Great story mex. Send it on to Apple. On Sep 1, 2012, at 4:19 PM, mex sara <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 6:21 AM, Christopher Bischoff <[email protected]> > wrote: > Happy Sunday all > > > > received and added to grand plan > > here is an iPad story > > my Dad who is 80, a technophobe, slightly right of Attilla the Hun in an > eccentric old guy way who enjoys baiting the enemy [ ie: me a socialist > anarchist lackey ] into circular political arguments that descend into > ridiculousness fairly rapidly had a routine > > wake up round the time the newspaper was delivered ... wander down the drive > get the paper .. make tea and toast ... read the thing cover to cover .. ring > me and tell his new plan [ based on whatever he read ] to save everybody from > themselves ... > then for several days the paper didn't arrive ... and I didn't hear from him > ... I didn't worry at first sometimes he takes a road trip I half expected > him to appear at our front door .. but then I started > to worry he was "down the gully with two broken legs" [ he usually won't > answer his phone in case it is a telephone marketer .... ] > > finally about the fourth day he rings ... his paper hadn't arrived all week > ... he rang the newspaper subscription office in the city to find out if he > had put a hold on it and was actually supposed to be away visiting somewhere > and had forgotten to go .. but no the News agency [ a kinda corner store that > sells newspapers magazines lottery tickets stationary ect had gone broke and > shut as papers can only be delivered by a registered news agent ... no paper > ... > > somehow the idea that an iPad was good for reading the paper had filtered > through to him and by the fourth day without a paper he had made a trip to > town and could I help him set it up over the phone ... well I immediately > passed that job on to my brother ... we already had the wireless broadband > set up for when we are up at the beach > > now I get a morning email [ rather than a phone call ] Dad has very proudly > reached level 5 of Angry Birds ... reads the paper on it ... one of my > brothers loaded up a very large eBook library ... he carries it with him > every where... it has a snazzy faux leather case with pockets for notebooks > and pens and glasses ... and is called MY IPAD ... heaven help the world if > he discovers social media > > mx > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
