I was always making fun of my grandmother for not even trying to try some new fangled thing, like a cell phone or a computer. I think I arrived at that point myself.
In 1994 I went to Walmart one night and picked up a modem on a whim. I was on the internet poking around at 2400 baud and thinking it was great. In fact, I had to persuade my grandmother to make the switch to touchtone from a rotary service so I could even dial up. Moved up through em all to 56K modems and then made the plunge into high speed cable. Back then I was buying parts and assembling my own computers instead of buying one in a box.
Now... I will be 43 in a couple of weeks.
I have never streamed a song, I still have all my CDs or just listen to terrestrial radio when driving. I decided after a year that it was foolish to pay for Sirius/XM when I can listed for free to a normal radio.
I have never streamed a movie. Don't have Netflix, Hulu or any of it. I cancelled Amazon Prime the other day because of the cost. It was nice for the shipping, but I never once in a year used it to watch anything. Usually just run through the guide and find something I want to watch when its being broadcast.
I only broke down and got a smartphone 2 years ago. And the one I have is the one I bought then. I wont even consider a new one till this one just stops working. I used the app at DLR to look at wait times and kinda see where things were located in relation to where I was. I am not sure if it did any more than that. I talk on my phone, get texts and use it for Chrome and to check my mail. No app usage of any sort.
Aside for one day at Magic Kingdom that was a shore excursion on a cruise, I have not been to WDW since 1992. Knowing that to make the most of the trip I need to use apps to do just about everything makes me particularly anxious almost to the point of realizing I may never return.
I got old.
In 1994 I went to Walmart one night and picked up a modem on a whim. I was on the internet poking around at 2400 baud and thinking it was great. In fact, I had to persuade my grandmother to make the switch to touchtone from a rotary service so I could even dial up. Moved up through em all to 56K modems and then made the plunge into high speed cable. Back then I was buying parts and assembling my own computers instead of buying one in a box.
Now... I will be 43 in a couple of weeks.
I have never streamed a song, I still have all my CDs or just listen to terrestrial radio when driving. I decided after a year that it was foolish to pay for Sirius/XM when I can listed for free to a normal radio.
I have never streamed a movie. Don't have Netflix, Hulu or any of it. I cancelled Amazon Prime the other day because of the cost. It was nice for the shipping, but I never once in a year used it to watch anything. Usually just run through the guide and find something I want to watch when its being broadcast.
I only broke down and got a smartphone 2 years ago. And the one I have is the one I bought then. I wont even consider a new one till this one just stops working. I used the app at DLR to look at wait times and kinda see where things were located in relation to where I was. I am not sure if it did any more than that. I talk on my phone, get texts and use it for Chrome and to check my mail. No app usage of any sort.
Aside for one day at Magic Kingdom that was a shore excursion on a cruise, I have not been to WDW since 1992. Knowing that to make the most of the trip I need to use apps to do just about everything makes me particularly anxious almost to the point of realizing I may never return.
I got old.