My mother, bless her, is not very good with technology. She realizes this, and it frustrates her, and it's been the source of much frustration and humor for those of us related to her.
This particular story came up the other night at dinner, when we were discussing the new printer I bought a while back, but haven't hooked up yet. (Our current printer still has ink left, and we're just going to use it up before swapping out.) The new one has a scanner built in, and Mom's planning to use it to scan our old photos and put them online, as part of her genealogy research, etc.
Then she said, "Maybe we could colorize those old photos, too."
Cue the from me and my dad.
J2K: "...how would you do that, exactly?"
Mom: "Just add color to it."
J2K: "Based on what?"
Mom: "What?"
J2K: "How would you know how to colorize it?"
Mom: "Well, I'd need to learn--"
J2K: "I mean, how would you know what the colors are?"
Dad has been chiming in with statements supporting my questions, but Mom is still confused.
Mom: "They colorize old movies all the time."
Dad: "Yes, but it takes a great deal of time and money to do it, they have to colorize every frame."
At this point, I get up, and pick up an old B&W photo from our shelf and show it to Mom.
J2K: "How would you colorize this? Do you know what the colors are?"
Mom: "Well, no."
J2K: "Exactly."
Fortunately, she seemed to get what Dad and I were telling her at that point, so we didn't have to continue to try to hammer the point home.
Anyone else have some stories dealing with their parents or relatives having a brain burp moment?
This particular story came up the other night at dinner, when we were discussing the new printer I bought a while back, but haven't hooked up yet. (Our current printer still has ink left, and we're just going to use it up before swapping out.) The new one has a scanner built in, and Mom's planning to use it to scan our old photos and put them online, as part of her genealogy research, etc.
Then she said, "Maybe we could colorize those old photos, too."
Cue the from me and my dad.
J2K: "...how would you do that, exactly?"
Mom: "Just add color to it."
J2K: "Based on what?"
Mom: "What?"
J2K: "How would you know how to colorize it?"
Mom: "Well, I'd need to learn--"
J2K: "I mean, how would you know what the colors are?"
Dad has been chiming in with statements supporting my questions, but Mom is still confused.
Mom: "They colorize old movies all the time."
Dad: "Yes, but it takes a great deal of time and money to do it, they have to colorize every frame."
At this point, I get up, and pick up an old B&W photo from our shelf and show it to Mom.
J2K: "How would you colorize this? Do you know what the colors are?"
Mom: "Well, no."
J2K: "Exactly."
Fortunately, she seemed to get what Dad and I were telling her at that point, so we didn't have to continue to try to hammer the point home.
Anyone else have some stories dealing with their parents or relatives having a brain burp moment?
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