PHONE: I originally got my cell phone to stay in contact with my kids and my grandkids. I quickly found out that none of them know what a phone is for. I received no calls on it but my text messages alert is constantly going off. I found that I could very easily share 250 minutes a month with Margot saving $40/mo and still being able to carry forward 240 minutes. Now I suddenly have 253,000 minutes I could use FREE for talking. That's 4,216.66666 hours. 175.69444444 days or approx. 5.85648 months. of talking non-stop. I don't even know that many words, besides, that's talking well beyond the battery time on my phone. I did find out though, that texting was the thing to do so I have unlimited texting on both my phone and Margot's phone. I have now checked to learn that the TWO of us racked up a total of 6.4 hours per month on our texting. Do I really need unlimited texting? I think not. Along these same lines tho, we both have checked our email and facebook accounts a minimum of 12 times a day using data. Our plans covers data only within the continental USA. Beyond those borders the cost is UNBELIEVABLY HIGH.
INTERNET: the word surfing confused me at first. I ran out to try and buy an internet surfing board...............only to be told that surfing meant......................just looking at many different sites, even the sites that I don't know what they do. My biggest fear right now is that I am now on everyone's call list . Only way I could get off it was to install a telephone system that monitors my phone and only sends through calls from numbers I know and have excepted before. All other calls the system reads as something called spam. How do I know it works?, I don't because I never get to speak to any callers that the system deems as spam. It does cut down on the sales calls though and the running back and forth to answer the call. It rings once and that's it...................gone. If the caller is a true caller it will ring the normal amount of 5 times. I can then answer it, if I am able to move fast enough. If I want to add it to my DO NOT CALL ME AGAIN I just enter a number and that's it.
AUTO: the computer in my car had me going for a while. Bluetooth keeps me in touch with email, and texting. Incoming email or texting shuts down my radio and asks me if I want for it to read it or ignore it. Only problem is, it's voice recognizeable. The voice comes in and says. " you have a text from XXX shall I read it or ignore it " I say "read it" IF it understands me she will read it. IF she doesn't recognize my voice she just keeps repeating the question. IF she does recognize my voice she will read it. Then she ask if I wish to reply or disregard. I find that my commands are not very well understood............could it be the New York accent or does my voice change from day to day?
Another thing besides GPS that tells me how to drive to my mailbox or anywhere else I go is a young lady with a British accent. I chose her voice so that it gives me the flavor of international travel, rather than a wifey type voice.....................which is a given. My cars computer talks to me to tell me when I need service, air in my tires, when I am over the speed limit and when my next bowel movement is. Technology is fantastic...................but.
TV: my smart TV is one of a kind. Every morning at 3AM it updates its software. I know this simply because of insomnia. When that occurs, I simply sit there looking at a message on the screen telling me my software is being updated. Scary message for an old dude to see at 3am. It only takes a matter of a minute or so and then ......................back to regular broadcast. I really don't see any difference in the operation or the picture and have always wondered what the update was. Only thing I can reference is that POTUS looks a little more orange than normal and his brain a little more ...................dumber, could this be the change in software?
With all the technical advancement this nation is making the day to day business is becoming more and more complicated...................one thing that remains the same is life goes on. With the passing of each day, another one starts......................but for how long. There seems to be a limited amount of blogs still in this old man but my next one will be a powerhouse one, before the book.
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