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October 03, 2005
Batteries Not Included
Why do some people fight technological advance? My mum for example. My mum's a very intelligent woman, she has a law degree and a very responsible job (she regularly stands up before County Court Judges and argues to keep people from being evicted from their homes) but can she work a video recorder? Not on your life.
I bought her a DVD player last Christmas, and a copy of Little Britain to kick off her collection. Yesterday I took round Pirates of the Caribbean, I'd been promising to watch it with her since it was first released.
Before we watched it, we had to go through the whole "I don't know how to use the stupid thing" rigmarole for the umpteenth time.
"OK watch what I do" says I, plugging the stupid thing into the wall socket. Immediately the screen fills with an image - the opening titles to Little Britain - she actually hasn't switched the thing on again since we watched it on Christmas Day.
Once I'd explained to her that putting batteries in the remote control increased it's effectiveness tenfold, she thoroughly enjoyed the film and can't wait to get working on the list of films she's been dying to see.
"This'll be great when there's nothing to watch on telly."
"Yes, mother that's the whole point."
Oh well one step forward....
Of course she's still looking in disdain at the Freeview set and the VCR but I just don't have the energy right now.
Posted by lilliebet at October 3, 2005 06:53 AM
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Actually Liz, i have that problem sometimes too.
Unless I play with a gadget every day I soon forget how it works. In fact my wife's cell phone (yes, my wife's, i don't own one)confounds me even though I bought it and showed her how to use it a few years ago.
Posted by: OldGuy at October 3, 2005 07:42 PM
I wish my mother was the same.
The day she discovered text messaging was a very black day!
Posted by: Gerald at October 7, 2005 04:07 PM