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kairos12

(12,859 posts)
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 09:18 PM Oct 2021

That's about right. Unfortunately.

My wife noticed a gentlemen who walks at the same time everyday. She noted today he wasn't out on his walk and she asked him why?

He said he's not walking because his Fitbit isn't working.

We remain, in fact, screwed.

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That's about right. Unfortunately. (Original Post) kairos12 Oct 2021 OP
How Did We Survive Before Technology? nt SoCalDavidS Oct 2021 #1
I wonder about this every day. LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #2
I'm A CPA SoCalDavidS Oct 2021 #3

LuckyCharms

(17,425 posts)
2. I wonder about this every day.
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 12:27 AM
Oct 2021

For example, how did we get by with rotary dial phones?

How did we get by when calling a business, and these stupid menu options were not available yet and an actual person answered the phone?

How did we monitor our budgets without computers?

I can't remember exactly how we did it, but we did.

I think that technology is generally a good thing, but it really creates a total dependence on it, and tends to make you forget that things can be done the old school way.

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
3. I'm A CPA
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 01:45 AM
Oct 2021

I'm so unbelievably reliant on technology to figure Tax Returns.

I have zero doubt that the Tax Returns are more complex and complicated due to the fact computers can process them. If it had to be done manually, it would be impossible except for simple returns.

I look back at Tax Returns from the 1980's and early part of the 90's, and they were so much simpler, with fewer Forms.

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