To say that I have been pulled along into the tech age kicking and streaming is putting it mildly.
I’m in my 70’s and I have had to acclimate to a certain amount of technology over the last few decades.
But I sure didn’t like it. And I like it even less now. It’s not enough that I am carrying a cell phone, my family is constantly on me to get a smart phone. I don’t need a smart phone. Just like I thought I didn’t need a smart HVAC thermostat either. Well, I now have to eat those word about the smart thermostat. This might be one of my most favorite tech advances yet. Still, I wanted no part of it. My wife and I were up to see my son and the grandkids over the holidays. He had installed a smart thermostat in his house nearly a year ago. The kid just raved and raved about. The smart thermostat saved him so much money in HVAC costs. And it was such a dream to not have to even fool with the thermostat. All that sort of stuff. It was like he could hardly not shut up about it. So when we saw them for Christmas, lo and behold he gives us a smart thermostat for our present. I smiled and made nice but I was not so thrilled. But the kid even paid for the HVAC people to come out and install it. It was a really thoughtful gift. It’s been installed a few months now. And I simply have to admit that everything my son said about the smart thermostat is absolutely true.