Quoted from MeanDean

"Pillow fight!"

arr cool !  

* fills pillow with rocks

you can turn them off?

yep ..various ways

but the most popular method by far, is by reformatting the hard drive.

Quoted from Rob

you can turn them off?

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/v-memberpanel/a-forum/s-board/u-Rob/

See if that takes you anywhere.  I'm not sure if it would work or not since it wouldn't for me.

even Rob could figure that out  

I sometimes need [sarcasm] or [joke] tags to be able to play along  

Rob is my better 1/2.  He visits rarely and is still learning the ins and outs of the internet and forums.  He has, however, mastered the art of drama in the chat room.  

How old is he? My dad does online banking and that's all he can do... (He's 50)

wow, norman, thats REALLY old.........

That sound like your dad has just been a little stubborn and afraid to learn something new, or hasn't cared.  Most people I've known that never turned on a computer before are hesitant at first but build confidence quickly.

I just while writing that rambling jibberish, remembered a sort of related thing.  I was in a job where my boss honestly... the first thing I taught him was the power button on the computer, anyhow, I did all of the paperwork and handled his emails and faxes and even the phone because it was a two line phone.  He was discouraged for a few months and didn't try very often because of that discouragement but after having to ask me how to do basic things a billion times, he had pretty much taught himself more than what's learned in those 'hour a day learn from turn on the power button to all your basic skills' in an equal amount of time that he would have spent in one of those classes.  It was just his initial stubborness that was his problem.

...then one day I heard that someone else was walking around the front of the place having a cigarette and saw through the window that he had learned how to watch web-cam porn.  I think to myself now, "I hope I still have desires when I'm 70."  He was 70 btw.  I'm sure we could have done without this paragraph, but it was... neither boring nor fun to type, but I'll leave it here since I bothered.


Edit: I forgot to say... "Hey you're not supposed to ask Paula to hint toward her age"

Quoted from normangerman

How old is he? My dad does online banking and that's all he can do... (He's 50)

Same! But my dad's around 43, and he's never really known how to use a computer. All he does is bank, chat with overseas relatives on MSN, or read Turkish newspapers online.

My granddad's also really dying to learn how to use a computer and he even bought a laptop just under a week ago. He really doesn't know much about computers, but is fascinated with stuff like Google Earth, and really really really really really old DOS games lol.

I wish I could help him though, but there's not much I can do for him.

Quoted from Lawnbowler

wow, norman, thats REALLY old.........

Umm... I never said he was old. And yes, he is stubborn (like me )