Computers aaah!

[glowing]

Hi. Why is it that absolutely everyone I know can operate a computer without any problems. I have put to rhyme my attempts to impress my husband with my computer skills and the outcome.

I bought myself a computer game
Which I could hardly wait to play
I finally found the time to spare
To try the game out yesterday.

My husband said he'd set it up
But I knew he'd be home late
I was fed up feeling useless
As that's something I really hate.

So, first having read instructions
I clicked the arrow on the right
Then read 'Oops! Sorry, try again'
Was my grip on the mouse too tight?

I tried again to click the arrow
And both the screen and air turned blue
I was really in a fix now
With no idea of what to do.

I phoned my daughter's daughter
"Nanny needs you, please be quick.
Ask Mum to bring you to my house
But don't worry, I'm not sick."

In less time than it takes to blink
They were here with soothing tones
They knew that I had 'previous'
For murdering two mobile phones.

A prayer and a re-boot later
A whizz and a groan and a ping
My icons again shone brightly
As though I hadn't done a thing.

I will be forever grateful
To my daughter's clever daughter
But the age on the game is THREE PLUS
And she is now SIX AND A QUARTER

[liz2mac]

Oh this did make me laugh! I rely on both John and my daughter to get m out of problems with the computer, and my four year old grandson is fast becoming more adept than I am at computer navigation and he CAN'T READ!!! Does this go to show that it is all intuitive and that as we get older we get worse at intuition?
Lol

[gilliem]

Thanks for the laugh, Glowing.
Gillie.

[glowing]

I agree Liz. It's amazing how bright infants are today. I was surprised to see a computer in the nursery school when my first grandchild started. About forty years ago my brother told me to get my children into computers as computers were the future. I knew about teleprinters but I had to ask him what a computer was. But that's just me. I don't know of any children now who aren't playing those tiny game thingies, whatever they're called. They teach fast reactions but don't seem to manage communication very well. I know that 'mmm' means - okay, yes, in a minute, hour or day or two. and Ahhh means - you've just put me off. But we adore them anyway.
Glowing