tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post8105752726381589739..comments2024-03-28T21:26:18.715+01:00Comments on WRITER CRAMPS (Main): HOW A VINTAGE LADY LEARNED TO USE INTERNET !Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-65978758285849174942015-01-20T22:52:51.512+01:002015-01-20T22:52:51.512+01:00Blogging is loads of fun. It connects us to people...Blogging is loads of fun. It connects us to people we'd never meet otherwise, it's inspirational, and it's very creative. Glad you are a fellow blogger.Pam Beers.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05207051298647053528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-26993499611051071252015-01-20T05:56:55.019+01:002015-01-20T05:56:55.019+01:00very amazing how the world changes with new tools....very amazing how the world changes with new tools. And the words they make up to talk about it! I still don't know anything about Skype, but that it's a photographic telephone call. Do I really want people looking at me, as I sit in front of my computer? What's behind me.... {:-Dstorybeaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02401051545867204851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-85926037244718957512015-01-16T04:36:53.970+01:002015-01-16T04:36:53.970+01:00Great post Gattina. Google and blogging has change...Great post Gattina. Google and blogging has changed all our worlds...for the better mostly I think.Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-62421795339601940592015-01-16T01:10:08.064+01:002015-01-16T01:10:08.064+01:00I love this post! I could have written this post ...I love this post! I could have written this post (if I were as good a writer as you are! ...). Aren't we lucky to be alive !Sallie (FullTime-Life)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15442598857394838271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-60732496573303077402015-01-16T01:07:41.982+01:002015-01-16T01:07:41.982+01:00Wonderful post Gattina ~ I think we all wonder how...Wonderful post Gattina ~ I think we all wonder how we got along without blogger or the internet ~ I know I glad to have connected with you! ~ xoxoxo<br /><br />Happy Weekend to you,<br />artmusedog and carolcarol l mckennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151914466378663660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-41249160458735433732015-01-16T00:51:20.199+01:002015-01-16T00:51:20.199+01:00I know! I have no idea how I lived before the Inte...I know! I have no idea how I lived before the Internet. Any question I have, I put into Google's search box, and Voila! a great answer, a good-enough answer, a no-I-don't-care-for-that answer. Great post!Su-sieee! Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12515318972570669414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-20056400213758639012015-01-15T22:35:14.970+01:002015-01-15T22:35:14.970+01:00Amazing how things have changed! I think our first...Amazing how things have changed! I think our first computer was bought in the very early 90s and was used mostly for games! Today I rely on the internet for virtually everything!SarahBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14055028254076342358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-60307875424329268192015-01-15T22:04:23.865+01:002015-01-15T22:04:23.865+01:00I've learned so much through internet and I ca...I've learned so much through internet and I can't imagine how my parents lived before without it! ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158152285360638385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-29858710845747007322015-01-15T20:43:45.715+01:002015-01-15T20:43:45.715+01:00Hi Gatina ~~ I'm with your husband, I had one ...Hi Gatina ~~ I'm with your husband, I had one in the early 80's. Before that I worked as an Aerospace Engineer at NASA Houston and was programing them and other digital equipment. By 1984, could have been earlier, we had an IBM desktop in our home. Mrs. Jim did word processing and Internet with it too, we shared.<br /><br />I do like your write up on your learning experiences. Seems like ages since I had been using 'google' as a word and that became official in 2006. Here is the history:<br />"<i>The transitive verb to google (also spelled Google) means using the Google search engine to obtain information on something or somebody on the World Wide Web. However, in many dictionaries the verb refers to using any web search engine, such as Yahoo! or Bing. A neologism arising from the popularity and dominance of the eponymous search engine, the American Dialect Society chose it as the "most useful word of 2002." It was added to the Oxford English Dictionary on June 15, 2006, and to the eleventh edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in July 2006. The first recorded usage of google used as a participle, thus supposing an intransitive verb, was on July 8, 1998, by Google co-founder Larry Page himself, who wrote on a mailing list: "Have fun and keep googling!" Its earliest known use (as a transitive verb) on American television was in the "Help" episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (October 15, 2002), when Willow asked Buffy, "Have you googled her yet?"" ...</i> (there's more) <b>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_(verb)</b><br /><br />You would like the British Isles. We've been there quite a bit as our daughter lived there almost five years. They are back now but we would visit about four times a year, her here in the summer and for Christmas. We would generally go in the spring and fall and sometimes in the summer also. Generally we would travel around Europe or take cruises while we were there. Strange, it wasn't until last spring when we finally took time to go over to Wales. It was lovely, I will blog about that (again) when we get to the "W's". <br /><br />My first overseas was in 1980 when we did the Mediterranean cruise and Holy Land tour. We haven't stopped our visits since. Some time I will post a list of places we've been all in one place. We really don't want to go to most of the places we haven been to.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-73244150038165277822015-01-15T17:31:09.795+01:002015-01-15T17:31:09.795+01:00I don't know how we did a LOT of things before...I don't know how we did a LOT of things before the Internet, Gattina! It's a wonderful tool!EG CameraGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803759124643467711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-44382270357064567272015-01-15T16:57:38.057+01:002015-01-15T16:57:38.057+01:00I know exactly what you mean. I feel the same way...I know exactly what you mean. I feel the same way about my smart phone now. How did I live without it?Rocky Mountain Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873112978518614362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-53354371814229834202015-01-15T16:22:54.646+01:002015-01-15T16:22:54.646+01:00Blogger Blog cadavers? What a thought! What would ...Blogger Blog cadavers? What a thought! What would we do indeed without the net?Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16778709902157945708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-83827997411940912272015-01-15T13:56:09.175+01:002015-01-15T13:56:09.175+01:00I've always used a pc for work, but Internet w...I've always used a pc for work, but Internet was a thing new to me too till 2001 when we bought a pc for my daughter at home. A new world was ready for me to discover.....Graciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676590312211351910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857159910102323096.post-33118850049101778992015-01-15T13:31:15.819+01:002015-01-15T13:31:15.819+01:00When I am writing a post more than just a family t...When I am writing a post more than just a family tale, I google all the time, to check details, to check spellings, to check locations. If my partner asks me something I don't know the answer to, google it. I expect young people take it all for granted, but I really appreciate what we have on the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com