Behind the times....

Technologically speaking i am a Grandma.

I have a phone that is not even in colour,

and all it can do is make phonecalls...

The other day i saw a Kindle for the first time,

and i'm not kidding my reaction to it was very much akin to

an old lady trying to put a cd in a cassette palyer.

At first i thought it was a toy version of a Kindle.

I could clearly see that it had Kindle written on it,

and i am aware of what a Kindle is,

but it was so lightweight and tiny i thought it was a toy.

I tried to peel off what i thought was the sticker which had the words on it,

ie...the screen.

My sister thought i was joking at first and couldn't quite

grasp the fact that i was really that stupid.

until i started waving it around still thinking it was a plastic toy.

To which she informed me that it really was the real thing,

and that i am a Technology Grandma.

She is right.

But be it 2012

or any other year,

give me a book and a second hand book market any day.

Even if it fills up my whole luggage allowance.