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The Toughest Decision: Should my loved one be placed in an assisted computing facility?
SatireWire ^ | 2001?

Posted on 11/13/2011 1:15:25 PM PST by EveningStar

For family members, it is often the most difficult and painful decision they will face: to accept that a loved one — a parent, a spouse, perhaps a sibling — is technologically impaired and should no longer be allowed to live independently, or come near a computer or electronic device without direct supervision. The time has come to place that loved one into the care of an Assisted Computing Facility. But you have questions. So many questions. We at Silicon Pines want to help.

(Excerpt) Read more at satirewire.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Humor
KEYWORDS: assistedliving; computers
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1 posted on 11/13/2011 1:15:31 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro

ping


2 posted on 11/13/2011 1:16:54 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

I think my son is ready to commit me.


3 posted on 11/13/2011 1:17:55 PM PST by Ditter
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To: EveningStar

Check your spaces for me! I am about as computer illiterate as they come. Would I have to wear a helmet? It would mess up my hairdo!


4 posted on 11/13/2011 1:18:50 PM PST by momtothree
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To: momtothree
Same here, I need this place. I can Google but not much else. I also do not speak printer.
5 posted on 11/13/2011 1:22:41 PM PST by Ditter
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To: Ditter

I just look at the FReepers who can put pictures up or enlarge the print as “awesome”. Some will simply add a picture to something I said or enlarge the print. True, kind people (although I think they snicker when they do it but I’m not sure)


6 posted on 11/13/2011 1:32:57 PM PST by momtothree
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To: momtothree; Ditter
computer illiterate

This is a good course. Although the "crash test" leaves a lot of people feeling like dummies. If they ask you to wear a helmet, the hairdo should be the least of your concerns.

7 posted on 11/13/2011 1:36:12 PM PST by bigheadfred (wogga wogga)
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To: momtothree

I know I know, I am reminded daily of the stuff I can’t do! ~sob~

Maybe all that time I spent learning to draw and paint could have been spent learning to freep better. :/


8 posted on 11/13/2011 1:38:27 PM PST by Ditter
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To: bigheadfred

LOL!! Well, then leave two empty seats on the short bus for Ditter and me!


9 posted on 11/13/2011 1:39:31 PM PST by momtothree
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To: momtothree

...Try this one.
...It'll make you a genius.


10 posted on 11/13/2011 1:42:28 PM PST by gargoyle (...it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them...)
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To: Ditter

YOU KNOW HOW TO DRAW AND PAINT! (hang head in shame... I can’t even draw stick figures and the last time I painted... let’s just say that numbers were involved). To be fair, the unicorn did look rather nice after I added some velvet. /s


11 posted on 11/13/2011 1:42:43 PM PST by momtothree
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To: EveningStar

Computers are easy. Been working with computers since ‘74 or so.

It’s cell phones I can’t digest. Just give me a phone with 3 buttons - take a picture, make a call, check my messages... I DO NOT NEED all that other junk, I REALLY DON’T WANT a 300 page user manual!!


12 posted on 11/13/2011 1:43:48 PM PST by djf (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2801220/posts)
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To: gargoyle

SEE THAT! Gargoyle knows how to add pictures. Creepy pictures, yes... but he knows how to make them suddenly appear! He’s magical!!


13 posted on 11/13/2011 1:44:07 PM PST by momtothree
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To: EveningStar
Do they have assisted living arrangements for those who are partially literate?

ie. Those that will send you an email with an empty attachment.

14 posted on 11/13/2011 1:49:28 PM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: EveningStar

I try to keep my parents ignorant. When they start learning those little tricks, they make stuff like this:

http://yvettesbridalformal.com/


15 posted on 11/13/2011 1:50:11 PM PST by FLAMING DEATH (Are you better off than you were $4 trillion ago?)
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To: momtothree
It's all very easy, really. Just Google "html tags". Here's a cool site--just click the green "Try It Yourself" button to see what it all does. Then find reasons to use the various tags in FR posts like I did! lol...
16 posted on 11/13/2011 1:50:52 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (Don't stop. Keep moving!)
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To: djf

You try to read the manual for a phone? That’s like reading a manual for your VCR—it’s just not done!


17 posted on 11/13/2011 1:51:56 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (Don't stop. Keep moving!)
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To: FLAMING DEATH

AAAHHHH!!! MY EYES!


18 posted on 11/13/2011 1:52:47 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (Don't stop. Keep moving!)
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To: djf

My boss told me I needed to learn how to text. I asked him if that meant I should get a cell phone First?


19 posted on 11/13/2011 1:55:10 PM PST by bigheadfred (wogga wogga)
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To: EveningStar

OMG, can I committ myself?


20 posted on 11/13/2011 1:59:38 PM PST by Lorianne
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