FabSwingers.com forum: How tech savvy are you?

By *ools and the brain OP Couple
21 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

Are you a genius wizard with all things technology wise?

Or like us complete technophobes and still on dial up and playing snakes on a Nokia 3310 ?

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
21 weeks ago

North West

Pretty decent.

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By *iker JackMan
21 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

Loved my 3310, would happily have one again

I am okay. I can do what I need to, but excel is the tool of the devil

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
21 weeks ago

Central

I'm in the middle, a little too close to the Nokia 3310, I fear some days.

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By *osey WalesMan
21 weeks ago

I think i'm getting worse. Used to think i was fine with it all but now feel it is overtaking me.

I reckon i could still set up a VCR to record Minder whilst i'm away for a fortnight though. 😂

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By *avexxMan
21 weeks ago

cheshire

nope im abs shocking

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

I'm not fixing your printer!

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By *hunky GentMan
21 weeks ago

Maldon and Peterborough

I'm pretty good at most things.

Not to clever writing software.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
21 weeks ago

North West

"I'm not fixing your printer!"

Turn it off and on again. Works every* time.

*We cannot be held responsible for the misprints in your work

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
21 weeks ago

East Sussex

Pretty good but I need to get on board with AI.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
21 weeks ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

I'm not much good with phones or iPads, etc, but am with a lap top.

Certainly good enough that when my folks get a new lap top I get the joy of setting it up and hearing my mum spend the next hour saying, 'But that IS the password,' to everything she can no longer log into.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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21 weeks ago

East Sussex

"I'm not much good with phones or iPads, etc, but am with a lap top.

When we updated my parents laptop to windows 10, years ago we left the password in large letters on a piece of paper in front of the screen. They used every password but that one

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By *abaFwonkleCouple
21 weeks ago

South Shields

Worked in IT for 30 years. I get by

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By *olfandtazCouple
21 weeks ago

Bristol

I am useless with tech but wolf is very good with tech I leave anything techy to him lol

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By *icecouple561Couple
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21 weeks ago

East Sussex

Mr N is more so than I though. He's the one everyone comes to with tech problems

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By *tew008Man
21 weeks ago

edinburgh

Worked in tech for years, engineering and support. So savvy enough to avoid it.

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

Absolutely useless, never sent an email

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By *lynJMan
21 weeks ago

Morden

"Worked in IT for 30 years. I get by

Newcomer! 😁 🤔 45 years for me. I've seen a few tech fads come and go. Still learning new stuff.

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By *ame-room-no-swapCouple
21 weeks ago

Taunton

Work in Cybersecurity, so very much need to be able to get by !!

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
21 weeks ago

little house on the praire

Absolutely rubbish

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

I make whizzes and pops in SFX and CGI…but I can barely add a contact into my iPhone…

Thank god I’ve only ever used Macintoshes.

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By *till gameMan
21 weeks ago

Oldham

Crap, I’ve just ordered a new phone today , probably will only use 10% of what it’s capable of 🤔

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By *B69Woman
21 weeks ago

Wiltshire

Terrible, my kids always sort any issues I have

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By *enrietteandSamCouple
21 weeks ago

Staffordshire

I’m tech savvy enough to know that you can get a free trial from the website if you’re a student.

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

I can barely turn my phone on

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

"I can barely turn my phone on

You can practice by turning me on

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By *enrietteandSamCouple
21 weeks ago

Staffordshire

"I can barely turn my phone on

I’m barely reading you right now.

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By *affron40Woman
21 weeks ago

manchester

I’m tech stupid. I try hard though 🤣

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
21 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

I can only manage the most very basic of things ( I don’t manage those a lot of the time) on the smart phone or laptop, anything beyond that is a foreign world to me.

I have to get assistance quite a lot of the time

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By *ynamicnatureMan
21 weeks ago

Doncaster

I wouldn't call myself a technophobe as I enjoy some of what it can do for me.

But I'm pretty bloody hopeless at learning new tech.

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By *unkrockcockMan
21 weeks ago

sheff

IT director, infrastructure engineer, web developer so I definitely know how to turn it off and on again.

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By *unguy410Man
21 weeks ago

Cambridge

I'm fairly good with PC, Android and iOS. A couple of years ago at work I had 5 or 6 screens on the go at once.

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By *b750Couple
21 weeks ago

Aberdeen

We know how to use etch a sketch

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By *neeyedwillieMan
21 weeks ago

Darlington

I'm in the process of sourcing parts for building a new PC so I'm savy enough for what I need.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
21 weeks ago

East Sussex

"We know how to use etch a sketch "

Blimey! That's a serious skill

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By *till gameMan
21 weeks ago

Oldham

If I get stuck , I follow the IT crowd problem protocol

Have you switched it on

Try switching it off then on 😀

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By *b750Couple
21 weeks ago

Aberdeen

"We know how to use etch a sketch

Blimey! That's a serious skill"
lol

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By *ib.Man
21 weeks ago

Hampshire

I used to think I was shit hot but the older the get the less I care.

I'd be quite happy with a homestead or living in the woods.

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By *innamon!Woman
21 weeks ago

no matter

Not savvy enough to get the blue screen of death off my lap top . Been a month and i have tried everything i know

Resorting to watching youtube now to see if i can work it out . Huffs !

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By *ortyairCouple
21 weeks ago

Wallasey

I'm not but happily he is, Mrs x

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By *ucka39Man
21 weeks ago

Newcastle

I'm a legend and I'm not a geek

enjoy the challenges as a competitive person

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By *laytime_13Woman
21 weeks ago

Lincs

I work in tech. I’m not at all tech savvy and once had to have instructions left for me on how to use the sky remote.

Sooner or later they’ll work out that I don’t know what I’m doing but it’s been a few years now🤔

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By *ir tootMan
21 weeks ago

Burton-on-Trent

"I work in tech. I’m not at all tech savvy and once had to have instructions left for me on how to use the sky remote.

Sooner or later they’ll work out that I don’t know what I’m doing but it’s been a few years now🤔"

Lmao i wont tell a soul

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By *ld fashioned connectionMan
21 weeks ago

Rugby

Very tech savvy, but apparently shit at connecting with like minded individuals here! So in summary I could register and log on but then flame out. But, having fun watching crazy Trump give a rambling speech. Dementia much?

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By *haveanicevoiceMan
21 weeks ago

Soggy Middle-Earth (Cumbria)

"I used to think I was shit hot but the older the get the less I care.

I'd be quite happy with a homestead or living in the woods."

Can relate but I was never hot shit anyway or tried to be really. Maybe one of the relieving things about growing older, and experiencing stuff, and being around people is that you care less and less other than curiosity or learning about what other people are doing and where on the social hierarchy they seem to be. I'm still stuck mentally in Windohs 95 and ME (what a nightmare) with burning time in Minesweeper, Solitaire and Skifree and breaking discworld floppy discs under the chair. Seeing Matthew Perry all over the news reminded me when he did a promo for 95 back then with Jennifer Aniston.

2 years ago I chopped up 2 trees cut down as rounds into logs and stacked them over a summer something I'd never done before or thought I could do. You can see guys in their 60s doing things like that one famous one was Dick Proenneke (no joke name).

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By *riar BelisseWoman
21 weeks ago

Delightful Bliss

Definitely a technophobe, I admire tech and all the wonderful things it can do, but I'm shite at understanding how it works

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

I'm bookmarking this page in case I ever have any issues and need to contact one of you tech wizards

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By *acavityMan
21 weeks ago

Redditch

To use a car analogy.

I can check the oil, change the tyres and will try to fix stuff. But sooner or later, I take it to the garage

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By *ansoffateMan
21 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

I can fix most electrical items, although most are designed for obsolescence rather than repair now.

Phones seem to be allergic to me though and generally fuck up in ways no one came explain.

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

Its not my thing.. wish it was as drives me nuts at times. x

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By *rgasmatron1970Man
21 weeks ago

Bromley

I've worked in specialist hifi for 36 years, so hopefully well above average

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By *innamon!Woman
19 weeks ago

no matter

"Not savvy enough to get the blue screen of death off my lap top . Been a month and i have tried everything i know

Resorting to watching youtube now to see if i can work it out . Huffs ! "

Well obviously I was Savvy enough to fix it myself with no help

back up and running after sitting at it on Monday . Ipad on hand to follow instructions !! GO ME !

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By *igwilly2kMan
19 weeks ago

The Land of Kink!

Completly tech savvy. Anyone need any technical support!!?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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19 weeks ago

East Sussex

I'm pretty good but Mr N is better there's not much he can't do.

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By *elvet RopeMan
19 weeks ago

by the big field

I get paid to work out whats wrong with complex stuff and sort it out...guess i'm at least reasonable then?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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19 weeks ago

East Sussex

We had to laugh when the twenty something guy who installed our full fibre explained slowly and clearly three times that we must put the.very.long.password.in.very.carefully.or.it.won't.work. despite me saying it was ok we knew what we were doing while scanning the QR code with my phone

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By *elvet RopeMan
19 weeks ago

by the big field

"We had to laugh when the twenty something guy who installed our full fibre explained slowly and clearly three times that we must put the.very.long.password.in.very.carefully.or.it.won't.work. despite me saying it was ok we knew what we were doing while scanning the QR code with my phone

Had a similar thing when they attempted to raise my broadband cost and extolled the greatness of the full fibre service i was receiving...until i pointed out to them how much shit they were talking, told them exactly how the local cabinet was fudged and incorrectly described as full fibre and gave them the exact location the actual fibre bit starts- which is about 4 miles from my house....kind of took the wind out os their sales pitch a little

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By *irthandgirthMan
19 weeks ago

Camberley occasionally doncaster

Good with hardware, not so much with software. Coding means nothing to me.

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By *piritOfWolvesMan
19 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

"Are you a genius wizard with all things technology wise?

Or like us complete technophobes and still on dial up and playing snakes on a Nokia 3310 ?"

I have electronics and computer science under my curriculum. Did you need help/advice on anything?

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By *ealMissShadyWoman
19 weeks ago

St Albans/ Welsh Borders

Phones, computers, laptops I'm great with. Even down to changing out hardware and rebuilds

But telly boxes, no....I have a fancy fandangled telly but if I have to do anything other than find the Netflix button or find Sky then I have to call in my son to sort it

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By *orny PTMan
19 weeks ago

Peterborough

I miss my Ericsson T10, LG kg 360 and anything else with buttons. Zombie finger is a real thing.

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By *orny PTMan
19 weeks ago

Peterborough

I'm savvy enough to realise that keeping an old device along side the newer hardware will fight back against upgrades masquerading as built in obsolescence.

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