I agree about the dry cleaning but I had a bagless for about six months and for the first time ever took something that still worked to the recycling centre! I took the edge off by putting it in the "salvage" container for local charities.
Plantpauper, were you talking about me? I have never progressed beyond CDs - no iPod, no streaming - so when my new car came without a CD player it forced me to move into the 21st century. Apparently about 20% of new cars do not have CD players and soon that % will be 50.
Raisingirl, I totally agree with your perspective. I am a significant user of emails and find them perfect for arranging social gatherings. Using email you can present a list of suitable dates and times and the recipient can consider the options at leisure without being harried into accepting when really they wanted to stay at home and watch Strictly on TV (being a technophobe they don’t understand how to record stuff).
I find it perverse when people reject new technology on the basis that it is new rather than the more important consideration of will it be useful. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it folk say; well my last car was not ‘broke’ but the updated model (a Peugeot 3008) has a string of improvements that make driving safer and more enjoyable. The rub is that until we thoroughly try out new things it can be difficult for us to establish whether they’ll enhance our lives. My iPad I love but I rarely use my laptop and buying it was a mistake. My wife recently switched from two pairs of glasses to one pair of varifocals but really doesn’t like them and they sit unused. As I say, I have just moved into the world of music streaming and, for good measure, Alexa. In a year’s time I will know if that was folly.
I think either extreme position - ... I wouldn't reject any of it out of hand, but I'll only buy in if I find I might have a use for it. That's what I've always done with other household appliances, I can't see that digital widgets are any different to clanky old washing machines, really.
That's my strategy too. I love my iPhone and use it a lot ... but I've never had a new one ... my son needs the latest 'all singing all dancing one' for work ... he can integrate it with his and other people's apple computers to write and run programmes needed when setting up sound systems etc. for the performers he works for ... so when he gets an upgrade I get his old one
A friend who has rapidly deteriorating eyesight loves her Alexa ... she uses it to do all sorts of stuff that she can no longer do on a laptop ... she can also think of loads of other applications and as a scientist is feeding back to researchers/developers for new applications.
Different people have differing needs ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I don't think I suit dog hair and fluff which I ended up wearing regularly. It blocked. The filters didn't last. It didn't have a rotating brush (other models may be different). I had to dibble about to empty the canister. I struggle enough scraping plates without hoking about in floor stuff. My mum has a different one and while I don't know if she has any of the above issues, I know for certain that she can no longer get it up or down the stairs as it's heavier than she is.
I think texting can be less intrusive. Sometimes you want to leave someone a message without disturbing them. It also means you don't have to get into a long conversation.
Spent years in Belgium with no ITV so no ads which means consumer envy has passed me by. Even now we record TV with ads so we can skip past. I have no idea what Alexa is and reckon I can live without it. If we ever get a new car, moving from CDs will be a pain but I did playlists for the dance club so have thousands of pieces of music of all sorts on PC and sticks too and can move to new media if i have to but, for now, no MP3 or fancier gadgets.
Apparently, my phone does internet connections but only Windows. Doesn't matter as I use it as a phone and for occasional texts between OH and Possum and friends if we're meeting up and there's a delay. If I'm not at home it's cos I'm busy and don't want to be interrupted on the mobile all day.
We have a robot which is good with pet hair and is brilliant but also have a bagless (OH's bloody Dyson) which I would like to throw out. It blocks, has a short cable, the spare ends fall off their holders and it's a pain to empty and unblock and also a stupid shape to store. I have therefore mended and kept my old Miele which has bags and far more suck and doesn't drop bits. I use that and a steam cleaner to do floors.
I much prefer old and second hand furniture. Can't afford the only modern stuff I like which is made by real craftsmen, not flat pack. Love to clean/mend/polish or paint old stuff as needed to make it happy again. Possum has learned to love it too. The next step is to get her to help.........
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I've never owned a car or van with a CD player. I do have an iPod, ( 2 actually but my original one died ) I bought it so I didn't have lug a great pile of CDs on holiday , not it sits in a docking station behind me on "shuffle". It as 13,500 tracks ( 30 days )of music on it. I sometimes listen to an entire opera on a long flight, or when cutting the grass. Takes the mind of the tedium.
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Raisingirl, I totally agree with your perspective. I am a significant user of emails and find them perfect for arranging social gatherings. Using email you can present a list of suitable dates and times and the recipient can consider the options at leisure without being harried into accepting when really they wanted to stay at home and watch Strictly on TV (being a technophobe they don’t understand how to record stuff).
I find it perverse when people reject new technology on the basis that it is new rather than the more important consideration of will it be useful. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it folk say; well my last car was not ‘broke’ but the updated model (a Peugeot 3008) has a string of improvements that make driving safer and more enjoyable. The rub is that until we thoroughly try out new things it can be difficult for us to establish whether they’ll enhance our lives. My iPad I love but I rarely use my laptop and buying it was a mistake. My wife recently switched from two pairs of glasses to one pair of varifocals but really doesn’t like them and they sit unused. As I say, I have just moved into the world of music streaming and, for good measure, Alexa. In a year’s time I will know if that was folly.
A friend who has rapidly deteriorating eyesight loves her Alexa ... she uses it to do all sorts of stuff that she can no longer do on a laptop ... she can also think of loads of other applications and as a scientist is feeding back to researchers/developers for new applications.
Different people have differing needs ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My mum has a different one and while I don't know if she has any of the above issues, I know for certain that she can no longer get it up or down the stairs as it's heavier than she is.
Apparently, my phone does internet connections but only Windows. Doesn't matter as I use it as a phone and for occasional texts between OH and Possum and friends if we're meeting up and there's a delay. If I'm not at home it's cos I'm busy and don't want to be interrupted on the mobile all day.
We have a robot which is good with pet hair and is brilliant but also have a bagless (OH's bloody Dyson) which I would like to throw out. It blocks, has a short cable, the spare ends fall off their holders and it's a pain to empty and unblock and also a stupid shape to store. I have therefore mended and kept my old Miele which has bags and far more suck and doesn't drop bits. I use that and a steam cleaner to do floors.
I much prefer old and second hand furniture. Can't afford the only modern stuff I like which is made by real craftsmen, not flat pack. Love to clean/mend/polish or paint old stuff as needed to make it happy again. Possum has learned to love it too. The next step is to get her to help.........
I do have an iPod, ( 2 actually but my original one died