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Well it is official, I have now joined the new generation
with my smart phone, but unlike the younger generation I have never texted, and
find lots of frustration learning this “smart phone”. Every few years I get a new cell phone
because I’m on a family plan and dad manages to break his phone just about the
time the old contract is up and they are offering a new phone. While we were in
Mexico dad, right on schedule broke his phone, but since we didn’t really get
good service, I decided to wait until we got home. This years offering is the
iPhone, most of my friends seem to have smart phones, and so I decided it was time to
join the band wagon. After getting back to Cleveland I went to the local
Verizon store, which happens to be right near the house. Dad has no interest in these smart phones so
passed my flip phone on to him. I came home filled with excitement ( I always
love new tech toys), but it soon turned to frustration when I couldn’t do anything
with the phone, like make a phone call. So, went back to the store and had the
clerk show me a few things and he set up my email. Armed with my new knowledge I
thought okay I kind of get this. Then I saw I had messages in my email and I
figured out how to read them. I thought this is cool, but then someone called me
and I couldn’t figure out how to answer the call. They left a message and I
couldn’t figure out how to hear my messages.
To make a long story short I’ve been reading a book on the iPhone. Then
found that Verizon gave a 2 hour workshop on using the iPhone, not at my store,
but the near by town of Gainesville and went to that. The workshop was a group of seniors all trying
to figure out their new phones. I left feeling like, oh this is such a cool
phone, it does some many really great things. Then I was busy painting, a call
I was expecting came in so I rushed to answer it and in that moment I had kind of forgot how to answer the phone, said
hello with great trepidation…but at least I did guess right. In that moment I realized that I still really don't have this phone down yet. Most of my friends say it takes a while. I laugh
at the fact I can do email and surf the web, take photos, even edit little
movies and post them to YouTube and FB, so much easier than answering a phone
call or listen to a voice message. So, here is what I think, great computer
device, camcorder, digital camera, but a phone, not so great. I’m sure with practice I’ll get it down one of
these days. What are your thoughts?
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Other news, here is an update on my dad. Thank you for all
your prayers…. He mostly back to his old self and learning to living with his
new limitations…. a big change in diet, which is suppose to be very low sodium.
Reading labels I am learning how much salt is in everything…tons. He will be on oxygen from now on, which he
finds annoying at times. He is most happy to be back home, enjoying his music
and videos and chatting with his lady friends via the internet. He is looking
forward to the up coming visit of my sister, grandkids, and great grandkids. Last
week we went out to lunch at his favorite all you can eat Chinese restaurant
and I’m sure lunch had way to much sodium, but a fun treat promised for a
couple times a month. Wish restaurants around here would offer low sodium
dishes on their menus. We enjoyed the ride, which was filled with green trees
and lots of flowers.
My
one last thing is a product endorsement for anyone with a walker…while
traveling home with dad’s new walker I started noticing walkers with new eyes.
I met a women at a rest stop with the coolest little ski things on the back
legs of her walker instead of the usual tennis balls. So, I ask her about them.
She told me you can get them online for a couple of dollars and they work
wonderful on gravel and all kinds of surfaces where the legs can get stick
in.(reason for the tennis balls). I ordered them on Amazon and they can right
away and were only a couple of dollars. Dad
loves them, too. Web address below.
