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echo: barktopus
to: Randy H
from: Gary Wiltshire
date: 2004-08-02 13:18:28
subject: Re: You know you`re living in 2004 when...

From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 00:44:07 -0500, Randy H  wrote:

>  1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
>
>  2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
>
>  3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
>
>  4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
>
>  5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is
>  that they don't have e-mail addresses.
>
>  6. You go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone
> in a  business manner.
>
>  7. You make phone calls from home, you accidentally dial "9" to get
> an outside line.
>
>  8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three
>  different companies.
>
>  10. You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news.
>
>  11. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job.
>
>  12. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see
> if anyone is home.
>
>  13. Every commercial on television has a website at the bottom of
> the screen.
>
>  14. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't
> have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for
>  panic and you turn around to go and get it.
>
>  15. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your
>  coffee.
>
>  16. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. :)
>
>  17. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
>
>  18. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward
> this message.
>
>  19. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
>
>  20. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9
> on this list.
>
> AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
>
>

Number 16 didn't work in the latest Opera.  ":)" is presented as
a graphical yellow smiley face.

--
Gary Wiltshire

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