David Sedaris on his trip to the Apple Store 

This is a pitch for the next great sitcom.

So you would not have called me AND my mac obsolete….The child was younger than my oldest… Perhaps he was nearly 23🤡

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How are you doing?

I have to say, that tickled me too. I suppose I’m at an age now though, where I need my reading glasses to find my distance glasses, to find my driving glasses. To then drive myself to my appointment at the opticians. Lol. Anyway, how are you?

That's awesome

Retired English teacher here. I too loved teaching David Sedaris's work in my high-school classes. My favorite was "Us and Them." It has laugh-out-loud parts, but there are wonderfully complex themes about judging others, practicing acceptance, and defining greed.

He nice the Jesus!? :) My favorite David Sedaris story.

I had to track it down scottduncan.free.fr/blog/jesus_shaves.pdf

When I was a kid, I used to think the "Jesus Saves" signs were ads for banks. Seriously.

I wish we lived next to each other, and knew one another. Clever with a great name 🌺

Rock on, Una!!!!!!

*people were grouped

Yes! I’m 66 and am almost always more tech savvy than people several decades younger. I get SO tired of the jokes young people make about “parents not knowing how to use computers” when it’s usually exactly the opposite. Knowing how to use TikTok and Instagram on your phone isn’t quite the same as, well, knowing how to do 100 other things I do, like write code. Guess who was in my generation.. Steve Jobs

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How are you doing pamela?

The Henrys are all in elementary school. Wait ten years. :)

@@ericatennyson8744 🤔😗🙄

As long as I don't get stuck with Judy...

you nailed it!

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Erik Griswold, Yes! Still miss him, especially his gentle commentaries and "On the Road" segments. Tks!

Because it's a marketing ploy and not their fault. And how many wannabe comedian idiots like you do you think ask the same stupid thing every day they work?

@@generalyellor2187 Or maybe they didn't know wtf a Mensa card is.

But if your name is really Effna Cotton, you get a little extra forgiveness for bad jokes. Because that's a really cool name.

Apple uses that word far too freely. I once set up a neighbor's Apple WiFi access point and got it to work with another home network vendors' equipment. One day, when he couldn't get in touch with me, he had to call Apple tech support who said that what I had done was "impossible" and that whoever had gotten it to work was a "genius." It had the desired effect; my neighbor was impressed with me and not at all upset with Apple for refusing to let their proprietary hardware play nice with others.

What happened to "Ma'am" and "Sir"? I get called, "Honey", "Sweetie", "Sugar", etc. and I am easily old enough to be their father. I think of calling them, "Cupcake" in return, but then think, "Why bother?"

I get "Dear". To me, no diminutive could be more condescending. And it's handed out by people who not ever really look at you.

@@johnfd0210 I do, if it's too gooey or the person sweetly patronizes me. 'Excuse me, we don't know each other' is good for 12 seconds of real eye contact & stammering.

I'm a substitute teacher in high schools. The other week as I was looking at a class roster I realized I wasn't sure if it was written last name first or first name first. It was comprised of all Carters, Morgans, Paytons, Harley etc. We now live in a world of all last names. I finally just asked each kid who they were and checked it on the list. I may be old but I'm clever. I used to tell my husband our kids were "too smart for our good". We had to work to keep ahead of them.

Unfortunately young people are very short sided when it comes to the older generations.

My mother’s the same age as you, but doesn’t get that same treatment. Even so, I still try to make her feel young by saying that “you’re actually in your 50s”,

BAAAA-hahahahaaaa!!!

Me too, Cincinnati.

I have a short story with a different twist. In my mid 50s my head began to get burned from the chemicals in the hair color I was now forced to use every 3-4 weeks to cover my graying hair. There was one and only one inspiration for letting my hair go natural: seeing all those fabulous 20 somethings in NYC *deliberately* coloring their hair shades of white and gray. They gave me the confidence I needed to go for it.

i stopped coloring my pre-maturely grey hair. everyone at work began treating me SO differently. it was annoying. after 8 months, i re-colored. everyone went back to treating me the way they had before. just like that.

I stopped coloring my hair at 35yo because my father was diagnosed with cancer and I didn't want to deal with the toxic chemicals any more, to reduce my cancer risk. My scalp stopped being red and sore plus my hair stopped falling out. My beautiful silver highlights at my temples started to show. Now, at 45yo at the grocery store, I get asked if I need help out to the car by 20yo check out clerks. SMH

Lol a girl wanting to help you hurt your ego.

@@amazingness26 Really depends on the tone, doesn't it?

@David Your doggo is adorable! :-D

@@rridderbusch518 Thank you. Beagles (and beagle mixes) are the best!

@@DavidLS1 Our Beagle passed ten days ago. She was 20-21 years old. Such a sweetie! :-(

@@rridderbusch518 I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sure she had a great life with you and your family. Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart. Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together. ...Author unknown

@@DavidLS1 Thank you. Until then her cremains are with me, never to be far away. We took a nap together today. She comforts me still :-)

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EVERY Apple computer I've bought over the years, at least one every five or six years or so, going back to that Apple ][+ I bought in the early 80's, has cost $2.5k. While Steve was still alive, I called it the Black Turtleneck and Blue Jean surcharge.

@@dhempling Yeah, I'm holding onto my 5yo Mac desktop that cost $3k because I don't want to spend that again yet...

@@dhempling I hope you kept 'em for pets! Those anteeks are starting to make noises like antiques! At least collectibles.

Aw, c'mon! This batch is 'way too young to remember Andy Rooney. I'd guess try David Spade.🤡

What is an OS?

@@stevemlejnek7073 Operating System

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How are you doing?

Our Apple store in Cincinnati has quite a few men and women over 50 working there. I always feel quite comfortable there.

I really enjoyed this one!

@@Nancy-pf6ft Hello nancy

As soon as he mentioned going to Apple Genius bar I saw this ("buy a new one , old one can't be fix) line coming.

electronics don't generally age well not necessarily because of "planned obsolescence, poor build, right to repair ..." it mostly because the technology evolves more rapidly than any other sector. new and usually better stuff comes often, which automatically renders the old one obsolete. which is why it wouldn't make sense to pay more than a certain amount for say, an apple watch, because the next one is going to do more things and better. wouldn't it make more sense to buy a new apple watch for 199 than to repair a first gen apple watch for, say 100? plus accusing apple of planned obsolescence would be like accusing walmart of being too expensive.

@@mariacheebandidos7183 Someone gave me a MacBook. I've always been an avowed PC user and hadn't used an Apple product since the 2nd generation clickwheel iPod in 2003, but I happen to love this machine. That being said, everything oogrooq says is true. This MacBook is held together with proprietary screws so I'd have to buy special tools to service it myself. When Apple ultimately stops updating Intel based Macs, I will have more difficulty installing another OS on it than I would on another vendor's hardware. I get the feeling that Apple regards its hardware as consumable (which is to say "more so than other vendors"). The issue is that Apple seems to set the standard for consumer computing devices. Try buying a laptop without a poor imitation of aMacBook keyboard or trackpad. It's becoming increasingly hard to buy a device that's user serviceable.

You chose door number three! You found officer O'Malley and you're busted!

@@SolaceEasy Dude! Take a road trip. We may be old, but we've lived long enough to see that stuff become like fireworks; legal in some states, a nuisance in others.

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