A little something...
From time to time, we'd like to draw attention to QotD and Vox Hunt responses that really blows Team Vox away. So, we just couldn't resist spotlighting this awesome answer to yesterday's QotD -- "Tell us a little something about your first car."
This is a Swift 10HP open tourer. It belonged to my parents, who donated it to Septuagent once he started getting about a bit. It had a side valve engine of 9.7HP according to the RAC (Royal Automobile Club) rating in use at the time. It had an electric self starter, but if it had been unused for a week it was generally started by hand swinging it and away it went.
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Swift 10HP? Never heard of it? Neither did I. So when I saw this picture, I just had to read further. The amount of detail was astounding -- it reminded me of the sort of story that my own grandfather tells about the cars he owned and serviced (he was an auto body repairman). And to think this was all an answer to a Vox QotD!
This blog owner calls himself Septuagent and holds the honor of being a 73 year-old blogger. After reading this wonderful post, I'd love to find out how to reach out to more people like him. Yes, he's an older blogger, but he's also a great story-teller.
What about you? What ways do you think you can get your parents or grandparents blogging?
- Mena
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And the article posted by Septuagent was great!
What's the hold up?
Contact me if you want to hear my pitch.
Voxless no more!
The older generation blogger doesn't just log on to spout some crap into the web, they usually have something to actually say. And we should listen! Even challenge them. We can learn a lot from their generation.
I had my mom blogging over at livejournal, and I'm trying to get her over here and experience a more "real" sense of blogging. I think it would be good for her, since LJ proved to be a little overwhelming for her, although she did love blogging.
My grandad treated himself to a PC for his 80th birthday and taught himself some basic word processing and internet skills. He then wrote 2 or 3 books, did a huge family tree and even ended up at the local junior school, giving a "lecture" on his childhood. All this, and he left school to go down the pit at 12!
Old age is definitely a state of mind - he was still travelling the world at 84 and I'm sure he would have written another book or two but unfortunately, he caught a bug which pulled him under very quickly and he passed on 2 years ago.
I'm sure he would have loved blogging.
blogging any time in the near future.... :)
To get my folks to blog -- It isn't gonna happen. It would be cool if they would but it just isn't their thing. I am just glad they embrace electricity and that fancifide indoor plumbing.
I just got my 50 year old mom set up with her own Vox blog. We got her signed up so she can follow the details of my move but I'm hoping she starts writing about her traveling and the other interests in her life.
She says my generation (20 somethings) is way more self aware than she or anyone else she ever knew was. I don't see her reflecting about her everyday, but I'd love for her to open up and start to share her stories in a different medium.
I'm not sure I could get my parents to blog, per se, but they have commented on blogs. My son had artwork posted at Artsonia, and once I provided the link they were delighted to post comments to him. My grandmothers are both ninety, and neither one of them could use a computer at this point, but my father-in-law is eighty, and I bet he would love it if he had Internet access. He has amazing stories to tell.