Newfangled Junk!

[Lynx]

This thread is about old people getting used to new things.

I picked up a 2016 Hyundai Elantra. Lord help me...

Before this, my latest model car was the 2003 Mazda minivan. Lots of stuff for me to get used to now. The motor starts if you hit the lock button four times, and I'm never quite certain the car is entirely turned off when I leave it. I need a jump start kit, stat. The battery ran down last night at church and I had to get a jump from a friend.

As an old phart I of course don't care about most of the bells and whistles. The navigation map can go fry its processors. I don't care at all about Bluetooth. The backup camera can go blind for all I care.

But there is one feature I kind of like... In the bottom left corner of the dashboard screen, the current speed limit on the road I'm traveling is always displayed. That could come in really handy.

How about you? What kind of newfangled junk have you had to get used to lately, that left you feeling old and out of date?

 

[JaumeJ]

This thread is about old people getting used to new things.

I picked up a 2016 Hyundai Elantra. Lord help me...

Before this, my latest model car was the 2003 Mazda minivan. Lots of stuff for me to get used to now. The motor starts if you hit the lock button four times, and I'm never quite certain the car is entirely turned off when I leave it. I need a jump start kit, stat. The battery ran down last night at church and I had to get a jump from a friend.

As an old phart I of course don't care about most of the bells and whistles. The navigation map can go fry its processors. I don't care at all about Bluetooth. The backup camera can go blind for all I care.

But there is one feature I kind of like... In the bottom left corner of the dashboard screen, the current speed limit on the road I'm traveling is always displayed. That could come in really handy.

How about you? What kind of newfangled junk have you had to get used to lately, that left you feeling old and out of date?

I love to drive, but when my vision went I became a universal hazard, so I do not drive. Actually I was barred from driving back in the nineties by law.
I have been given rides in new Mercedes and a new BMW here in Spain, and I kept my mouth shut about all the ding dongs in each car. One of them stops automatically . They "talk" to the driver and whoever else is in the car. Both have gps, and so much more. It seems I would not even be able to start one let alone operate one. So, I understand how anyone feels about new cars. My last car was a Renault 9? I think, four door two seats capacity 4 or five. That was all the high tech it had. Yeah, if I am going to have to be tekky, I will stick to learning about my cell phone and my PC.............

 

[LifelongLearner]

This thread is about old people getting used to new things.

I picked up a 2016 Hyundai Elantra. Lord help me...

Before this, my latest model car was the 2003 Mazda minivan. Lots of stuff for me to get used to now. The motor starts if you hit the lock button four times, and I'm never quite certain the car is entirely turned off when I leave it. I need a jump start kit, stat. The battery ran down last night at church and I had to get a jump from a friend.

As an old phart I of course don't care about most of the bells and whistles. The navigation map can go fry its processors. I don't care at all about Bluetooth. The backup camera can go blind for all I care.

But there is one feature I kind of like... In the bottom left corner of the dashboard screen, the current speed limit on the road I'm traveling is always displayed. That could come in really handy.

How about you? What kind of newfangled junk have you had to get used to lately, that left you feeling old and out of date?

I'll upgrade you to a

if us old dears who refuse to get used to new things, get a voice on this thread too

 

[Tall_Timbers]

Several years ago I was leaving a local library. I got in my vehicle, started the engine, and then sat there. For some reason I felt like I shouldn't back up. I looked around and to the right about 10 car spaces down I saw a lady by her car. I continued to sit there. I think the Holy Spirit had me sitting there. At one point the lady I'd seen looks my way and appears to begin shouting angry words but I can't hear the words. Turns out her toddler had been right behind my car that entire time. If I'd backed up...

That experience traumatized me and I remember it vividly to this day. I wouldn't have been at fault had I backed up, but would be living with the consequences for the rest of my life. I determined then that I would purchase every safety feature new cars had to offer and have done so ever since. I adapt to new technology easily and learn to use it to my advantage. I order my vehicles from Ford and they end up costing twice as much as the bare bones basic models which I would have purchased when I was younger. But it is a small price to pay to help avoid unfortunate incidents and as I get older I figure I need as much help as I can get.

 

[LifelongLearner]

Must say Lynx, you look seriously good for an oldie but not as good as my li'l Princess.
She wasn't long out of the bath, still drying and yes, she's very unusual and intelligent. Just look at those eyes, she looks straight into people's eyes, some find it very disturbing.

 

[Lynx]

Must say Lynx, you look seriously good for an oldie but not as good as my li'l Princess. View attachment 268550
She wasn't long out of the bath, still drying and yes, she's very unusual and intelligent. Just look at those eyes, she looks straight into people's eyes, some find it very disturbing.

That avatar is of a much younger me.

Your cat looks very at ease in her environment. It is readily apparent that she has nothing to worry about and considers herself secure.

 

[Magenta]

Must say Lynx, you look seriously good for an oldie but not as good as my li'l Princess.

She wasn't long out of the bath, still drying and yes, she's very unusual and intelligent. Just look at those eyes, she looks straight into people's eyes, some find it very disturbing.

What a beautiful furry purry!

 

[jacko]

how old are you? if you don't mind me asking.

 

[Karlon]

i'm old fashioned in many ways. my wife has had 2 new cars recently & has had problems with the technology not working correctly. having to call the dealer for answers. i don't care for phone tech either, too many problems. 1 is, you look up garage & estate sales & never get all the information. everybody in the march business like me, complains about it. it can take a half hour or longer to get all the info on sales when before, the ads were in the paper & it only took 10 seconds to cut the ads out or you could just bring the newspaper with you.

 

[Magenta]

how old are you? if you don't mind me asking.

Who are you asking? If you use the quote system, we will know...

 

[jacko]

Who are you asking? If you use the quote system, we will know...

Lynx... haha... but since you responded feel free to answer...Curious because she was taking about technology.

 

[Magenta]

Several years ago I was leaving a local library. I got in my vehicle, started the engine, and then sat there. For some reason I felt like I shouldn't back up. I looked around and to the right about 10 car spaces down I saw a lady by her car. I continued to sit there. I think the Holy Spirit had me sitting there. At one point the lady I'd seen looks my way and appears to begin shouting angry words but I can't hear the words. Turns out her toddler had been right behind my car that entire time. If I'd backed up...

That experience traumatized me and I remember it vividly to this day. I wouldn't have been at fault had I backed up, but would be living with the consequences for the rest of my life. I determined then that I would purchase every safety feature new cars had to offer and have done so ever since. I adapt to new technology easily and learn to use it to my advantage. I order my vehicles from Ford and they end up costing twice as much as the bare bones basic models which I would have purchased when I was younger. But it is a small price to pay to help avoid unfortunate incidents and as I get older I figure I need as much help as I can get.

Wow. I can totally understand why something like that was traumatizing, even though nothing bad happened. As I age I realize more and more that looking once is not always enough... especially because sometimes by the time I look the other direction, I forget what I saw when I looked the other way. Haha. Or I look so quickly, I have to wonder if I really saw all I needed to, so have to double check. A few years ago my daughter bought a car with all the new techie bells and whistles and when her back-up cam went on the fritz, I swear it cost her as much to fix just that as buying a new used car would have pre-covid...

 

[Magenta]

Lynx... haha... but since you responded feel free to answer...Curious because she was taking about technology.

Lynx is a Tom cat, just so you know... and I am 69 .

Recently I found myself announcing to random people that I was almost 70, and
I did wonder what on earth I was hoping to communicate with that information.
Part of it is sheer wonder, as in: WOW! I have survived this long. It also sounds old LOL.

I mentioned this wonder to an elderly gentleman I was sharing an elevator with and he said I was
letting people know I was closer to the end than I am to the beginning. That had a ring of truth to it.
We have members here who are in their mid-late 80s and 90s but I seriously doubt I will make it that far...