tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post7710193362278766573..comments2024-03-28T00:18:10.569-07:00Comments on Demeur: An old fashioned kind of guyDemeurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-24697530332876233042010-08-23T18:52:19.472-07:002010-08-23T18:52:19.472-07:00Tom I noticed that they put a calculator on the ca...<b>Tom I noticed that they put a calculator on the cash registers now because the checkers couldn't do the simple math.</b><br /><br />Why? If they can't scan the items with the computers they can't come up with a price for said item. <br /><br />Hell, just put what you want in one of those bags they sell for a buck and no one will pay any attention to you as you leave the store.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-10801227756010196222010-08-23T18:47:30.582-07:002010-08-23T18:47:30.582-07:00They put chips in the engine so only those with ac...<b>They put chips in the engine so only those with access can work on them.</b><br /><br />You mean chips in monkeymobiles? Hell, now they are making electronic guns that can disable them.<br /><br />I'm keeping my old riding mower to get around on if I have to. As for a cell phone, I'll admit that I've taken to my simple one, it's cheaper than a land line.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-70450516009320886032010-08-23T18:43:11.680-07:002010-08-23T18:43:11.680-07:00I like some high tech stuff, and hate some of it. ...I like some high tech stuff, and hate some of it. And when it comes to my mechanical things I like to keep them as simple as possible. <br /><br />I guess that everything is a trade off and we don't really know where all this is going. In part because there are a lot of greedy and just plain assholes on this rock. <br /><br />And then there's the religious nuts that are not above doing anything they can to you if you don't agree with them. <br /><br />May we live in interesting times. I'm just doing a picture post in the morning.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-47503890990394340802010-08-23T13:14:50.936-07:002010-08-23T13:14:50.936-07:00Re: that old-time bicycle. Looks to me like some a...Re: that old-time bicycle. Looks to me like some advanced technology would be needed to get on and off of it uninjured.<br /><br />Technology has always been a mixed bag. Just ask the guy who got an arrow in his chest while reloading his musket or the woman who got fingers or hair caught in the wringer of her 1930s semiautomatic washing machine.<br /><br />GPS is fantastic, IMO. I'm pretty good at car navigating, finding my way to where I need to go and then my way back. But GPS makes it more certain, saving gas and time.<br /><br />What you say about car technology is true. The special tool thing has been a bugaboo going back to the 1980s, at least. My wife had trouble understanding why, after buying the very special headlight I needed to replace, I had to go back and buy a very special screw driver to be able to take the old one out and put the new one in. The headlight was, as I recall, about $8, the screw driver was another $5.95. I think I used it three times.<br /><br />Agreed, on what happens when electricity goes out. Life is at a standstill. Don't dare open the fridge and the quiet is deafening. As time goes on, we do become more reliant on it, and short of a history-changing calamity, I don't see any way of going back.<br /><br />Facebook and Twitter leave me cold. Today's equivalent of Hula Hoop and pet rock fads, IMO.<br /><br />(Turns off curmudgeon mode switch. :) )S.W. Andersonhttp://wpblog.ohpinion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-15379108587672147972010-08-23T11:29:48.464-07:002010-08-23T11:29:48.464-07:00I am positive I commented already...oh well.
I am...I am positive I commented already...oh well.<br /><br />I am also a retro-grouch who insists on doing as much math in my head as possible. I even pull out my father's slip stick from time to time just to play. I hate our total reliance on the electrical medium. But here I am using that which I hate........Oh well. Maybe it's more of a love/hate thing. Or maybe a selective hate thing. <br /><br />Your post and then Blog Fodder's comment inspired my latest piece of flash fiction BTW. It will be up tonight.MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-78105103871400171152010-08-22T13:18:07.503-07:002010-08-22T13:18:07.503-07:00Jim I don't blame you. I hate face book as wel...Jim I don't blame you. I hate face book as well.<br /><br />Roger who says I have a bike? I have two legs and good walking shoes.<br /><br />Tim my grandmother grew up before electricity and cars. She taught me a few things.<br /><br />Fodder that didn't stop the protest did it?<br /><br />Eunoia I guess if I have a difficult math problem then I can call you.<br /><br />Tom I noticed that they put a calculator on the cash registers now because the checkers couldn't do the simple math.Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-26550341930397308112010-08-22T11:44:42.783-07:002010-08-22T11:44:42.783-07:00Calculators are great, but if a person can't d...Calculators are great, but if a person can't do simple math and the calculator breaks, they're up sh*t creek without a paddle. Ever been to a supermarket when the computerized cash registers are down? There's nothing more excruciating than watching the cashier slowly figure out how much change to give back.Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-13293163797024066352010-08-22T07:26:25.252-07:002010-08-22T07:26:25.252-07:00Most electronic calculators can only do arithmetic...Most electronic calculators can only do arithmetic on scalars. <br /><br />I still have a 2D slide rule to do vectors.<br /><br />I do matrices on pencil and paper, tensors too.<br /><br />Why isn't technology keeping up with our (my?) needs ;-)Eunoiahttp://www.savory.de/blog.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-42238785053912036942010-08-22T00:43:07.773-07:002010-08-22T00:43:07.773-07:00It won't be the Chinese or Russians who cut th...It won't be the Chinese or Russians who cut the power. It will be the power companies in support of the Religious Reich's Second Amendment solution to mob rule aka democracy.<br /><br />In the FSU, the government controls the electrical system and when the people get uppity, the lights can go out. Back in 2002, Kuchma ordered the trains (all electric) stopped to prevent people from coming to Kyiv to protest. Throw a switch. Helpless.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-61855803002199965102010-08-21T17:37:19.059-07:002010-08-21T17:37:19.059-07:00Funny I've been thinking of that kind of stuff...Funny I've been thinking of that kind of stuff to. Yeah we would be screwed. We have no idea on how to be self sufficient. All that knowledge has all but been lost. I'll be honest,I'm near 60 and have never even caught a fish. I don't know one from the other. I've tried over the years but not even a bite. If we didn't have power, it would near impossible to live. You know what? I sure would like to try.Timhttp://timsscaredstiff.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-88276967910467885732010-08-21T17:02:51.828-07:002010-08-21T17:02:51.828-07:00isn't that why you keep that fancy bicycle? to...isn't that why you keep that fancy bicycle? to get away when it all falls apart/Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-75657124677228860632010-08-21T13:08:07.994-07:002010-08-21T13:08:07.994-07:00If technology fails we're screwed. If China or...If technology fails we're screwed. If China or Russia can block our power grid we're screwed. They put chips in the engine so only those with access can work on them. I don't have a cell, I keep contact with technology at a bare minimum. This computer is it for me. One of my sons just tried to talk to me on face book. I was an asshole so he called. Some of us don't change!jmsjoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.com