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Right-Wing Geezers Unite!

By Robert Stacy McCain on 8.18.09 @ 6:16PM

Smart-alecky young whippersnappers need an occasional reminder about showing proper respect to their elders. Having embraced my inner curmudgeon, I was pleased to see that nice young lad. John Hawkins, kindly correcting the myth "that old people can't figure out new technology":

Many people believe, erroneously, that old people can't figure out new technology. This was something that came up while I was at RightOnline.
Does this really make any sense? While there may be SOME physiological changes that make it harder to "teach an old dog new tricks," they can't be too significant given the number of older, tech savvy people that are out there.
Personally, having done technical support, I have come to this conclusion: Old people tend to be bad at learning new technology because they believe that they're supposed to be bad at learning new technology. That's it. . . .

Read the whole thing. Despite my advanced age, incipient senescence hasn't prevented me from learning basic HTML and a few other tricks with these computer gizmos and Internet contraptions. And because I recently made the acquaintance of Barbara Espinosa (my new "BFF," as the kids say), I thought I should offer young Hawkins some old-fashioned advice about addressing ladyfolks:

Oh, and being a married geezer of 49 myself, I don't mind being called "old." Ms. Espinosa, on the other hand, lists her Facebook status as "single," and she would probably prefer that a handsome bachelor like Mr. Hawkins call her "darling." Or "sweetheart." Just not "old."

You youngsters will have to excuse me now, but this blogging stuff gets me so plumb tuckered out I need a nap.

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Tenn Slim| 8.19.09 @ 10:30AM

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Geezers Unite,!! for sure. As an old geezer, circa 1934, I qualify. My first experience with the key board came in the days of DOS Files, remember those? Line edit, character by character deletions, and lots of finger numbing strokes to get a file created. Link edits, compiles, JCL, DL, and even Fortran 4 as basic stuff to know before you got an interactive terminal.
Nowadays, thanks to Intel and folks from silicon valley, we can express our angst directly to the angst giver....
I digress. Old Geezers still do have the skills and experience to drive the Left nuts. Also, we have the time, grit and persistence to stay with it, till the dawn breaks. Note the Day Logs of the older bloggers, lurkers and others, almost all in the middle of the night. That is when the Old Geezers rule. We have to, our bladders call us too often.
Semper Fi
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