So, Mom and Dad Called Up ...

[Veer_G]

... out of the blue today and left me voice mail.

"Please, call us back on our cell as soon as you get this!"

I call back: "Dad, what's up?"

He responds, "I lost the cell phone and can't find it."

"So, like, Dad, you're on Bluetooth. Where are you calling from?"

Dad goes, "From in the car."

"So, Dad, it isn't lost, it's misplaced."

Mom interjects: "I THINK SOMEONE STOLE IT!"

Understand, they have a nothing phone, not a model that would attract light fingers.

"Nobody stole the phone, Mom. Your Bluetooth has a range of about 30 feet. It's in the ..."

"SOMEONE STOLE IT!"

"Mom, if your phone were stolen, the thief would have to be driving around behind you. "

"Well then, your father left it behind at the doctor's office."

"And the doctor's office is how far away, Mom?"

Dad responds, "About three miles."

"Dad, pull in somewhere and shut the car off. Don't use the car Bluetooth to answer. I'll call back again. Listen for the phone."

I call back three times in a row. They keep on answering through the Bluetooth.

Eventually, they get IT. But they can't find it. They must, MUST find it. I'm almost three hours away.

So, my mother responds brightly, "Well, we'll just have to take it in to the Mercedes dealership."

Good grief.

 

[Pappakap]

Before they take it to the dealership I’d be offering a 20 dollar bill to the neighbor kid to crawl around the car and find it. Good luck with the parents and their technology.

 

[W54/XM-388]

That is a pretty epic level of dense.

It's probably going to be the easiest $200 the dealership service department has made in a long time.

 

[Nik H]

LMAO

 

[ChadL]

Probably between the seat and center console. Not speaking from experience

 

[Veer_G]

That is a pretty epic level of dense.

It's probably going to be the easiest $200 the dealership service department has made in a long time.

The kicker is that she insists that they need a smart phone.

 

[Nik H]

They could then use their laptop to find their phone...problem solved

 

[W54/XM-388]

The kicker is that she insists that they need a smart phone.

So get them a Smart Phone and a Smart Watch and hopefully one can find the other if they loose one or the other, unless they loose both at the same time?

 

[Veer_G]

They could then use their laptop to find their phone...problem solved

It's people like you what causes unrest.

 

[Waorani]

After my father died, I set my mother up with a computer/internet. I also had one of the Nextel type push-to-talk phones at the time so gave her one of those too. The calls were constant as she tried to figure out the computer and "I didn't do anything" became the phrase of the day. Eventually it turned into nightly - beep, beep "good evening, are you there?" Was annoying for a while but then it occurred on me one day the beeping would stop. And then one day in 2009 it did.

 

[sabrecross]

... out of the blue today and left me voice mail.

"Please, call us back on our cell as soon as you get this!"

I call back: "Dad, what's up?"

He responds, "I lost the cell phone and can't find it."

"So, like, Dad, you're on Bluetooth. Where are you calling from?"

Dad goes, "From in the car."

"So, Dad, it isn't lost, it's misplaced."

Mom interjects: "I THINK SOMEONE STOLE IT!"

Understand, they have a nothing phone, not a model that would attract light fingers.

"Nobody stole the phone, Mom. Your Bluetooth has a range of about 30 feet. It's in the ..."

"SOMEONE STOLE IT!"

"Mom, if your phone were stolen, the thief would have to be driving around behind you. "

"Well then, your father left it behind at the doctor's office."

"And the doctor's office is how far away, Mom?"

Dad responds, "About three miles."

"Dad, pull in somewhere and shut the car off. Don't use the car Bluetooth to answer. I'll call back again. Listen for the phone."

I call back three times in a row. They keep on answering through the Bluetooth.

Eventually, they get IT. But they can't find it. They must, MUST find it. I'm almost three hours away.

So, my mother responds brightly, "Well, we'll just have to take it in to the Mercedes dealership."

Good grief.

LOL. I've seen a Seinfeld episode just like this...

 

[TonyTheTiger]

So get them a Smart Phone and a Smart Watch and hopefully one can find the other if they loose one or the other, unless they loose both at the same time?

*Lose

 

[myronman3]

i have a 4 state cushion from my parents. i HIGHLY recommend it.

 

[flyer]

I was thinking they were going to tell you that you were adopted but that story checks out.

 

[mdmp5]

My mother once asked me if Canada was a part of the United States

 

[Bender]

My mother once asked me if Canada was a part of the United States

Yes. It’s North Montana

 

[wildcats]

VG,
I have an idea................2 of this and problem solved.

 

[TACC]

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The kicker is that she insists that they need a smart phone.

That way it will not get lost.

 

[Veer_G]

VG,
I have an idea................2 of this and problem solved.

Right. A 90s brick phone would be better. They suck at playing hide n' seek..

 

[Redmanss]

That is a pretty epic level of dense.

It's probably going to be the easiest $200 the dealership service department has made in a long time.

He said Mercedes Dealership, that's an easy $450 and up for that service call. While they're at it, they'll also discover it needs new brake pads, then doesn't need them, then does need them.

 

[sharpshot50]

My mother once asked me what type of currency she needed to exchange her US dollars for before going to Hawaii.

Now she has a smartphone and a 7.2 surround sound home theater setup.

Surprisingly, she doesn’t call all that often. If she ever figures out how to use the smartphone, though....

 

[THEIS]

Hi,

Hard to misplace this bad boy right here....

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[Redmanss]

My mother once asked me what type of currency she needed to exchange her US dollars for before going to Hawaii.

Now she has a smartphone and a 7.2 surround sound home theater setup.

Surprisingly, she doesn’t call all that often. If she ever figures out how to use the smartphone, though....

When my lady was working in Hawaii, her sister from small town SD was coming to visit her and asked if she needed a passport.

 

[ArmyJerry]

Funny stuff,

 

[Steel+Killer]

After my father died, I set my mother up with a computer/internet. I also had one of the Nextel type push-to-talk phones at the time so gave her one of those too. The calls were constant as she tried to figure out the computer and "I didn't do anything" became the phrase of the day. Eventually it turned into nightly - beep, beep "good evening, are you there?" Was annoying for a while but then it occurred on me one day the beeping would stop. And then one day in 2009 it did.

This reminds me of my dad who died of Alzheimer's in 2016 the last couple years of his life he would ask me over and over again "hey son hows business going" five minutes later "hey son hows business going" I remember getting frustrated and would be like "dad you just asked me that" How I would love for him to ask me that again..........anyway point being enjoy them while they are still here!

 

[Loonhunter]

Old people are funny, God bless them!

My mother-in-law called my wife last week;
“Dad broke the www”

Wife, “what”?

“He did something and now the www is gone”!

Funny stuff

 

[Veer_G]

This reminds me of my dad who died of Alzheimer's in 2016 the last couple years of his life he would ask me over and over again "hey son hows business going" five minutes later "hey son hows business going" I remember getting frustrated and would be like "dad you just asked me that" How I would love for him to ask me that again..........anyway point being enjoy them while they are still here!

I know, I know. Their time is fleeting. My older son lives closer, and constantly runs errands. Once, it was a 150 mile round trip to bring them a tube of toothpaste unavailable in their small town supermarkets, while they were making arrangements for new wheels.

 

[Ravenworks]

... out of the blue today and left me voice mail.

"Please, call us back on our cell as soon as you get this!"

I call back: "Dad, what's up?"

He responds, "I lost the cell phone and can't find it."

"So, like, Dad, you're on Bluetooth. Where are you calling from?"

Dad goes, "From in the car."

"So, Dad, it isn't lost, it's misplaced."

Mom interjects: "I THINK SOMEONE STOLE IT!"

Understand, they have a nothing phone, not a model that would attract light fingers.

"Nobody stole the phone, Mom. Your Bluetooth has a range of about 30 feet. It's in the ..."

"SOMEONE STOLE IT!"

"Mom, if your phone were stolen, the thief would have to be driving around behind you. "

"Well then, your father left it behind at the doctor's office."

"And the doctor's office is how far away, Mom?"

Dad responds, "About three miles."

"Dad, pull in somewhere and shut the car off. Don't use the car Bluetooth to answer. I'll call back again. Listen for the phone."

I call back three times in a row. They keep on answering through the Bluetooth.

Eventually, they get IT. But they can't find it. They must, MUST find it. I'm almost three hours away.

So, my mother responds brightly, "Well, we'll just have to take it in to the Mercedes dealership."

Good grief.

Fucking classic

 

[Ravenworks]

Hi,

Hard to misplace this bad boy right here....

View attachment 7064253

Sincerely,
Theis

Hey now,I had one of those and a $2,000 a month phone bill.

 

[flyer]

You must have sold a lot of coke.

 

[diverdon]

It is not easy being 80.

An Old Lady's Poem

What do you see, nurses, what do you see?
What are you thinking when you're looking at me?
A crabby old woman, not very wise,
Uncertain of habit, with faraway eyes?
Who dribbles her food and makes no reply
When you say in a loud voice, "I do wish you'd try!"
Who seems not to notice the things that you do,
And forever is losing a stocking or shoe.....
Who, resisting or not, lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding, the long day to fill....
Is that what you're thinking? Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse; you're not looking at me.

I'll tell you who I am as I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, as I eat at your will.
I'm a small child of ten ...with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters, who love one another.
A young girl of sixteen, with wings on her feet,
Dreaming that soon now a lover she'll meet.
A bride soon at twenty -- my heart gives a leap,
Remembering the vows that I promised to keep.
At twenty-five now, I have young of my own,
Who need me to guide and a secure happy home.
A woman of thirty, my young now grown fast,
Bound to each other with ties that should last.
At forty, my young sons have grown and are gone,
But my man's beside me to see I don't mourn.
At fifty once more, babies play round my knee,
Again we know children, my loved one and me.
Dark days are upon me, my husband is dead;
I look at the future, I shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing young of their own,
And I think of the years and the love that I've known.

I'm now an old woman ...and nature is cruel;
'Tis jest to make old age look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles, grace and vigor depart,
There is now a stone where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass a young girl still dwells,
And now and again my battered heart swells.
I remember the joys, I remember the pain,
And I'm loving and living life over again.
I think of the years ....all too few, gone too fast,
And accept the stark fact that nothing can last.

So open your eyes, nurses, open and see,
...Not a crabby old woman; look closer ...see ME!!

 

[Ravenworks]

The kicker is that she insists that they need a smart phone.

Oh no,I just went through this with my 87 year old mother.
She was on my plan for years,break a phone no problem $49 for a new cheap one.
Sooooo, one day she says,"I want a phone like yours".
Short version is this,she spends winter at my house in Florida, goes out with freinds to the casinos.
Cones home with a smartphone that is ringing nonstop every 20 seconds.
Last week,I bought her a new dumb phone with a new number.
The phone she got was a Jitterbug, it was free, BUT,she had to give her number out.
I explained what happened and why her phone was ringing so much,she just couldn't fathom why someone would be so mean.
OMG, I love my mother, but I guess she's paying me back for my younger years

 

[Ravenworks]

You must have sold a lot of coke.

No,was on the road a lot back then,I think it was something like $1.25 a min after the first 100 minutes

 

[Marinevet1]

My mom is now 92 years old.....she does have some problems with remembering what is going on..........got her a trac phone years ago..........I can call her...........she can call me...........
working out well..................$100.00 a year for all the minutes she will ever use.............

 

[Holescreek]

Hi,

Hard to misplace this bad boy right here....

View attachment 7064253

Sincerely,
Theis

I still have one of those up in the shop attic. The base unit mounted in the trunk and a wire ran under the carpet up to the dash where the handset hung. You could remove the handset and pull the base unit from the trunk and run on battery power for long enough to go broke while walking on the beach.

Never lost it between the seats, not once.

 

[101stinfantry]

Veer, I feel ya. My Dad asked what Wi-Fi was, and what the difference was between it and Blue Tooth, by the time I was finished explaining (with LOTS of interruptions/questions) we were both frustrated. He is also very good at finding Malware.

 

[jff_stvns]

This reminds me of my dad who died of Alzheimer's in 2016 the last couple years of his life he would ask me over and over again "hey son hows business going" five minutes later "hey son hows business going" I remember getting frustrated and would be like "dad you just asked me that" How I would love for him to ask me that again..........anyway point being enjoy them while they are still here!

Indeed are perspectives change the older we get especially with are parents, I still have mine and I am so greatful and I know one day I won't and that breaks my heart to think about, I will be crushed.

 

[Va_Gentleman]

Every time I help my Dad with his computer over the phone.... I am exhausted and need a nap. Bless his 84 year old heart.

Then again, it's good to have the old boy around.

 

[Nodakplowboy]

My sister thought our 88 year old Mom needed a smart phone. She ran her through how to run it, 2.5 seconds after she walked out the door Mom forgot it all. Now she has figured out how to call on it, but not answer it. Thank goodness they still have a landline....when she doesn't forget where she put the phone.

Lucky with my 91 year old Dad. He really don't give a shit about high tech. For him high tech is mower that has a battery start, not a pull cord.

I tend to fall in line with his train of thought about the new tech.

 

[Threadcutter308]

Hi,

Hard to misplace this bad boy right here....

View attachment 7064253

Sincerely,
Theis

I had the Mitsibushi equivalent.......It was the shizzle.

 

[Slash0311]

Damn Veer. We must be long lost brothers because I think we have the same parents.

It took me YEARS to get me Dad to figure out how to look at pictures in text messages.

A friend helped my mom pic out a new smart phone. That's when I realized this friend must hate me knowing my patents would ask me questions not them.

Good luck!

 

[camotoe]

I can't stop laughing

 

[FS1]

It was in moms purse all the time.

 

[MarinePMI]

I guess I'm somewhat lucky. My mother is a lost cause, but my father I introduced to the web and FB about five years ago (FB blew his mind, and he has since re-established contact with cousins and friends I never knew he had). LOL! It seemed to be the stimulus/motivation that was needed to get him into the technology age. I've been amazed at how quickly he has adapted to it (though softcopy etiquette still not quite there yet), and he sports the most current smart phone now (and more importantly, knows how to use it).

These days he acts as my mother's tech adviser, or assistant, for when she gets to frustrated with it and wants to throw the smart phone down the hallway. I suppose it really comes down to whether or not they want to learn new technology, or whether they just want to use new technology. Kind of hard to use something effectively, if you haven't learned how it works (at least at a high level).

 

[Veer_G]

I'd say something about them and their computer, but I think I'll save it for when I need to ramp my blood pressure up a bit.

 

[ArmyJerry]

did they find it or do you have them walking back and forth to the car to call you still?

 

[Blue Sky Country]

Indeed are perspectives change the older we get especially with are parents, I still have mine and I am so greatful and I know one day I won't and that breaks my heart to think about, I will be crushed.

Either people are slicing onions in here or the room just got really dusty...............Can't hold back the wet eyes at all when this is being discussed.

I still have my mother and every single moment I MAKE SURE to bring her happiness and ease of mind. You can have as many friends or even spouses as you may throughout your life, but you will only have one mother and one father. When my father passed not too long ago it was a bad shock to us. I changed jobs so I can return home at the end of each night or day (depending on which shifts I am assigned to), so she can worry much less about me out there and I don't have to be that anxious about her being by herself. My GF helps a lot by staying over often, and one might think that the cultural and ethnic differences between her and my mother might present some friction. But no, they get along so well as if they are mother and daughter and I am always thankful to God for this.

Ever since the Motorola RAZR phones came out, my mother has been fairly up to date with new technology. She has her own LG smartphone now, same as mine and though she is not really much of an Internet person, she can handle the call functions, contacts, etc. fairly well and is assured that she can always reach me when I am at work for any reason.

 

[Deleted member 10043]

Sounds like one of our Civil Air Patrol Meetings. "I told Major Smith what channel before he took off and he is not responding. We can see on our app he is just flying a lazy S pattern over and over again just outside of town. Call him on his cell and tell him to switch to Guard. Okay, done. Still dead silence. I'm 60 and the young one.

THANK GOD FOR CESSNA

 

[Lapuapalooza]

... out of the blue today and left me voice mail.

"Please, call us back on our cell as soon as you get this!"

I call back: "Dad, what's up?"

He responds, "I lost the cell phone and can't find it."

"So, like, Dad, you're on Bluetooth. Where are you calling from?"

Dad goes, "From in the car."

"So, Dad, it isn't lost, it's misplaced."

Mom interjects: "I THINK SOMEONE STOLE IT!"

Understand, they have a nothing phone, not a model that would attract light fingers.

"Nobody stole the phone, Mom. Your Bluetooth has a range of about 30 feet. It's in the ..."

"SOMEONE STOLE IT!"

"Mom, if your phone were stolen, the thief would have to be driving around behind you. "

"Well then, your father left it behind at the doctor's office."

"And the doctor's office is how far away, Mom?"

Dad responds, "About three miles."

"Dad, pull in somewhere and shut the car off. Don't use the car Bluetooth to answer. I'll call back again. Listen for the phone."

I call back three times in a row. They keep on answering through the Bluetooth.

Eventually, they get IT. But they can't find it. They must, MUST find it. I'm almost three hours away.

So, my mother responds brightly, "Well, we'll just have to take it in to the Mercedes dealership."

Good grief.

Haha!!! ????????????

 

[Lapuapalooza]

He said Mercedes Dealership, that's an easy $450 and up for that service call. While they're at it, they'll also discover it needs new brake pads, then doesn't need them, then does need them.

Yes, but they will provide them with a FREE loaner car! ??