I was slow getting up to speed in the technological age, but now that I'm there I have to admit there are times I wonder how people ever got along without iPods. My kids gave me an iPod for my birthday last year. Gifts from your children, in fact, are the way most old people like me get hooked into technology. Computers? you say. My typewriter is still good. Cellphone? Who needs it? I don't want most people to get hold of me anyhow. An iPod? I told my kids it sounded like the body part of an insect. I didn't want one. They insisted that I would enjoy it on my morning runs, but I wasn't so sure. I liked listening to the serene sounds of nature - the chirping of the birds, the quiet lowing of the cows, the wind whispering secrets among the trees/Kathy Hedberg, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Did you kids drag you into the technology age? Or did you get there by yourself?