Ordinary everyday things I no longer know how to do

Oopsadaisy1

MrOops (as a surprise) bought me, and had installed, an all singing all dancing Radio/CD player for my car, except that I can’t make it sing or play the Radio so I can’t dance.
It just sits there, when I eventually manage to turn it on (Difficult as the whole front pops off when I push the incy wincy button) it just changes colour with the fancy lights dancing on the front.
B****y thing, by the time I’ve changed my glasses to find the on off switch, I’ve lost the will. So it sits there . Off. And I fume.

Apparently the chap who fitted it in the shop showed MrOops how to use it, but he’s forgotten and I now have to go online to try to figure it out, it’s been 2 years now…………

Actually radio / CD players are old fashioned. Very few new cars have CD players (if any). It’s Apple CarPlay and Bluetooth from your phone these days. I love listening to Audible while driving.

I haven`t read all these posts, sorry,

I had to renew my car insurance, online today, well actually started 2 days ago,, doing a chat....

ended up with a migraine.. truly,,, so very , very stressful, yes, I could have phoned, but though I have a mobile I don`t use it..
hate it.. so landline,, even then,,, oh gosh, told the person, at Saga! would you believe, that not sure if the car will go or me first.. which is it to be to die off?

Barmeyoldbat

I also teach technology to older people at our local library

I’d rather go to Meryl! Not so touchy.

Kartush

I love my technology and do most things online, shop, pay bills, talk to friends and family, watch movies etc. I havnt carried cash for years and I cant say that I find any of it difficult

Another ‘smug’ emoji required.

LynneH yes, I think that it probably does.
(To clarify - my TV probably stops working if the WiFi goes down.)
I hadn’t really given it much thought as our WiFi is very reliable (touch wood ?)
You’ve got me worried now!

Calendargirl I always think that this chap looks rather smug ? or perhaps this one ?

I get the puzzled by job application situation but from the other side. Back in the days I felt I understood what was going on, myself and a Co-manager and HR would get ad advert in the post, short-list and set questions pertinent to the post to be filled. Then, our organisation was 'assimilated' into the civil service.... The short listing still fell to us to do locally, but the questions we had to ask weren't about the vacant post, but were about 'competencies' at which point I lost all competence in interviewing. We weren't allowed to ask if someone could use a spreadsheet, for instance, but had to ask questions which resulted in candidates telling us about jobs they'd done about the house such as fitting kitchen cabinets.... Or their experience as bar staff.. None of which related to what we needed to know. I decided it was time I retired due to the many strange changes to the way we had to work.
I also struggle with catching a bus (not that they have any reliability or feasibility where I live) - apparently there is a (very unreliable) app to check times, and when you get on the bus you're expected to pay by card? And apparently you don't tap the card on the card machine, it had to be placed and left on the payment machine? Give me a my car, which is not keyless, any day!

Audi10 Thank-you. I'm crying with laughter. We had that once. Keep looking and you'll find a way to delete it. ?

I have hardly left the house for two years.
I was talking to my dad yesterday, and I realised that I have almost forgotten how to go to the pub.
This was an incredibly shocking realisation

Growing0ldDisgracefully

I get the puzzled by job application situation but from the other side. Back in the days I felt I understood what was going on, myself and a Co-manager and HR would get ad advert in the post, short-list and set questions pertinent to the post to be filled. Then, our organisation was 'assimilated' into the civil service.... The short listing still fell to us to do locally, but the questions we had to ask weren't about the vacant post, but were about 'competencies' at which point I lost all competence in interviewing. We weren't allowed to ask if someone could use a spreadsheet, for instance, but had to ask questions which resulted in candidates telling us about jobs they'd done about the house such as fitting kitchen cabinets.... Or their experience as bar staff.. None of which related to what we needed to know. I decided it was time I retired due to the many strange changes to the way we had to work.
I also struggle with catching a bus (not that they have any reliability or feasibility where I live) - apparently there is a (very unreliable) app to check times, and when you get on the bus you're expected to pay by card? And apparently you don't tap the card on the card machine, it had to be placed and left on the payment machine? Give me a my car, which is not keyless, any day!

Oh my God, the competency based application forms. They take about a week to fill in, and many could probably win the Nobel prize for fiction.

DH was trying to pay for his car tax online this morning and it kept rejecting his payment card at the end. "You must be doing something wrong, you move over, I'll sort it" I said confidently.

No, it wouldn't accept the card again
So he phoned and it went through no trouble (same card).

FannyCornforth

I have hardly left the house for two years.
I was talking to my dad yesterday, and I realised that I have almost forgotten how to go to the pub.
This was an incredibly shocking realisation

Oh dear, FannyCornforth that is indeed shocking.

You need a posse of Gransnetters to come along and take you out for lunch.

Lynne H, Sky Glass and the accompanying "Pucks" are completely reliant on broadband, so if you lose your internet connection you will lose the ability to watch the vast majority of Sky services. However, I read that the Glass system does include a digital TV tuner so (one review said) you can at least continue to watch something. How that happens, I don't know. Presumably you must still have the means to receive digital terrestial services via an aerial or freesat receiver.

I had a very poor and therefore very short experience of Sky Q. It blocked my ability to watch Freeview channels independently of Sky - something that had not been an issue with Sky+. When I called Sky for technical help on this they said yes, Sky Q blocked access to digital terrestial TV via Freeview so I'd be interested to know what services can be received on Sky Glass in the event of a broadband failure. Maybe you could switch off your broadband route FannyC to test it out and let us know.

Before anyone asks why I would still want access to Freeview if I had Sky Q, it happened when I was recording the maximum number of channels allowed on Sky Q (three on a ITB box) and wanted to watch a fourth.

I struggle less with technology (YouTube is very helpful if you are in a bind) but things that need physical energy are harder. I can't open jars easily and the jar opener seems to be beyond me. I am finding it difficult with the last box of paracetamol to even get them out of the foil...they appear to have plastic in the foil which means that I've crushed the capsule before it comes out of its packet. Medicine caps are great to protect kids but I need a helper to get them open. Agh!

Good heavens OakDryad, no way am I turning off my router!

That really would be tempting fate!

Without WiFi I am nothing!

To quote the great man Mr Loaf;
I would do anything for GN, but I won’t do that

FannyCornforth

I have hardly left the house for two years.
I was talking to my dad yesterday, and I realised that I have almost forgotten how to go to the pub.
This was an incredibly shocking realisation

That's shocking! The pub bit of course. If you lived near me I would be happy to sort out an induction course of 6 lessons involving ordering drinks.

Thank you Callistemon and Gill
I do like the sound of an induction course to reacquaint me.
Line them up …??? ?

MissAdventure

I also get emails which need to be signed and returned.
How the hell am I supposed to "sign" an email on a mobile phone?

I want to know that too.

Chewbacca

With your finger on the screen MissAdventure! Your signature will look nothing like your real one; more of a squiggle!

Thank you x

Calendargirl

greenlady102

nothing...and If I wanted to know how to do something I would go online and find out

Is there a ‘smug’ emoji?

no but there should be a big girl knickers one

Sorry to say?but you might need an APP for that too ?

FannyCornforth

Good heavens OakDryad, no way am I turning off my router!

That really would be tempting fate!

Without WiFi I am nothing!

To quote the great man Mr Loaf;
I would do anything for GN, but I won’t do that

OK, but you might ask Sky what your viewing options will be on Glass IF your broadband fails and you feel you need some kind of backup.

You are spot on there OakDryad
I will do. Thank you
I still have my older TV and a fire stick in case of emergency.
But I’ll probably forgotten how to use it, and have lost the remote to boot

MissAdventure

I once came home from the wilds of scotland on a series of buses and trains, and I think I only made it because a kindly woman told me to pull myself together and go and ask the guard where I needed to go, instead of sitting against a wall,. hyperventilating

Oh Miss A your posts are making me laugh. Well everybody’s are but yours even more so. I love the railway station one and the dustpan and brush one.

Kim19

Welbeck, thanks. I'll just do that very thing with the bike. I actually believed it was a skill that was retained but have since heard from a scientist friend that balance frequently deteriorates with maturity. As if we didn't have enough to contend with!

I remember a tv programme telling us to practice balancing on one leg regularly as we get older, then try it with your eyes closed! Make sure you have something to grab onto if you wobble,and you probably will.