ecl@ahuta.UUCP (e.leeper) (12/21/84)
REFERENCES: <1069@teddy.UUCP>, <401@whuxl.UUCP> Am I the only one offended by the following comments? > > 1. My wife is not technical, and the extra switch is just > > that much more complexity. > I too have a wife that when I first brought all this 'High-Tech > Garbage' (her words) into the house almost was afraid to go into > the living room. After about 2 days my 5 year-old son had > learned to work the whole set up which humiliated her enough to > learn how. > My suggestion: Your wife only needs to know > enough to play the TV or a tape; all the features of a VCR she > doesn't need, and won't use anyway. Patiently explain how to > tune the TV and then what switch to push for the VCR. She may > not go near it for awhile, but will eventually want to see > some movie or such (especially if you bring home her favorite > on tape). It takes awile, but the culture shock wears off. Evelyn C. Leeper ...{ihnp4, houxm, hocsj}!ahuta!ecl
scott@whuxl.UUCP (steve scott) (12/21/84)
> REFERENCES: <1069@teddy.UUCP>, <401@whuxl.UUCP> > > > Evelyn C. Leeper > ...{ihnp4, houxm, hocsj}!ahuta!ecl Evelyn- These words were not meant to offend. I am sorry they had that effect on you. The view expresses about my wife is in basically her own words(sentiments at worst). 'High Tech Garbage' is her term, not mine and she has learned to make use of our machines quite well. The time it takes for any human to learn to live with any ungiving machine is hard. We all need to remember the first time we were exposed to a terminal, computer, microwave,etc. Steve Scott --> ..!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!scott
dimare@ucla-cs.UUCP (12/27/84)
> REFERENCES: <1069@teddy.UUCP>, <401@whuxl.UUCP> > Am I the only one offended by the following comments? > > cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut (just to make the msg shorter) > > Evelyn C. Leeper > ...{ihnp4, houxm, hocsj}!ahuta!ecl -------- My wife is even smarter: she had me read the manual and figure it out. After that, she had me answer all her questions. Why is it wrong to enjoy reading the manual of your new toy? Why is it wrong not to enjoy reading the manual of your new toy? Who cares...? Adolfo /// P.S. Is it true that this Christmas VCR's were The Hot Stuff?
doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) (01/03/85)
> Am I the only one offended by the following comments? > > > > 1. My wife is not technical, and the extra switch is just > > > that much more complexity. > > > I too have a wife that when I first brought all this 'High-Tech > > Garbage' (her words) into the house almost was afraid to go into > > the living room. After about 2 days my 5 year-old son had > > learned to work the whole set up which humiliated her enough to > > learn how. > > My suggestion: Your wife only needs to know > > enough to play the TV or a tape; all the features of a VCR she > > doesn't need, and won't use anyway. Patiently explain how to > > tune the TV and then what switch to push for the VCR. She may > > not go near it for awhile, but will eventually want to see > > some movie or such (especially if you bring home her favorite > > on tape). It takes awile, but the culture shock wears off. Just the facts. My wife also refused to learn how to work our video setup. After three years she still does not know how to program the VCR for recording, nor does she want to know, nor will she let me teach her. The only way that she can operate the system is with a sketch showing how each switch and channel selector has to be set to view, say, VCR playback. If she wants something recorded, she tells me to record it. Nobody claimed that "all women" are non-technical, so please don't take offense. But there are still people, both male and female, who are not technically competent, some who have phobias about technical stuff, and some who simply don't enjoy it. And I suspect there always will be. Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug