Reminiscing
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Comment from nomi338
Since my wife's death my adult daughter and my adult grand daughter supervise me like eagles and hawks, If I even look like I might stumble they are right on top of me, "Dad are you ok?" I reply , "Of course I'm ok." I appreciate that they care as much as they do. I think my wife's sudden and unexpected death my have scared them more that I at first suspected. At any rate, I am not sure how I feel about this new dynamic.
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Since my wife's death my adult daughter and my adult grand daughter supervise me like eagles and hawks, If I even look like I might stumble they are right on top of me, "Dad are you ok?" I reply , "Of course I'm ok." I appreciate that they care as much as they do. I think my wife's sudden and unexpected death my have scared them more that I at first suspected. At any rate, I am not sure how I feel about this new dynamic.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2024
Comment from lyenochka
Lol. I enjoyed your humor, Barbara! I don't even watch TV. The way we have the TV hooked up to a tiny computer, I have to use a keyboard, a mouse, and a remote and it's all very complicated and I don't like watching TV and would avoid Hallmark like the plague. But it's your genre so you should keep watching to get great ideas!
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Lol. I enjoyed your humor, Barbara! I don't even watch TV. The way we have the TV hooked up to a tiny computer, I have to use a keyboard, a mouse, and a remote and it's all very complicated and I don't like watching TV and would avoid Hallmark like the plague. But it's your genre so you should keep watching to get great ideas!
Comment Written 14-Nov-2024
Comment from Regina Elliott
Hi Barbara, outstanding penning, as usual. I know a
couple who live in Texas. They're my late husband's old
high school friends. He spent
some of his teenage years in
Nacogdoches, and went to
Nacogdoches High School.
May you have a warm and
mellow evening. xx
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Hi Barbara, outstanding penning, as usual. I know a
couple who live in Texas. They're my late husband's old
high school friends. He spent
some of his teenage years in
Nacogdoches, and went to
Nacogdoches High School.
May you have a warm and
mellow evening. xx
Comment Written 14-Nov-2024
Comment from Jim Wile
This was so amusing, Barbara. That is such a common problem you had, and if you don't really understand how your remote can control different input sources, it's very easy to make that mistake and not know how to fix it. I've had to help a few older ladies in my neighborhood with similar problems.
Sounds like you and Steven have a very special relationship and understand each other's foibles. This was a fun read.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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This was so amusing, Barbara. That is such a common problem you had, and if you don't really understand how your remote can control different input sources, it's very easy to make that mistake and not know how to fix it. I've had to help a few older ladies in my neighborhood with similar problems.
Sounds like you and Steven have a very special relationship and understand each other's foibles. This was a fun read.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2024
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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Thank you for understanding.
Comment from GWHARGIS
I got a big laugh out of this. I can't even turn on the television with out help. I have had to make calls to get help setting up movies for my grandchildren. I get tired of people saying, it's not that hard. It is when there are multiple remotes. Great piece. Gretchen
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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I got a big laugh out of this. I can't even turn on the television with out help. I have had to make calls to get help setting up movies for my grandchildren. I get tired of people saying, it's not that hard. It is when there are multiple remotes. Great piece. Gretchen
Comment Written 14-Nov-2024
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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It's very hard. LOL Thank you for the support.
Comment from patcelaw
This is a very timely read for me as just today. I was trying to adjust something on my iPad and I have screwed it up royalty. My daughter, who usually helps me with these things had to leave this morning to take her husband to have surgery on his eyes and I cannot get the iPad back to where it needs to be so I will have to wait until she gets home and after we have dinner, maybe she'll be able to get me corrected on the iPad.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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This is a very timely read for me as just today. I was trying to adjust something on my iPad and I have screwed it up royalty. My daughter, who usually helps me with these things had to leave this morning to take her husband to have surgery on his eyes and I cannot get the iPad back to where it needs to be so I will have to wait until she gets home and after we have dinner, maybe she'll be able to get me corrected on the iPad.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2024
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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I do understand. Thank you for the support.
Comment from jim vecchio
My wife loved the HallMark Channel. I was the Westerns and old movie nut.
I can control the TV and DVD player, but where we live whenever the wether is windy or rainy, we lose transmission. One time I waited a whole week for one of my favorite movies, and the channel went off the air.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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My wife loved the HallMark Channel. I was the Westerns and old movie nut.
I can control the TV and DVD player, but where we live whenever the wether is windy or rainy, we lose transmission. One time I waited a whole week for one of my favorite movies, and the channel went off the air.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2024
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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I do understand. Thank you for the kind review.
Comment from estory
Gotta watch those buttons. I have done this myself. Your post articulates the phenomenon of technology that overwhelms people with all kinds of intracacies and complications, especially for people like me who grew up before computers. In the old days, you just plugged in your tv and wala. Now, you practically need a technician to coordinate and synchronize your tv to your modem and the system you are using. In the old days, if you changed your battery in your car, you just reset the clock. Now you have to reprogram the computer to resynchronize your phone or you have no music and no google maps. I long for those old simpler times. estory
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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Gotta watch those buttons. I have done this myself. Your post articulates the phenomenon of technology that overwhelms people with all kinds of intracacies and complications, especially for people like me who grew up before computers. In the old days, you just plugged in your tv and wala. Now, you practically need a technician to coordinate and synchronize your tv to your modem and the system you are using. In the old days, if you changed your battery in your car, you just reset the clock. Now you have to reprogram the computer to resynchronize your phone or you have no music and no google maps. I long for those old simpler times. estory
Comment Written 14-Nov-2024
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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Thank you for the understanding.
Comment from Ric Myworld
I read mostly fiction as it's expected to be a little more far out than real life. But every once in a while it's nice to read normal writings about normal people to bring me back to earth and realize everyone hasn't gone crazy. LOL. Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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I read mostly fiction as it's expected to be a little more far out than real life. But every once in a while it's nice to read normal writings about normal people to bring me back to earth and realize everyone hasn't gone crazy. LOL. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2024
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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Thank you for the understanding. I think we're pretty normal family.
Comment from Pam Lonsdale
I assume "believe it or not" was sarcasm, because we would have all guessed the Hallmark Channel:-)
Barbara, years ago I was having a problem with my desk top computer and asked my son to fix it. He was with me at the time; home from college for a week. Anyway, he told me his secret to "fixing" things when they go wrong on the computer: "Just push buttons until you push the right one."
It sounds like you and Steven have a great relationship. Thanks for sharing this story (stories) with us.
xo
Pam
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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I assume "believe it or not" was sarcasm, because we would have all guessed the Hallmark Channel:-)
Barbara, years ago I was having a problem with my desk top computer and asked my son to fix it. He was with me at the time; home from college for a week. Anyway, he told me his secret to "fixing" things when they go wrong on the computer: "Just push buttons until you push the right one."
It sounds like you and Steven have a great relationship. Thanks for sharing this story (stories) with us.
xo
Pam
Comment Written 14-Nov-2024
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2024
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Yesterday, Steven's car was hit in the parking lot while he was at work. I was his first phone call. Thank you for the understandinh.