>>>>See, old dogs can learn new tricks ( but an old dog getting paid his top rate to learn it would, of course, learn faster <s> )
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>>LOL. my advice is Festina Lente, make haste slowly. There are great tools just around the corner that we'll all be able to use to bang out recipe apps in an hour and maybe a little longer to add the smarts for which a couple of million people will be willing to shell out $1.99. The window of opportunity will open and close quickly as your ideas are copied and commoditized, but it only takes a few days to make your fortune in this new development world. ;-)
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>Well, as I told Tracy, I have my finger on the pulse of the young ( all other body parts have been covered by either state law or restraining orders) and I am sure there will be a huge market for my killer app which, when faced with any pop culture phenomenon will be able to consult a database and report on how much better it was in the old days and can entertain for hours on the subject of "back in my day" and the reasons the user does "not know how good you have it".
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>I am sure this will make me rich, but more to the point it will relieve the strain of having to provide this information personally to legions of the Young who need to know.

You know it was better then :-)

I suppose its a not a luxury the preceding generation had as they where slaughtering each other in their millions.