"I do hope you are prepared for a natural (or man-made) disaster, where you could be cut off from the world for three days not three hours!
This old fogy, Luddite is."
Ditto. Or even three months. Old fogies, indeed. It's amusing to hear the 30-somethings referring to folks in their 50s and 60s as fogies. Soon enough, they'll be joining that group. I wonder how prepared they'll be.
I like technology. I have made a lot of money from technology. I started programming when it meant punching cards in Fortran. I never stopped, until I decided to a few years ago.
Yes, I'm a fogy. No doubt about it. But..I can feed myself and my wife without going to the supermarket. I can heat my home, if necessary, without being connected to a gas line. I can protect my home pretty darned well, too.
Young whippersnappers!
Old fogies, indeed. It's amusing to hear the 30-somethings referring to folks in their 50s and 60s as fogies. Suffering from "old fogey" syndrome has nothing to do with age. Even people in their early 20s can be old fogies.
"Old Fogey Syndrome" is characterized by a person believing that culture was at it's golden age during his formative years (usually ages 15 - 25).
You will often here old fogies say things like "when I was young musicians had talent. Music today is all crap". The word "musicians" can be replaced by "actors", "athletes", etc.