Alicia Loc: NYC

I hadn't noticed the difficulty until I received a phone call from my sister inquiring why I hadn't responded to emails she had sent to me. I checked and discovered that any responses I received from OPP were being sent to my Junk Box along with hers.

Called my tech and he remotely fixed the problem. So, if it seems I hadn't cared to get back to you, I apologize. I wasn't able to fix the situation by myself.

I've been searching through these messages and responding as I came across them. Please don't feel I've ignored any of you.

It's all taken care of now and I look forward to responses in the future.

Loki Loc: Georgia

We all have our Luddite moments.

acknowledgeurma

Ahhh, Ned Lud, my hero.

Alicia Loc: NYC

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I kept forwarding the individual message to my Inbox but the problem wasn't solved. Thanks to Chintan, it's done.
What is a Luddite moment?

Alicia Loc: NYC

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I kept forwarding the individual message to my Inbox but the problem wasn't solved. Thanks to Chintan, it's done.
What is a Luddite moment?

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

“Luddite” is now a blanket term used to describe people who dislike new technology, but its origins date back to a 19th century labor movement that railed against the economic fallout of the Industrial Revolution. The original Luddites were British weavers and textile workers who objected to the increased use of automated looms and knitting frames. Most were trained artisans who had spent years learning their craft, and they feared that unsk**led machine operators were robbing them of their livelihood. When their appeals for government aid and assistance were ignored, a few desperate weavers began breaking into factories and smashing textile machines. They called themselves “Luddites” after Ned Ludd, a young apprentice who was rumored to have wrecked a textile apparatus in the late-18th century. There’s no evidence Ludd actually existed—like Robin Hood, he was said to reside in Sherwood Forest—but he eventually became the mythical leader of the movement. The vandals claimed to be following orders from “General Ludd,” and they even issued manifestoes and threatening letters under his name.

The first major instances of machine breaking took place in 1811 in Nottingham, and the practice soon spread across the English countryside. Sledgehammer-wielding Luddites attacked and burned factories, and in some cases they even exchanged gunfire with company guards and soldiers. The workers hoped their raids would encourage a ban on weaving machines, but the British government instead moved to quash the uprisings by making machine breaking punishable by death. The unrest finally reached its peak in April 1812, when a few Luddites were gunned down during an attack on a mill near Huddersfield. The army rounded up many of the dissidents in the days that followed, and dozens were hanged or t***sported to Australia. By 1813, the Luddite resistance had all but vanished. It wasn’t until the 20th century that their name re-entered the popular lexicon as a synonym for “technophobe.”

By the way, it defined me to a T
NPP

Loki Loc: Georgia

I still think that if you can't fix it with duct tape and WD-40, you might not need to own it.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

You forgot bailing wire, and JB Weld. Two items critical to my very existence.

Loki Loc: Georgia

Spoiled rotten, next you'll want Vise Grips too.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

You gotta have vise grips! How else are you gonna keep the wire tight on the truck's battery terminal?

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

I have excellent control of my vises, and don't need grips to do it!!!

PaulPisces Loc: San Francisco

I'm on a Mac, so all I ever have to do is turn it off and back on and everything is fine!
(OK...most of the time)

Alicia Loc: NYC

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Thanks so much. I do recall reading about the Industrial Revolution but had not been aware of Luddites.

I left the publishing business just before computers entered the field. Used to p***e myself-of manually justifying text. That art was lost. But it's taken me too long to get back into computers again and it truly got ahead of me. Aside from basic techniques, it frightens me for fear that I might do something that will screw up the works.

I still have much difficulty changing the setting on my digital watches. I'm amazed by some people who don't even need instructions.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

That goes for cars, no doubt. I could rebuild my old Ford from the ground up if I had too.

I use gum and baling wire too, though. It's a Ford, after all.

acknowledgeurma

You can change the settings on digital watches? You mean I don't have to be informed of the time in Germany when I ride in my Smart (misnomer) Car?