re: #306 wheat-dogg

That kind of smug “Well they never had to do this” shit bugs me, too. So what? My kids never learned how to check vacuum tubes. They don’t need to know how to adjust the points in their cars. I didn’t need to learn how to hitch a horse to a carriage, or churn butter, or stoke the coalstove to keep the horse warm overnight.

By the same token, some people my age are still baffled by ATMs and set-top boxes.

Kind of funny too that last night there was quite a discussion about how only old ladies write checks. I am an old lady who pays all bills online, uses a chip card when shopping, but still write checks for things like:

Attending a fundraiser and wanting to “prime the pump” with an in person donation.
Paying dues to local organizations that do not have credit card setups.
Paying my hairdresser, who prefers checks so she doesn’t have to pay merchant fees.

I also cross the divide with a desktop, laptop, two tablets, a smartphone AND a landline (actually, now it’s a digital service through my cable company—and glory be—I still have cable!)

I’d say get off my lawn, but I live in a condo/