In a message dated 7/2/2002 12:28:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
pdwc_at_sympatico.ca writes:
> > 1. You use the back-light as midnight illumination to change your 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 the
> forehead with your fingernail to get them to stop.
>
> > 4. ... you're standard answer to almost any bare facts question is "I
> don't
> have the slightest clue, but hang on for a second - ah, 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 lately, to
> the point that I'm developing my own shorthand, so to speak ;-)
>
> > 6. You keep writing on your 17" monitor and get really surprised 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)
>
> > 12. You worry about radiation that might be coming from the humming
> backlight
> ;-)
>
> 13. Wardrobe decision are made on the basis of whether Newton and/or
> accessories will fit in the pockets.
>
14. When watching TV, you reach for your Newton instead of your regular TV
remote.
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