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To: punknpuss

Sheesh, why do you post my question before I do?

I am way up there in age, but I still do not feel the need for an iphone.

I see my beautiful 16-month old granddaughter busily swiping her mother’s iphone and happily pointing at the screen and I feel a deep sadness come over me. What a waste of gray cells.

I see our young hot engineers solving all kinds of problems with canned computer programs and I look at my precious bamboo slide rule and technical books and I know that I can do the same with pencil and paper but I know that they cannot do what I can.

When TSHTF and all lights go out, the EXXONS, the Chevrons and engineering companies will shed their computer jockeys and come running to us old farts for help.

I hope the lights never go out because I don’t see myself working for a boss again.


65 posted on 07/21/2014 1:05:43 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: 353FMG

Careful or people are going to label you an old worthless poop with outdated ideas. :)

Technology has as many pitfalls as benefits, and I still stand by my assertion that a 10 yo does not need an iphone, especially if it leads to exposure to pornography such that it would make a 10 yo boy believe that he’s gay. Modern porn is not just naked lady pictures.


77 posted on 07/21/2014 2:35:38 PM PDT by punknpuss
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To: 353FMG
I see our young hot engineers solving all kinds of problems with canned computer programs and I look at my precious bamboo slide rule and technical books and I know that I can do the same with pencil and paper but I know that they cannot do what I can.

NASA 2076 flies an Apollo 13.2 mission. All onboard are forever drifting in space because their iphones are unable to connect to google.

134 posted on 07/22/2014 4:39:39 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Elian Gonzalez sought asylum and was sent back to Cuba, send these kids back to THEIR parents.)
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