Just now received this message.  I do agree with what you say.  Older I
get the harder it is for me to adapt, change and learn.  I still provide
lessons and training to anyone who needs it and the more I can reach out
to bbs connections the better.


-> -=> Quoting Ruben Figueroa to Roger Shays on 08-05-08  16:28 <=-

->  RF> Modems maybe archaic but I still have very regular users who connect
->  RF> that way.  Most of them are elderly and for some reason prefer it than
->  RF> a web/internet connection.
->  
-> Which really makes sense... while some are quite able to learn lots of
-> new things, others can manage a few "magic spells" and once they have
-> those, it's hard to learn a lot more...  I'm not exactly elderly, but
-> I'm not all that young, either... and for me, I didn't learn how to
-> telnet until I absolutely needed to learn it, in order to reach any bbs
-> that had my Fido echoes...  ;0  If I had had access to a local dial-up
-> connection, I would gladly have stayed with dial up.  Fortunately I have
-> a very good resident Wizard to set up new stuff for me and to teach me
-> enough of the magic to be able to use it... I have known quite a few for
-> whom the learning curve would have been too much, though.

-> ttyl      neb

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