: There will be a small but lucrative field for experts who can translate cursive to print. Redundancy will be required for someone to audit and verify the accuracy of the translation 500 years from now some archeology student will find an artifact and describe it as “ancient cursive” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Darkroom Photography blows their mind. Some are trying Hybrid Photography where they shoot and hand develop film but without a darkroom, they need to scan the negative and print digitally. It is a blast to watch them develop their first print in a darkroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Batesmotel Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 2 hours ago, railfancwb said: There will be a small but lucrative field for experts who can translate cursive to print. Redundancy will be required for someone to audit and verify the accuracy of the translation If you can read shorthand, legal experts will pay you bucks to transfer records. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Fugga Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, railfancwb said: There will be a small but lucrative field for experts who can translate cursive to print. Redundancy will be required for someone to audit and verify the accuracy of the translation My cursive and signature are so awful people think I'm a doctor. I **** you not, at just 45, I never really learned to write cursive. Got by without really having to, and haven't done so since probably 5th grade. Edited April 2, 2021 by MO Fugga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPTim Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 I was at work and whipped out cash to pay for something and this vapid millennial asked why I carried cash. I looked her straight in the eye and said, “Can you keep a secret?” She replied in the affirmative. I replied, “So can I”. Yeah, that pretty much pisses millennials off. She later complained on me for cultural appropriation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Fugga Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 1 hour ago, NPTim said: I was at work and whipped out cash to pay for something and this vapid millennial asked why I carried cash. I looked her straight in the eye and said, “Can you keep a secret?” She replied in the affirmative. I replied, “So can I”. Yeah, that pretty much pisses millennials off. She later complained on me for cultural appropriation. ***hole isn't necessarily a culture, so you should be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 11 hours ago, Batesmotel said: Darkroom Photography blows their mind. Some are trying Hybrid Photography where they shoot and hand develop film but without a darkroom, they need to scan the negative and print digitally. It is a blast to watch them develop their first print in a darkroom. Black & white photography was so fun in High School. Hated the smell of the stop bath, but still fun class. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul53 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 13 hours ago, railfancwb said: There will be a small but lucrative field for experts who can translate cursive to print. Redundancy will be required for someone to audit and verify the accuracy of the translation I'm ready for that! Worked with a terrific doc who couldn't read his own handwriting! Most of the time I could, rest of the time I could get the Dx on the computer for context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 9 hours ago, MO Fugga said: My cursive and signature are so awful people think I'm a doctor. I **** you not, at just 45, I never really learned to write cursive. Got by without really having to, and haven't done so since probably 5th grade. Poor handwriting in cursive is nothing new. Look at photo copies of old census records, Ellis Island immigration and the like. Explains some of the variations in last name spellings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 An older lady (well, older than me) and I were talking about some of these things a while back, and about how many younger people have no clue how to do many of the things our generation and those before us took for granted. She said, "The bottom rungs have fallen off the ladder. They won't be able to get back there." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Walt Longmire said: An older lady (well, older than me) and I were talking about some of these things a while back, and about how many younger people have no clue how to do many of the things our generation and those before us took for granted. She said, "The bottom rungs have fallen off the ladder. They won't be able to get back there." Some of the dystopian novels postulate that humanity drops back to subsistence level activities and can’t come back because all the easy access metals and energy have been harvested and used up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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