The Day the Lights Went Out
If you have an elderly friend or family member who has begun using a computer for the first time ever, you’ll appreciate my latest lens. A computer is going to expand their horizons, and along with that expansion comes questions. Lots and lots of questions. Brace yourself.
The Day the Lights Went Out is the true story of my mother’s curiosity and how it got the best of her. In her seventies, she had grown tired and slightly annoyed with all the ads about dot.com this and dot.com that. Every time she switched on the tv or radio, there it was again: Call us, or visit our website at…“ She was determined to find out what the fuss was all about, and what better time? Her birthday was coming up, and she would drop VBHs (Very Big Hints) for a whiz-bang Packard-Bell system like the one she’d seen at Sears.
Visit the lens and discover what happened the day of the big plug-in. It’s enough to make you want to check your fuse box.
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