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There are some patronising gits out there.

I'm inclined to agree - I thought it was quite funny the first time I read it, but...

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Ooh sor -ree!

My eldest grandson thought it was very funny when I e-mailed it to him. Neither of us thought it was patronising.

I reckon it is the addendum at the end about G & Gs being fearless that is a bit patronising. I encountered and prepared punch tape data for a (main frame) computer when I was 17 and working in a bank. That is 50 years ago and I have worked my way through every new development since, from a Sinclair Spectrum, a 1KB Amstrad, various Apples to my current powerful PC. I would hate to be starting from scratch now because the latest stuff is so complicated. I was given a Samsung Galaxy II for Christmas and must admit to being bamboozled by it. Old Dogs and New Tricks Syndrome

G23 I remember the introduction of the punch tape data from when I was a supervisor in an unemployment benefit office. It was a binary system if my memory is correct, we used it to feed data to the payments office in Newcastle.

At work I'm known as the person who enjoys technology more than most of the staff even though I'm the oldest by almost ten years.

I think most of us relish new technology because we've lived through it's development and can appreciate it more. The young just take it for granted. There are those of course like my DH who just pass stuff to me, or say "Can you just text So and So". But he had a secretary and has never needed to concern himself with such mundane stuff.

I thought it was great, Soutra. Some people have a sense of humour bypass.

Funny, but doesn't relate to my experience of older relatives like my uncle who, in his 80s, bought a computer on which he soon developed considerable expertise. I know that if my dear Dad had lived, he would have enjoyed and overcome the challenges of technology. My DS1 and family gave me a Tesco hudle tablet for Christmas and I am having a lot of fun learning the ins and outs. Although a much cheaper tablet, it seems to me to have much the same capability as DS's Nexus 7.

Once a while ago when in a very very depressed place I started writing an email to myself. Just to get everything out and on paper. Never intended to send it. I sat in the middle of the night pouring out my feelings - it began to sound like a suicide letter. I droned on and on and SUDDENLY I hit some button and it disappeared. I have never found it - goodness knows where it is now. Probably with Grandpa

Not at all patronising but very funny and relates greatly to my DDH who is brilliant at processing his photographs and can just about send an email, as long as there are no attachments. Calls on me to 'send' 'forward' etc. Love him to bits.

Perhaps a different sense of humour Petra?

No need to apologise Soutra.

I thought it was funny, too. No point over thinking it! I have a brother who has a computer and only uses it to store photos!!

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How can it not be patronising?! It implies there is something different about older people actually managing to enjoy technology! Because they are - wait for it - old!!!

I will not accept any form of ageism

I apologise if I am once again disturbing Gransnet's apparent new ethos of coziness.

You tell it how it is jings

BUT! it's OK to laugh at ourselves surely Jingle.

the poem is funny and in my opinion not patronising at all or remotely agism! ..loosen up a bit jinglebellrocks!

Unlike our DDs, who did computer studies at school, DH and I are self taught.

I thought it was funny and could have applied to DH at one point

read this a few yrs ago..loved it lol. I had forgot all about it until now.

I think many things can be seen as patronising, I suppose it depends on how we read them, no body likes being patronised, some days I may feel like some one is patronising me,,then another day it would just wash over me

I can see how it may seem patronising...."a bit like we all wear knotted handkerchiefs here in the north west when we go to Blackpool

I see I have over used the word

my mum (78) has a laptop/ipad/scans/emails/books holiday/makes little videos/prints photos/skypes etc think it was her! that actually sent the verse to me in the first place lol

dollie I am naturally a very straitlaced person.