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Forum » Topic: 83-year-old woman “unimpressed” with ‘what they can do nowadays’ http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=26231 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Mon, 20 May 2013 02:20:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php Re Pete on "83-year-old woman “unimpressed” with ‘what they can do nowadays’" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=26231#post-71480 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:10:55 +0000 Re Pete 71480@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Very nice. Yesterday was obviously the day for stories about 83-year-olds not quite doing what they're expected to. ;) waylandsmithy on "83-year-old woman “unimpressed” with ‘what they can do nowadays’" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=26231#post-71475 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:22:57 +0000 waylandsmithy 71475@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Spot on! be reasonable on "83-year-old woman “unimpressed” with ‘what they can do nowadays’" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=26231#post-71472 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:21:17 +0000 be reasonable 71472@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ "Instead she suffered a near-fatal anxiety attack on the spot after mistaking it for her life flashing before her eyes" - one of the funniest things I've read on here. 5* jp1885 on "83-year-old woman “unimpressed” with ‘what they can do nowadays’" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=26231#post-71469 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:17:26 +0000 jp1885 71469@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Lovely - 5* Griffin on "83-year-old woman “unimpressed” with ‘what they can do nowadays’" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=26231#post-71464 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:43:25 +0000 Griffin 71464@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Mais oui. Cinq etoiles. rikkor on "83-year-old woman “unimpressed” with ‘what they can do nowadays’" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=26231#post-71451 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:16:46 +0000 rikkor 71451@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Beyond funny. Unique. Straight to the FP. Cinquieme. Qoxiivi on "83-year-old woman “unimpressed” with ‘what they can do nowadays’" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=26231#post-71446 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:12:28 +0000 Qoxiivi 71446@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Thank you. I do like to break up the rimming if I can. SingingHinny on "83-year-old woman “unimpressed” with ‘what they can do nowadays’" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=26231#post-71423 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:46:30 +0000 SingingHinny 71423@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Very good, a sweet post on a day of rimming. Al OPecia on "83-year-old woman “unimpressed” with ‘what they can do nowadays’" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=26231#post-71420 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:12:44 +0000 Al OPecia 71420@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Super 5*. Qoxiivi on "83-year-old woman “unimpressed” with ‘what they can do nowadays’" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=26231#post-71395 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:15:31 +0000 Qoxiivi 71395@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ The entire IT sector has been thrown into crisis after Irene Elcombe, a pensioner from East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, expressed her distinct indifference at over 40 years of exponential technological innovation. Mrs Elcombe unleashed the withering indictment while visiting her grandson, Chris Elcombe, a systems analyst at Microsoft’s UK headquarters in Reading. “I remember it like it was yesterday.” bravely recalls Chris, the day after his world fell apart. “It all kicked off when I tried to show her how she could use the internet to access a timetable for buses to Newport. She seemed to take offence though and merely asked me who on earth I thought I was to tell her how to get to Newport.” “And the only feedback I got from her at the end of my PC tutorial was ‘disappointment’ that Windows 7 ‘doesn’t come with net curtains’.” Things, however, soon went from bad to worse for the exasperated IT professional when a digital photo frame slideshow he’d prepared for his grandmother backfired spectacularly. “I honestly thought she’d love it. I’d included all her most cherished photos, from childhood, right up until my wedding last year. Instead she suffered a near-fatal anxiety attack on the spot after mistaking it for her life flashing before her eyes.” He continued, “It’s really dented confidence within the whole industry. We’d just taken Moore’s lesser-known second law for granted; that octogenarians’ awe and disbelief at what we can do nowadays would double every two years. It seems that’s just not the case.” Now recovered from her tedious brush with death, Irene remains dispassionate about the whole saga. “I don’t have time for it; Chris with all them silly fuddle boxes and gizmos.” she opined, taking a sip of Assam from her Thermos flask. “I’m just happy with my tea mobile.”