Re: [NTLK] You know your a Newton power user when.........

From: tfbiii_at_nbscomputers.net
Date: Tue Jul 02 2002 - 11:59:28 EDT


12) You worry about radiation that might be coming from the humming
backlight ;-)

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From: Oliver Brose [mailto:oliver.brose_at_t-online.de]=20
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 11:55 AM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] You know your a Newton power user when.........

>1. You use the back-light as midnight illumination to change your=20
>child's diaper

>2. You start to pick up Fred's Accent/Dialect

> 3. When you are half asleep with a snoring spouse , you tap them on=20
>the forehead with your fingernail to get them to stop.

>4. ... you're standard answer to almost any bare facts question is=20
>"I don't have the slightest clue, but hang on for a second - ah,=20
>there we are" by now.
>
>5. When you start writing your abbreviations on a piece of paper and
are
>waiting for them to expand... (this happens more and more to me=20
>lately, to the point that I'm developing my own shorthand, so to=20
>speak ;-)
>
>6. You keep writing on your 17" monitor and get really surprised=20
>when nothing shows up on the screen.
>
>7. Youwriteonthecomputerandforgettohitthespacebar.
>
>8. You drag highlighted items to the left boarder of the screen to put
them
>in one of the 9 clipboards. BTW, why did no freeware programmer realize
this
>drag to the screen boarder feature?

>9. When you try to beam an address card to the solar powered angle
screen
>calculator sticking out the top of your wife's filofax.

>10. You are writing something down on paper. You make a mistake and
>scribble it out, and wait for it to disappear.

(11. You start to correct the numbers & quoting on a threat like this)

Geez, if I look at some of those (mine included) I get the feeling=20
that there is some sort of radiation involved... it's not an RDF, but=20
it's certainly doing *some* sort of damage... *g*

Oliver 8) (<- protective googles - ahh, too late!)

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