I never email by dad because he rarely checks his account. So I never really thought about how he gets around on the information superhighway until he asked what I was using for my internet access, because his dial-up service is really slow. Dial-up. DIAL-UP?! As I investigated this more, I realized my dad has been using the same America Online service he signed up for OVER SEVEN YEARS AGO! Do you guys even remember what it used to be like before DSL and cable? Oh, the horror. He thought about cancelling his service, but he could never find the appropriate phone number. Now I can't fault him for that. Even someone as semi-technical savvy as me had a hell of a time trying to figure out how to cancel my own AOL account back in the day.
I thought of my dad as I read this story about an old granny who's been leasing a rotary phone since 1964, and never bothered to buy the phone or upgrade. To think my dad could have been stuck on dial-up speeds until he died. I think this is a sign that I need to go home and visit the folks more often. I don't think I've been back in over two years.
Friday, September 15, 2006
How did we ever survive without broadband?
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I remember Swany T. only having three channels growing up, and he watched more TV than any of us. I think your dad is technophobic.
I bet he balances his checkbook with an abacus, doesn't he?
Not an abacus, but one of those old school calculators that print out on the roll of paper.
Yeah, my dad likes his life simple. He doesn't even really have any vices, other than the occasional craving for potato chips. I obviously didn't inherit any of that.
And as much TV as I watched with only FOUR channels (remember the local channel 14 that eventually became the Fox affiliate), can you imagine my life now with cable? I'm amazed I even venture out into the outside world.
Turtle porn! Badumbump...
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