Comments on: Photo of the day: A 90-year-old’s cell phone http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/05/04/photo-of-the-day-a-90-year-olds-cell-phone/ Improving the human experience one day at a time Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:24:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Whitney Hess http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/05/04/photo-of-the-day-a-90-year-olds-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3506 Whitney Hess Sun, 10 May 2009 01:13:23 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1418#comment-3506 I remember my grandma's letters fondly. I will always treasure something<br>handwritten over an email, but an email from grandma sure would have been a<br>hoot! I remember my grandma's letters fondly. I will always treasure something
handwritten over an email, but an email from grandma sure would have been a
hoot!

]]> By: Whitney Hess http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/05/04/photo-of-the-day-a-90-year-olds-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3505 Whitney Hess Sun, 10 May 2009 01:10:18 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1418#comment-3505 That's incredible. Sure wish I had a photo of that for my Photo of the Day<br>series! Think you can get a pic? That's incredible. Sure wish I had a photo of that for my Photo of the Day
series! Think you can get a pic?

]]> By: Whitney Hess http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/05/04/photo-of-the-day-a-90-year-olds-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3504 Whitney Hess Sun, 10 May 2009 01:10:17 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1418#comment-3504 She actually has pretty good eyesight for a 90-year-old! She actually has pretty good eyesight for a 90-year-old!

]]> By: yahnyinlondon http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/05/04/photo-of-the-day-a-90-year-olds-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3432 yahnyinlondon Tue, 05 May 2009 07:16:52 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1418#comment-3432 I still haven't managed to get my 91 year old Grandmother to use either a mobile phone or a computer. She has spoken to me on my parent's webcam but she struggles with her hearing on both that and a landline phone. Over the last 6 years we've managed to get by sending letters to each other and I send her postcards from wherever I travel to. <br>It always brightens my day to receive something from her in the post, much better than bills that's for sure! I still haven't managed to get my 91 year old Grandmother to use either a mobile phone or a computer. She has spoken to me on my parent's webcam but she struggles with her hearing on both that and a landline phone. Over the last 6 years we've managed to get by sending letters to each other and I send her postcards from wherever I travel to.
It always brightens my day to receive something from her in the post, much better than bills that's for sure!

]]> By: Whitney Hess http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/05/04/photo-of-the-day-a-90-year-olds-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3431 Whitney Hess Mon, 04 May 2009 19:14:30 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1418#comment-3431 Absolutely nothing! We'll be perfect, I'm sure ;) Absolutely nothing! We'll be perfect, I'm sure ;)

]]> By: Cousin Will http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/05/04/photo-of-the-day-a-90-year-olds-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3430 Cousin Will Mon, 04 May 2009 19:06:31 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1418#comment-3430 You should have seen the various pieces of paper we taped to the computer we got her in 1998. That experiment ended after several months of her sending us blank emails. <br><br>I wonder what our grandkids will make fun of us about. :) You should have seen the various pieces of paper we taped to the computer we got her in 1998. That experiment ended after several months of her sending us blank emails.

I wonder what our grandkids will make fun of us about. :)

]]> By: David http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/05/04/photo-of-the-day-a-90-year-olds-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3429 David Mon, 04 May 2009 16:19:47 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1418#comment-3429 I identify with Grandma. I identify with Grandma.

]]> By: :) http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/05/04/photo-of-the-day-a-90-year-olds-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3427 :) Mon, 04 May 2009 16:10:27 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1418#comment-3427 That's nothing... my grandma asked her grandson to mark the 55mph mark on the speedometer with red nail polish because it had wore off and she didn't know how fast she was going. That's nothing… my grandma asked her grandson to mark the 55mph mark on the speedometer with red nail polish because it had wore off and she didn't know how fast she was going.

]]> By: Sarah Lipman http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/05/04/photo-of-the-day-a-90-year-olds-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3426 Sarah Lipman Mon, 04 May 2009 16:07:15 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1418#comment-3426 That's a classic -- great one! <br><br>My grandmother had a Jitterbug, too (she died last year age 92). Since she was nearly blind, she had the three-button version -- I think they were 9-1-1, my aunt's number, and Operator -- the Jitterbug operator will put through any call to anyone on your call list.<br><br>She didn't use the phone much, but it was a great comfort to her having it, especially the time her building lost electricity AND phone service for 3 days straight. That's a classic — great one!

My grandmother had a Jitterbug, too (she died last year age 92). Since she was nearly blind, she had the three-button version — I think they were 9-1-1, my aunt's number, and Operator — the Jitterbug operator will put through any call to anyone on your call list.

She didn't use the phone much, but it was a great comfort to her having it, especially the time her building lost electricity AND phone service for 3 days straight.

]]> By: Noreen http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/05/04/photo-of-the-day-a-90-year-olds-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-3425 Noreen Mon, 04 May 2009 15:18:16 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1418#comment-3425 Cute! Hope she isn't color blind...black on red? Cute! Hope she isn't color blind…black on red?

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