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nitemair13

Starting to Get Obsessed
May 24, 2018
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2
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Not sad at all you were born into it. I remember trying to explain the C+ language to my parents. May has well have been speaking Sumerian.
Thankfully my parents stay up to date on technology. They may not get some of the terms but once explained they're good to go. The amazing thing is my 81 year old grandmother who uses a computer still and zips around on it. Occasionally I get called for tech support but not as often as before.
And I say and because most if my generation basically live in that world and don't know reality or common sense. But I've often said I was born an old man. I love simpler things like books, records, and a nice pipe. I even still hand write short stories, dont like typing them. And if I really want to screw with people I'll write in cursive, people my age and younger cannot read it.

 

brooklynpiper

Part of the Furniture Now
May 8, 2018
674
1,491
I got 404'ed for this site recently. Got on the subway station wifi and tried to look at the forums. I have a shortcut button for it on my phone so I knew my link was good. I think that free transit wifi shut me down. I turned the wifi off and got on just fine. Weird.

 

ashdigger

Lifer
Jul 30, 2016
11,391
70,254
61
Vegas Baby!!!
I tried, I really tried to use Apple products, but Windows and Android work for my brain much easier.
I'm a complete Samsung whore now. I use a Galaxy Note 8 for a phone. A Galaxy Tab S3 for working Android Tablet and a Samsung Book with Windows for a computer. I'm so deep in the tank for Samsung that I carry a 1 Terabyte T5 Portable SSD because I can transfer data between my phone, tablet and tablet computer.
BUT I'm not allowed to edit photos and I'm not a gamer. I type reports that I embed photos into and read PDFs.
I know, I'm boring.

 

wolflarsen

Part of the Furniture Now
Jul 29, 2018
863
2,493
Sorry, Happy. I didn't mean to disrespect you or you post. The terminology used was unintelligible to me and in hindsight I now see that "gibberish" wasn't a very polite way to describe it. For that I apologize.
However, now I'm left wondering what a "tosser" is. I can only assume that it must be some kind of direct personal insult meant to scorn, ridicule, or disparage me. If that is the case then I'm sorry to inform you that your effort was futile. I guess I'm just not sensitive enough to take anything on this forum personally and really could not care less what a rather abrasive stranger's opinion of me is. I know that I should probably just stick to commenting on posts that I understand but thought that the EM Forster short story might present some interesting food for thought on the subject you presented.
Anyway, I don't wish to get too deep into a thread that I know nothing about so I'll bow out here and leave it to the experts to help with your technology issues. Good luck and keep it smokey.

 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
10,089
16,227
However, now I'm left wondering what a "tosser" is.
I just assumed it meant that he thought you were drunk:
The Tossers - Whiskey Makes Me Crazy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUDcU6MG6uA

 

wolflarsen

Part of the Furniture Now
Jul 29, 2018
863
2,493
I just assumed it meant that he thought you were drunk
Oohhh, okay. I'll take that as a compliment then. Why not? It's all just water under the bridge now anyway.
Speaking of technology, have any of you tried the Self Smoking Pipe? It even takes selfies!

Here's a link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AWWfqsii5c

 

woodsroad

Lifer
Oct 10, 2013
13,017
22,160
SE PA USA
toss·er

ˈtôsər/

noun

noun: tosser; plural noun: tossers
1. a person or thing that tosses something.

"a contest to find the best pancake-tosser"

2. vulgar slang•British

a person who masturbates (used as a general term of abuse).
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Historical use of the word "tosser"

 

wyfbane

Lifer
Apr 26, 2013
5,445
5,120
Tennessee
Lol, I watch a lot of British TV, so I knew what Tosser was, but only had a vague inkling what the OP was talking about in the first post.
Technology is voodoo. That is why I invariably end up hating whichever phone I have and keep my computers for years and years once I am comfortable with them.

 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
10,089
16,227
Oh. So just a wanker, then.
:rofl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXyT1vy3BII
Or if you're into Japanese Psychobilly:
The Wankers - Rock Around The Jukebox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfB5Z-aPbC0

 

techie

Part of the Furniture Now
Jul 20, 2018
589
10
Not to interrupt all the humor, but to the OP, did you figure out the problem? I've had no problems with 12 or Safari.
Just curious. Carry on.

 
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