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01-03-2010, 06:04 PM

#71

joyplace

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Not embarassed at all. I'm 76 and yes I do have lots of grey hair.....

01-03-2010, 11:36 PM

#72

amma

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51 and going strong :D:D:D

01-04-2010, 06:18 AM

#73

martha jo

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I envy you young ones the computer knowledge. It is such a struggle for me. Of course, they didn't have TV until just before I graduated high school. It is a long way from a radio knob to a computer.

01-04-2010, 06:58 AM

#74

Piedmont Quilter

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Will hit the big 50 in August & still raising my kids. Oldest (DS) will be 14 in February and DD will be 11 7 days later (still in February) Yes, I started a little late in life!!

01-04-2010, 07:21 AM

#75

Lisanne

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Barbm

I'm 50. Looking forward to next month when hubby turns 60 (the only time he's 10 years older) and I turn 51 at the end of the month. I love prime numbers, so I will love being 51.

:::nervously clears throat::: I know, I'm being such a prig about this, but...
51 is not a prime number. A prime number is one that can only be divided by 1 and itself. 51 can be divided by 17 or by 3 as well. ( 17 x 3 = 51.)

01-04-2010, 07:30 AM

#76

Boston1954

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With a handle that gives the year I was born, I would say no.

01-04-2010, 07:31 AM

#77

Quilt4u

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Location: Merrimac, MA

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Originally Posted by nursie76

wvdek -

Never ashamed of my age, I am as old as I am...some days I feel everyone of my years and then some, others I feel very young in spirit!

Same here. Mine is in MAy and I'll be 51 years young.

01-04-2010, 07:53 AM

#78

Lisanne

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Baren*eh*ked_canadian

... honestly I think it so cool that there are older folks who are just as computer savvy and up to date with technology to be able to keep up with the younger generation. ...
I guess I automatically assume that older people can't be bothered to keep up with technology and I was pleasantly surprised to find how many people here are of that generation and just as capable as the rest, and with more experience on the subject at hand than I!

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Originally Posted by Blockhead

Lol - guess which generation were young when home computers came to be? Guess which generation played with them, programmed them and improved them? Who were in their 20's & 30's when VCR's were invented?

I got my first PC over 25+ years ago and have used one almost daily ever since. I introduced computers & the internet to my kids, who are now older than you are.

I grant you, Baren*, those of us in our 50s and above didn't grow up with home computers.

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Originally Posted by Baren*eh*ked_canadian

I had a commodore 64 when I was a kid, I think those were among the first computers... didn't do much 'work', was mostly games and stuff.

Actually, they did whatever you wanted them to do. The difference is that back then, there wasn't much pre-packaged software other than games. Users were pretty much expected to program their own applications, not something most people took to. And the graphics and the Internet weren't as sophisticated - but both existed.

I would say PCs have been in most people's homes for 15 - 20 years now. Granted, my parents' generation (70s+) has more trouble with them than mine, but there are people of all ages that are savvy and others of all ages that use them without understanding them.

What's funny is that I didn't get my first PC until I was 34. But I'd learned about them back in 1980, when you had to maintain your computer yourself and program any apps you wanted (except for games and word processing - and the first computer spreadsheet had just been invented). When I got mine in 1994, I knew you could buy more apps, but I had no idea most people no longer maintained their own systems, so I set out to learn to do my own upgrades and installs and troubleshooting. It changed my life, because I ended up working in IT (not doing maintenance, though).