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6A FEATURES Lacking computer skills Dear Annie: I’m in my 50s Dear Low-Tech: Your kids and struggling with technol- grew up using technology. It’s ogy. My two kids are both tech- so second nature to them that savvy geniuses (as everyone they’re not going to make the best under the age of 35 seems to teachers on that subject. It would be). When they were younger, be like trying to explain how to they were around to help me on breathe. So though I don’t think the computer, but now it would be wrong of you DEAR they’re both grown and to ask your son for help, I out of the house. I call think you’d be better off ANNIE them when I’m really enrolling in a class. stumped, but I know Many Apple Stores they’re getting tired of it. offer free workshops to My son has started tell- help users get acquainted with their products. If ing me to “just Google you don’t have an Apple it.” I’m not great at Goo- Store nearby, many gle, so that isn’t much Annie Lane libraries and community help. Creators Syndicate Inc. centers also offer free or What’s worse is that low-cost courses on vari- last year, I somehow accidentally downloaded a virus ous computer programs. All this that ruined my entire PC, so I tech stuff isn’t nearly so intim- ended up buying a Mac laptop. idating as it seems. Believe in I’ve never had a Mac before, and your ability to learn and eventu- now trying to do anything beyond ally your kids will be calling you checking my email is Greek to for computer help. Dear Annie: This letter is in me. Although I’m embarrassed to have to keep asking my kids, response to “Tired of the Emp- I think that if one of them could ty-Handed,” the woman who is just walk me through using the tired of her stepson and daugh- new laptop, it would be a big ter-in-law’s not bringing any- help. Would it be wrong of me thing with them when she and to ask my son to come set every- other family members host din- thing up for me? He lives about ners. She described them both as “wonderful” yet finds fault in an hour away. — Low-Tech a very minor etiquette issue. Her husband doesn’t want to say any- thing to his son for good reason: Doing so would create a moun- tain out of a molehill and a possi- ble rift in the relationship. Whenever my family has get-togethers, it is made quite clear that the host has invited you for your company, not your stuffed mushrooms. When I invite friends and family to my home for dinner, I ask them what types of food and drinks they pre- fer and make those items avail- able for them. I also pay the tab at the restaurant if I invite someone out to dinner. And when friends invite me out to dinner, they pay. “Tired” should be grateful for having good relationships with her daughter-in-law and stepson — and now her new grandbaby, too. Many folks would love to have such relationships. — Just My Two Cents Dear Just: I appreciate your big-picture attitude, and I think we should all aspire to it. But there will still always be some things that irk us, and we’re bet- ter off communicating about them in a constructive way than bottling up the resentment and waiting to blow. THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. ARIES (March 21-April 19). You will love the work you’re doing and may actually choose to work perpetually as a result. Your loved ones who are similarly happy at work will under- stand. The others, not so much! TAURUS (April 20-May 20). If you were to summon all your powers of creativity (and they are mighty strong today, to be sure) to redesign yourself, who would the new you be? Don’t let the ones who knew you before hold you back. They’ll adjust. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Containing pas- sionate feelings is, as a rule, hard for humans. You’re the exception to this rule. You can stay cool even when there’s a volcano going off in your emotional body. It’s an amazing trick you’ll practice today. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You wonder if you may have under-loved someone who deserved a better quality of attention from you. You may not get the chance to rectify this with the same person, but you’ll pay it forward. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Progress and struggle go together. Some would argue that they must — that there is no progress without struggle. Then again, an inspiring influence can make the struggle seem mild, even satisfying! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Maybe there really is a time for everything, and yet you can count on the fact that it’s seldom a convenient time or one that’s under your control — anoth- er argument for doing instead of waiting. CANCER (June 22-July 22). The love experts have spoken: Don’t fall in love with someone who flirts with everyone. If you disregard this advice (or have received it too late), then at least take comfort in the fact that whatever happens next, it’s nothing personal. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Being the differ- ent one in the group isn’t bad, but it does mean you’ll have to acquire more credibility and skills than the others. It won’t be hard. The hardest part is accepting the injustice. Once you do, the rest is cake. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your life will be better through the magic of delegation. But this only works if you do it the right way: Joyfully hand over the task; let go; walk away; don’t look back. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Since most of the relationships in your life are involuntary (family, neighbors, co-workers, etc.), it makes sense for you to be very choosy about the ones that are voluntary (friends and more). Exercise your right to be picky. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). When fantasy relationships become reality, illusions soon dissolve. The bubble of specialness around the situation may pop. And if you still like each oth- er after that, this relationship has real potential. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When you can be your less-than-ideal self with someone, it means you are closer with that person than you are with the people you feel the need to constantly impress. The question today is: How close do you really want to be? FRANK AND ERNEST BLONDIE THATABABY SALLY FORTH PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN B.C. LOLA DILBERT SIX CHIX BIZARRO MUTTS NON SEQUITUR BABY BLUES WIZARD OF ID ZITS ROSE IS ROSE TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (March 7). You’ll discover the level of risk that suits you best. Your financial horizons open up in the next 10 weeks. Don’t settle for what’s offered to you, though, as you’re luckiest while being proac- tive. A sweet connection in May will alter your destiny. You’ll please the crowd and yourself simultaneously in August. Aries and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 39, 12, 46 and 17.
