Computer Hysteria: Old Dogs"

     by Berry F. Phillips

Veterinarians generally agree that "old dogs can be taught new tricks." Old dogs may not learn as quickly as they did when they were young, but with time and patience, most  old dogs can be taught to do anything that a younger dog can do.

Canines and humans are often analogous.  Dr. D. T. Thorne, "Senior World" writes,  "Computer technology provides a senior the opportunity to keep in touch with the times.  The Internet and online service providers have opened the way for an electronic senior citizen community to develop nationally as well as internationally through a wide range of news groups, discussion forums, and 'live' chat rooms.  These senior discussion groups focus on such topics as politics, travel, health problems, housing, recreation, and music just to mention a few.  There is even an online support  group for seniors who have lost partners.  Many seniors maintain Web sites where their peers can contact public, private, and not-for-profit agencies to obtain help with Social Security, legal, health, and senior-related problems quickly and authoritatively."

"Old dogs can learn new tricks" by joining the Oklahoma City PC Users Group which is affiliated with an excellent SeniorNet Users Group.  Over 100,000 senior students with ages as high as 101 have learned PC skills from SeniorNet User Group's learning centers.  Please visit http://www.okcpcug.org/SeniorNet/seniornet.htm. for specific information regarding the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Senior Net Users Group where "old dogs are learning new tricks" every day. 

Incidentally, I was inspired to write this article by my favorite search engine, "Dogpile."  Fetch!  I expect you think this humble writer is now "going to the dogs"!

Berry Phillips is a member of the OKCPCUG and a regular writer for the OKCPCUG website and the eMonitor