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Article #624265Re: Computers, anyone?
From: Mike Spencer
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 03:36
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 03:36
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Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> writes: > On 2018-06-27, Rob Morley <nos...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> On 27 Jun 2018 21:11:20 GMT >> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: >> >>> We have lots of gadgets, just not enough of the right ones. >>> Where's my jet pack? >> >> Here's your bicycle with electronic gear shifting. :-) > > Help! I'm stuck at an intersection and I can't get it out of > 10th gear until it manages to find a wifi hotspot and download > the latest update. Hee hee hee...giggle. Just so. And as all that stuff is proliferating, the analog stuff is quietly going away. I need some parts for my rototiller engine. It's only 46 years old but the company that made the engine, a major economic pillar of its community in its day, is so long out of business that the factory building has been made into a community historic site. And the tiller company has been sold, borged, merged and sold again, has no interest in supporting old products. It's getting to be commonplace that when I go to the hardware store, nobody under 50 has even heard of the thing I want to buy. The old guys may remember seeing the product but not for mumble years. Waterglass? Cheap fireproof stickum handy if you do stuff with open flames. Never heard of it. Is there an app for that? :-\ -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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