This may have come from someone here, but it's worth a repeat: http://www.jokeroo.com/videos/funny/ipad-as-a-cutting-board.html
On Sep 2, 2012, at 6:37 AM, mex sara wrote: > 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. -- 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.
