Whatever Happened To Skeleton Keys?

Yes, I Am Technically Inept!

Just the other day I observed a person locking their car with a key. When is the last time you have seen that? What with remote lock and unlock and key fobs, keys are a thing of the past. We have a new car and it comes with a key fob. As you approach the car, one merely needs to press a button on the door and eureka, the door opens! Once inside the car there is a button to start the engine – no key. Our car also has “stop – start” which means when you come to a red light and press the brake, the engine shuts off. This saves on fuel and accounts for the great gas mileage we achieve.

There is also a feature that warns the driver that something, a package or person, may be in the back seat. The alarm and message on the screen states: “check rear seat”. This is a feature to alert people that there may be a child in the back seat. It is triggered by opening and closing the rear door. And of course there are a multitude of alerts and warnings that pop up such as “time to change oil” and how much pressure is in the tires, to name just two items.

Now moving on from the car, I attempted to install a software update on my smart phone. It’s called a smart phone because it is more brilliant than me what with all the information it has packaged. When I went to our phone carrier I learned that my phone will not accommodate an update because there is not enough memory. To remedy this I would have to upgrade to a more expensive phone so I decided that I am perfectly content with what I currently have.

Finally, for Christmas our children bought as a big screen smart TV – there’s that word again – smart. The TV is so smart that it has features such as 4K that is currently not even offered on regular channels! And here’s a feature I was not aware of: our son called me and told me that he had sent a link to my phone and I should open it. When I did, the information on my phone – a movie – suddenly appeared on the TV! So there we have a smart phone communicating with a smart TV and somewhere in the middle I sit confused trying to figure out what happened.

As you can see, I am troubled with all the muddled information I am receiving from our car, our phone and our TV. Maybe the person I saw opening the car with a key had it right – us oldsters are more comfortable living in the past!