Saves you waiting around for the cistern to fill.
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Saves you waiting around for the cistern to fill.
Spinney
Bimbleur extraordinaire
- Location
- Back up north
Microwave ovens - the palaver I had getting a new one. I hate, with a passion, these horrid programmable things. I want one knob to turn for the power, and one for the timer. That's it. Clockwork technology. But almost all the ones that are big enough to fit our dinner plates in to warm them have all the bloody electronic press-this-stupid-beepy-button X zillion times to heat it for 5 minutes.
And cars. Some electronics are useful, but after bad experiences with electronic and remote door locks, I've got a car where you have to stick the key in the lock to open it. And as few bells and whistles as possible.
But I do like my garmin, and my kindle, and am really glad I can use a word processor for work and not a typewriter with carbon copies!
And cars. Some electronics are useful, but after bad experiences with electronic and remote door locks, I've got a car where you have to stick the key in the lock to open it. And as few bells and whistles as possible.
But I do like my garmin, and my kindle, and am really glad I can use a word processor for work and not a typewriter with carbon copies!
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- The TerrorVortex
I despair of all the settings on my washing machine.
I need two programs, which, for the sake of argument, could be summed up thusly:-
1 Get red wine stains off this sheet / tablecloth / doormat even if it takes all day
2 I need this shirt and some undies in under half an hour.
The special program for denim can go and do one. As can the other twenty-odd!
I need two programs, which, for the sake of argument, could be summed up thusly:-
1 Get red wine stains off this sheet / tablecloth / doormat even if it takes all day
2 I need this shirt and some undies in under half an hour.
The special program for denim can go and do one. As can the other twenty-odd!
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User32269
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This is one of the reasons I enjoy cycling. I don't use any technology, not even a basic bike speedo. It's my escape from constant conectivity.
I see the massive benefits of mobile phones and instant internet access, but it does feel like the technology now pervades every aspect of modern life.
I enjoy nature and the outdoors; can see no reason whatsoever why I would need a device to tell me my heart rate, or the temperature of my fridge at home, whilst I was balanced on Crib Goch? Marvelling at the wonder of Snowdonia, could guarantee that some knob would call me about ppi if I left the mobile on though.
I see the massive benefits of mobile phones and instant internet access, but it does feel like the technology now pervades every aspect of modern life.
I enjoy nature and the outdoors; can see no reason whatsoever why I would need a device to tell me my heart rate, or the temperature of my fridge at home, whilst I was balanced on Crib Goch? Marvelling at the wonder of Snowdonia, could guarantee that some knob would call me about ppi if I left the mobile on though.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I bought a sub-£100 camera about five years ago. It takes perfectly reasonable piccies on AUTO. I printed out the operating manual for it. It's 120 pages long.
If I wanted to be all creative, I wouldn't have bought a cheap camera FFS.
Is there no limit to the onward march of "Features"??
If I wanted to be all creative, I wouldn't have bought a cheap camera FFS.
Is there no limit to the onward march of "Features"??
Turdus philomelos
Guru
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- West Lothian
What would our folks would say regarding our moaning of technology.
I remember my mum having to humph bedding to the wash house at the end of the terrace to use the copper to boil the sheets.
She would have sold me I think (I was a pest) for the machine sat in my kitchen.
I remember my mum having to humph bedding to the wash house at the end of the terrace to use the copper to boil the sheets.
She would have sold me I think (I was a pest) for the machine sat in my kitchen.
fixedfixer
Veteran
Ha ha yes, and we are all on here using this technology
It's modern cars that really hack me off. As a DIYer / repairer / home mechanic, there is nothing more rewarding than working on a BMC A series engine rather than some computer controlled beast that tells me when it 'thinks' it should be serviced.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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- Land of confusion
I use my old tablet, I can set multiple alarms and choose from any sound I want.
One of the best things I did was dumping the alarm clock with the permenant display. If I stirred during the night I would automatically look at it then wake myself up either thinking it was half an hour to the alarm and my brain would switch to daytime mode, or I would curse that it was the middle of the night and I can't sleep. These days I just roll over and go back to sleep without thinking about it, much better.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I'm a bit of a technophobe, but I'm still sat here typing on a 4G Android tablet.
fixedfixer
Veteran
Was listening to something on Radio 4 as I drove into work - talked about driver less tractors on farms. Now here is a thought, what about a driver less tractor that pulled into each layby to allow traffic to pass? Or was programmed to sweep up the clippings whilst on hedge cutting duties 
Low Gear Guy
Veteran
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- Surrey
