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  • gomezz
    gomezz replied to the thread BBC red button teletext.
    Semi-retired pensioner. The delivery job keeps me active.
  • MymsMan
    MymsMan replied to the thread HDR FOX T2 with blown capacitor?.
    Moot point now but it might have been worth looking for a local "repair cafe" event - not tried it myself (yet)
  • O
    Owen Smith replied to the thread BBC red button teletext.
    Absolutely agreed on that.
  • gomezz
    gomezz replied to the thread BBC red button teletext.
    Though as a stereotypical IT nerd with limited social skills I draw the line at having to talk to my radio to tell it what to play. :D
  • O
    Owen Smith replied to the thread BBC red button teletext.
    My entire career is IT, I write embedded firmware in C and various assemblers for a living. I'm still not remotely interested in some of...
  • gomezz
    gomezz replied to the thread BBC red button teletext.
    Though I am somewhat older than both of you I guess my personal experience is coloured by my main career being in IT.
  • T
    trog replied to the thread BBC red button teletext.
    At 66 I am much the same as you. I have never had whatsapp or instagram though I had MySpace back in the day for a while then Facebook...
  • O
    Owen Smith replied to the thread BBC red button teletext.
    Exactly. My mum and my aunt are not remotely interested in this stuff and they would much rather daily life were as it was 20 years ago...
  • T
    trog replied to the thread BBC red button teletext.
    Though age related memory decline can be a cause of difficulty in grasping how to use new tech I do not think age is the main cause. If...
  • O
    Owen Smith replied to the thread HDR FOX T2 with blown capacitor?.
    That is sadly the situation these days, repair shops barely exist any more. Fortunately I'm pretty competent at soldering at least for...
  • O
    Owen Smith replied to the thread BBC red button teletext.
    My mum is 81, my dad 87, my mum's sister 84. They all struggle with technology to various degrees. Mum can never remember which button...
  • RobH1
    RobH1 reacted to gomezz's post in the thread BBC red button teletext with Like Like.
    The same older generation that was responsible for developing technologies that younger generations take for granted today? 🙄
  • S
    SteveH replied to the thread HDR FOX T2 with blown capacitor?.
    I failed to find anyone locally that was prepared to remove the fried capacitor and fit a new one. So I ordered some off Bitsbox and did...
  • gomezz
    gomezz replied to the thread BBC red button teletext.
    The same older generation that was responsible for developing technologies that younger generations take for granted today? 🙄
  • RobH1
    RobH1 replied to the thread BBC red button teletext.
    A bit of a generalisation eh? You may receive some feedback from the old codgers on this forum. I'm 77, do I fall in to your implied...
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