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<div dir="auto">I am 70 and in IT. People always say that the young folk know all about computers and technology. They don't. I run circles around them and am constantly amazed at how little they really know
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<div>From: John Macartney <johnbmacartney@gmx.com> </div>
<div>Date: 11/4/24 4:17 PM (GMT-06:00) </div>
<div>To: keithstewart@bell.net </div>
<div>Cc: dave northrup <dave@ranteer.com>, triumphs@autox.team.net </div>
<div>Subject: Re: [TR] Re Facebook </div>
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<div class="PlainText">Hi, Keith,<br>
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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.<br>
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.<br>
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?<br>
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Cheers, John<br>
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> On 4 Nov 2024, at 20:49, <keithstewart@bell.net> <keithstewart@bell.net> wrote:<br>
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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?<br>
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> Cheers<br>
> Keith<br>
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> Keith Stewart<br>
> keithstewart@bell.net<br>
> <a href="https://keith-stewart.ca/">https://keith-stewart.ca/</a><br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: John Macartney <johnbmacartney@gmx.com> <br>
> Sent: November 3, 2024 4:51 PM<br>
> To: dave@ranteer.com<br>
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net<br>
> Subject: [TR] Re Facebook<br>
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> 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.<br>
> 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.<br>
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> Heigh-ho<br>
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> Jonmac<br>
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