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MTI · #31 06-22-2015, 12:51 PM

You'd be surprised how many people don't remember the home number if they have a land line. Likewise, the use of auto dialing and stored contacts has greatly reduced the need for memorization.

aklim · #32 06-22-2015, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Can't Know

Speaking of all the changes in technology dumbing down the consumer, what's the challenge with posting a link to an article? The extra three seconds to cut and paste instead of typing "sorry for not posting a link" can't be all that draconian...

Stop blaming technology. Technology is there whether you can adapt to it or not.

Ron White: If I could offer one piece of advice to the planet, it would be this: Don't marry for looks alone, and I'll tell you why. In a few years, when Barbara's boobs start sagging, she can get plastic surgery, have them lifted, move the nipple wherever. You can actually go to a titty bar, pick out a set of titties and say, "I want those titties on that woman." If her belly gets too big, she can get a tummy tuck and have a belly like a cheerleader. If her vision goes bad, you can have LASIK surgery and have 20/20 vision. If her hearing goes bad, they can install a device in her ear that will give you hearing as clear as it was the day you were born. But let me tell you something, folks: You can't fix stupid. There's not a pill you can take; there's not a class you can go to. Stupid is forever.

aklim · #33 06-22-2015, 01:05 PM

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I wonder if Al Neri was an atheist?

Don't know. Depending on the rules of the organization of faith, he could be both a theist and an enforcer. Just say "I'm sorry", might work.

aklim · #34 06-22-2015, 01:06 PM

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Took the 300CE thru a car wash a couple of weeks ago. The setup has a turntable to pivot the cars 90 deg. into the wash aisle. Driver gets out of car, they pivot the platform, turn off the engine and pull it thru the wash. Guy at the other end gets in car & looks lost. Can't figure our how to start the car. (ignition in dash must have confused him) I yelled over to him: Turn the ignition key.

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Are keyless units that common today? Not sure they are, unfortunately.

aklim · #35 06-22-2015, 01:07 PM

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the clue is still there, there is a small green icon with two lamps opposing each other. That is the clue for headlamps ON.

The first car I saw with such gauges was a toyota crown in the late 90s, its user manual explicitly told that the gauges are always lit up, please use the headlamp switch to switch on the driving lamps.

maybe due to the christmas tree of lights in the gauge face zone out the people, just like 90% of drivers are driving around with the warning triangle and TPMS lamp (aka stick in jar lamp) and wonder why their tires are shot.

Short of the warning forcibly taking over, I doubt anything is going to make up for stupidity.

MTI · #36 06-22-2015, 01:09 PM

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I doubt anything is going to make up for stupidity.

Well, duh . . .

aklim · #37 06-22-2015, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MTI

You'd be surprised how many people don't remember the home number if they have a land line. Likewise, the use of auto dialing and stored contacts has greatly reduced the need for memorization.

Not that big a fan of memorization myself. Just because you can remember data doesn't mean you can apply it. I can train a kid to remember mathematical formulas but it doesn't mean he can apply. We have data all over so memory is becoming less and less significant.

dynalow · #38 06-22-2015, 01:57 PM

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that would be a sight to see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4v-crPSrj0

"If you get a busy signal, hang up and try again in a few minutes....."

Wut? No answering machine? No voice mail? No caller ID?

aklim · #39 06-22-2015, 02:13 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4v-crPSrj0

"If you get a busy signal, hang up and try again in a few minutes....."

Wut? No answering machine? No voice mail? No caller ID?

Can't imagine people longing for the "good old days". Sure, there were some good things but the more I think about it, they weren't that good after all. Kinda like childhood. Playing after school instead of having to work all day and then some, no responsibilities, etc. Rosy look till you consider you have to work under parents wishes, can't make decisions, no money of your own, etc. Thanks but no thanks. Wish I could wipe those "good old days" from my memory.

Can't Know · #40 06-22-2015, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MTI

You'd be surprised how many people don't remember the home number if they have a land line. Likewise, the use of auto dialing and stored contacts has greatly reduced the need for memorization.

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Originally Posted by aklim

Not that big a fan of memorization myself. Just because you can remember data doesn't mean you can apply it. I can train a kid to remember mathematical formulas but it doesn't mean he can apply. We have data all over so memory is becoming less and less significant.

In any emergency or highly stressful situation people often forget the most basic of things and can be so badly dissociated that they are functionally diminished, sometime dramatically. A while back a friend of mine was relating an incident involving his cousin who was involved in a multicar accident. While the cousin wasn't seriously injured, he was badly shaken up, and he was walking around the cars on the side of the road, waving his cell phone and screaming for someone, anyone to call 911 because he couldn't remember the number. He laughs about it now, but at the time...

aklim · #41 06-22-2015, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Can't Know

In any emergency or highly stressful situation people often forget the most basic of things and can be so badly disassociated that they are functionally diminished, sometime dramatically. A while back a friend of mine was relating an incident involving his cousin who was involved in a multicar accident. While the cousin wasn't seriously injured, he was badly shaken up, and he was walking around the cars on the side of the road, waving his cell phone and screaming for someone, anyone to call 911 because he couldn't remember the number. He laughs about it now, but at the time...

I'd consider paying money to watch someone do that. Not a lot of money but some just so I can say "Why not use the phone IN YOUR HAND?"

Can't Know · #42 06-22-2015, 02:43 PM

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I'd consider paying money to watch someone do that. Not a lot of money but some just so I can say "Why not use the phone IN YOUR HAND?"

The point was that he couldn't "remember" the number, even though he was screaming it. He knew he had a phone, he just didn't know who to call.

Can't Know · #43 06-22-2015, 02:49 PM

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Just imagine placing a rotary dial telephone on a table in front of a teenager and telling them to make a call...

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that would be a sight to see.

Not a teenager, but close enough:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkuirEweZvM

P.C. · #44 06-22-2015, 06:08 PM

You know that it's becoming a pushbutton world when, tired from a long day at work, you attempt to unlock your house door with the car remote...

aklim · #45 06-22-2015, 06:46 PM

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You know that it's becoming a pushbutton world when, tired from a long day at work, you attempt to unlock your house door with the car remote...

No but if you activate your Sybian or Venus unit as you are pulling up to the garage in preparation, it is.