The computer swallowed Grandma... burp!

 

     "The whole world is changing. We're just going along for the ride."              

— Ferris Bueller   

     We are, whether we like it or not, in what is dubbed, "The Information Age" or, "The Computer Age". This time in modern history — characterized by computer use — has made other forms of media now obsolete. 

     

     In earlier times, runners or town criers brought the news, before newspapers, radio, T. V., and now the internet. 

The internet — with the invention of the World Wide Web in 1989, and it being launched to the public, Aug.6,1991 — has truly become a global network.  

     British computer scientist, Tim Berners-Lee, is known as the inventor. Our daily lives and modern society has radically changed, with people more intellectually engaged with unending knowledge at their fingertips. 

     Most households have one or more computers, and our schools are making good use of them. Though sending an email to our friends is so quick and easy, I miss the hand-written notes I used to find in my mail box.

     Instant messages on facebook to family and friends across the globe, or visiting them in their living room, via skype, has amazingly changed our lives. The ever-so-many changes and inventions that have taken place in my lifetime is, indeed, mind-boggling! The mere suggestion of such inventions would be classed as "science fiction" in my parents' day. 

     Now, at my age, even learning the computer vocabulary can be a challenge! 

     Note the "lingo" used in the following ridiculous poem:  

The Computer Swallowed Grandma   

The computer swallowed grandma. 

Yes, honestly it's true. 

She pressed 'control' and 'enter' 

And disappeared from view. 

It devoured her completely, 

The thought just makes me squirm. 

She must have caught a virus  

Or been eaten by a worm. 

I've searched through the recycle bin  

And files of every kind; 

I've even used the internet, 

But nothing did I find. 

In desperation, I asked Jeeves  

My searches to refine. 

The reply from him was negative, 

Not a thing was found 'on line'. 

So, if inside your 'in box', 

My Grandma you should see, 

Please 'copy', 'scan' and 'paste' her 

And send her back to me!   

Today's Laugh: 

     A famous inspirational speaker said: "Best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who wasn't my wife." He then added: "She was my mother." (A big round of applause and laughter). 

     A very daring husband tried to crack this at home. After dinner, he said loudly to his wife in the kitchen: "Best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who wasn't my wife."  

     Standing for a moment, trying to recall the second line of that speaker... 

     By the time he gained his senses, he was on a hospital bed, recovering from burns of boiling water.  Moral: Don't Copy, if you can't Paste.  

     "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." 

— Ferris Bueller

— beulah