–> It took me about 20 minutes to figure out how to change the clock in my car when it was daylight savings times. Setting car clocks is not very intuitive and every car is very different.

My bank is in Washington state. While I do a lot of e-banking with them, I generally mail my paychecks to my bank to deposit them. This isn’t strictly technological in nature, but it’s definitely an old-fashionedness that looks like a tech-not.

–> I direct deposit all my checks, in fact my company requires it.

I can barely use my cell phone. I can take a picture. I can make and receive phone calls. I can text, but I still try to answer it when someone is text messaging me. I like to think I’d be a better study if the thing worked in my house.

–> I use my cell phone to make calls. That’s it. I know my cell phone has other features like a calculator and games but I never use them. I read my text messages but I have yet to send one to anybody. I still use email for that.

I have very little e-book curiosity. My interest in e-books is purely professional.

–> I prefer the traditional book format but will consider e-books if its a book I don’t want to buy and its not available in the library.

I have an iPod I rarely listen to. I have an iPhone I don’t use much (both were gifts). I like to have them, but I usually just listen to the radio in my car and iTunes on my laptop at home.

–> I don’t have an iPod but have an MP3 player that does a similar thing. I listen mainly to CDs in the car but use the MP3 player when working out.

I have created more podcasts than I have listened to.

–> You’re one up on me there. I wouldn’t have a clue how to create a podcast. I have downloaded a few, mainly just to say that I could do it.

I don’t play online games much. I play Scrabulous (come find me on facebook!) and that’s pretty much it. When you have a job that’s online, spending more time there just doesn’t seem as appealing.

–> The only computer games I play are Minesweeper and Solitaire.

I use my TV to watch movies only, and even then pretty rarely. I was a Nielsen family earlier in the month and I sent the whole book back blank.

–> I hardly ever watch TV, maybe a couple hours a month. I mainly use my TV to view DVDs.

I don’t have voice mail, just an answering machine. No caller ID, so please tell me who you are when you call.

–> I don’t have caller ID either because I didn’t want to pay the extra money. I don’t have voice mail either, just an answering machine.

When I have to set the alarm to wake up, which happens rarely, I’m as likely to set it for PM as for AM. This is more of an absentminded professor thing than a tech-NO, but I’ve sortof never gotten the hang of setting an alarm on something without hands

–> I usually don’t have problems getting an alarm clock but I will too, set it for PM instead of AM once in a while.

And lastly, because I grew up in the country, I pretty much don’t understand locks. I have a heck of a time with any door that locks, remembering which direction to turn the key, or rememebring my keys period.

–> I have a lot of problems with this too. Every lock is different. Some you have to turn right to open; others its left. If they were made more uniform, it would be a lot easier.

Nevertheless, it’s amazing to me how many of my (full-time, one employer) co-workers don’t take advantage of direct deposit.

Is that common in the US? Your employer doesn’t just deposit straight into your bank account? I don’t think I’ve had a paycheck in over a decade…

Reading the rest of your post, I’m going to hunt you down on Facebook and lose to you at Scrabble. With you on e-books and podcasts, but I love my iPod. I don’t even drive (how’s that for a tech-NO?)

I’m also old fashioned enough to use a nice old fashioned
windup alarm clock.

One of my recent achievements was to get a new stylus for
my 15 year old record player.

On the other hand I used to use an old fashioned duplicator
in order to produce newsletters & leaflets in my younger
days. They were time consuming & very dirty machines to
operate, & I’d hate to have to use them again, even if I can
become very nostalgic about such items.

There is a friend of mine who runs a couple of websites, &
who uses only open source software. He too does not own a
television or radio.

He also gets most of his news via email.

All of which shows just how much of a technological mix &
match we now all have.

good to know that even the library-queen of cool has tech issues.