Back to My Old School
Tried to convince my seventy and eighty-something parents to switch to online banking. (What do you mean write checks on the computer????) It was an interesting discussion, especially since my dad (the eightysomething) spends a good deal of his time on the Internet these days
Suffice it to say, they weren’t sold. Mom says her checkbook is just fine and she’s got a system of “balancing down to the penny.” That, of course, is better than I can say. Last time I balanced my checkbook, I believe that pesky Iran-Contra thing was going down.
Then, we got to talking about another ancient household item…the phone book. Who actually uses those ridiculous tree-killers? Apparently, there still are plenty of us moistening our fingers as we flip through the onion-skin pages of our local directories.
According to the ATT Yellow Pages site, more than 50% of Americans use the directories more than once a week? Really? And now they’re going to tell us that people still watch the evening news. Sheesh.
