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Went to mom's last night as she wanted me to look at an email from her granddaughter. She had tried the link but it did not work.
When I look at it, the first think that struck me was the subject was "From (granddaughter's name)".
The in the body it said "Good afternoon (mom's email address)" then had a link followed by my niece's email at the bottom.
Now my niece would have said "Hi, Grandma!" At the very least.
So full virus scan of computer, which thankfully showed no problems.
Well mom is 87 and normally will not open an email that looks odd, but one from her granddaughter, she thought would be safe.
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Corporal Agarn wrote: Well mom is 87
And she understands emails ?  !
~RaGE();
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Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Until a series of injuries, my father, at 83, could wipe his HDD and reload Windows, office, Lotus Notes, Dragon Speak, etc etc etc. He even was starting to mess with Open Office . . . . and sent much too much email.
Also, after I once found his browser screen (literally) half hidden by tool bars, I taught him the wonders of malware scans and how to use the Spybot advanced mode to eliminate junk from his startup group.
It's all, in no small part, a mind-set as to what you can/cannot do, or perhaps often what one should/should-not do for their age.
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My FIL used to have so many toolbars that he had about 2 inches of viewable browser space. I told him he was an idiot and preceeded to fix it for him and also told him that he actually doesn't need any of the B.S. toolbars. He enjoys the internet a lot more now.
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87 and knows how to manage with a mouse and mail?  
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Now, Now, my Dad is 87 and he can use Email, surf the web (mind you at times he ends up in odd places...)
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Yeah, but we both know that is where he wanted to be really! 
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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Well said. At least better than the way I said it as you beat me to the punch. 
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Are you sure they are odd or just odd to you? Hey, whatever floats your boat. 
Actually mom is not great at web surfing. She will do some, but is scared she will do something wrong.
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glennPattonPUB wrote: (mind you at times he ends up in odd places...)
I set off for the canteen an hour ago and found myself in the gents.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Hey at least you weren't aiming for the gents and found yourself in the canteen, that behaviour is frowned upon!
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Yes, but does he rename everything to have a DLL extension?
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glennPattonPUB wrote: Dad is 87 and he can use Email, surf the web (mind you at times he ends up in odd places...)
Don't we all end up in odd places at times.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
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Ooh Yeah! 
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My father is 82, but still uses a Mac. 
modified 15-Aug-14 14:29pm.
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Of course this can happen, but it is not the common, not here at least...
Congrats for your dad!
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A friends mother is about the same age, and she has a Kindle, a desktop, a laptop and a NAS.
But she still uses Microsoft Works... 
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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Mom is still using Word Perfect from ten years ago. 
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OriginalGriff wrote: But she still uses Microsoft Works
The emphasis is on works.
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Yeeeessss...but...she also owns two copies of Office (including the latest non-rental version) and can't find disk 5 of the Works set...
She also hates using her laptop because it has Win8 on it and that "just doesn't do anything"
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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Amazing!
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She does pretty well for her age: she still drives, lives alone and cooks for herself, she even flies off across the world to see friends and family.
But... She still has a large collection of vhs tapes!
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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I'm still struggling to teach my father how to watch tv through the Xbox One.
1. "Xbox On"
2. "Xbox Watch TV"
His usual response is "I hate talking to an elphanting inanimate object!!!!" Though he's happy to talk to the cats...
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Now, now I am sure Griff will back me up, cats are intelligent beings (from another planet). They listen well then do their own thing.
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