Quote Originally Posted by moosmom View Post
Lizbud's right. Anything older than 5 needs to be replaced. TVs don't last long and are now made of plastic.

Don't take offense at it, mrspunkysmom. In 1995 I went out and bought my Dad his very first cordless phone. He HATED it!! Kept forgetting to hang it up, so I was constantly driving over there to make sure he was okay.

I didn't get my first computer till they had been out for almost 10 years.

Some people don't like change. I find the older generation as a perfect example.
No offense taken. Why would I? For someone who's tech competent, I'm pretty much a Neo-Luddite. I got my first PC in 95 and my first laptop in 04. I never buy the latest in computers and just this year got a flat-screen HD TV. Still don't have the the HD subscription of DVR. I'm waiting for the right subscription price.

I prefer the old-fashioned can openers and I've yet to find a lever-action can opener (the lever being your arm) like the one my mom had. It had a wood handle that made it easier to grip. All other types break. I have a simple mixer but prefer to hand-beat mixes. My mother insisted I learn how.

My gripe was this: If this had been a young person asking about old-time appliances, I would have asked what she meant. Many young people don't even know how to make pop-corn from scratch.

Since she was at least my age, I ASSUMED that her definition of "old-time" was the same as mine. Perhaps she didn't know how to communicate her thoughts. I think I know what she was thinking: more modern doesn't mean better.

Sometimes the simpler things are better.

This has been an enjoyable conversation.

PS. It took my mom 10 years to learn how to program her VCR. AS long as one of us was close by, she didn't feel the need to learn.