Oh ! That so much sounds like my Mom, God rest her soul.She was perpetually fascinated by what the cmputer could do,As a retired school secretary, she was enthralled with spell-check and Microsoft Word !
Oh my goodness….This is more common than you’d think….I’ve tutored people who thought you had to type something into an e-mail to print it…who backspaced through two paragraphs, deleting all their text, just to correct one word,
One refused to even try to highlight, copy and paste, cos it was too mind-boggling….And one of my favorites…one who called me about a printer problem…and when I wanted to walk her through it, told me to hang up so she could call me on her cell phone….so the printer could be online, over the landline.
Shame on you, Brian Crane! You insult those of us over the age of 65 who contributed so well to the life of business during its most innovative years. I, and others like me, helped field-test most of the machines you use today.
I lose printouts. I write recipes in my own notebook. That way they’re all together, I know where they are, and copying it out helps me remember the ingredients.Of course if it’s really complex I will print it out.
This strikes a chord. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could insert your notebook paper into the printer & print out what you see, and the printer would automatically orient & resize the page you’ve inserted?
It’s a whole lot cheaper to copy it down with pen and ink. I can not begin to believe that printer inks are as costly to make as the purchase price would imply.
I save the recipe into a special file in my documents and when I want to make it I jot it down on paper so I can take it to the kitchen and make it. It only takes a few minutes, and I’m not going to waste printer ink (which is very expensive) just for that.
Oh how little does her daughter know what she has just let herself in for. First, she’ll find out that the printer is not plugged in. Then she’ll have to look for the printer cable. Next she will have to download the printer driver because Mom threw it away not knowing what it was for. After that she’ll find out that the ink cartridges have been around so long that they dried up so she’ll have to get more ink. After she gets back from the store, get ready to print the recipe and Mom will have already baked the cake from what she wrote down and is taking a nap.
Yeah, ’cause us old folks are too stupid to know how a computer works… never mind that computers are getting so old now that its the elderly who invented them!
I write out my recipes by hand. I want them on cards for my recipe book. I don’t want an ebook of them!
@nelson She wasn’t pulling your let about margarine , you must be young! I take pic on my I-phone of receipes. If receipt is on phone I take pi. With I-pad.
Magic Walnut…. I, too, hope you’re joking….I mean I thought you were….. but…..
Anyway, I am much older than you apparently think!
The people I’m talking about are of no particular age….I have friends in their 70’s who are computer geeks and a relative in her very early 30’s who hates them.I’ve never taken a computer course, but I tutor newbies.I’m almost completely self-taught, mostly out of rabid curiosity… I understand that most people are not, at least, not about computers, so I never judge.
That doesn’t preclude amusement… heck, I’m amused at my OWN foibles too!Actually, I find life in general pretty darn funny.
As for your list…True I’ve never knitted a glove…I have darned, and even knitted a sock or two, (from the toe and from the top…. on round needles or 4…. but not in maybe 35 years.)
Margarine was still white in Wisconsin in my high school days, due to the strong dairy lobby. (Is it still?)My mother insisted on weekend family jaunts to Illinois, just to buy it already yellow.I ironed (and starched!) my own white cotton (oxford cloth) button-down shirts in high school, cos they were a fad, and my mother refused the job. I was so happy when they invented spray starch.
Mangles terrified me, but I have used one for sheets and such, not clothing.
And we had to use ink and a nib pen when learning cursive in 3rd grade…. but I can’t seem to write with anything without making blots… I swear I could make blots with a pencil!
I recently discovered that I could take a picture of recipes I see in the newspapers instead of writing them down. Then just download them to my computer and recipe folder.
I print out recipes on the printer because I have a notebook of favorite recipes. It’s a ring-binder notebook, so I get fingernail scissors and cut out the holes which I’ve traced onto the paper. It’d be better to get a hole puncher, but those never seen to work right and they take up space. Meanwhile, the unsecured recipes are piling up and up . . . cutting the holes doesn’t seem to be my favorite diversion, like reading Gocomics.com is.
If I want to save and maybe print a recipe, first I right click on the pic of the food and save it to my desktop. Then highlight and copy the text to msword. Finally I click insert, find the pic (on the desktop, remember?) and center it under the title. Oh, to print I just click the little pic of the printer up top and voila! It’s like magic…
Llewellenbruce about 11 years ago
Not if she doesn’t have a printer.
Templo S.U.D. about 11 years ago
Printing from a computer saves the trouble of getting carpal tunnel syndrome (and a trip to the pencil sharpener).
Linguist about 11 years ago
Oh ! That so much sounds like my Mom, God rest her soul.She was perpetually fascinated by what the cmputer could do,As a retired school secretary, she was enthralled with spell-check and Microsoft Word !
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Oh my goodness….This is more common than you’d think….I’ve tutored people who thought you had to type something into an e-mail to print it…who backspaced through two paragraphs, deleting all their text, just to correct one word,
One refused to even try to highlight, copy and paste, cos it was too mind-boggling….And one of my favorites…one who called me about a printer problem…and when I wanted to walk her through it, told me to hang up so she could call me on her cell phone….so the printer could be online, over the landline.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
paha….you CAN copy and paste into Word as “text only.”
That’s what I do.
mkd_1218 about 11 years ago
Shame on you, Brian Crane! You insult those of us over the age of 65 who contributed so well to the life of business during its most innovative years. I, and others like me, helped field-test most of the machines you use today.
orinoco womble about 11 years ago
I lose printouts. I write recipes in my own notebook. That way they’re all together, I know where they are, and copying it out helps me remember the ingredients.Of course if it’s really complex I will print it out.
COMICFAN244 about 11 years ago
This strikes a chord. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could insert your notebook paper into the printer & print out what you see, and the printer would automatically orient & resize the page you’ve inserted?
rmacprivate about 11 years ago
It’s a whole lot cheaper to copy it down with pen and ink. I can not begin to believe that printer inks are as costly to make as the purchase price would imply.
alondra about 11 years ago
I save the recipe into a special file in my documents and when I want to make it I jot it down on paper so I can take it to the kitchen and make it. It only takes a few minutes, and I’m not going to waste printer ink (which is very expensive) just for that.
Harry Meanwhile about 11 years ago
Oh how little does her daughter know what she has just let herself in for. First, she’ll find out that the printer is not plugged in. Then she’ll have to look for the printer cable. Next she will have to download the printer driver because Mom threw it away not knowing what it was for. After that she’ll find out that the ink cartridges have been around so long that they dried up so she’ll have to get more ink. After she gets back from the store, get ready to print the recipe and Mom will have already baked the cake from what she wrote down and is taking a nap.
Doughboy1970 about 11 years ago
I have coworkers like that.
The Life I Draw Upon about 11 years ago
If you have a driver.Someone has to drive me to the printer? I will just write it down.
How things change, a computer once referred to a person
The#1BoiseStateFan about 11 years ago
What a way to make life easier….
Number Three about 11 years ago
Yep, Opal… Of course you can.
Don’t strain your old eyes…
xxx
Rickapolis about 11 years ago
Why not dictate it to Earl and make him write it down.
twinsoniclab about 11 years ago
Yeah, ’cause us old folks are too stupid to know how a computer works… never mind that computers are getting so old now that its the elderly who invented them!
I write out my recipes by hand. I want them on cards for my recipe book. I don’t want an ebook of them!
Five boys about 11 years ago
@nelson She wasn’t pulling your let about margarine , you must be young! I take pic on my I-phone of receipes. If receipt is on phone I take pi. With I-pad.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
Magic Walnut…. I, too, hope you’re joking….I mean I thought you were….. but…..
Anyway, I am much older than you apparently think!
The people I’m talking about are of no particular age….I have friends in their 70’s who are computer geeks and a relative in her very early 30’s who hates them.I’ve never taken a computer course, but I tutor newbies.I’m almost completely self-taught, mostly out of rabid curiosity… I understand that most people are not, at least, not about computers, so I never judge.
That doesn’t preclude amusement… heck, I’m amused at my OWN foibles too!Actually, I find life in general pretty darn funny.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
As for your list…True I’ve never knitted a glove…I have darned, and even knitted a sock or two, (from the toe and from the top…. on round needles or 4…. but not in maybe 35 years.)
Margarine was still white in Wisconsin in my high school days, due to the strong dairy lobby. (Is it still?)My mother insisted on weekend family jaunts to Illinois, just to buy it already yellow.I ironed (and starched!) my own white cotton (oxford cloth) button-down shirts in high school, cos they were a fad, and my mother refused the job. I was so happy when they invented spray starch.
Mangles terrified me, but I have used one for sheets and such, not clothing.
And we had to use ink and a nib pen when learning cursive in 3rd grade…. but I can’t seem to write with anything without making blots… I swear I could make blots with a pencil!
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
And Arianne…. as ever….Thank you!
Hunter7 about 11 years ago
I recently discovered that I could take a picture of recipes I see in the newspapers instead of writing them down. Then just download them to my computer and recipe folder.
Gokie5 about 11 years ago
I print out recipes on the printer because I have a notebook of favorite recipes. It’s a ring-binder notebook, so I get fingernail scissors and cut out the holes which I’ve traced onto the paper. It’d be better to get a hole puncher, but those never seen to work right and they take up space. Meanwhile, the unsecured recipes are piling up and up . . . cutting the holes doesn’t seem to be my favorite diversion, like reading Gocomics.com is.
tomd7735 about 11 years ago
If I want to save and maybe print a recipe, first I right click on the pic of the food and save it to my desktop. Then highlight and copy the text to msword. Finally I click insert, find the pic (on the desktop, remember?) and center it under the title. Oh, to print I just click the little pic of the printer up top and voila! It’s like magic…