I’m disappointed in you, Mr. Crane. You’ve always written Opal as a much more savvy person than this. (BTW, I’m 71 and know how to get around an Excel spreadsheet pretty well) Cheap shot.
“My Mom is 89 and uses the computer, although I have to help out on occasion…she does NOT know how to cut and paste but what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her”**********************************************Teach her! It’s idiotically easy and a lot of fun.I know — I’m going on 84 and I can vouch for it — it gets addictive. In fact I cut and pasted your comment into my comment.
My mother, who’d been a secretary and clerical worker until her retirement at 83, learned to use the computer at 81. She was thrilled at the innovations such as spell check and formatting, cut & paste etc. She chided us for not encouraging her to learn sooner !The old typewriter went into the closet and we were forced to purchase a computer for her. She loved it ! It almost replaced the telephone as her stay-in-touch tool in her role as the matriarch of the family.
I remember a strip where she had joined Facebook and commented on her sister’s cat which had died and Opal had put ‘LOL’ as she thought it meant ‘Lots of Love’ and not ‘Laugh out Loud’
I was shocked when my mom got a computer. This is a woman who had problems running her dvd recorder! Now she does both on her own just fine…somehow! ;)
el8 almost 12 years ago
Time for a new monitor.How can you tell when a blonde has been using Word?There’s wite-out on the monitor.
orinoco womble almost 12 years ago
Opal, ever hear of a handwritten list? The ability to use pencil and paper is our last defense against The Machine!
mkd_1218 almost 12 years ago
I’m disappointed in you, Mr. Crane. You’ve always written Opal as a much more savvy person than this. (BTW, I’m 71 and know how to get around an Excel spreadsheet pretty well) Cheap shot.
juicebruce almost 12 years ago
Tis a shame that spread sheets get used for everything but there 1st purpose, number crunching.
missmokie almost 12 years ago
my mother is 81 and the computer guru in my family!
mkahn almost 12 years ago
You’ve gotta be the dumbest newbie I’ve ever seenYou’ve got white-out all over your screen-Weird Al Yankovic, It’s All About the Pentiums
jtviper7 almost 12 years ago
Anybody tell me something about Dragon software..I bought Via Voice years ago and it stinks.
goweeder almost 12 years ago
“My Mom is 89 and uses the computer, although I have to help out on occasion…she does NOT know how to cut and paste but what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her”**********************************************Teach her! It’s idiotically easy and a lot of fun.I know — I’m going on 84 and I can vouch for it — it gets addictive. In fact I cut and pasted your comment into my comment.
Linguist almost 12 years ago
My mother, who’d been a secretary and clerical worker until her retirement at 83, learned to use the computer at 81. She was thrilled at the innovations such as spell check and formatting, cut & paste etc. She chided us for not encouraging her to learn sooner !The old typewriter went into the closet and we were forced to purchase a computer for her. She loved it ! It almost replaced the telephone as her stay-in-touch tool in her role as the matriarch of the family.
The Life I Draw Upon almost 12 years ago
Don’t forget the White-out.
Rickapolis almost 12 years ago
Get a mac, nothing could be easier.
Number Three almost 12 years ago
I remember a strip where she had joined Facebook and commented on her sister’s cat which had died and Opal had put ‘LOL’ as she thought it meant ‘Lots of Love’ and not ‘Laugh out Loud’
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gordol almost 12 years ago
Ah, so the kid’s mother IS still around. I was beginning to think he’d been abandoned at his grandparents’.
AndiJ almost 12 years ago
I was shocked when my mom got a computer. This is a woman who had problems running her dvd recorder! Now she does both on her own just fine…somehow! ;)
route66paul almost 12 years ago
A lot of people don’t hear the the prompts on the automated phone systems very well and then get caught up in a nightmare the wrong people.