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I had just concluded another shouting match with my computer, one sided though it was, over whether my password was correct.  Surely my steel-trap mind was more accurate than this arrogant pile of desktop technology.   

Well, I guess not.  So I forgot that dot in the middle, or the exclamation point looked like a capital I. Surely there could be a little forgiveness.

Not in my digital world – or yours.  Out of this frustration came today’s story of abject disillusion with the complexities of our modern world.

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Incorrect-  #453

It was a cartoon that circulated on the Internet.  One elderly lady is saying to the other, “Mildred, my memory sucks these days. So when I’m on the internet and it asks me to choose a password, I choose the word – INCORRECT. Then when I can’t remember my password, the computer will tell me, ‘Your password is INCORRECT.’ “

Well, I’m not too sure that will work. But it sure is a challenge to remember all those user names and passwords. I would use the same one so I could remember them all, But of course the gurus are horrified at that concept for security reasons.

Even if I wanted to, it seems that each website has a different set of rules. So many letters, so many numbers. 

I have a list of passwords an arm long – but of course I dare not tell you where I keep it. That’s such a good secret that I sometimes I forget its location myself.

And how about those codes you have to type in to prove you are a human. Most of the time, I can’t make them out, let alone type them in.

Remember back when you communicated by dialing numbers on a phone? Today, they give classes – beginner and advanced – to teach you how to use your smart phone. How smart can it be if I need hours of instructions just to figure it out?

Will things EVER be simple again?

P.S.   

I wonder if Mildred’s friend ever got to use “INCORRECT” as her password. Going on to another of our digital world’s miracles, I saw a reminder of how we defriended fellow classmates when we were in high school.  You scratched their face out of your class yearbook.  That was back when things were – SIMPLE.

[Show #453]

Filed Under: Advice and Encouragement, Love and Kindness, Memories and Aging Well Tagged With: humor, memory

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  1. Deb says

    October 12, 2018 at

    You so speak my language! Thanks, Annette!

    Reply
    • Annette Petrick says

      October 15, 2018 at

      OK, Deb. Keep those comments coming.

      Reply
  2. Cathie Taylor says

    October 7, 2018 at

    I understand your Frustration with passwords! We have the same problems in this household ha ha. Hope things have improved. Blessings

    Reply
    • Annette Petrick says

      October 15, 2018 at

      Every time I click somewhere and they want my password, I just sigh.

      Reply

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