The technology that 15% of Americans don't use.....

[oldzimm]

 

Fifteen percent isn't hard to believe, you would be hard pressed to find a Amish man using the internet, plus you got more people trying to live off the grid.

 

Oldzimm

That is true although the mennonites use them.

 

I live in "Pennsylvania Dutch" country and yes some of the Mennonites are progressing to modernization, I should have said the "Old Order Amish and Mennonites". I am seeing a lot of the younger Amish and Mennonites are leaving the old orders, matter of fact the congregation of the Church I attend, almost half are people that left the Amish and Mennonite Churches, our preacher was a Mennonite and has a gift in delivering God's word.

 

Oldzimm 

[MorningGlory]

 

This may apply to other countries as well.  Regardless, this is astounding to me....I don't know of ANYONE, personally, who doesn't use the internet! 

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/do-not-use-internet-140141223.html

 

• At Q1 2013, 43.5 million adults (86%) in the UK had used the Internet.
• 7.1 million adults (14%) had never used the Internet.
• Men (88%) were more likely to be Internet users than women (84%).
• By region, London had the highest rate of Internet users (90%); Northern Ireland the lowest (79%).

 

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/rdit2/internet-access-quarterly-update/2013-q1/stb-ia-q1-2013.html

 

On our foundation there are  weekly computer classes for beginners. 

So out of interest to your post , I rang the woman that runs them to ask about the numbers.

I thought that most of those that would attend would be in the upper age group, lets say over fifty. 

Strangely enough there are quite a few twenty five to thirty age group that attend and have no computer knowledge what so ever.

 

The youngest that attends is twenty four years old and the oldest is Jim. 

He is eighty nine years old and sent his first email two weeks ago.

 

 

That translates into roughly the same percentage of non-users in the U.K. 

[MorningGlory]

 

This may apply to other countries as well.  Regardless, this is astounding to me....I don't know of ANYONE, personally, who doesn't use the internet! 

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/do-not-use-internet-140141223.html

My X sister-in-law does not have a computer.When at the library their are alot of people who are using the computers.

 

 

Yes, there are people that don't have computers at home (although I don't know any myself!) but I'd venture they probably do access the internet at work or, like you say, in the local libraries.  I don't see how a person could live without being online....in the world as it is now.   

[missmuffet]

 

 

Fifteen percent isn't hard to believe, you would be hard pressed to find a Amish man using the internet, plus you got more people trying to live off the grid.

 

Oldzimm

That is true although the mennonites use them.

 

I live in "Pennsylvania Dutch" country and yes some of the Mennonites are progressing to modernization, I should have said the "Old Order Amish and Mennonites". I am seeing a lot of the younger Amish and Mennonites are leaving the old orders, matter of fact the congregation of the Church I attend, almost half are people that left the Amish and Mennonite Churches, our preacher was a Mennonite and has a gift in delivering God's word.

 

Oldzimm 

 

I heard the very same thing you are saying.Some of the old order Amish do not believe in our hope of Salvation.They think it is prideful to think that we have a definite place in Heaven when we die.

[MorningGlory]

I'm not really astounded at those findings, there are the disabled, and the elderly some who find it really daunting to learn how to use a computer.

There is also those who find it expensive to go online and then there are those who live in rural area's.

I would hate to think of how I would react if I had no computer ...even for a day.

 

 

Me too!  I can't manage my life, or my job, without my computers.

[MorningGlory]

Blessings to all,

     I have never been on a computer and never had any interest in learning,I was used to going to the library all of my life and always purchasing different books at the Christian Book Store as well as Barnes & Noble....About three years ago a friend gave me a monitor and keyboard trying to convince me how great computers are and they have been sitting there collecting dust ever since!I just never felt any desire to start learning as I find it difficult to operate my cell phone(lol)

   Just this past June another friend gave me a computer for my birthday to go with my other two dust collectors,so I  thought I might as well give it a try......I had no idea of the wealth of information that can be obtained in just a click,no more trips to the library,no more pulling out tons of books for Bible Studies,no more limitations due to any physical disabilities.....praise the Lord for such a blessing....I had no idea how much easier my life could have been years ago!

  So,I was one of those people that have never been on the internet until 3 months ago...my typing is an atrocity but I am learning....so you can teach an old dog new tricks!

                                                                                                            With love,in Christ-Kwik

 

 

That is SO awesome, Kwik! I would swear you had been online for years from reading your posts.  And, you're right, anything you need to know is out there and accessible within seconds.     I also love how the disabled can fellowship and research things without worrying about physical limitations.

[missmuffet]

 

 

This may apply to other countries as well.  Regardless, this is astounding to me....I don't know of ANYONE, personally, who doesn't use the internet! 

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/do-not-use-internet-140141223.html

My X sister-in-law does not have a computer.When at the library their are alot of people who are using the computers.

 

 

Yes, there are people that don't have computers at home (although I don't know any myself!) but I'd venture they probably do access the internet at work or, like you say, in the local libraries.  I don't see how a person could live without being online....in the world as it is now.   

 

Yes,I fought it for quite some time.It got to the point that my kids teachers were telling them they needed to have a computer to turn out a paper  My kids got very,very good grades so the pressure was on.I like the computer.You have to be very,very careful on it because for just as much informative material their is very,very bad material.I was always a very curious child one who read the encyclopedia as a kid.I was always wondering why this and why that.So I love google.

[MorningGlory]

 

This may apply to other countries as well.  Regardless, this is astounding to me....I don't know of ANYONE, personally, who doesn't use the internet! 

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/do-not-use-internet-140141223.html

Lol, you need to get out more MG. 

 

But seriously with me it is the opposite. The friends I have at church, and my work colleagues of course, but although South Africa has one of the highest ratio's of cell phone ownership in Africa, and probably the world, the internet is not a big deal, and many people I know don't use it.

 

 

 

Really?  Maybe it's a cultural thing? 

[missmuffet]

[missmuffet]

 

This may apply to other countries as well.  Regardless, this is astounding to me....I don't know of ANYONE, personally, who doesn't use the internet! 

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/do-not-use-internet-140141223.html

Lol, you need to get out more MG. 

 

But seriously with me it is the opposite. The friends I have at church, and my work colleagues of course, but although South Africa has one of the highest ratio's of cell phone ownership in Africa, and probably the world, the internet is not a big deal, and many people I know don't use it.

 

Nope.... countries with the most cell phone users:

1.China

2.India

3.United States

Your country Fez is #28