Hi, Keith,
An interesting query appropriate to the day. Only this afternoon, I was driving
two grandsons (in teens) and with a same age friend home from school. On the
way and stuck in traffic, I was asked if I thought smartphone technology was
advantageous to my lifestyle. I said it wasnâ??t, explaining I only use my
phone to make and receive the occasional call or to send/receive the even more
occasional text. I donâ??t use it for anything else and when using my mobility
scooter in populated areas I tend to not avoid those who canâ??t walk anywhere
unless theyâ??re glued to a handheld screen and oblivious to everything
surrounding them. So I just drive at them because the scooter has outstanding
brakes. Twenty plus years ago, I refused to allow my company provided car to be
fitted with a car phone because driving in this overcrowded island then
demanded total attention at all times. Itâ??s even worse now. My boss and his
boss were of the same view so I was â??protectedâ?? from those who held
divergent opinions. Some years later, i had a colleague who never answered his
employer provided smartphone if he was driving and would throw it out of the
window whenever it rang. He got through a lot of phones in the course of a year
until it was decided to give him a telephone credit card instead.
But Iâ??m not totally resistant to technology and spend a lot of time writing
on my laptop. In fact, Iâ??ve got my second Life at Triumph book almost ready
for publication but I just canâ??t get my head around the technology provided
by Amazon and Kindle. Each time I try, everything goes â??tits upâ?? and I
manage to blow a memory somewhere.
Perhaps little Poppy, my three year old grand-daughter could help there? Most
kids of almost any age have forgotten more than Iâ??ve ever learned on the
cyber tech front so maybe Iâ??ll ask Poppy for her help?
Cheers, John
> On 4 Nov 2024, at 20:49, <keithstewart@bell.net> <keithstewart@bell.net>
> wrote:
>
> I am shocked John. When dd you become clunky and boring? Did you use OEM
> parts/enhancements, or were they aftermarket? Were the changes you made
> reversible, or have you permanently made the adjustment?
>
> Cheers
> Keith
>
> Keith Stewart
> keithstewart@bell.net
> https://keith-stewart.ca/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Macartney <johnbmacartney@gmx.com>
> Sent: November 3, 2024 4:51 PM
> To: dave@ranteer.com
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: [TR] Re Facebook
>
> For reasons unknown to me, BookFace closed my account without saying why. To
> be honest I read so many posts on it covering a plethora of subjects - the
> majority of which were unsolicited and Iâ??m now SO glad to be rid of the
> damned thing and I certainly wonâ??t be going there again. This list may not
> be as heavily trafficked as it was 20 plus years ago but I still prefer it to
> other web based alternatives that are clunky to navigate and generally rather
> boring.
> But I guess Iâ??ve reached an age where Iâ??m likely to others to be clunky
> and boring so it evens out all round for everyone.
>
> Heigh-ho
>
> Jonmac
>
>
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