Grazie For the Great Gizmo
Okay, I’m not ungrateful for the brand new mini-camcorder He got me. It’s just that…I'm technologically-challenged. And saying "just read the instruction manual" doesn't cut it for me.
He presented it with the biggest grin. ‘Remember you wanted this?’ Oh yeah…now it’s coming back to me. This past June, six whole months ago when we had two kids who were graduating, I begged him to go to Costco and get one of these. Graduation festivities came and went but a new fancy schmancy video camera didn’t, so I made do with our former clunky-yet-serviceable camcorder.
So now, in December, it appeared…with no graduation in sight for four more years. Yippee. Thanks so much. Another gizmo, like the teeny digital camera I love the idea of but still can’t figure out how to use. Maybe my personal IT person (my Freshperson)'s gift will be lessons in how to use these high-tech (for moi) gadgets. After he teaches me to Tivo, of course. And turn on the DVD player. And change my ringtone. And…well, you get the idea.
It’s not easy being a technophobe come gift-getting time. (Note to Him for forthcoming gift occasions: Jewelry comes pre-assembled and ready-to-use, no instruction manual required.)
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As one technically challenged female to another, I feel your pain. My hubby just lost "my" little digital camera on the ski mountain while he and the kids were snapping shots of their awesome jumps in the terrain park ("Honey, the bad news is I lost your camera, but the good news is I got air and didn't break anything!) So now he is all excited to get "me" the new and improved version of said camera, which will likely have buttons in different places and even more features that I can't operate. Maybe I'll learn before the next graduation in three years, unless, of course, we go skiing again.
Women - stop talking yourselves down and pick up the manual. It just requires a can-do spirit and some concentrated reading time. We absolutely can learn to use these gadgets - no matter what they are. Lets face it, - if a football- watching-beer-swilling-couch-potato-guy can operate the gadgets, so can we. We are just as capable and we shouldn't take such a position of weakness on these matters.
My husband still can't set the alarm clock - so don't expect sympathy from me!!!
I am in the market to purchase a slightly used mini-camcorder. Do you know where I can get a good deal. I can lend it out for one graduation.
And they don't know how to use these gizmos either. They just know they want to have them!
Beth, SO, SO true. "I" am the official family videographer (what a laugh). He never did have time to read the instruction manual for the old one. That's why it looks like he's a single father in all our family videos...guess who's taking them (and guess who's complaining that the camera is jerking around too much)? Cheers, Laurie
