don't think apple need any marketing help if they can get the octogenarians on board ...
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Christopher Bischoff <[email protected]>wrote: > Great story mex. Send it on to Apple. > > don't think apple need any marketing help from me if they can get the octogenarians on board ... with out any input from us .. I never thought he would enjoy one as he had a lot of trouble with the desk top ... > > 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. > -- 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.
