Communications

We do live in a lucky time.  Remember the days when you had to make a toll call booking to ring someone more than 10 kiliometers from home.  Party lines, analog phones, relays at the exchange getting stuck and it was not possible to instanly keep intouch.
But today we all enjoy digital TV, mobile phones, instant messaging, SKYPE just to name a few.
My mother has had a fall and my NZ sister keeps me informed via mobile text.  It doesn't make it any easier to bear the news but it does keep you in the loop.  Where years ago we would have got the news a couple of days later by Telegram

Merilyn Johnson

This was a happy Birthday 5th March 2009.  Merilyn will not see here 60th birthday and Helen who has known Merilyn for 55 years will never see her best friend again.  Merilyn was killed in a house fire on her property at "Zeta" in Alpha western Queensland. 
Merilyn was looking forward to her 5th Grand Child to be born in a couple of months time
Read more on the The Morning Bulletin site

About doing what you want to do

Everyone has a dream, be it tangable or just a dream.  Years ago we were encouraged to set goals and reward ourselves when we got there.
Nothing is different now....we can all set a goal to learn as much about our computers, tap into anyone who we think can help.  Ask questions on the web, because what we have at our finger tips is the biggest electronic encyclopedias called the WEB.
Ask yourself why does it work?  Write a question into Google, like " how does the WWW work", how does a biro work, why are leaves green.

Why do we need to Learn how to use a Computer

As we get older our kids and grandkids are entering a technilogical world.  The grandkids will text by phone or send an Email, but very seldomly would they ever think to write a card or letter.  Nearly a thing of the past.
So we older ones must learn how to communicate with the young ones.  In doing so we must learn how to use the new technology.