Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 I don't even have a cell phone Dave, the wife gave me one a few years ago in case of emergency while I'm out in the fields. But guess what??? There is only one spot in one field that the phone had a signal.. So gave it her back and told her to cancel it. I'm happy without cell phones and the only apple or blackberry I like are those off trees or canes.... I hate phones with a vengeance, I managed for years without one, mostly because it made me harder to contact by my employer. If he needed me to go in and cover, he had to send someone around to my house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,171 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Work forced me into useing a mobile,and i must admit it became indispensible when on the road,and i like texting,it means you can answer in your own good time if you are doing something else,like driving. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I like texting too - that way I don't have to remember (or write down) something I am told. I often ask people to text me addresses, phone numbers, web sites, etc. I also resisted getting a cell phone - the change came shortly after my surgery for colon cancer. I had taken our MGB to northern Michigan to stay with the in-laws for a few days. On the way home I had TWO blowouts (wire wheels) and had to climb a fence and hike over a couple of fields to find a house and ask to use a phone. The next day Mary made me get a cell phone! - I also replaced the wire wheels with alloys! I can even keep up with Nottstalgia on my "smart" phone! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 DaveN #17,I keep a couple of backups on separate hard drives, been there done that ! lost a whole years photo's etc. early in my travels when my laptop died and taking wrong advice I did a complete windows re install and lost the lot ! Later learn't I could have recovered maybe some by taking the HD to some specialist but too late then I'd done the damage. HD's are now so cheap as, so I do a monthly or weekly backup of everything. Adding to the thread I could never type and my writing has always been abominal, but now I have become quite a fast "two finger typer" ! And spell check is great. I would be lost without computers and modern technology. As an aside, I lost my first real job in oz for having my pager turned off ! they expected me to be on call for 24/7 no matter what, with no extra pay, just in case there was a breakdown somewhere. I argued the point that there was no written contract stating such in my terms of employment, but being the last employee in the door and a pom I had no hope ! A mobile would have been far far worse, now we all carry them ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 It's hard to imagine a world without computers now. I'm on the damn things all the time. But I believe a lot of the social network things (and mobile phones especially) are a drain on our mental resources and our ability to think creatively. No, I'm not a Luddite. I just get fed up with having to travel on buses and trains and suffer the inanity of mobile phone conversations or even worse, people playing music through scratchy annoying devices. If you've worked in an office over the past few years you will know how much time is wasted by employees on Twitter and Facebook when they should be working. They bring their tablets in or use their phones to text away on the company's network. It might be different if it was something interesting. Twitter tries to convince people that they have valuable and important opions that the world needs to know about, but really it's little more than small talk. It's a different matter of course if people are reporting events in war torn lands or getting information out that is being repressed. But generally the world turned just the same without these things. We spoken here before about the 'good old days' of the internet when you weren't spammed relentlessly and bombarded with adverts and ways of stealing your money. Now we've learned that the internet can be a dangerous place as well as as a useful resource. But one is for sure, it certainly CAN'T be trusted. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevorthegasman 150 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Started to use mine via smart tv to watch UK docs on You tube,going to watch one on St Anns (1969) by Ray Gosling tonight "Gimmie shelter" also watch all the films available for free on You Tube..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,475 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Twitter tries to convince people that they have valuable and important opions that the world needs to know about, but really it's little more than small talk. I agree with that. Everything I've ever seen on Twitter is totally pointless trivial rubbish. It's just stating the bloody obvious; things you didn't need to know anyway; comments which nobody asked for and nobody needs. I've never seen anything mentioned on Twitter where I thought "I'm glad I saw that, I didn't know about it" I'm very pro-Internet in every other way, but Twitter is a complete waste of space. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I like texting too - that way I don't have to remember (or write down) something I am told. I often ask people to text me addresses, phone numbers, web sites, etc. Exactly. Texting is a fantastic tool if used appropriately. However, it's open to abuse and misuse like many other things in life. I've seen this debate regarding Twitter many times. I think many only regard it in it's social use where it can be anything from insightful to mind-numblingly crass - not that different to internet forums in fact. Where it does come into its own is for business where again, it can be a powerful and free tool for promotion, customer feedback and marketing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,687 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 With regard to twitter , it does have its uses . Most national companies have a twitter presence and sometimes you can use it to an advantage, as many companies respond to twitter complaints quicker than phone or emails . When we had to close a British Gas account had tried for months by phoning customer services to get them to pay me a balance of overpayments and no result . Put complaint on twitter using the @britishgas tag and within a day had some top guy from Centrica phoning me and promising money would be transferred back ...which it was within a day or so . Had a similar problem with BT and used twitter to get it resolved . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I use Twitter and can agree with everything said here. Although sometimes it can be a bit of a laugh if you have a stereotypical 'young' humour. I guess it's a generational thing 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I back-up these days to a "cloud", easy as chips & foolproof. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 #29 Banjo48 While I agree the spellchecker facility on computers is a good facility, particularly if a person has difficulty in spelling, there are unfortunately many times when it can lead to wrong words being accepted as being correct. Firstly it’s important the spellchecker is set to the right form of English i.e. U.K.Secondly you have to be aware that if a word exists in the “computer’s dictionary”, even though it is incorrect in the context you are using it, it will be accepted. For instance:- This sight is grate for fax.Whereas you mean to say:- This site is great for facts. I also think the spellchecking facility on computers has probably had an effect on the younger generation not being able to spell as well as their parents and grandparents 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,475 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I back-up these days to a "cloud", easy as chips & foolproof. I assume that means you don't have any topless photos of yourself which a hacker might get hold of. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I assume that means you don't have any topless photos of yourself which a hacker might get hold of. Who on earth would want to see those ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 To tell the truth the only reason I got a computer, was to keep in touch with my family and friends, in the UK and all over the world, as for e-mails I hardly send any now, because it is now very cheap to telephone, for the last few days my wife was in Australia, I telephoned her twice a day for about 20mins each time, and the calls cost me along with a video connection 12euros 85 cents. All I use the computer for since I have been retired, is mostly to read the British news and this forum, in all about an hour a day ......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I originally got a computer for my girls as it became an essential piece of kit to help them with their school, college and uni work. I avoided the internet for several years but eventually succumbed to that again due to the need for schoolwork research. I know they could have used school computers but think that homework should be done there...at home. Eventually the girls introduced me to the internet, and following the breakdown of my marriage I met (or remet) John on Friends Reunited! One of the best things that came about through the computer for me. I eventually learned enough to build my own website for my catering business, which I ran until last year. The Caravan Club takes up too much of my time now and is part of our wind down to full retirement. Now I use it mainly to keep in touch with our girls who live in various counties up and down the country, and also other family members and friends old and new, and I thoroughly enjoy reading everyones posts on Nottstalgia too. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mammasue 33 Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 I love my computer but think its a great shame for children of today as eventually handwriting will defo be a thing of the past and reading a books... libraries as we know it will become extinct I think! also children eventually will lose all interest in doing anything in the real world outside...the attraction to computers and game consoles not to mention mobile devices like phones are completely taking over... more and more youngsters are glued to their phones wherever they go...its a great shame....sometimes it seems impossible to enjoy the good things in life like sharing a meal without phones interrupting general conversations...most of which the owners of these things seem reluctant to switch them off even for a minute! saying that I do realise the value of technology. I wouldn't like to be without my computer that's for sure or my mobile but there is a time and a place for these things hahaha its very addictive ...I always intend to go on the computer for half an hour or so then realise that two or three hours have passed before I know it lol 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 Make it a family rule, when at the dinner table, ALL phones must be switched off, preferably left in the bedroom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 When I started my business it was all hand written invoices & by the end of the month it was 3 days solid to write the statements . Being that I hate paperwork it was like pulling teeth I now just click Statements/print on my quickbooks & 1 min later I have a bunch of pieces of paper that still need putting in a envelope. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 # 44 I presume you use window envelopes which are a godsend to most businesses Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Scientific proof we have been here before, fossil of a computer mouse found in the Nottingham Castle redevelopment dating back 300 million years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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