Back to the drawing board...

I noticed again the other day that some things are inevitable ... like the situation when the instructions you need to understand the most are the most poorly written.  Then again sometimes once you figure out instructions  -- after painful and tedious trial and error, you realize what they meant and wonder why you found them so difficult. Other times -- they are written in a language you once studied, but have now forgotten or in a language that you wonder how anyone can learn ever.  (Don't you "love" instructions that come in several languages and the English version seems to have been overlooked somehow?) Then ... the ultimate insult -- there are actually times when no instructions are included... not even an inaccurate drawing with arrows or numbers in little circles. The directions are simply nonexistent ... as in missing - no matter how many times you look in the shipping box. It is as annoying as when you are trying to put together something and the holes don't line up. Not all of today's ways are an improvement over the old. That is for sure.  Sometimes we are on our own. Then again...  human beings are resourceful and ingenious....

Personally I am thankful for all those total strangers who have posted "How To" videos on YouTube.  When I remember that this option is readily available, I have, without exception, found the help I needed. Again -- huge Thanks to anonymous people out there somewhere who share their knowledge so generously. Much appreciated. Technology can be a very good thing ... sometimes. When confronted with things that are difficult to sort out, we used to say, "Back to the drawing board"; now it is "Go to YouTube". It can be a good thing really - especially for those of us who find seeing the "how to do" helps us learn the "how to do".

I am always a little surprised to find that totally techno-resistant people still inhabit the planet and do so happily -- finding their way somehow pretty much like every generation before them . Maybe they are better off than those of us who at least try to keep up if only with a bit of the available technology. Trying  though can be exhausting. Sometimes it is like attempting to explain the Dewey Decimal System or the purpose of a card catalog to a Google protégé or to one who prefers an e-reader to an actual book  -- you know a real book -- the kind where the reader can flip pages easily --  backwards or forwards.  Once again... #old fart.