Jan Allison Poet Light Verse

I Am a Technological Dinosaur

If I want to spell a word I get my dictionary
Others use their I-phone

If I want to know the time I look at my watch
Others use their I-phone

If I want to send a message I get a pen and paper
Others use their I-phone

If I want to know a recipe I get my cookery book
Others use their I-phone

If I want to work out a sum I get my calculator
Others use their I-phone

If I want to know the weather I look out of the window
Others use their I-phone 

If I want to listen to music I turn on my radio
Others use their I-phone

If I want to take a picture I use my camera
Others use their I-phone 

If I need to look somewhere dark I use my torch
Others use their I-phone

If your I-phone gets lost then so are you, 
How do you ever manage without it?

BUT if I get lost and need directions – I ask my husband
And he gets out HIS I-phone!

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Cynthia Jones April 6, 2015 at 4:09 PM Jan, I always use a pen and paper, look through my cookbook, look out the window for the weather, listen to my radio. I don't use my phone for anything, except for talking to someone. Sometimes. Great write. Well done. :O) Keep up with the great work. Keep on penning. Thank you so very much for sharing your wonderful and creative talents with us. We all truly appreciate it. A 7 from me my friend. ~HUGS~ *S* Cynthia Jan Allison April 6, 2015 at 4:12 PM Thanks so much for all your support Cynthia - so lovely to see my early work being read and enjoyed:-) Hugs Jan xx

Dennis Rarick November 2, 2014 at 3:41 PM Jan, This made me smile! I am old school, but sometimes the real thing is better than its google search Call me old fashion, but i still like to stop and smell the roses rather than seeing a photo of them Jan Allison November 2, 2014 at 3:46 PM I will join you in that Dennis - I find technology takes over now - the kids at school communicate by phone and they are sitting next to eachother!!!! Sadly the art of verbal communication and letter writing seems to a thing of the past and is a dying art:-( Hugs Jan xx

James Fraser September 25, 2014 at 3:46 PM Aren't we so, in a gadget world now Jan. Loved how you portrayed here, James :) Jan Allison September 25, 2014 at 3:57 PM Its such a shame James the kids are glued to them and find it difficult to communicate verbally - they can even sit next to each other and text and phone - crazy world we live in:-( hugs jan xxx

Darren Watson February 25, 2014 at 4:44 PM Should always listen to husbands . They never get lost , My mother told me dad would get lost going to the shop but would never admit it , lol Loved the poem . Never had an Iphone but did have a mobile phone until I realised I was always too busy with it to talk to people I met in the street every day . Jan Allison February 25, 2014 at 6:47 PM I don't have an i phone or new technology am happy with my lot and the best thing about my old nokia no one would bother stealing it lol. thanks for dropping by Darren Jan x

Robert Pettit February 25, 2014 at 4:39 PM I once delivered a lost I-phone from the Air France desk at the Philadelphia Airport, to the owner's residence in Shillington, PA. That trip was about 100 kms one way. These days, people are too dependent on their modern conveniences. You have the advantage over them whenever their devices need recharging. Good write. Jan Allison March 18, 2014 at 8:13 PM Thanks Robert - sorry to have taken time to reply this must have slipped past me. If my own phone got lost it wouldn't be a disaster its an ancient nokia for just texts/calls. So many people can't live without their i-phones - sadly the children at school seem to spend more time on them than communicating with others.... and they call it progress! Jan xx

Leon Wilson February 24, 2014 at 4:16 AM Yes bring back the simple things being dyslexic I have no chance lol nice one Jan funny. Jan Allison February 24, 2014 at 10:45 AM I agree Leon we rely on technology all too much and when it goes belly up people cant cope - give me the simple things in life any day. Jan x

Tim Smith February 23, 2014 at 7:34 PM lol...that last line cracked me up Jan ..good one..i was one of the last people with a pager at work Jan Allison February 24, 2014 at 10:43 AM Hi Tim I have a phone that texts and makes calls and is ancient anything else i need i have - long live the need for dictionaries - they will be obsolete if we don't use them and leave it all down to technology. Happy reading and writing Jan must pop by your pages see the latest on your lovely lady xxx she's so lucky to have someone like you to put the way you feel in writing xx Jan

Richard D Seal February 23, 2014 at 4:57 PM Hi Jan, Talking of technological dinosaurs I have just one question for you. What's an I Phone? lol erm I still use a map lol. I like the way you did this, very funny. Take care, Richard Jan Allison February 23, 2014 at 5:15 PM I don't know Richard lol my phone is for texts and calls and is like a brick lol but I'll ask my hubby what an iphone is :-) happy reading and writing Jan