On Sat, 17 Apr 2021 18:48:00 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 3:29:52 AM UTC-10, Boron Elgar wrote:

>> I've a iPad, a Surface, a couple of HP laptops, a Samsung tablet to
>> plot on the kitchen counter for recipes, an iPhone, an Apple watch.
>> keep the industry afloat all by myself, probably. This gadgets list
>> gets changed out and I pass along the previous generations to friends
>> and family members.
>>
>> I have my own version of the sale of indulgences and as penance for
>> the electronic gluttony, I am very careful about touchie-feelie
>> conservation in other areas. C'est la vie.
>
>That's a heck of a lot of toys! Congrats. The mere mention of "desktop" computer gives me the chills.
>As far as the boomers goes, I occasionally see surveys on youtube.com asking for my age. You respond by giving your age group. I'm in the last group - the 40+ group. Once you reach the age of 40, they're no longer interested in finding out anything further about you. That's the breaks.


Someone has to keep China working.

The desktop is here for infrequent CDs/DVDs and photography work on
the two large monitors. I could attach a laptop to all that and add in
an ergo keyboard and mouse I like, but the desktop makes it all
neater, actually.

The huge monitors used to be for working with massive spreadsheets and
data arrays and report graphics. I do not miss that work, but still
enjoy having a big fat weather or earthquake map on one screen and
maybe a tiny pandemic spreadsheet or graphic on the other.....old
habits die hard.

I am happy dealing with touchscreens and pads, too, but not for the
photography.

Most of my clients back in the day would put upper limits on their
product testing or opinion/positioning gathering. It was rare that any
of them cared about ages above 60 except for products specifically
targeted to older folks such as meds or certain cosmetics.