Sandi Chats

I think I can safely say that I have entered "old age". This conclusion is based on the fact that at least once a week I am ranting about the way the world is changing and my inability to keep up with the changes! Recently I have noticed a tendency for all measurements to be made in metrics. There are grams and liters and meters. I'm sure this comes easily to those who have always used the metric measurements, but for me it's confusing, to say the least. Turns out that grams measures weight, liters measures volume and meters measures length, kind of like pounds and cups and feet. This might have been easier to grasp in elementary school than as a senior citizen, but here we are trying to catch on. The allure of the metric system is that everything is in multiples of 10. 10 millimeters equals 1 centimeter. I kilogram is 1000 grams. And so on and so on! When we were kids we seemed able to grasp that 4 cups was a quart and 12 inches was a foot. These are just facts of li...

So, it's been a minute or two since I've been here. My life is hopefully slowing down a bit, so I am hoping to get back to regular blogging. Bear with me, it remains to be seen how this goes! I am constantly bombarded by the need to stretch my technical skills, which I just proved by having to locate my blogsite so I could keep blogging on the same platform. And just a few minutes ago by having to set up a group text and then add someone. And a couple hours ago by having to access information online and the suggestion of downloading a QR code!   After all this, I ranted to Mike about having to stretch the limits of my technical skills, and ended by asking, "And do I really even want to?" Well, the answer to that question is a resounding NO, but then I think of the future and realize that it's not even a reasonable option to just ignore technology. It wouldn't be long before I couldn't even access anything online, let alone interact online. It wouldn't ...