Have you noticed how slow women are to join in some technology, & how quickly they take to other stuff. None of the ladies I know would have a clew how to actually check the oil, water or tyre pressure of a car they are using, but they know how to use the Bluetooth, whatever that is, in a car before they even sit in it.

The other night my 20 something daughter, my wife & her visiting mother were all in the lounge in front of a soapy. They were actually tapping away on their mobiles, staring at their little screens.

They were just enough aware of their surroundings to complain when I changed channel, but not enough aware to know that the dreadful soap had finished a couple of minutes ago.

Surely they are not silly enough to think I would take a soap off a woman, even if she is not really watching it. I have no desire to die a painful death. The only more dangerous thing you could do would be to get between a woman & her mobile phone.

My daughters gave me a mobile phone for my last birthday. It is incase one of my old cars breaks down they told me. Hell I'd have more chance of fixing the car, than turning the phone on

My daughter is 21, Hasbeen.
I don't understand how you have missed out on learning how to use mobile phones with a 20 something daughter around?

I had to learn it to keep in touch with her, and then had to use it in my job.
I can change a tyre and check oil etc, and so can my daughter.

I guess it depends on how 'cool' you are? : )

Hasbeen
As a woman the only thing I value soap for is for hygiene.:)

Hasbeen,

Sorry to disappoint you, but I don't watch soaps.

Have a simple mobile, not a touch screen (one in the cupboard if I ever get back to it)....although do know how to use them as my son has an ipad.

Did work at service station in teens and know how to check oil, water, air pressure, degrease motors, change tyres...used to know exactly which side each model of car had it's petrol cap, not to mention Holdens had theirs under the back number plate (and used to get mighty peed off when dozy ladies would habitually pull in on the "wrong side" and who would then complain when you had to stretch the hose over their car (back in the days before self-serve)

Hasbeen,

Not buying in to this discussion but I have worked with female pilots and was even taught to fly by a female instructor. She was a better pilot than most of her male counterparts.

I shall follow the posts with interest.

Take it easy.

SD

I HATE SOAPS! HATE THEM! :-)
As to the cars, with all this computerising cars these days you almost need a IT diploma to know what the bloody things are doing. With a sensor for this and an alarm for that and enough electrical gismos to sink a battleship I can understand why people stick to knowing phones! Bring back real cars!
What I think you have here is more of a generation problem then one of gender. (I'm Gen Y before you all start spitting chips). My mother wouldn't even know what a dipstick looks like let alone what to do with it, not because she is stupid but because my father and my Pa wouldn't dream of letting a "woman" service the car, she should be cooking tea or washing the sheets. I can still remember Dad leaving for work and telling Mum he would change the flat tire on the car when he got home. I think I was 12 or so. I told him I would do it...he threatened to ground me for months if I did. It only took me an hour. LOL
I rarely ever find a person over 50 that needs automotive assistance, and if I do the bonnets up, they have grease on their hands and they are shaking the heads and asking for a tow or lift to the nearest mechanic. If however I come across a younger person they are playing games or updating Facebook waiting for roadside assist or Mum and or Dad. Jumper leads and jacks get most of these people rolling again and yet they show amazement that A) I'm female and B) I "fixed" their car.
Please note, I am well aware that there are some very capable Gen Y's out there and kudos to you. I wish there where more of us.