[PLUG] Personal Documentation

[Jeme A Brelin]

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Terry Griffin wrote:
> On Sunday 15 February 2004 2:13 pm, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> > I remember once, years ago, when I doing techincal support, I was speaking
> > with an elderly woman with very little computer experience and she said,
> > "Please be patient with me, they didn't have this stuff in my day."
> >
> > I was FURIOUS.  What does that mean, "in her day"?  She's still ALIVE!
> > There's no reason to ossify or fossilize or whatever.  Just keep alert and
> > alive and learning.
> >
> > Life is a process.  When you stop growing, you stop living.
>
> Sheesh. How old are you? You should save your posting and then read it
> it to yourself every ten years. One day you'll know what she meant by
> "in her day."

Well, that was ten years ago.  I know plenty of people twice my age (and a
couple two and half times!) who are active participants in the modern
world and do not feel as though "their day" has passed.

Your day ends when you let it.

J.
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