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That is so awesome ! You know I lived in Nanaimo 26 years ago and thats where my second son was born ! His father and I entered the silly boat races a couple of times ! What fun that was back in the day ! We since moved long time ago to Coquitlam and now were in Kelowna British Columbia Canada! About 4 hours east of Vancouver! But i will always miss the ocean! To bad the damp rainy weather is hard on my arthritis! Its much dryer here ! I will follow you , nice to have someone on steemit from B.C! Welcome ! And steem on ! 😊😉👍

I trained as a welder in Kelowna, back in 69-70... too hot for this California boy...came to the Island in 1973 and fell in love with the place!

What a small world ! Thats really great ! my ex spouse / boyfriend was a welder , he trained in Vancouver. Somewhere . He still lives in Coquitlam! But I really liked Nanaimo when I lived there my ex husband now passed on , his mom and dad lived in Nanaimo a long time , they had a corner store on Nichole Street called M& F Market . Just up from the Patricia hotel The Pats ! lol ! If thats still there ! Well heading home to bed , i blog from work , security guard, graveyards , good luck on steemit ! 👍😉

Welcome to Steemit! Great to see new technology being used by the older generations!

Nice introduction!

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Dear acidyo,
I cannot understand your reply. Please, if you like to understand read the vita of dragon40 and you will suddenly change your opinion within seconds. Even a lot of great–grandparents, usually called the elder generation, have had their hands on the development of IT and still are deep in. Please excuse me for criticizing your comment. But you are totally wrong especially in the case of dragon40. You don't use a new technology at all. Steemit or blockchain is just another use of.

Sorry I didn't mean to make it sound like an ageism thing, I just meant people who have come in contact with blockchain technology lately thanks to the social platform that introduces them to it. Of course in @dragon40's case he is far more experienced and knowledgeable about technology than I am.

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

Excuse me please. I always have to hold up the banner for my generation.

Older generation? My 95-yr-old Aunt is the older generation - I'm just an ornery youngster.

Haha! I meant compared to the statistics of our userbase currently! Nice to see more people get in touch with blockchain technology!

"In touch" isn't the phrase I'd have chosen. "Completely mystified" would be more to the point.

Welcome, and great to have you here! :)

Welcome to the site, good intro post.

Thanks - nice to be welcomed!

It is very nice to see you on Steemit!

Nice to be here...it's a bit intimidating, but I'll figure it out :-)

Saluton kaj bonvenon je steemit. It is never too late. All the best for you.

Welcome to steemit! The great thing about steemit is you don't need to understand cryptocurrency or blockchain technology to use it!

I Would highly recommend using steemit chat to get yourself started!

Welcome! Don't worry..ive been here for a few months and there's loads i don't understand still. Have fun!

Welcome Ken!

I am also mystified. Hope you can some post out to help out the noobs. WELCOME to Steemit!

I'll have to figure it out first :-)

Welcome...Finally, someone older than me (71)! If you figure out the techni-babble out PLEASE clue me in!!!

Damn, am I the Old Guy on Steem?

Looks that way...welcome Brother!

OK, I wanna trophy :-)

Welcome! You are a very interesting individual.

Welcome to Steemit, great intro! :))

Why thank you, Miss, and Christmas greetings from chilly Vancouver Island!

Welcome, grandpa. :-)
I actually saw this post from a resteem by @karenmckersie

Grampa? Yes, that works. Strangely enough, when I called my Texan grampa Grampa, way back in the early 40s, he said, "Don't call me Grampa, call me Pal," and Pal it was until the day he left us.

Must be nice that grandpa is pal to everyone.

Welcome, Old experienced sailor

No sailor here (we used to call'em Marshmallows on Pogo Sticks)... I dropped stuff out of really big aircraft, altho the Navy did help us invade Sausalitio one weekend...

Thank you for sharing ,Welcome to steemit :) I'm following I have a knack of learning from "centurions" , you seem like a very forward thinking individual and seem to spend your life living rather than going where others are taking you, by chance or by necessity.

It's a great vita of resistance and technology. Respect and welcome. Here is a good place to spread your experience. It's a pleasure to meet you, Sir.

Thank you for posting @dragon40. Enjoyed your post very much.

Welcome to Steemit. It is great fun, a lot of work and you will enjoy yourself immensely.

@remlaps resteemed your post.

Thank You! B"H!

Not only do you deserve the Order of British Columba, but frankly, I feel that there should be a tree in your name at Yad Vashem, that you and your family should always be blessed...

Thank you many millions of times...

That was a very kind thing to say. Thank you!

B"H, I'm so honoured to meet you^^ YW, but thanks :)

Welcome to Steemit! Hope you enjoy your time here!

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Welcome to Steemit @dragon40

Nice to have you here!!!

welcome to Steemit, thank you for a very interesting post. Followed and Resteemed

seja bem vindo

Welcome @dragon40, all the best with your blog.

So, according to the comments you're in your path to become Steemgrampa?

Well, someone's already pointed out that I'm the oldest old phart on Steem, so sure, I'm up for it :-)

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Hello Ken, welcome to Steemit! :-)

Thank you, kind Wizard!

Great intro post, and welcome to Steemit! I'm following along and look forward to seeing what you to bring the platform. The diversity of content on Steemit is outstanding, as well as the sense of community among its users. Glad to have you here!

Steem on!

eh yah!

Welcome to Steemit @dragon40! I definitely love seeing the blend of generations, gender and world-wide reach on Steemit.

I highly recommend you go through the hamburger board and read the white papers. There is also a link for THE WELCOME PAGE, which has a wealth of information from best practices to tools and other resources. There is also US, the community. :)

Follow the Three Cs:

Content creation - COMMENTS - Curate

That is how your people will find you - and perhaps you will discover new and exciting people to follow as well. All best!