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StuartD · 01-15-2005, 08:30 AM

I think it's great that my grandmother is open minded and learning but damn it can be frustrating sometimes.

I'm the computer guy in the family so that means that any and all questions or help is directed my way.

In the past 3 years, she's finally gotten used to msn messenger, she's finally gotten used to hotmail and to her own personal email from her ISP. It was NO PICNIC teaching her.

Now she's moved and thus changed ISP's and I have to explain to her that the personal email she had with her ISP before is gone.. no more.. can't get it. And so far it's been a week and she's still not sure why she can't just load up Outlook and get her emails.

If it weren't so frustrating, it would be amusing.

polish_aristocrat · 01-15-2005, 08:32 AM

No, she's over 80.

Basic_man · 01-15-2005, 08:34 AM

Nop, my grand-mother have a damn digital camera and after one year, she can't remember how to erase the pictures.. I hope she'll never get a damn COMPUTER !!! :d

StuartD · 01-15-2005, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Basic_man

Nop, my grand-mother have a damn digital camera and after one year, she can't remember how to erase the pictures.. I hope she'll never get a damn COMPUTER !!! :d

For your sake, I hope she never does... like I said, kudos for willing to learn the new stuff, but damn it can be frustrating.

swoop · 01-15-2005, 08:49 AM

Nope she's over 80. Tried giving her lessons on getting it set up, but she never turns it on.

BV · 01-15-2005, 08:51 AM

My grandma is close to 80, she plays texas holdem on POGO regularly!

cool1 · 01-15-2005, 08:52 AM

I do not have any grandmothers left

but my Dad is old and uses the net and he is always asking me to help him with something or other to fix his comp after getting a virus or spyware or any other thing that happens.
Since his stroke his memory is not the best, so he has been asking for even more help

felipeav · 01-15-2005, 08:58 AM

i teached my granma to create an e-mail, and to see pictures. last time i saw, she was creating a folder with her name and copyng the pictures she liked most. i found it quite amazing

iamkathi · 01-15-2005, 08:59 AM

My grandparents are also gone... But, my Mom has 2 desktops and 2 laptops. This past year she set up wireless at her house as well as networked all her computers together. She emailed me a few days ago that she had signed up for a Photoshop class at the community college near her.

If she can stop forwarding all those jokes and cheezy emails...

candyflip · 01-15-2005, 09:05 AM

I set my grandparents up with a computer and access and they love it.

They live right next door, and rarely have any issues.

mardigras · 01-15-2005, 09:28 AM

My grandmother hasn't mastered a VCR and ended up taking a cell phone back because she couldn't manage using it by herself. She hasn't the slightest interest in a computer

sherie · 01-15-2005, 09:34 AM

Seeing that one is dead and the other is in a home I would have to say no.

wyldblyss · 01-15-2005, 09:36 AM

All my grandparents are long gone, even my parents for that matter. None of them ever got on the Internet when alive though. My mom knew I was working online and she just found it a hard concept to understand. To her you had to sit in an office to make money and no one would pay you if you were at home.

Corleone · 01-15-2005, 09:37 AM

nope. she doesn't have a computer.. and I doubt she could use the internet ;)

Monique Niccole · 01-15-2005, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by iamkathi

My grandparents are also gone... But, my Mom has 2 desktops and 2 laptops. This past year she set up wireless at her house as well as networked all her computers together. She emailed me a few days ago that she had signed up for a Photoshop class at the community college near her.

If she can stop forwarding all those jokes and cheezy emails...

Mom's going to be building paysites soon!

mardigras · 01-15-2005, 09:41 AM

My mother on the otherhand is another story. After a week or so she thought she was an internet whiz. I regularly help get her computer working again

(to be fair, there are others that use the computer, so some of it is likely them).

It's taking her a bit of time to grasp that "written on the internet" is not as reliable as "written in the newspaper" and most anything "tech" in the few places she surfs I probably already know about. She excitedly called me last week to tell me about something she had found. It's called an affiliate program and they pay you up to $300 everytime someone signs up! She thought that would work perfectly with the webpages I make.

I don't know where she thought the money I make from my webpages comes from, but I did explain to her there are many rip-off affiliate programs

Sebo de Macho · 01-15-2005, 09:48 AM

cool techie grandma! My grandma is 89 years old and still strolling out.

Kassidy · 01-15-2005, 09:50 AM

No, but my mother just bought a computer before Christmas. This is a woman who hasn't even mastered the vcr......................

It's not pretty.

01-15-2005, 08:30 AM	#1
StuartD Sofa King Band Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Outside the box Posts: 29,903	Does your grandmother use the internet? I think it's great that my grandmother is open minded and learning but damn it can be frustrating sometimes. I'm the computer guy in the family so that means that any and all questions or help is directed my way. In the past 3 years, she's finally gotten used to msn messenger, she's finally gotten used to hotmail and to her own personal email from her ISP. It was NO PICNIC teaching her. Now she's moved and thus changed ISP's and I have to explain to her that the personal email she had with her ISP before is gone.. no more.. can't get it. And so far it's been a week and she's still not sure why she can't just load up Outlook and get her emails. If it weren't so frustrating, it would be amusing. __________________ This is me on facebook This is me on twitter

01-15-2005, 08:34 AM	#3
Basic_man Programming King Pin Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 27,360	Nop, my grand-mother have a damn digital camera and after one year, she can't remember how to erase the pictures.. I hope she'll never get a damn COMPUTER !!! :d __________________ UUGallery Builder - automated photo/video gallery plugin for Wordpress! Stop looking! Checkout Naked Hosting, online since 1999 !

01-15-2005, 08:49 AM	#5
swoop Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,903	Nope she's over 80. Tried giving her lessons on getting it set up, but she never turns it on. __________________ Earn 50 % Per Sale - Weekly Payments by check, wire, PayPal, or ePassporte

01-15-2005, 08:52 AM	#7
cool1 sex is good Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Carman, MB Canada Posts: 24,939	I do not have any grandmothers left but my Dad is old and uses the net and he is always asking me to help him with something or other to fix his comp after getting a virus or spyware or any other thing that happens. Since his stroke his memory is not the best, so he has been asking for even more help __________________

01-15-2005, 08:58 AM	#8
felipeav Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 423	i teached my granma to create an e-mail, and to see pictures. last time i saw, she was creating a folder with her name and copyng the pictures she liked most. i found it quite amazing __________________ Promote our sites at SpiderDollars.com

01-15-2005, 08:32 AM	#2
polish_aristocrat Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 40,377	No, she's over 80.

01-15-2005, 08:51 AM	#6
BV wtf Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Bikini State, FL USA Posts: 10,914	My grandma is close to 80, she plays texas holdem on POGO regularly!

01-15-2005, 08:59 AM	#9
iamkathi Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 409	My grandparents are also gone... But, my Mom has 2 desktops and 2 laptops. This past year she set up wireless at her house as well as networked all her computers together. She emailed me a few days ago that she had signed up for a Photoshop class at the community college near her. If she can stop forwarding all those jokes and cheezy emails... __________________

01-15-2005, 09:05 AM	#10
candyflip Carpe Visio Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York Posts: 43,061	I set my grandparents up with a computer and access and they love it. They live right next door, and rarely have any issues. __________________ Spend you some brain. Email Me

01-15-2005, 09:28 AM	#11
mardigras Bon temps! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: down yonder Posts: 14,194	My grandmother hasn't mastered a VCR and ended up taking a cell phone back because she couldn't manage using it by herself. She hasn't the slightest interest in a computer __________________ .

01-15-2005, 09:34 AM	#12
sherie Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,020	Seeing that one is dead and the other is in a home I would have to say no. __________________ AIM sherierocks ICQ 127-296-286 Skype traffichor

01-15-2005, 09:36 AM	#13
wyldblyss Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Buck Starts Here Posts: 5,779	All my grandparents are long gone, even my parents for that matter. None of them ever got on the Internet when alive though. My mom knew I was working online and she just found it a hard concept to understand. To her you had to sit in an office to make money and no one would pay you if you were at home.

01-15-2005, 09:37 AM	#14
Corleone C.R.E.A.M Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 15,262	nope. she doesn't have a computer.. and I doubt she could use the internet ;)

01-15-2005, 09:41 AM	#16
mardigras Bon temps! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: down yonder Posts: 14,194	My mother on the otherhand is another story. After a week or so she thought she was an internet whiz. I regularly help get her computer working again (to be fair, there are others that use the computer, so some of it is likely them). It's taking her a bit of time to grasp that "written on the internet" is not as reliable as "written in the newspaper" and most anything "tech" in the few places she surfs I probably already know about. She excitedly called me last week to tell me about something she had found. It's called an affiliate program and they pay you up to $300 everytime someone signs up! She thought that would work perfectly with the webpages I make. I don't know where she thought the money I make from my webpages comes from, but I did explain to her there are many rip-off affiliate programs __________________ .

01-15-2005, 09:48 AM	#17
Sebo de Macho Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 336	cool techie grandma! My grandma is 89 years old and still strolling out. __________________ Teeny Teen Girls - One of the best free pictures and videos online. WEBMASTER - We offer free hosting and dream submitter sign up now!

01-15-2005, 09:50 AM	#18
Kassidy Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Vancouverish... ICQ# 111432084 Posts: 1,219	No, but my mother just bought a computer before Christmas. This is a woman who hasn't even mastered the vcr...................... It's not pretty. __________________ The ORIGINAL micro niche program- All Original and exclusive content. Paying 60% recurring through CCBill, FHG, free content & gallery templates Well researched niches with on-target content. SUBSTANCE SELLS!