Yesterday, as I was visiting with my former neighbor, Carol, I mentioned a really cute video I had seen on the Internet. When I told her someone had referred to this video on Twitter™, she immediately interrupted with, “Oh, I saw that post too…and I also saw that video. It was so cute.”

Needless to say, I was utterly shocked at her reply. First of all, Carol is 70 years old; and she’s a Tweeter at Twitter™! I never would have imagined people her age being a part of such a network; because many don’t own a computer; or they only read email from family members.

Carol told me she had been a “Tweeter” for only a little while. She had been enjoying the humor along with some information; but then she’s also met and befriended people with the same interests as she had, and they tweet and instant message each other.

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