Comments on: Technophobia at last

By: Cliff Wells

Cliff Wells — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:04:58 +0000

Grandad – I think it started when they put a radio in cars. All downhill from there.

By: Grandad

Grandad — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:33:14 +0000

Cliff – My theory is that it started with the old 3 in 1s. Remember those yokes that were a radio, record player and cassette player all in one? It started off the rot of making things that do loads of thing they’re no designed for. And if one part breaks the whole lot has to be junked. If I want to compute, I’ll use a computer and I don’t see why my phone thinks it should get in on the act. And those “techno mouth-breathers” [Hah! I fucking love it] are just a waste of oxygen.

By: Cliff Wells

Cliff Wells — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:16:11 +0000

Don’t feel bad. I’ve been a programmer for 25 years and my “smart” phone pisses me off to no end. Admittedly, smart phones do a lot of things. Unfortunately about half of those are things you didn’t want done or would never do on a phone.

The mistake is to see the techno mouth-breathers moaning over their phones and assume you are missing out on something. The only thing you are missing out on is getting wood over stroking a piece of glass with a semi-useless computer underneath. If you really want in on the party, drop some Viagra before you make a call. It will all become clear at that point.

By: Grandad

Grandad — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:25:03 +0000

Welcome Dan! Classic! I think I have a spare old phone around somewhere, so I must stick it in the car.

By: dan

dan — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:03:42 +0000

I was stopped by a miserale oul cunt of a cop a few weeks ago when, at the traffic lights, I pretended I was talking on an old 1970s house phone, big handset and wires, which I had sitting in the front seat of the car.

By: carol42

carol42 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:31:26 +0000

I finally got the hang of the text on my IPhone, it is not bad once you get used to it. Still having problems with my email though but I am, slowly, getting to like it.

By: Grandad

Grandad — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:28:26 +0000

Mick - I remember those yokes. They were the most un-mobile things I have ever seen!

InisEanna - It always worries me when a repair costs more than a replacement. The best though are computer printers, where it is often cheaper to buy a new printer than to buy the ink.

By: InisEanna

InisEanna — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:55:02 +0000

One of the sad things about modern technology is that they’re not made to last (by design of course). Another sad symbol of modern consumerism at its worst: You drop it – it breaks – you bring it to the shop – they tell you it has to be sent away to be fixed – you return in about a week – they tell you it can’t be repaired – you end up having to buy a new one. Rresult – more money in the mobile provider’s and (ultimately) in the manufacturer’s coffers. And it’s not just mobiles that are like this! Everything from electric can openers to cars are becoming like this as well.
Another thing that pissed me off was just how often I was being reminded in the store about how I was entitled to an upgrade deal. Recently I eventually and reluctantly when my old mobile eventually died and got myself a (sigh) TwatBerry. NOW they’re hassling me by text and in the store about switching from pay as you go to Bill Pay.

By: Mick

Mick — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:35:11 +0000

Remember these yokes - http://www.retrobrick.com/4500x.jpg – when you needed a trolley cart to make it mobile.

I was working for a datacomms firm when the first car-phones were introduced. It was during the IT heyday and we had one, err, flash git in the office who liked to drive around the M25 (UK) with his XR3i soft-top down, yappin’ away. That changed when a lorry driver landed a hefty dollop of phlegm on his suit trousers! Ah, happy times!

By: Grandad

Grandad — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:35:01 +0000

Kirk M - I think I'm on my fourth phone now in the last ten years. The first three [all Nokias] died the death for various reasons, but none suffered from hernias. I think one may have had a dislocated hip joint but then I'm no phone expert. All I want them to do is to wake me if necessary and remind me to put out the bins.

Nisakiman - Aren't the Blackberries the yokes with the fiddly fucking keyboard on the front? People seem to love waving them around, but Jayzus they'd need fierce big fucking pockets?