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Bill does a blog - problem is his command of the computer, while never that great, is almost non existent at this point. When I try to help him I can't figure out what he is talking about and he can't explain so gets angry that I can't help him. This morning he was confusing Microsoft Edge with his Word program - then confusing his Word program with his blog site. When I tried to explain the difference he just got really upset with me and said I didn't know what I was talking about. Which could be true as I was having a terrible time trying to figure out what he was talking about! And I don't use Word or Microsoft Edge so not that familiar with them. He blames his Dell computer. Won't believe it isn't the computer's fault. Wants me to call Dell and demand they fix it or better yet send a new computer - but to be sure I rake them over the coals. I'm not good at yelling at people, especially when they haven't done anything wrong. I keep trying to distract him. Not working today. No golf on the TV that he wants to watch.

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Good morning @billchitwood Ahhh, those times of what I called "daily dramas". In my wife's situation there always seemed to be something wrong that I simply didn't understand or worse, didn't want to. I recall the point she could no longer tell AM from PM on the clock and I would find her calling folks on the phone at 2, 3, or 4 am. I slowly "disappeared" a bunch of our clocks and bought a couple cheap military-time clocks. That solved that problem!

There were also many times I would fake phone calls when she insisted on certain things that were inappropriate. I'd rail away and then explain how I gave them what for and often that ended that concern.

The computer must be a tough issue. My wife had no interest in computers so I was lucky on that front. Hopefully, there will be some golf on TV today for Bill.

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