My phone broke

[schneiderguy]

So I had to write my grocery list, with a pen, on a physical piece of paper.

I guess this is how it felt to live in the 1700s. BoomerD, can you confirm?

 

[BoomerD]

So I had to write my grocery list, with a pen, on a physical piece of paper.

I guess this is how it felt to live in the 1700s. BoomerD, can you confirm?

 

[sdifox]

So I had to write my grocery list, with a pen, on a physical piece of paper.

I guess this is how it felt to live in the 1700s. BoomerD, can you confirm?

Umm, in the 1700s you just send a servant to fetch your goose.

Another thing, unless you were the upper echelon, you couldn't read and write.

 

[BoomerD]

Umm, in the 1700s you just send a servant to fetch your goose.

Another thing, unless you were the upper echelon, you couldn't read and write.

So…just like the 1700s for schnidey…had someone else write it for him…took it to the store, handed it to the clerk…then, when he got home, wondered why he had Kotex, Midol, and an assortment of Depends.

 

[Torn Mind]

OP isn't gen Z to claim disability of tech starvation.

 

[Charmonium]

I use papyrus and squidward ink, but that's just me

 

[Torn Mind]

So…just like the 1700s for schnidey…had someone else write it for him…took it to the store, handed it to the clerk…then, when he got home, wondered why he had Kotex, Midol, and an assortment of Depends.

You're too young Boomer, far too young.

https://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/ishm/vesalius/VESx2001x07x02x067x072.pdf

 

[biostud]

I always do it on post it, much faster than phone.

 

[mv2devnull]

I always buy the same set of items. With item not every time, particularly if I forget. So yes, a list could help.
Anyway, what does shopping have to do with phones?

 

[highland145]

I just send the wife.

 

[pcslookout]

I just do curb side

 

[mikeymikec]

So I had to write my grocery list, with a pen, on a physical piece of paper.

My wife's like this, she writes her shopping list on a piece of paper then when she goes to the supermarket, she leaves the piece of paper at home.

 

[biostud]

My wife's like this, she writes her shopping list on a piece of paper then when she goes to the supermarket, she leaves the piece of paper at home.

I do this too, then my wife send a photo of it

 

[sdifox]

I just send the wife.

Lies! Your wife doesn't get to leave the kitchen.

 

[Ken g6]

My wife's like this, she writes her shopping list on a piece of paper then when she goes to the supermarket, she leaves the piece of paper at home.

Does that mean she forgets the stuff on the list, or does the act of writing help her remember what to get?

 

[highland145]

Lies! Your wife doesn't get to leave the kitchen.

I've got her working 2 jerbs so she does get out a bit.

 

[mikeymikec]

I do this too, then my wife send a photo of it

<nods sagely> off-site backup.

 

[mikeymikec]

Does that mean she forgets the stuff on the list, or does the act of writing help her remember what to get?

Lil bit of both.

 

[Charmonium]

I always buy the same set of items. With item not every time, particularly if I forget. So yes, a list could help.
Anyway, what does shopping have to do with phones?

You say that as you were expecting some sort of continuity. Maybe even logical consistency.

 

[biostud]

<nods sagely> off-site backup.

Unfortunately it is not always the hotline picks up the phone...

 

[Charmonium]

<nods sagely> off-site backup.

One of the things I absolutely adored about being a coder, especially back in the old Big Iron days was the jargon. It's an odd sort of perversion I won't even try to explain, but what I especially loved was how easily even fairly technical concepts could have much more pedestrian applications.

Remember when "virtual" was quite a different (and painful) concept from "actual?" Sales rep: 'ok sure, it's only got 65k of actual RAM but virtual is like 10 times that.' Customer: [grabs crotch] 'i got your 'virtual' right here.'

 

[highland145]

One of the things I absolutely adored about being a coder, especially back in the old Big Iron days was the jargon. It's an odd sort of perversion I won't even try to explain, but what I especially loved was how easily even fairly technical concepts could have much more pedestrian applications.

Remember when "virtual" was quite a different (and painful) concept from "actual?" Sales rep: 'ok sure, it's only got 65k of actual RAM but virtual is like 10 times that.' Customer: [grabs crotch] 'i got your 'virtual' right here.'

Wife can't remember her apple ID....but her important stuff is virtual.

I'm right here, baby......crickets.

 

[schneiderguy]

OP isn't gen Z to claim disability of tech starvation.

I'm a millennial!

 

[Charmonium]

I'm a millennial!

That is so last decade. 😉 i identify as demure.

 

[mikeymikec]

I always do it on post it, much faster than phone.

I learned a relevant tactic from a ~90 year old customer: He had all his marbles but his mobility was fairly shot and he had carers coming in who did his shopping. He typed up a generic shopping list on his computer of all the things he was likely to ever want, then before they arrived he printed out a copy then ticked the items he wanted them to get on that occasion.

On my phone, I have the generic list then next to an entry I'll usually write how many I have or sometimes I'll write how many I want. When I do a stock-take, I re-write the have/need bits of information and leave the item list intact.

The other advantage is when I'm either preparing for a shopping trip (though these days we tend to do online deliveries) or I'm going to a supermarket without prior planning, the content of the generic list serves as a reminder of items I ought to consider.