The Grizzwells by Bill Schorr for September 01, 2023

I like the practical application.

Dropped off some stuff at Goodwill and decided to check out their book shelf. There, big and bright yellow, “Marriage for Dummies.” Either it worked, or they gave up and neither one wanted it.

oh the irony

No camera, no microphone on my computer. I’m retired, even my van doesn’t zoom.

I wouldn’t have the first idea of how to participate in, much less start a Zoom meeting.

Starting about 5 years ago, wife ‘zoomed’ with college classmates from her class of ’62, [she was late getting into the Zoom thing and I never have bothered with it] but she quit a year ago. I knew she had enjoyed the chats and asked her why. She said they had begun spending most of the time reciting their ailments and medical complaints more so than just chatting about family and their travels, and she was tired of listening. Was not surprised as that seems to be a naturel sequence in the later decades of most lives. Do it myself from time to time, then get tired of hearing myself repeat.

Good gag, Bill.

wonder if Pierpoint is in her book club…?

Weren’t you suppose to read the book “BEFORE” you used Zoom …… :)

I find it amusing in an annoying sort of way when I stumble across an article that says: you need to have your camera on for remote meetings. Uh yah no. But then again I work for a company that does manufacturing and I’m in a QC/Technical Services lab. We want to know what the data are and what does it mean. We are giving or viewing a technical presentation of some sort, whether it is a trend in data or a potential new piece of equipment. We really don’t care that much about what you look like. So take that most CEO’s who don’t have a clue about what is going on. Not mine, had him jump in on why we needed to be budgeting for a new instrument, my thought was at a previous company my old boss had trained him well :)

That seems like a good start, Flora….