Many reasons: Although some older folks enjoy computers (and a quick way to see pics of their grandchildren ) some of it is truly generational. The first time I put my fingers on the keyboard of a personal computer was in 1981 when IBM first introduced theirs and I was sent for training to learn how to sell them. This was in the dark, dark ages of computing. No Windows or point & click (at least in the Windows environment) - EVERYTHING was DOS based. So to do something as simple as compose a letter the routine went like this: (1) insert boot up disc (remember only ONE floppy drive 5 1/4" I think) (2) take the boot disc out and replace with word processing disc (no MSN-Word or WordPerfect yet), (3) when it was time to save the letter, take out the word processing disc and put in a blank disc. Rinse and repeat.

Those of you who grew up with computers have no clue just how cumbersome they were to use. I taught computer classes at a Jr. College - many of them JUST to get people to be able to use DOS to THEN do what they wanted to accomplish with a computer in the first place. You can imagine some people just said "To heck with it!" (Anecdote: My former father-in-law was encouraged to purchase a computer with the selling point of "You can do your budget with it." About a week later, I was summoned to father-in-law's home to inquire just WHERE in the computer his budget was?!?! He couldn't find it!! He couldn't grasp the concept that he had to put the budget INTO the computer first! When he found out he had to do that, he gave the computer to his son!!)

Since I'm a geekette...I was fascinated by computers and enjoyed watching their evolution. I have other friends who all they want to know is how to turn the computer on, send and email, and that's it.

Now my mother's answer is classic - "I HATED typing when I had to learn it at school and use it at work. I don't want SOMETHING ELSE to type on."

Azalysa without a computer is...welll...I wouldn't get too close to her on that day!