On 24 Mar 2015 23:21:55 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2015-03-24, Boron Elgar > wrote:
>
>> ads when they open a browser or downloaded app that pushes ads.
>
>Oh yes, that's what I want! A pocket gizmo that will bury me under
>unlimited advertising, no matter where I happen to be or whatever I
>happen to be doing. As if.....

You made me laugh - in a good way. All that was missing up there was
the "Get off my lawn!" rant.

I am no spring chicken, but I keep up with things to make sure I can
best serve my business clients. But I have always been an electronics
geek. If it lights up, takes batteries or goes "beep," I want it.
Hell, I met my husband online 26 years ago - before the axe murderers
got there.

>> there that are making a good percentage of their profit from data
>> sales rather than retail sales.
>
>Fortunately --thru nobody's fault but my own-- they're not making a
>dime off me.

HA! Don't bet. Everybody's somebody's clown.

>> Trending is away from desktops and laptops.....
>
>Yet another thing I am not: Trendy!

Trendy can be fun. These whiz-bang new gadgets, doncha know...
Actually, I am very thankful for them. I have a kid who teaches in
Taiwan and I get to see and hear him through Skype almost daily. That
sort of thing alone would encourage me to be a new adopter of whatever
new software or hardware were coming out. Bring it on!

Boron