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<p>Or in the case of the Burners, UNDRESS their avatars…</p>
<p>Hmmm. I still cannot make a bed to my wife’s satisfaction. Is that technology as well?</p>
<p>Technology I can do:
Bake.
Broil.
Toast.
Saute.
Scramble.
Boil.</p>
<p>Moving on…
Word.
Spreadsheets.
Outlook.
Powerpoint.
Adobe Photoshop (the versions for dummies only - boy would I like to be able to airbrush, etc.; but forget it). VERY PROUD that I can make a slide show with music to play on a DVD using one of these idiot proof versions.
Contact mgrs.
PDA.
Cell phone. I’ve texted twice but still feel it won’t work if I really need it.
Fight with the new uber-complicated TV <em>system</em> DH/DS just bought - involves a separate screen, receiver, woofer, satellite box and one other thing. Requires two remotes - they successfully streamlined that down from 3 remotes - not counting if you want to play a DVD (that adds one more remote).
Download (but only with fingers crossed).
AIM.
Email.
Did Ebay and Paypal once, but now I’m afraid of it.
Scan.
Fax.</p>
<p>The two minutes I spent looking at Second Life - spurred on by tech-sperts mootmom and sluggbugg - made me think it looked like HARD WORK. So, if you guys figure it out and morph it into fun and frolic, count me in. Otherwise, in the immortal words of Rosanne Rosannadanna, “never mind.”</p>
<p>Not to be pedantic, but it was Emily Litella whose famous words were, “Never mind.” :-></p>
<p>Roseanne Roseannadanna’s famous sayings included, “It just goes to show you, it’s always SOMEthing!” and “I thought I was gonna die!”</p>
<p>(/me got an original SNL DVD for Christmas, heh.)</p>
<p>Well, okay, yeah, you’re right. Of course :). Anyway, it was the Late Great Gilda Radner. I got that right.</p>
<p>If it’s not one thing, it’s another thing.</p>
<p>I wanna see mootmom’s list of technology she can and can’t do. Is the can’t do a null set? And the can do, well, I bet we would all learn something…</p>
<p>If we are reverting to old SNL -</p>
<p>Well, we are just a couple of…</p>
<p>WILD AND CRAZY GUYS!!!</p>
<p>I was certainly born in the wrong century. I can tune a harpsichord & change strings on it, but have serious issues with computers. I am either technologically challenged or happy living my uncluttered life, depending on how you want to look at it.</p>
<p>And weenie–the person stuck in an unfashionable place? That would be me. If it’s comfy, I wear it. Too bad.</p>
<p>But I do know how to “dress up” when necessary…a couple of times a year!</p>
<p>mommusic, like maybe one of those nice Jane Austen gowns? A perfect match for a harpsichord…</p>
<p>And I want to see sluggbugg’s list.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure she can use a blowtorch.</p>
<p>mommusic - same century here :)?..I can roll an egg yolk around in the palm of my hand and make a lovely egg tempera painting, I’m thinking of doing a “Birth of the Funny Faerie” after Botticelli…</p>
<p>Alumother - I actually own my own screwdriver! I never realized using tools qualified as ‘technology’ however, I feel like a monkey with a stick digging grubs out of a log compared to the rest of you gals 
!!!</p>
<p>That’s OK. I feel like an anteater, digging grubs out with my nose</p>
<p>Harps? Gowns? Oh man, I have to throw all my Nike sweatpants out the window…</p>
<p>“like maybe one of those nice Jane Austen gowns?”</p>
<p>Funny you should mention that… my SL avatar has a set of poses she can run through that look as if she’s just stepped out of a Jane Austen novel. With that long purple flexi-prim skirt (that means “moves in cool ways when you walk, like a big flowy full skirt”) she likes to wear, those poses look really spiffy.</p>
<p>The penultimate time I saw sluggbugg in SL, she had a tool belt on, having just finished working on building some stuff in-world. (She does a lot of landscaping.) I must presume blowtorches were part of the deal.</p>
<p>Technology I can and can’t do? That’s a toughy… I wondered for a moment whether I should be honest or not here… I’m not sure there’s much that I avoid. Hmm… I can’t read core dumps, but I guess no one has to do that anymore anyway. There isn’t really anything computer-ish or electronics-ish or tool-ish or repair-ish that I don’t feel at least OK with. I reprogrammed the garage door opener this week, after co-repairing the pool sweep and pump equipment in the yard and putting a new motherboard, fan, and graphics card into one of the upstairs computers. I run a supercomputer at work. And I transferred all my files, settings, etc. to a new laptop at work last week, finished setting up my Treo smartphone desktop there, and got flickr, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and SL working on the new laptop. </p>
<p>Hey, I know what I stink at: knives! I have a tendency to talk while waving them and then I jam them into my other hand. (sigh) So anyone who manages to use good knives and not stab themselves, my hat is off to you!</p>
<p>Mootmom! LOL! Core dumps. You are a true tecchie. I didn’t even know the garage door could BE programmed, much less reprogrammed. Me, on the other hand, I can cut things, many things, no problem. Knives are my friends. </p>
<p>However, I burn myself a lot. As in, my right arm would be a way to identify my dead body what with the burns from pot handles and irons and so on…</p>
<p>i’m pretty good with application software, but don’t ask me to do much with hardware!</p>
<p>on a different topic…</p>
<p>last night i came home, went to the freezer to get some chicken breasts, and what did i find? you guessed it…somehow it had become unplugged…what a mess. i guess i’m lucky i found it sooner rather than later because it wasn’t a horrible stench, but i still had to toss a lot of expensive food. i had just been to a really nice grocer and had loaded up on some large shrimp and some ribeyes…talk about feeling sad…</p>
<p>oh well, i guess it is nice to get it defrosted and emptied out, though.</p>
<p>now, back to technology topics</p>
<p>Hey, refrigerators count as technology for those of us who feel the apogee of Western Culture was the Renaissance…</p>
<p>We will have a brief moment of mourning for your ribeyes. Silence, all.</p>
<p>wbow, that’s SAD. :(</p>
<p>A friend of mine had this problem at least once a year. One of her kids would leave the basement freezer door open, everything would be semi-thawed, and she would have to have a massive cookoff. Sometimes we were called upon to help them consume what we called side of cow.</p>
<p>Appropos of the ribeyes: </p>
<p>Our X-mas See’s chocolate looked like it might be about to go bad so I had to have 5 pieces tonight…</p>
<p>mootie…you are one tech-sexy gal. Props to you, girl.</p>
<p>Technology I can do:</p>
<p>Texting but I have to look at the phone face like an old loser.
AutoCAD 2006
Manual Drafting
Photoshop Pro
Reverse 2d to 3D modelling (actualy have to order this although I wish I owned the machine)
Excel Spreadsheets (Easy Peasy)
QuickbooksPro
Model making ie; exacto blades :eek:
IM
Google
Craigslist
Paypal
EBay et al
Internet banking (only send out 10 checks a month now)
Wire transfers
Online stock trading
DVD player
European kitchen and laundry appliances
Design and produce construction documents for building projects up to $50M
Hardhats
Digital laser measuring sensor
Cooking and baking
Phone
Fax
Multi-bloody function copiers
Scanners
HP Laser printers for AutoCad drawings
Hairdryer (recent addition)
Foundation Brush (anotehr recent addition)</p>
<p>Technology I don’t do:</p>
<p>Iron
Hammer
Vacuum
Toilet Brush</p>
<p>OK time for a round on me, or on whomever would like to offer worried-mom condolences. TSFH got his M1 license certification yesterday and is now officially allowed to operate a motorcycle in the state of California.</p>
<p>I don’t seem to be able to successfully make this topic go away, so I’m doing my best to equip Himself with the safety training and equipment he’ll need to try to survive. Such are the realities of children and the world: neither of them go according to our grand plans all the time. Bottoms up! (But none for TSFH!)</p>
<p>Ah, mootmom! Here’s to you and to all worried moms! I’m sure TSFH is pleased as punch, though, at his accomplishment. May the force be with him!</p>