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Post by puffy on Feb 19, 2022 14:30:02 GMT -5
Some years ago my wife put a 4 number code in my phone so i could listen to my voice mail.I hated it I could remember it but i could never get the numbers in the right sequence.I wanted to change them but I had no clue how to or if I even could.My son was recently home.I handed him my phone and asked him if he could figure out if he could change them.I told him the new numbers I wanted.About a minute later he handed me back my phone it was done..I know some about a lot of things..High tech devices aren't among them.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Feb 19, 2022 14:48:28 GMT -5
Don't sweat the small stuff! Knowing every feature on your phone isn't a meaningful life skill for most folks.
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Post by urbino on Feb 19, 2022 15:14:13 GMT -5
What Emily said. I can't improve on it.
Also, technology is like language. If you grow up around French-speakers, you develop a knack for it, even if it isn't your own language. You get the hang of it. Same with computers, phones, tablets, etc. When we're kids, our brains are wiring up synapses for every single thing we experience or encounter. When we get to middle age, they start doing the opposite: throwing out the bric-a-brac and only keeping the circuits that turned out to be truly important. As Emily says, details about smartphone usage are not in that category. Our brains have learned we don't need to remember that crap. We know we can get it from young people if needed.
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Post by roadsdiverged on Feb 19, 2022 15:40:21 GMT -5
I can't even remember the last time I checked my voice-mail. I dont understand why people leave messages that say "hi, call me back." All phones have caller ID, I can see that you called and IF, on a very rare occasion, I actually want to talk, I'll call back.
What's worse is a voice-mail then an immediate text that says the same.
Just in case you didn't notice, I hate voicemails AND phone calls.
On topic: I'm glad he was able to get yours working the way you wanted it to
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Post by trailboss on Feb 19, 2022 16:52:35 GMT -5
For my work, it is frustrating to have patients that refuse to answer the phone, do not listen to voicemail, and refuse to answer texts.
Many live in extremely remote locations, I try to communicate the windows of time that I will arrive I show up and nobody is home. What I deliver is keeping them alive.
One patient recently laughed it all off when I asked her if she got her voicemail or text. "I never check them" as she casually dismissed my question.
This last week she refused to answer the texts and voicemail, and she lives on property that getting stuck was a likely result for me. I called her nurse, and she wouldn't pick up for him either. I left her 1,500 pound order at the tribal chapter house...now she gets to lump it to a pickup truck and mule it into the house. As soon as I left, she decided to call me...bad for her that the cell coverage is really bad where I was.
It will be interesting to see if she has a change of heart.
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