Young people of today and have we screwed them!

Probably. Yes. No doubt. I can relate to young people because I never grew up! Ask my kids if you like. I was just in time for being computer literate, although I struggle with my vocabulary ( which I just misspelled) ( And I just misspelled , misspelled). By that I mean the vocabulary of that Faceache stuff which friends my age refer to so disparagingly.... I'm 3 for 3 this morning . I just misspelled disparagingly. It's no wonder my kids are so screwed up. In truth my kids have turned out very well! In spite of me or because of me, you'll have to ask them. That's what my friend Kevin says about Cuba. " Is Cuba so great because of the revolution or in spite of it. " I digress!

My kids always look at me with puzzled amusement at my lack of computer savvy as well as gadget savvy , printer savvy, hardware or add a gizmo to my computer savvy. I still don't have a ( digital) camera ... In fact I have to pause and try to remember what the term for camera is these days. We, and I mean the Royal we here, call a camera a camera. Instead of what is known as ....... second coffee kicking in......... just called my mother and she doesn't know..... mother called me back after looking at the back of their , digital camera...... Success at last! And nope, my mother is not more digitally aware than me; just the opposite. She doesn't even have a debit card, and she has to go to the drug store with her digital camera to have the pictures developed... When of course she isn't using her 35 mm camera with something known as film!!!

I, on the other hand and by I , I mean the Royal I of course, have this blog for one thing. I just have to remember I have a blog, Note to self blog today, don't wait 2 years ... I also have a digital camera , someone gave me one as a gift. I lost the instructions and interest and the camera has now become a very nice paper-weight. I do internet banking and if I don't have access to the internet I get a panicky sense of , I have no idea of how much money is in my account. And I mean it could be minus $25 to a gazzillion dollars. hmmm Can I buy food today or can I afford a yacht!!! And I wouldn't like to go back to the days of calling someone to have a form sent out instead of simply printing one from the internet. Assuming of course I can figure out how to get my printer working.

So, are kids screwed? Some maybe. But I think mostly we , and I use the Royal we here of course, are jealous of our kids mastery of the digital universe when most of us grown ups are struggling to  figure where the 'on' switch is to Microsoft Explore ..... or why I , and I use the Royal I here of course, can't figure why my printer won't print after 2 years of owning some type of printer or other but not actually being able to 'print'. And on the negative side, those young people  invented Faceache! Those Bastards!!!!!!! And I will never forgive them for that.