One of those times

        Have you ever done something that caused you to feel super stupid and glad no one is watching?  Well, welcome to the club.

      As I stated in my first blog, I am a senior citizen on the slippery side of 71, which means I grew up with LP and  45 records. If we listened to the radio it was plugged in and you couldn't listen to the current songs as our parents considered rock 'n' roll a tool of the devil.  No self respecting teenager would be caught dead listening to the boring stuff our parents liked.

        Recently I decided an mp3 player would be nice to have for the times I was too far from the computer to listen to my favorites or I wasn't in the car to crank up the CD player and sing along.  Besides, it might win me points with the grand-kids as they think I lived when they used quill pens to write with. 

     I tend to research things I want to purchase by surfing the internet, which is so much better than going from store to store or spending hours on the phone comparing prices. Yes children, that is the way it was done in the dark ages when telephones were state of the art.

      A real deal was found on my credit care site that had one that looked like it would do the job so I ordered it, I am like a kid at Christmas when waiting for a package that I know contains a new 'toy' for me.

     It arrived yesterday. After 30 minutes and 3 broken fingernails, it was out of the plastic packaging; I followed the diredtions to charge it and put music in it.   Nothing!  Supposedly the music was on it but I coulnd't even get it to scroll to show settings or contents, etc.  That figures, just my luck!  I was ready to throw it in the trash and dig out the 8 track player. (look it up kids)

       Then it hit me exactly what was wrong. It worked perfectly after I REMOVED THE PLASTIC SCREEN PROTECTOR.!!!!

     the moral: everyone does it, so laugh at yourself. Who knows, you might want to write about it!