24-02-2018, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by poohdog
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I just sold my unused digital microwave at half price to a friend because I couldn't understand the instructions....and have replaced it with a no nonsense simple to use model.My TV is the very latest smart model but I haven't the faintest idea how to use all the clever clever stuff its capable of.
That's bad news, it's probably "Spying" on you as we speak, so to speak.
24-02-2018, 10:25 AM
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I only use around a tenth of my MacBook's capabilitites. It's basically a prettier Chromebook than the one it replaced which was a pretty Netbook (remember them?), although netbooks were definitely underpowered my Apple device flies along given its weak work load.
24-02-2018, 11:58 AM
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I must confess I am still tech mad even at my age. I still am a dab hand with the soldering iron. Smart TV, love it.My iPad at times will not find my Wi-fi printer. So I have to use my other thorn tablet. I have 3 kindles but mostly use the paper white. No hi tech oven though just gas hob and electric oven. My microwave, cor, so many buttons.
There is a laptop somewhere not far from where I am sitting. Handy for transferring photos to memory sticks.
Did I tell you, that I was 80 last month.
24-02-2018, 12:12 PM
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We are trying to keep up, refuse to let it beat us. Smart tv actually quite easy to use certainly physically easier than having to swap plugs if we wanted to watch a DVD, now can do it by two clicks of the remote control. Magic.Somethings are overly designed though with features we will never need so we look for simpler designs.
24-02-2018, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ruthio
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Once upon a time I had a Fan Oven.I turned a knob to switch it on and turned a second knob to fix the required temperature.
Oh yes, and there was a separate Grill above. The End.
My new oven has the following settings: ....
Circo Therm
Circo Therm eco
Top/bottom heating
Pizza setting
Bread baking setting
Bottom heating
Circo-roasting
Full-surface grill
Centre-area grill
Slow cooking
Steam cooking
Dough proving
Oven cleaning
Interior lighting
Thats just the Main Oven.
Then theres theTop Oven zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
24-02-2018, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by spitfire
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[/B]That's bad news, it's probably "Spying" on you as we speak, so to speak.
24-02-2018, 12:38 PM
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I have had a life time of reading instructions so when I need to read them now, I tend to speed read them and skip certain bits which is not good and means I normally have to go back and read them again.I have just bought a new printer which has 135 pages of instructions. A quarter of those are health and safety, things like 'Don't use your printer whilst swimming in the sea' or 'Don't drop on your foot.'
I know I will only ever need about a tenth of the things that the printer does.
The worst instructions are those that fold out into an A1 sheet.
24-02-2018, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Emjay
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I must confess I am still tech mad even at my age. I still am a dab hand with the soldering iron. Smart TV, love it.My iPad at times will not find my Wi-fi printer. So I have to use my other thorn tablet. I have 3 kindles but mostly use the paper white. No hi tech oven though just gas hob and electric oven. My microwave, cor, so many buttons.
There is a laptop somewhere not far from where I am sitting. Handy for transferring photos to memory sticks.
Did I tell you, that I was 80 last month.
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