http://kidamnesiac.okcomputer.org/2010/11/17/feeling-fogey-ish/ Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit... Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 http://kidamnesiac.okcomputer.org/2010/11/17/feeling-fogey-ish/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:26:21 +0000 http://kidamnesiac.okcomputer.org/?p=1945#comment-426 I was in Starbucks the other night, and asked the kid to grind my package of beans. He asked what sort of coffee maker I had (to determine how finely ground the coffee should be).
When I said, “Electric percolator” he looked at me as though I had two heads. His manager overheard and knew how to set the machine, but the kid persisted, “No really, what is an electric percolator?”
Because I cannot pass up a teachable moment, I patiently explained that this was a coffee pot that you plugged in – instead of putting on the stove. I don’t think he really had that vision in his head, but knew that the next question might earn him a punch in the nose.

]]> http://kidamnesiac.okcomputer.org/2010/11/17/feeling-fogey-ish/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:23:13 +0000 http://kidamnesiac.okcomputer.org/?p=1945#comment-425 I love it! I love it! I love it! Some days reading your blog is the brightest spot in an otherwise fairly frustrating day. It’s amazing how stupid or silly some things look when we have a couple of decades of information and experience to draw on.

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