Last week my new Smart TV asked if I would like to watch a certain programme, I nearly *** myself. Couldn't work out who was speaking to me, I was the only one in the room. That function has now been disabled.
It used to be a favourite topic of undergraduate conversation as to precisely what advancements we would see in our own lifetime. One member of the usual group even correctly predicted the eradication of smallpox.
Will probably stop at my front door
I actually like talking to people and sendig cards and letters
Latest moan about technology is that my gas meter has been moved without my prior knowledge from my hallway (1st floor flat) to the garden of the downstairs flat
Electric meter still in my hallway (both gas and electric from same supplier)
I have read both meters myself for years and dutifully phoned in the readings
No more
Going down the stairs and then into a neighbour's garden with paper and pencil in the wind and rain is not an advance in technology
I welcome the thought of a meter reader
Wonder how he/she will read the electric meter if I am out
^ Smart meters are on the way Daisy , we will all have to have them soon! They phone the electric company and send in their own readings, all without you needing to do anything!
No the idea of smart meters is to save money by eliminating meter readers and to be able to disconnect you in the event of a power emergency so that the power available can be used for essential services rather than ordinary homes.