Is Geek A Contagious Condition

Hi everyone,:wave
I cannot tell you all what a great help everyone has been here so far.
I have listened to all suggestions, read and studied and followed to the T.
I am keep records of everything I learn here and reading and reading.
I wonder... with you all teaching me so much, does it mean I'm going to wake up some morning and be a Geek? :-D

 

"Do what you love."Jobseeker advice

"You are what you you do." Kuato Totall Recall

If you combine the two,you are what you love.

I dunno about being a geek but the forum's as a whole can be addictive.I came here looking for a little advice on my hard drive and similar to Dave that was over six years ago.

And I don't regret one minute of time I've spent or depending on thread, wasted.:-D

 

Thanks Dave and Rikky... I also find myself coming back everyday, whether I need help or not just to listen or talk to people I understand.
OK... back to work on my daughter's laptop..
Peace, out.
Later dudes and dudettes

 

Thanks Laura... I do love to learn and I find these machines fascinating... if only I weren't so darn old... lol... but I'll keep learning...

 

Well, there you go. You're a geek. :major

 

And what, exactly, do you refer to as the "old" limit?
Guarantee some here have you shaded by a few, youngun.

 

I'm quite new here.. you guys have all been an amazing help to me..with my questions. I am learning so much. Everyone here has been very helpful.:celebrate I just hope I can be able to help others here as well.

 

That's pretty much how everyone here started out. Welcome to MGs! :Wave

 

Dunno about it being contagious, but I can affirm it is genetic! I have raised two fine, geeky sons :major

. . . and have budding geek granddaughter (she can handle an iPhone better then her dad, lol).

 

Hi everyone... thanks for all the support... and someone asked... 63 and counting...

 

My dad is the same and the same age as bdelapp,he wouldn't try to use one as he had no need then when I showed him all the gardening and cooking forums and sites he became hooked.

BUT teaching my dad how to use a computer has to be one of the most frustrating and painstaking processes I've ever undergone:-D I can show him how to do something 10 times sometimes and it still doesn't sink in,its hard for me to understand why he isn't remembering what I'm telling him.

He says I lose my temper,I say he loses his temper and we end up bickering.:-D

One of the most fulfilling moments of my life was when I came in one day and my dad was just surfing the web,he'd turned it on himself,typed the password,opened firefox and started searching.

One small login for man,one giant leap for my dad:-D

 

Rikky, maybe he's better than he lets you think.
May just like your little "bickering" sessions.
You know, just to get the blood running.

 

Thumbs up to your mom for learning.

 

12-o-clock flashers, as we refer to them at work.

 

Oh, owwweeee, am I hearing that all of you might be closer to my grandkids age?
Never the less, still a great place, even if I might have suits older than most of you.
I certainly want to thank Sach2 most recently as he has worked OT helping me to attempt and repair a piece of crap HP el cheapo laptop our daughter bought for our grandkids.
Of course, that I recently discovered that my grandson may have spilled iced tea on it might explain a lot. :confused
I cannot say enough of Sach's help and patience with the old man here...
BTW... my first calculators were a slide rule and a Remington 99... no, it didn't require a hammer and chisel... :-D
So, see ya later dudes and dudettes..

 

So you either own suits made from orange courderoy, or your grandkids are in their early thirties? I'm hoping for the latter, since 70's suits were just horrible.

 

Orange corduroy? SERIOUSLY.., I've never seen it or even heard of it... lol Bell bottoms, seer sucker maybe, college prep and commando.
Played music with REO and friends with the Alarm Clock... knew lots of the old guys in the day... Big Underground fan...
Skypilot rocked, Disco stunk the place up, rap pffffffffffttttt, Stones and AC/DC rule :cool
Nope... children in their late 30s and early 40s...
I'm 63 going on 18... recelebrating my youth... don't lie like Clinton did, used in college and still doob... lol
You from the states or the island?
Nicholson said it best, " you need me on that wall" :major
WTF... over..:-D

 

Hi, I came here over 7 years ago, and am on nearly every day. I found a great program to store and access tips, info and any stuff I am interested in, called ZuluPad at http://www.gersic.com/zulupad/

Any subject, about any aspect of your life, is able to be stored in ZuluPad.
I have over 1 meg of Info stored in my Zulupad "database" ranging from A (Abbreviations) to Z(ZuluPad). :-D

One point I would stress however, is to keep/backup your ZuluPad info every time you add to it, and keep at least a second copy on an external storage device. USB memory stick and/or External Hard drive as the info becomes more valuable every time you add to it.

Regards,

Bazza

 

My #2 son is like that. Never known anybody as hard on electronic items as he is.

Bazza

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Here you go. Scroll down, third from the top. :major

Neither. I just live in the US.

 

:cool... thanks for the link.
I do remember corduroy, I just never saw the orange stuff.
I remember the yellow stuff seniors wore in high school. rolleyes
I used to wear a corduroy jacket and smoked a pipe which was very hip and professional back then in college. :cool lol

US here... desert SW... pfft, pfft... hate the sand.