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Basic things younger people don't know.

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kircubbin2000 Tue 04-Oct-22 21:16:57

I laughed at my daughter today. She rang for advice as her iron stopped working and I said perhaps the fuse had gone.
Tonight she told me she had been unable to open the iron and would try again tomorrow.Didn't know it was in the plug

BlueBelle Sun 09-Oct-22 22:28:58

I can’t do and undo baby pushchairs either l can’t watch TV at my youngest daughters I just cannot work out what buttons to press to even get it on let alone change programmes she doesn’t have terrestrial tv just all the various alternatives I cant work her heating system out either or her microwave
???

MissAdventure Sun 09-Oct-22 22:37:58

I had my daughters tv on day and night for the whole ten days, more or less, beause I wanted to watch the odd programme, but I didnt know how to turn the thing on, off, over, up or down. blush

It really used to annoy my daughter and my ex that I so shamelessly didn't know, and didn't care enough to learn.

Rosie51 Sun 09-Oct-22 22:41:59

Those buggies indeed! Years ago when I took my baby grandson out while I was minding him he fell asleep with the seat upright so kept flopping forward. Could I work out how to recline the blooming thing? Could I heck! After struggling for a while I spotted Mothercare and popped in to ask for help. They obliged and were polite enough not to giggle until I'd left the shop.

FannyCornforth Mon 10-Oct-22 04:22:00

My husband can’t work our TV at all apart from the volume control.
We’ve had it nearly a year.

Grammaretto Mon 10-Oct-22 21:40:50

Other peoples TVs!! You have reminded me. My DGD can find Cbeebies and films she wants to see but together we cannot work out how to find programmes I want to watch.
She's 4 and I am 74.
What a pair.

I haven't worked out my new oven yet. My cake sank in the middle. It has a set of hard to see, inscrutable, selection of programmes.

Elrel Mon 10-Oct-22 22:21:03

GDD 5 and I tried to find her some alternatives to weird stuff on her iPad. A version of Peppa Pig had surfaced which actually had a horror warning ‘unsuitable for children’. Trying to find something suitable, a series or an appropriate film on my tv was not as easy as I expected. Virgin said I needed to speak to someone , not just pay. After a lot of stress I found ‘Peter Rabbit’ which we both watched. Why is everything so difficult? Some channels bombarded us with well crafted ads for expensive toys. The Smurfs cunningly made us think we want a burger - we really didn’t! Is this progress or just corporate greed?

FannyCornforth Tue 11-Oct-22 05:05:14

Grammaretto that really made me smile ‘What a pair’!
Really sweet ?