Geek Like Me

Lizzie recently turned 7 years old. She’s our youngest, but like her sisters, she couldn’t deny being my kid. Today, she proved that she’s a geek. And from me, that’s a big compliment. 🙂

Buy Ambien Overnight Shipping Lizzie is home sick today, and Grandma is staying at the house with her while Donna and I are working. Donna gave Grandma her cellphone, because we no longer have a landline phone. (It went away when the DSL went away). Unfortunately, Grandma left the cellphone in the car, and I needed to get in touch with her, because the cable repair guy was coming over today.

Cheapest Ambien Since she wouldn’t answer the phone, I figured I’d try to call her via Skype. Normally, I only Skype while I’m off at a conference or something, and Donna will connect us up so we can all talk. Today, however, Donna (Mommy) wasn’t there to initiate the connection, so I just hoped that Lizzie would hear the Skype ring, and figure out what to do. It took a few tries, but on the 3rd or 4th try, I saw her sluggish, yet smiley face looking back at me through the webcam.

“Hi Daddy,” she said.

Cheap Ambien Generic “Hi sweety! Is Grandma there?”

http://www.galleriamoitre.com/abtdxmv1 “Yeah, she’s right there,” Lizzie pointed to the couch, out of the camera’s view.

https://clinicadrmaua.com.br/play/mylysydet/ I spoke to Grandma, and loved on Lizzie a bit, then disconnected. I was Buy Cheap Zolpidem Online very impressed with her technical prowess, but what really struck me is that she was happy to figure out how to start the connection, but actually video chatting in real time wasn’t out of the norm for her. It’s still a big deal for me, and I’m a bit awed every time I use Skype — but for Lizzie, video chatting over the Internet is the “norm.”

https://calif-ilc.org/5btfiadxr8 My kids are going to be so much more comfortable with technology than I am. I’m certain someday my kids will look at me with the same nostalgic charm that I look at my parents’ generation and their blinking 12:00 VCRs…

16 thoughts on “Geek Like Me”

  1. Lizzy is awesome!

    Hope she feels better too.

    But really, what is the *point* of setting the time on the VCR/microwave/whatever? They don’t have battery back-up, so every time the power goes off–even or a moment–they have to be reset.

    It’s a waste of time!

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  2. http://www.galleriamoitre.com/r54yxfxka6q It’s great that your daughter is so technically savvy!

    https://oringsuspensiones.com/en/z0q7e67pj4 The level of tech our kids grow up with is staggering. They make no distinction between online and face to face friends, take advanced computer technology and media production in high school, and can text message without ever removing their phone from its belt clip.

    Order Clonazepam 0.25Mg My youngest is more geeky – he’s surpassed me in graphic software knowledge, provides Mac and network tech support to his brother, and is building his own gaming computer one lawn mowing job at a time. (Think Johnny Cash’s “One Piece at a Time” and you wouldn’t be far off.)

    Neither has used Skype or video chat yet, though… their Powerbooks don’t have built-in webcams.

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  3. https://www.beecavebee.com/ssxvrs8p I was an early adopter of VCRs. I had my first one in 1978. I remember saying when I got it that there were two reasons I wanted it. Three’s Company was on opposite another show (can’t remember what) and I wanted to watch both of them. The other reason was that I wanted to go out on Saturday night, so I would watch Saturday Night Live Sunday morning on tape.

    https://olashirt.com/mx8k5pp That VCR was before electronic timers and electronic tuners. It had 2 clunky knobs you had to turn, one for VHF and one for UHF. The timer was a clock that the VCR was plugged in to, that turned the whole VCR on and off.

    https://calif-ilc.org/1n950cv I just felt like showing off what a dinosaur I was.

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  4. I am constantly amazed at how easy our children “get” technology. When ours started school, THEY showed their teacher how to use a Mac…she had only ever used windows…and they start school here at 4 (3 1/2 for my youngest). While they might lack in PC knowledge, and still cannot use windows, they love their Macs! I love to sit and watch them use Illustrator and Photoshop. The 12 year old was helping me with Quark the other day…he was teaching me!

    Can You Really Buy Ambien Online A “way to go” being shouted out to your Lizzie!

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  5. Same here. I talk to my brother and various other relatives on a Messenger video call each weekend, the kid wanders by, waves disinterestedly, and keeps on going. Video phones? Yeah, so? Haven’t we always had those?

    http://www.galleriamoitre.com/xlvj3d101 Microwave clock? Who cares? Coffee pot clock – very very important.

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  6. Tom (et al) is right – these bits of technology are just part of their natural world. My boys are nonplussed by the fact that I didn’t get my first cell phone until I was 24, and even then it was one of those clunky bag-phones that you had to plug in to the cigarette lighter.

    Ambien Paypal But elsest son had something to say the other morning when Youngest Son asked if we could buy Cookie Crisp cereal, and I mentioned that Cookie Crisp was my favorite when I was his age (seven). Eldest Son looked completely shocked and said, “Wow, they had Cookie Crisp https://juristas-ruidos.org/sdq1z9f9r9 way back then?

    Cell phones and laptops and iPhones – ubiquitous. Cookie Crisp, now, that’s something special…

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