[TR] Re Facebook

[John Macartney]

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 wasn’t, explaining I only use my phone to make and receive the occasional call or to send/receive the even more occasional text. I don’t use it for anything else and when using my mobility scooter in populated areas I tend to not avoid those who can’t walk anywhere unless they’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. It’s even worse now. My boss and his boss were of the same view so I was ‘protected’ 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 I’m not totally resistant to technology and spend a lot of time writing on my laptop. In fact, I’ve got my second Life at Triumph book almost ready for publication but I just can’t get my head around the technology provided by Amazon and Kindle. Each time I try, everything goes “tits up” 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 I’ve ever learned on the cyber tech front so maybe I’ll ask Poppy for her help?

Cheers, John

> On 4 Nov 2024, at 20:49, <keithstewart at bell.net> <keithstewart at bell.net> wrote:
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> 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?
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> Cheers
> Keith
> 
> Keith Stewart
> keithstewart at bell.net
> https://keith-stewart.ca/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com> 
> Sent: November 3, 2024 4:51 PM
> To: dave at ranteer.com
> Cc: triumphs at 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 I’m now SO glad to be rid of the damned thing and I certainly won’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 I’ve reached an age where I’m likely to others to be clunky and boring so it evens out all round for everyone.
> 
> Heigh-ho
> 
> Jonmac
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