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2nd Feb 2013grandma commented on:
Have you retired yet or are you planning to any time soon?I retired in 1991 the day before I was 65 and now have no yen to look for another job!!!!! My working life was great and my retirement equally so. Now in my 22nd year of retirement I am still finding new things to so. Like so many things, retirement is a very personal thing but I actually don't think taking the age limits away the government has done our young people any favours nor giving business owners much choice when the slower pace takes over in some ( certainly not all) willing but less able employees.ViewDate:
2nd Feb 2013grandma commented on:
What book are you currently reading?I just finished reading "on Helwig Street" by Richard Russo. Very disappointed.. Particularly since I paid more than I have ever paid for a download on my Kindle. I had the sample and it appeared to give me something of interest since it tells of a place called Gloversville in upstate NY, an area I am well familiar with. Instead Mr.Russo writes about his mother ( who I am not familiar with but became so by the end of the book). No doubt it all had great depth and it all depends why we want to read a certain book. Soooo my next download is an el cheapo and it looks quite entertaining. I love reading about places I know and about people who do interesting things in their lives. I love local history and life styles. At my time of life things have to be on the light sideViewDate:
1st Feb 2013grandma commented on:
New on hereHello Stewy, welcome aboard. I am quite new hereabouts and not finding it easy. Hope it all picks up. Regards GrandmaViewDate:
21st Jan 2013grandma commented on:
Mobile Phones.I bet you love your smart phone Opelaccent! What next? The many uses you have is quite amazing for a mere basic user like myself although I have been on computers since the mid 80's. Like most mod.cons., one has to progress constantly.. Do you think smart 'phones will eventually be adaptable to use within the domestic appliance application, I remember reading about Bill Gates computerised home years ago but obviously until these applications come within reach of the ordinary public most of us will not see them.ViewDate:
16th Jan 2013grandma commented on:
Mobile Phones.I would love an iPhone but tried as I have.....I can't find an excuse for having one! I have had a "pay as you go" 'phone for years and very occasionally top up. Trouble is, a few of my friends have pay as you go 'phones but never turn them on! They usually have them because their family say they should have them! My grandsons would rather go without their shoes than their iPhones... I wonder if the forecast of iPhones replacing credit/debit cards is right? Then I could have one! So I settled for the next mod.con. and bought my iPad. I still use my lap top for some programmes, but the instant response of the iPad is tempting and since I am now at home more than I am out, it would be most "uncontrolled spending" and that is naughty. I think iPhones are unbelievable and considering 50years ago few people had house 'phones, we have come a long way!ViewDate:
13th Jan 2013grandma commented on:
Insufficient seating for weary shoppersDo any other writers remember shopping before post war modernisation took place. We had half a dozen lovely " department shops" in my town, where smart sales gals welcomed you to sit down on a chair while she reached under the glass topped counter to fetch out trays of drapery items (too delicate to mention here!!). For dresses and blouses she would bring a selection. The grocer would pack each item, offer sample tastes, all while the customer was sitting. Obviously this method of shopping is never to return. Shame because I can't afford the sort of shops that can operate a similar system to -day and there must be some. However I agree we have now gone overboard and shopping is a nightmare to be avoided wherever possible. Indeed floor space is vital for profit - said to be with the customer's well being considered....it keeps the prices down! Display baskets in the aisles, goods stacked far too far up and back for my arms to reach. It really is a battleground. At least when I buy on line it is only my head that aches at the end of such concentration. I would have thought a bench like seat is possible on the shop floor and the first supermarket to do so would see the popularity thus we could find all stores installing a little comfort for the customer. Unfortunately it would mean people statistically would use too much parking time thus preventing customer turn over. I wonder what the answer would be if the question was directed at one of the large supermarkets?ViewDate:
10th Jan 2013grandma commented on:
Online book clubI think a book club is a great idea but unfortunately I would not be a great asset to such a worth while project. I am an avid reader and for the past couple of years have had many happy hours with my Kindle but I read purely for "the pleasure of the moment" . I enjoy books telling about days gone by and the industrial traumas of the north of England. How lucky we all are! We still have many mills nearby, some made into museums where I am sure I can still hear the clogs! Others have become luxury apartments. I will however be watching for the site to grow and maybe able to add something sensible at times. Best of British to the project!ViewDate:
9th Jan 2013grandma commented on:
moveHello Rosemary I hope you are settling in Harrogate. Not the best time of year to meet out-doors. Do you have children or a dog? Either can create new friendships (or sometimes not!). I have had around 32moves in my married life and that includes a marathon stay of nine years in one house during our daughters' high school life. My present abode, coming up to eleven years. You may think the rent collectors have finally given up or I paid up.....but no.....I guess I found the right place at the right time!? I admit to being in my advanced years as the polite description of "an old duck" describes. Actually most of our moves were brought about by my husband's career and looking back I enjoyed every new experience and met many lovely people. Are you a native of Harrogate or the county? I have never been to the city but gather the shopping is rather exotic! At least you have found your computer and are settling. What are your hobbies? I hope we will all hear more of one another on this site.ViewDate:
7th Jan 2013grandma commented on:
How are you finding your iPad?I have had my iPad about six months and am totally in love with it!!!!! But I don't tell everyone!!!! Soon after getting it a friend sent me the video as seen above and many times I have replayed it....I have a giggle each time. My biggest problem with my iPad is that I spend too much time on it....so simple to crank into action. I do still respect my lap top though and would hate to think I was not thankful to the old workhorse. I had decided to wait for the Kindlefire but it was constantly postponed and at my time of life I can't wait for ever....I shall remain forever faithful to my iPad but read on my Kindle reader that I have enjoyed for almost two years now. What comes next?ViewDate:
4th Jan 2013grandma commented on:
Insufficient seating for weary shoppersI would shop on line where ever possible and that certainly includes groceries. I have spent years avoiding injury from in-store shopping. It is a health hazard to shop in store. Not only physical strain and stress but mental anger at aisles choked with chatting friends, trollies with re-stocking goods and the lads and lasses trying to do their job (blocking the aisles!!). School holiday times I do declair parents drop their kids off for an hour or two to run off steam....and then there is the P.A.system. Now I love children, I truly do but best when I am in command and in a supermarket I am not... Then there is the problem of reading the labels.....with eyes no longer as bright as they once were, studying the small print, the dates, the use by, the best before and turning around and finding someone has accidentally walked off with your trolly and left you theirs... The irony of it all is that in so many ways and in vastly different proportions, we are back to having goods delivered. Before WW2it was quite usual to have the grocery lad on his bike as well as the butchers kid struggle with the deliveries to the door, exactly like the Hovis ad. (Sadly now no longer part of UK) It becomes a toss up whether or not shopping in line is less tempting to over purchase goods. I have not yet worked that one out. I admit that on occasions I have a shopping in store session but it is good to have other means of staying fed and watered. What sort of shopping experience will the world have in 50years?