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| Happy Birthday RantMom |
Party attenders located in Seattle, Denver area, Portland area, Salt Lake City area, Milwaukee, Oklahoma
The creators: Little Sister handling much patient people interacting; RantWoman running tech, as in setting up a Zoom meeting including breakout rooms in case some of the fam needed breaks from each other. They didn't
Tech adventures:
RantWoman declined the invitation to Zoom together with others: RantWoman hates headphones and does not want to share screen reader chatter with the uninitiated especially if also hard of hearing.
Despite the fact that RantMom now successfully streams two church services and a Bible study, Irrepressible nephew probably helped her connect before exiting to a separate room to avoid feedback. We will not discuss the fact that Grandma, aka big sister to her siblings, was perfectly fine with Nephew coming over even though he was sniffly and a little feverish. Chalk it up to farm girl constitution?
One cousin and her mother Facetiming while on Zoom to try to figure out connectivity to the Zoom meeting.
Aunt and Uncle Schoolteacher who didn't want to join the Zoom meeting on their iPhones, not even just with 1-tap mobile, no way no how. They wound up calling Little Sister who put them on speaker phone near her laptop. Aunt Schoolteacher phoned RantMom up the day after the party to see what they had missed.
Uncle Beer Boiler's new friend who has come into his life after Aunt Travel Agent passed away set up his Zoom. RantWoman says Aunt Travel Agent worked from home but the couple never figured out shared use of one computer.
Youngest Cousin got help from her mother's extended family to connect her mom.
Modes of transportation mentioned:
foot
Horseback
school bus
long haul semi
autonomous vehicles with "not ready for primetime" comments
airport luggage conveyor system
airplane
Topics:
Elder care
Memorable moments
Uncle Schoolteacher always needs to enlighten the crowd with some bit of research. He reported on average salary, home price, food prices IN CITIES of milk, eggs, bread and a couple other items the year RantMom was born. RantWoman bypassed the opportunity to groan "Hello! They lived on a ranch. They produced a lot of that right on the farm!"
No, it was not recorded for posterity. Are you kidding? Not for this crowd.
No, the birthday cake did not get shared over Zoom. The party was wonderful regardless.
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