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"My mum isn’t even old (55) and does this. I texted her the other day and didn’t hear for days as she had left her phone in the car. She lives 300 miles away, good job it wasn’t an emergency "Maddening isn’t it! | |||
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"They left the Grey Havens towards the Undying Lands...and broke my heart. Elderly relatives have a habit of doing this. The buggers."  Exactly what my mum did. Inconsiderate. | |||
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All evening!!! Go for it "I feel a bit disloyal but let me just say that extreme old age and the internet is a dangerous combination | |||
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"What stupid things have your elderly relatives done? My dear old mother, bless’er, used to keep her mobile turned off. She’d turn it on to text me a question then turn it off again for days at a time." Her phone battery must last a good year or two | |||
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"My mum isn’t even old (55) and does this. I texted her the other day and didn’t hear for days as she had left her phone in the car. She lives 300 miles away, good job it wasn’t an emergency
Maddening isn’t it! "I had only messaged to say my number had changed. About 3 days later, she messaged back a simple “Y?” Then sent a further message asking how the dog was. Love you too mum  | |||
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"If your lifeline button is in a drawer and you call over its no good to you" Ha! “Oh I know dear but I like things to be tidy” | |||
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"My mum isn’t even old (55) and does this. I texted her the other day and didn’t hear for days as she had left her phone in the car. She lives 300 miles away, good job it wasn’t an emergency
Maddening isn’t it!
I had only messaged to say my number had changed. About 3 days later, she messaged back a simple “Y?” Then sent a further message asking how the dog was.
Love you too mum "And how is the dog? | |||
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"My mum isn’t even old (55) and does this. I texted her the other day and didn’t hear for days as she had left her phone in the car. She lives 300 miles away, good job it wasn’t an emergency
Maddening isn’t it!
I had only messaged to say my number had changed. About 3 days later, she messaged back a simple “Y?” Then sent a further message asking how the dog was.
Love you too mum
And how is the dog?"He’s ok but I suspect he’d quite like to go back to his Grandma’s gaff | |||
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"How long have you got? "Absolutely. Basically, anything involving technology "goes wrong" or "is faulty". Currently I'm 7 months into sorting out a wildlife camera for them, which works perfectly for me but apparently never works for them. I actually retrieved it from them yesterday, to me it seems to have been recording perfectly, though I now have to show them a video of a massive rat on their bird table. | |||
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"How long have you got?
Absolutely. Basically, anything involving technology "goes wrong" or "is faulty". Currently I'm 7 months into sorting out a wildlife camera for them, which works perfectly for me but apparently never works for them.
I actually retrieved it from them yesterday, to me it seems to have been recording perfectly, though I now have to show them a video of a massive rat on their bird table." we have recently repaired a broken laptop...by pressing the on button  | |||
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"How long have you got?
Absolutely. Basically, anything involving technology "goes wrong" or "is faulty". Currently I'm 7 months into sorting out a wildlife camera for them, which works perfectly for me but apparently never works for them.
I actually retrieved it from them yesterday, to me it seems to have been recording perfectly, though I now have to show them a video of a massive rat on their bird table.
we have recently repaired a broken laptop...by pressing the on button " I bet your patience is severely tested at times!! | |||
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"How long have you got?
Absolutely. Basically, anything involving technology "goes wrong" or "is faulty". Currently I'm 7 months into sorting out a wildlife camera for them, which works perfectly for me but apparently never works for them.
I actually retrieved it from them yesterday, to me it seems to have been recording perfectly, though I now have to show them a video of a massive rat on their bird table.
we have recently repaired a broken laptop...by pressing the on button
I bet your patience is severely tested at times!!"Yes. But...my mum died just under a year ago, dad's on his own after 67 years of marriage we do have our patience tested but never let it show. I tend to unload on other people and laugh about it, like we are here | |||
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"How long have you got?
Absolutely. Basically, anything involving technology "goes wrong" or "is faulty". Currently I'm 7 months into sorting out a wildlife camera for them, which works perfectly for me but apparently never works for them.
I actually retrieved it from them yesterday, to me it seems to have been recording perfectly, though I now have to show them a video of a massive rat on their bird table.
we have recently repaired a broken laptop...by pressing the on button
I bet your patience is severely tested at times!!
Yes. But...my mum died just under a year ago, dad's on his own after 67 years of marriage we do have our patience tested but never let it show. I tend to unload on other people and laugh about it, like we are here "Oh I am sorry to hear about that. 67 years marriage is a long time! Poor chap must be finding it hard. My dad is in a similar position but to a lesser extent. And luckily he’s a pretty switched on guy - he’s got an iPhone and iPad and knows how to use them! But he still writes shaky hand cheques, bless him. | |||
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"Not wearing hearing aids because you can hear things with them " My Dad does this too. According to his audiologist, wearing them when alone at home is important to maintain cognitive function, because the brain is dealing with all those little sounds in the background. Dad forgets, though.... *Facepalm* | |||
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"Not wearing hearing aids because you can hear things with them My Dad does this too. According to his audiologist, wearing them when alone at home is important to maintain cognitive function, because the brain is dealing with all those little sounds in the background. Dad forgets, though.... *Facepalm*" As you know my mum died last year, we still haven't found her hearing aids. My dad is badly in need of help with his hearing but won't consider it. Phone calls with him have taken on a slightly comical but nightmarish quality and face to face it's obvious that he's not hearing what we're saying but pretending he has. The volume of the TV being set to 80 is a clue | |||
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"Not wearing hearing aids because you can hear things with them My Dad does this too. According to his audiologist, wearing them when alone at home is important to maintain cognitive function, because the brain is dealing with all those little sounds in the background. Dad forgets, though.... *Facepalm* As you know my mum died last year, we still haven't found her hearing aids. My dad is badly in need of help with his hearing but won't consider it. Phone calls with him have taken on a slightly comical but nightmarish quality and face to face it's obvious that he's not hearing what we're saying but pretending he has. The volume of the TV being set to 80 is a clue "I see this in clinic a lot, the results are obvious but they insist they're fine and I've spent the appointment almost shouting
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"Not wearing hearing aids because you can hear things with them " My dad does this!! He’s deaf as a post and going out for lunch with him is a nightmare. “So how’s things?” “EH??” “How are you?” “WHAT??!!” Oh ffs  “HOW ARE YOU?”
(Whole pub looks around)
Turn the frickin things on and up!!! | |||
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"Not wearing hearing aids because you can hear things with them My Dad does this too. According to his audiologist, wearing them when alone at home is important to maintain cognitive function, because the brain is dealing with all those little sounds in the background. Dad forgets, though.... *Facepalm* As you know my mum died last year, we still haven't found her hearing aids. My dad is badly in need of help with his hearing but won't consider it. Phone calls with him have taken on a slightly comical but nightmarish quality and face to face it's obvious that he's not hearing what we're saying but pretending he has. The volume of the TV being set to 80 is a clue
I see this in clinic a lot, the results are obvious but they insist they're fine and I've spent the appointment almost shouting
Tinder x"When I come back from my dad's it takes me about an hour to stop the shouting voice. It's clearly affecting his cognitive ability and he's missing important information at hospital appointments etc, I listen to his voicemails when I'm there because he tells me people just mumble. Not a lot I can do if he won't get it sorted and he often tells me off saying " No need to shout, I'm not deaf you know" | |||
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"How long have you got?
Absolutely. Basically, anything involving technology "goes wrong" or "is faulty". Currently I'm 7 months into sorting out a wildlife camera for them, which works perfectly for me but apparently never works for them.
I actually retrieved it from them yesterday, to me it seems to have been recording perfectly, though I now have to show them a video of a massive rat on their bird table.
we have recently repaired a broken laptop...by pressing the on button "Haha ! that has really made me laugh much louder than I should considering I am the age you are all talking about . Thankfully I still have most of my marbles where technology is concerned | |||
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"How long have you got?
Absolutely. Basically, anything involving technology "goes wrong" or "is faulty". Currently I'm 7 months into sorting out a wildlife camera for them, which works perfectly for me but apparently never works for them.
I actually retrieved it from them yesterday, to me it seems to have been recording perfectly, though I now have to show them a video of a massive rat on their bird table.
we have recently repaired a broken laptop...by pressing the on button
Haha ! that has really made me laugh much louder than I should considering I am the age you are all talking about .
Thankfully I still have most of my marbles where technology is concerned "The person I'm talking about is 95 | |||
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"How long have you got?
Absolutely. Basically, anything involving technology "goes wrong" or "is faulty". Currently I'm 7 months into sorting out a wildlife camera for them, which works perfectly for me but apparently never works for them.
I actually retrieved it from them yesterday, to me it seems to have been recording perfectly, though I now have to show them a video of a massive rat on their bird table.
we have recently repaired a broken laptop...by pressing the on button
Haha ! that has really made me laugh much louder than I should considering I am the age you are all talking about .
Thankfully I still have most of my marbles where technology is concerned
The person I'm talking about is 95 "Technically still young enough to join fab!!! | |||
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"How long have you got?
Absolutely. Basically, anything involving technology "goes wrong" or "is faulty". Currently I'm 7 months into sorting out a wildlife camera for them, which works perfectly for me but apparently never works for them.
I actually retrieved it from them yesterday, to me it seems to have been recording perfectly, though I now have to show them a video of a massive rat on their bird table.
we have recently repaired a broken laptop...by pressing the on button
Haha ! that has really made me laugh much louder than I should considering I am the age you are all talking about .
Thankfully I still have most of my marbles where technology is concerned
The person I'm talking about is 95
Technically still young enough to join fab!!! "The saints preserve us! | |||
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"Not wearing hearing aids because you can hear things with them My Dad does this too. According to his audiologist, wearing them when alone at home is important to maintain cognitive function, because the brain is dealing with all those little sounds in the background. Dad forgets, though.... *Facepalm* As you know my mum died last year, we still haven't found her hearing aids. My dad is badly in need of help with his hearing but won't consider it. Phone calls with him have taken on a slightly comical but nightmarish quality and face to face it's obvious that he's not hearing what we're saying but pretending he has. The volume of the TV being set to 80 is a clue
I see this in clinic a lot, the results are obvious but they insist they're fine and I've spent the appointment almost shouting
Tinder x
When I come back from my dad's it takes me about an hour to stop the shouting voice. It's clearly affecting his cognitive ability and he's missing important information at hospital appointments etc, I listen to his voicemails when I'm there because he tells me people just mumble.
Not a lot I can do if he won't get it sorted and he often tells me off saying
" No need to shout, I'm not deaf you know" "Haha I have that from patients as well
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"Not wearing hearing aids because you can hear things with them My Dad does this too. According to his audiologist, wearing them when alone at home is important to maintain cognitive function, because the brain is dealing with all those little sounds in the background. Dad forgets, though.... *Facepalm* As you know my mum died last year, we still haven't found her hearing aids. My dad is badly in need of help with his hearing but won't consider it. Phone calls with him have taken on a slightly comical but nightmarish quality and face to face it's obvious that he's not hearing what we're saying but pretending he has. The volume of the TV being set to 80 is a clue
I see this in clinic a lot, the results are obvious but they insist they're fine and I've spent the appointment almost shouting
Tinder x
When I come back from my dad's it takes me about an hour to stop the shouting voice. It's clearly affecting his cognitive ability and he's missing important information at hospital appointments etc, I listen to his voicemails when I'm there because he tells me people just mumble.
Not a lot I can do if he won't get it sorted and he often tells me off saying
" No need to shout, I'm not deaf you know"
Haha I have that from patients as well
Tinder "I'm fully aware that this is what my not to distant future might look !like. I'm trying to take mental notes so that I don't fall into the 'I'm not deaf, you're mumbling' trap | |||
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" When I come back from my dad's it takes me about an hour to stop the shouting voice. It's clearly affecting his cognitive ability and he's missing important information at hospital appointments etc, I listen to his voicemails when I'm there because he tells me people just mumble. Not a lot I can do if he won't get it sorted and he often tells me off saying " No need to shout, I'm not deaf you know"
Haha I have that from patients as well
Tinder
I'm fully aware that this is what my not to distant future might look !like. I'm trying to take mental notes so that I don't fall into the 'I'm not deaf, you're mumbling' trap"But haven’t we all spent our lives saying “i definitely will NOT turn out like my parents!” When I was young I promised myself I’d be a cool parent and would let the kids do fun stuff, that I wouldn’t tut and shake my head at yoofs, that I’d listen to cool music. Nope! | |||
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" When I come back from my dad's it takes me about an hour to stop the shouting voice. It's clearly affecting his cognitive ability and he's missing important information at hospital appointments etc, I listen to his voicemails when I'm there because he tells me people just mumble. Not a lot I can do if he won't get it sorted and he often tells me off saying " No need to shout, I'm not deaf you know"
Haha I have that from patients as well
Tinder
I'm fully aware that this is what my not to distant future might look !like. I'm trying to take mental notes so that I don't fall into the 'I'm not deaf, you're mumbling' trap
But haven’t we all spent our lives saying “i definitely will NOT turn out like my parents!”
When I was young I promised myself I’d be a cool parent and would let the kids do fun stuff, that I wouldn’t tut and shake my head at yoofs, that I’d listen to cool music. Nope! "Very true. My dad spends 75% of his time in 1947 and the other 25% not understanding 2023. I'll probably be the same but existing in 1974 | |||
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"For some reason, one of my cousins thought it would be a good idea to get my 96yr old nanna an 'Alexa' for Xmas. My mam showed her how to play some old songs she liked.... Within 10 mins of getting home she was already on the phone to my mam... 'what's this woman's name again, I can't remember and she won't stop singing' " bless her heart | |||
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