I know it's not nice to make fun of older people's lack of computer skills, but I just have to share this one.
Mimi and I are going to NY for the Marathon, so I asked Uncle Tom for a list of emails of local relatives.
I asked because he regularly sends out emails to these folks, so I thought it would be an easy task.
First I get an email back saying that he's not computer adept so it'll take a while.
Then I get a call asking for my fax number (!)
Then I get the following email. He's written down everyone's address. Then scanned the page or took a picture of it. Then mailed it to me.
OMG.
I mean, c'mon. The kicker here is that I am 99+% sure he got the email addresses off his computer. And instead of copying and pasting into an email message body he goes this rube goldberg approach.
I am now officially scared of how the kids are going to make fun of me when I'm 75.
2 comments:
Nice comments about Uncle Tom, but unless I'm wrong, you have an updated McGrath address book on your computer with everyones contact info. I sent them out last year before christmas (I think). So you could have gotten everything with a few clicks with your computer. If I'm wrong and I didn't send it to you, or you deleted it by mistake, let me know and I'll e-mail you a new one.
Moira
Hits pretty close to home as I struggle with figuring out how to make data backups to DVD on my new PC! Finally figured out that XP apparently can't write directly to DVD in Explorer (need to use Sonic or something else) ...
Wayne
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