tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post3246139632242396525..comments2024-02-20T07:57:47.756-08:00Comments on Carol Hedges: A Rose by Any Other NameCarol Hedgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-79060841160108838642015-07-08T08:28:49.558-07:002015-07-08T08:28:49.558-07:00My grandma would have been 90 this year. Sadly, sh...My grandma would have been 90 this year. Sadly, she passed away six years ago following a stroke. She was a savvy texter and always used the latest abbreviations when she messaged me. She would have adored FB and Pinterest. Interacting with her family and like-minded groups would have kept her going into her 100s! Shelley Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07513209160436996810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-80021094370138525662015-07-06T08:43:26.906-07:002015-07-06T08:43:26.906-07:00THanks Jacy. It is SO important to feel part of a ...THanks Jacy. It is SO important to feel part of a community..any community. It is said that loneliness in the elderly is a killer! How awful to think of someone feeling lonely when they could go online and chat to people all over the world!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-20957474847300015882015-07-06T08:41:48.215-07:002015-07-06T08:41:48.215-07:00I actually, at 2 years older than BH, know more ab...I actually, at 2 years older than BH, know more about social media and computers than he does!!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-43569745471966268172015-07-06T08:41:07.232-07:002015-07-06T08:41:07.232-07:00YOU are anything but... on another tack..D feels t...YOU are anything but... on another tack..D feels that she is categorized as a ''mum'' and therefore not seen as an intelligent career woman (oh, shades of the 50's...have we not changed at all?).Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-60817710894253891582015-07-06T02:24:05.116-07:002015-07-06T02:24:05.116-07:00Have a great friend of 85 who's completely com...Have a great friend of 85 who's completely computer savvy & loves to surf! Too many older people give up before they begin! Good post!Jacy Breanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356348634443502708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-79872613992039561322015-07-05T05:36:49.328-07:002015-07-05T05:36:49.328-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-27255312576176419502015-07-05T02:34:45.182-07:002015-07-05T02:34:45.182-07:00Yep. I always read you stuff with a fake Glaswegia...Yep. I always read you stuff with a fake Glaswegian accent.....Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-80173615075894631062015-07-05T02:34:02.972-07:002015-07-05T02:34:02.972-07:00I also agree with her. My focus was on the way peo...I also agree with her. My focus was on the way people get aireated about things on social media for no valid reason...and, to take a step back, given the adnavce of all aspects of social media, to try to get those who can (yep there are plenty who can't) to overcome their reluctance and get online. It's very empowering to be able ( as I ddi) to install a widget on a blog (see right) that tells me who's visited. AND it stops older people being treated as if they were stupid by Bank employees ( WE have had this, and given them short shrift, as we understood what they were saying). There used to be lovely classes for older citizens to show them, slowly and gently, how to go online. I'm guessing the Govt has cut them. I've taught Pauline and others...just the basics...<br />Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-44288348486465205412015-07-05T02:26:02.831-07:002015-07-05T02:26:02.831-07:00...terrific piece, m’Lady, Carol... this ol’ Jura......terrific piece, m’Lady, Carol... this ol’ Jurassic here, bought his first ever laptop at the age of 61, and since then from a zero start got ‘immersed’ in the SOSYAL NETWURKIN as part of the 'business of writing’.... four novels and 80,000 downloads later, plus ‘Blogger of the Year Award ‘ kinda tells the disbelievers to go f&ck themselves.:):) LUVZYA!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205251775637958014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-83406947952147854532015-07-05T02:22:14.802-07:002015-07-05T02:22:14.802-07:00I agree with Liz. My father is 86 and computer li...I agree with Liz. My father is 86 and computer literate, but even then he still sometimes struggles with things like booking tickets or hotel rooms online, and Julia does it for him - what if he hadn't got her to do so? They make actually phoning to book something the weird option, that's often hidden away somewhere on the site where you can't see it! My other complaint about it is that the internet is one big data mining tool. My husband is massively against all this and has installed so many anti-cookie devices on my laptop that I can't use most sites, anyway, unless I do something else he showed me to enable me to do so. We don't all want to become part of this, especially not those of my father's age.<br /><br />I feel really sorry for people like my mother in law (age 70) who hasn't got a clue about all this stuff and is past the age where she wants to know about it; she can, and has, got herself into all kinds of difficulties by clicking the wrong buttons! Yes, she could learn, but it's beyond her capabilities to do so, as she doesn't understand the basic principles behind online life!! In answer to your original question - yes, I think things like Gransnet are a good idea!Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-74994941910237930742015-07-04T12:32:24.426-07:002015-07-04T12:32:24.426-07:00My father-in-law is 88 and well ahead of the IT ga...My father-in-law is 88 and well ahead of the IT game. I'm 63 and constantly astounded at how much more computer-literate I am than my undergraduates. I "do" social media a lot but also stay "real". My husband is also 63 and not only still knows how to programme a computer but also knows how the physical bits work. I may be about to retire (but never from writing!) and may be about to become a professional grumpy old woman. Go social media for wrinklies! Gill Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907328485580011762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-10396856853134511182015-07-04T09:50:45.077-07:002015-07-04T09:50:45.077-07:00I'm happy to dip into Gransnet - and am not bo...I'm happy to dip into Gransnet - and am not bothered at all by the name. It's what we are, after all - grandmas - so it works. And nobody makes anyone join. My only real grumble is the categorisation of everyone over 65 as the same - so may times we are presented with age categories and differences are recognised in everyone younger, but once we've reached 65 our needs and ideas are thought to stagnate. And the last thing I feel is stangnant! JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-943300434862399192015-07-04T07:14:54.344-07:002015-07-04T07:14:54.344-07:00Oh, that aspect of it, I am in entire agreement! M...Oh, that aspect of it, I am in entire agreement! My campaign is to get people connected to people on Twitter/FB coz there are so many lovely and isolated elderly who'd probably love to have a quick chat online.Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-64148571519698171712015-07-04T06:58:12.933-07:002015-07-04T06:58:12.933-07:00I'm slightly on the fence on this. I am also ...I'm slightly on the fence on this. I am also 65 soon and I love twitter, blogs, researching online etc but I really object to the government, banks & big organisations insisting that everyone should be computer literate. Why should everyone have to bank online and apply for their bus passes & rail cards via a computer. When I'm so old I've lost my marbles how will I remember all those passwords.Lizanne Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-30212443272810787522015-07-04T04:11:03.899-07:002015-07-04T04:11:03.899-07:00Great post, Carol! I agree completely. This PC non...Great post, Carol! I agree completely. This PC nonsense rears its head far too often sometimes! It will soon be an insult to call someone Human because we then aren't acknowledging the other DNA in our bodies and therefore disrespecting our ancestors...<br /><br />I hope you told the young lady in question that some grandmothers haven't quite reached 50 yet *sniff* ;-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com