When Windows 3.0 was introduced I was responsible for training all of the users in our department on how to use a mouse. I told the managers that if they saw their people playing solitaire to not get upset the first few times they caught them doing it. It was good practice for learning how to use the mouse. I added that after a few times then they could consider their employees goofing off if they were caught. When Windows 3.0 was introduced back around 1990 no one had ever used a mouse and it took some people a while to become comfortable with using one. I also had ladies that could type 75 words a minute on a typewriter become terrified when first trying to use a computer. Their hands would literally shake when I would tell them to enter their user name and password. It was hilarious to me and terrifying to them. It didn’t take most of them long before they were typing out documents in WordPerfect faster than I could read them.
I used to teach Microsoft Office programs to people at all levels of business and people of all ages. When I was teaching a class that didn’t even know how to turn on a computer, once we reached the point of using a mouse, I encouraged them to play Solitaire in order to get used to using a mouse. It’s a great tool for people who are not tech savvy.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
The “Columbia” was 32 years ago… how is it the worms weren’t baked? (What was the Paint program on computers — Windows ’98 for example — taught?)
jasonsnakelover over 5 years ago
I don’t understand minesweep.
Take care and God bless.
mudleg over 5 years ago
On the plus side, at least the old boy was remaining active.
tkcoker over 5 years ago
When Windows 3.0 was introduced I was responsible for training all of the users in our department on how to use a mouse. I told the managers that if they saw their people playing solitaire to not get upset the first few times they caught them doing it. It was good practice for learning how to use the mouse. I added that after a few times then they could consider their employees goofing off if they were caught. When Windows 3.0 was introduced back around 1990 no one had ever used a mouse and it took some people a while to become comfortable with using one. I also had ladies that could type 75 words a minute on a typewriter become terrified when first trying to use a computer. Their hands would literally shake when I would tell them to enter their user name and password. It was hilarious to me and terrifying to them. It didn’t take most of them long before they were typing out documents in WordPerfect faster than I could read them.
PatsyL.Paul over 5 years ago
I suppose some seniors have to supplement their fixed incomes.
meg_grif over 5 years ago
I just want to know how the Ninja of Heisei managed to stay 74 years old for eight years.
queenoftut over 5 years ago
I used to teach Microsoft Office programs to people at all levels of business and people of all ages. When I was teaching a class that didn’t even know how to turn on a computer, once we reached the point of using a mouse, I encouraged them to play Solitaire in order to get used to using a mouse. It’s a great tool for people who are not tech savvy.