Buying electronics for the parents…

Parents … What can I say. They start out life able to install software using MSDOS 3.3+, things get easier and easier, windows ask them questions and tell them what to do, but they seem to loose the ability to comprehend even the most simplistic tasks.

My father was, once upon a time, a rather technology savvy guy. We were the first on our block to have a Video camera, the first to have a home PC and in general technology was abundant at our house. Our business, a bar/nightclub type thing, had some pretty amazing audio/video equipment — all of it configured by the man himself.

HP LaserJet 4240n - printer - B/W - laser ( Q7785A#ABA )

Sadly - now he can’t even order a damn printer for himself. He doesn’t grasp the differences, he’s afraid to make the wrong choice … It’s goddamn depressing! Am I headed down this same road? Is this the Simpson Men Syndrome? Will I get more and more technologically inept as I get older?

I swear - if I start to become a technophobe in my older years, I’m jumping off the highest ledge I can find.