tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9788723.post3038008276181068323..comments2023-11-05T09:33:45.406+00:00Comments on Shanny`s Day: Progress??Ivyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09984981877936138387noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9788723.post-18658517283530069022009-04-01T07:08:00.000+01:002009-04-01T07:08:00.000+01:00You can`t really beat a pencil and paper for addin...You can`t really beat a pencil and paper for adding up - although most of the young people today wouldn`t have a clue how to do that, would they?! I know some, that if the till doesn`t tell them how much change to give someone they can`t work it out and have to call an older person!Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984981877936138387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9788723.post-38261058942959773102009-03-31T23:29:00.000+01:002009-03-31T23:29:00.000+01:00You're absolutely right - and think of how depende...You're absolutely right - and think of how dependent banks etc are on computers. Last year the local electricity transformer went boom rather dramatically and all the power went off - some was restored quickly by hooking on to another transformer and then they brought in emergency portable transformers, but the town centre was off for more than 24 hours and most businesses had to close. Al didn't, as his scales can run on batteries. Not having a till, he used pencil and paper to add up the bills.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9788723.post-82263874768073516622009-03-28T08:51:00.000+00:002009-03-28T08:51:00.000+00:00Yes, I totally agree, I was really only using that...Yes, I totally agree, <BR/><BR/>I was really only using that as an example as to how dependent we seem to have become on computers etc, in all aspects of life.Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984981877936138387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9788723.post-44831597576101914472009-03-28T08:18:00.000+00:002009-03-28T08:18:00.000+00:00Heh, I hear your pain :D But I think we can be tha...Heh, I hear your pain :D But I think we can be thankful as long as it's only inconvenience in a shop - think about the possibility of a bad virus attacking a nuclear plant - or a military weapon system. Or a hospital where patients die because computers don't monitor their respirators or pacemakers or whatever.<BR/><BR/>That's also what the millennium fuss was all about and it sure was scary...<BR/><BR/>Every time I start thinking about this I find myself longing for the days of horse-drawn loads of hay...eijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09283396951823270977noreply@blogger.com