THE KIDS cell phone? I was 20 before I had a cell phone, and it had 2 colors in the 2" screen. I seriously want to slap these zombie kids as they do the cell phone shuffle down the bread aisle with mom...who do they know at 8 years old that they should be texting them, and about what?
*hey, heard school is gettin new sand for the play grnd *
*- orly? thats cool, brb, gotta use the big boy potty*
I seriously wanna punch the next parent I see letting little Skylar get to the next level in angry birds...go outside and play
Rant thread thataway -------------->
This is the "Why is everything over complicated" thread.
JThw8
SuperDork
9/15/11 7:51 a.m.
4cylndrfury wrote:
Am I the only one who facepalms everytime I see a a parent trying to get their kids attention away from THE KIDS cell phone? I was 20 before I had a cell phone, and it had 2 colors in the 2" screen. I seriously want to slap these zombie kids as they do the cell phone shuffle down the bread aisle with mom...who do they know at 8 years old that they should be texting them, and about what?
*hey, heard school is gettin new sand for the play grnd *
*- orly? thats cool, brb, gotta use the big boy potty*
I seriously wanna punch the next parent I see letting little Skylar get to the next level in angry birds...go outside and play
^This When my ex bought my daughter a cell phone at 14 I about went nuts. I can only assume it was a moment of poor judgement because she's usually pretty good about that stuff. My daughter knows better than to go into zombie mode with me around though so she's not too bad with it.
JThw8 wrote:
4cylndrfury wrote:
Am I the only one who facepalms everytime I see a a parent trying to get their kids attention away from THE KIDS cell phone? I was 20 before I had a cell phone, and it had 2 colors in the 2" screen. I seriously want to slap these zombie kids as they do the cell phone shuffle down the bread aisle with mom...who do they know at 8 years old that they should be texting them, and about what?
*hey, heard school is gettin new sand for the play grnd *
*- orly? thats cool, brb, gotta use the big boy potty*
I seriously wanna punch the next parent I see letting little Skylar get to the next level in angry birds...go outside and play
^This When my ex bought my daughter a cell phone at 14 I about went nuts. I can only assume it was a moment of poor judgement because she's usually pretty good about that stuff. My daughter knows better than to go into zombie mode with me around though so she's not too bad with it.
Just as an opposite opine-
My wife got our 11yr old a simple cell phone (not a smart phone) in spite of my outspoken disapproval of the whole general idea.
He calls when he needs a ride home from football, baseball or swimming practice so I can go mow the lawn, get supplies, wash the car... etc... and I don't have to sit there for 2hrs doing nothing.
He texted me yesterday to say his school bus was in a fender bender, and that everyone was OK so we wouldn't freak out when he didn't come home on time.
I have to say at this point... I was wrong. It was a good idea.
T.J.
SuperDork
9/15/11 8:24 a.m.
Twin_Cam wrote:
Oh good, I thought this would turn into a thread of bitching about complicated, computerized cars.
Turns out it's a thread of bitching about complicated, computerized everything else 
And gum. I don't chew gum so I can't really relate.
Funny that we are all using fancy computers connected to our high speed internet connections or maybe our smartphones that use a magical 3G network to post here about how we don't like fancy computerized things.
As far as "simple", plugs into the wall phones go...when I moved here 8 months ago I wanted a simple phone. I found one at BestBuy, or so I thought. For $14 I get a bunch of features, one of which is caller ID. Problem? To "activate" caller ID, the MULTI-page manual that came with the phone instructed me to go to a website and read through the MULTI-page manual on caller ID. There were 17 pages of info devoted to caller ID...and I never did figure out how to activate it, AND I USED TO WORK FOR A PHONE COMPANY.
To use the other features in this phone, I have to add 4 AAA batteries to it on a fairly regular basis.
ANOTHER GOOD BITCH? WHY, in this age of going green, do manufacturers of ANYTHING build products that require the use of batteries? And it should be a crime to sell batteries in this country if you don't also take them in for re-cycling. When I moved, I discovered that after 12 or so years, I had accumulated several DOZEN batteries. No one wanted them and the area I lived in only takes them once a year for re-cycling.
4cylndrfury wrote:
Am I the only one who facepalms everytime I see a a parent trying to get their kids attention away from THE KIDS cell phone? I was 20 before I had a cell phone, and it had 2 colors in the 2" screen. I seriously want to slap these zombie kids as they do the cell phone shuffle down the bread aisle with mom...who do they know at 8 years old that they should be texting them, and about what?
*hey, heard school is gettin new sand for the play grnd *
*- orly? thats cool, brb, gotta use the big boy potty*
I seriously wanna punch the next parent I see letting little Skylar get to the next level in angry birds...go outside and play
I was in my 40's before I had a cell phone, and I only took it because it was "a condition of employment". BUT, I wouldn't talk on it while I was driving to and from various company locations !
tuna55
SuperDork
9/15/11 8:40 a.m.
The kid/cellphone debate is a good one. maybe, when it comes time, I'll get my kids on of these, so they cannot text and will be so embarrassed to use it that they really only will use it for emergencies.
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/287
On second thought, I really really want one of those.
T.J. wrote:
Twin_Cam wrote:
Oh good, I thought this would turn into a thread of bitching about complicated, computerized cars.
Turns out it's a thread of bitching about complicated, computerized everything else And gum. I don't chew gum so I can't really relate.
Funny that we are all using fancy computers connected to our high speed internet connections or maybe our smartphones that use a magical 3G network to post here about how we don't like fancy computerized things.
Do come in here putting your logic in this thread. And no I do not have two 23" monitors in front of me.
In reply to fast_eddie_72:
I usually buy Orbit gum that comes in a blister pack or a little tub with flip lid.
My point was that the old packaging stick gum came in, there was no problem with it. Now they have a little flip box that they've glued the pieces in. What's the point? So they don't fall out? I never used to have that problem.
My wife just bought Stride (which is what I am complaining about) and she got an extra pack for me. Descent gum, but I don't enjoy fighting to pull the gum out of the box.
tuna55 wrote:
The kid/cellphone debate is a good one. maybe, when it comes time, I'll get my kids on of these, so they cannot text and will be so embarrassed to use it that they really only will use it for emergencies.
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/287
On second thought, I really really want one of those.
holy crap I want that!!! I'd even get everybody's attention about making a call before I whip that thing out. soooooo awesome!
At my age I have become a skeptic.
School Bus ? Only if you lived out side of the city.
We walked too and from school, football practice etc.
I have a cell phone that never gets used.
I have a wired phone so I can call the power company when the electricity goes off, cordles phones don't work, cell phone get expensive when you are put on hold.
Maybe those computer ovens that go to "clean' are what they mean by "faster cooking". Never could figure how you can cook faster other than a microwave. which sometimes don't cook completely.
My 2011 Fiesta has so many redundant features it is ridiculous, although I do like the computer controlled transmission.
My snow blower is 15 yrs old, the lawn mower is 24 yrs old. Both start readily and do their job with out complaint.
I could go on but I have gotten to the point of "Let it Be"
"go with the flow" and on and on.
T.J. wrote:
Twin_Cam wrote:
Oh good, I thought this would turn into a thread of bitching about complicated, computerized cars.
Turns out it's a thread of bitching about complicated, computerized everything else And gum. I don't chew gum so I can't really relate.
Funny that we are all using fancy computers connected to our high speed internet connections or maybe our smartphones that use a magical 3G network to post here about how we don't like fancy computerized things.
Well the thing is that those fancy things actually IMPROVE forum usage.
I can't think of one thing a computerized oven does better when cooking that i can't do myself just as well.
iceracer wrote:
At my age I have become a skeptic.
School Bus ? Only if you lived out side of the city.
We walked too and from school, football practice etc.
I am all for exercise but the school is 14mi from here and the football field is... at the school. You city boys have it easy 
iceracer wrote:
I have a cell phone that never gets used.
I have a wired phone so I can call the power company when the electricity goes off, cordles phones don't work, cell phone get expensive when you are put on hold.
Having two phone bills is expensive... especially if you won't use one of the phones. Cell phones work whether or not the power is out. Especially if the power is out because something took the wires out. You can charge them up again in your car. You can't make a land line work without the wire no matter how hard you try. I fought the good fight for a long time but... damn if I am not completely free of Ma Bell now. If I could figure out a way not to lose the damn thing ... it would be perfect. Maybe I should tether it to the wall.
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:
I can't think of one thing a computerized oven does better when cooking that i can't do myself just as well.
+100000
I cook everything with the grill or range anyway. "The bottom thing" is for making pizza and that is better when delivered anyway.
Osterkraut wrote:
First World Problems!
Love it...thanks for making my day
4cylndrfury wrote:
Am I the only one who facepalms everytime I see a a parent trying to get their kids attention away from THE KIDS cell phone? I was 20 before I had a cell phone, and it had 2 colors in the 2" screen. I seriously want to slap these zombie kids as they do the cell phone shuffle down the bread aisle with mom...who do they know at 8 years old that they should be texting them, and about what?
*hey, heard school is gettin new sand for the play grnd *
*- orly? thats cool, brb, gotta use the big boy potty*
I seriously wanna punch the next parent I see letting little Skylar get to the next level in angry birds...go outside and play
Your 31! That was a cutting edge phone when you were 20! And when you (and I) were 10...
http://www.ecojoes.com/recycle-your-cell-phone-for-money-and-for-great-justice/
Joey
Rufledt wrote:
That sucks because I'm like this already... and I'm 23... Should I start practicing for becoming a super grumpy old man? I could probobly win the grump-lympics by the time i'm 68...
Nah, it just comes naturally for us.
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote:
In reply to fast_eddie_72:
I usually buy Orbit gum that comes in a blister pack or a little tub with flip lid.
My point was that the old packaging stick gum came in, there was no problem with it. Now they have a little flip box that they've glued the pieces in. What's the point? So they don't fall out? I never used to have that problem.
My wife just bought Stride (which is what I am complaining about) and she got an extra pack for me. Descent gum, but I don't enjoy fighting to pull the gum out of the box.
I noticed the other day that the gas station down the street has Blackjack gum for sale.
In 1869, exiled former Mexican president and general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (famous for his victory over the Alamo defenders) was living in New Jersey. He brought a ton of Mexican chicle with him, in hopes of selling it to raise funds to help him return to power in his own country. He persuaded Thomas Adams of Staten Island, New York to buy it. Adams, a photographer and inventor, intended to vulcanize the chicle for use as a rubber substitute. Adams' efforts at vulcanization failed, but he noticed that Santa Anna liked to chew the chicle, which the ancient Mayans had done. Disappointed with the rubber experiments, Adams boiled a small batch of chicle in his kitchen to create a chewing gum. He gave some to a local store to see if people would buy it; they did and he began production.
In 1871, Adams received a patent on a gum-making machine and began mass-producing chicle-based gum. His first product ("Snapping and Stretching") was pure chicle with no flavoring, but sold well enough to encourage Adams in his plans. He began to experiment with flavorings, beginning with sarsaparilla. In 1884, he began adding licorice flavoring and called his invention Adams' Black Jack, the first flavored gum in the U.S. It was also the first gum to be offered in sticks.
e_pie
Reader
9/15/11 1:51 p.m.
Rufledt wrote:
Hal wrote:
And the older you get the worse it seems (turning 68 next month).
That sucks because I'm like this already... and I'm 23... Should I start practicing for becoming a super grumpy old man? I could probobly win the grump-lympics by the time i'm 68...
26 here, it hasn't gotten better with age.
Guess it's time to join the crotchety old bastards club. 
Hal
Dork
9/15/11 5:11 p.m.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
Cell phones work whether or not the power is out. Especially if the power is out because something took the wires out.
Except when the power company or whoever you are calling is using a landline connected to those wires that got taken out! 
I'm just happy there's so many young folks feeling the same way I do. In my massive rationalization, that means that I'm not becoming my father after all..the world really does suck!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZNIKZdoehE
Oh, and SOML.
My cell phone charges by the minute of usage.
When I tried calling the power company and got put on hold for close to 20 miutes it adds up. My land line remains the same price.
Of course, if the phone line went down, then the cell phone is an option.
I carry my cell phone in the car for emergencies. The one time I needed it, there was no service in that area, so I end up using someones land line.
Ah, the choices we must make.
Back in the forties, there was an ice storm, power was out for nearly two weeks. The only inconvenience as no electric lights, so we used kerosene lamps. We had a coal furnace and gas kitchen stove and an ice box. so we were not inconvenienced too much. Now today, a couple hours witthout power, OMG.
iceracer wrote:
My cell phone charges by the minute of usage.
When I tried calling the power company and got put on hold for close to 20 miutes it adds up. My land line remains the same price.
Of course, if the phone line went down, then the cell phone is an option.
I carry my cell phone in the car for emergencies. The one time I needed it, there was no service in that area, so I end up using someones land line.
Ah, the choices we must make.
Back in the forties, there was an ice storm, power was out for nearly two weeks. The only inconvenience as no electric lights, so we used kerosene lamps. We had a coal furnace and gas kitchen stove and an ice box. so we were not inconvenienced too much. Now today, a couple hours witthout power, OMG.
You've got a crappy cell phone plan.
Which is another beef. Why do those plans have to be so damned complicated?
