FW: Re: High tech JOKE

[Cheryl Newbanks <horsetrails@inficad.com>]

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-----Original Message-----
From:	owens [SMTP:owensall@sierranet.net]
Sent:	Friday, October 30, 1998 9:58 AM
To:	Multiple recipients of list lf
Subject:	LF:  Re: High tech

> 
> PROOF THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS LEFT SOME FOLKS BEHIND
> 
>         I saw a lady at work today putting a credit card into her floppy drive
> and pulling it out very quickly.  I inquired as to what she was doing and
> she said she was shopping on the Internet, and they asked for a credit
> card number, so she was using the ATM "thingy."
> _______________________________________________________________________
> 
>         I worked with an individual who plugged his power strip back into
> itself
> and for the life of him could not understand why his computer would not
> turn on.
> 
> _______________________________________________________________________
> 
>         1st Person:  "Do you know anything about this fax-machine?"
>         2nd Person:  "A little.  What's wrong?"
>         1st Person:  "Well, I sent a fax, and the recipient called back to say
> all she received was a cover-sheet and a blank page.  I tried it again,
> and the same thing happened."
>         2nd Person:  "How did you load the sheet?"
>         1st Person:  "It's a pretty sensitive memo, and I didn't want anyone
> else to read it by accident, so I folded it so only the recipient would
> open it and read it."
> 
> _______________________________________________________________________
> 
>         I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car.  "Do
> you
> need some help?" I asked.
>         She replied, "I knew I should have replaced the battery in this
> remote
> door unlocker.  Now I can't get into my car.  Do you think they (pointing
> to a distant convenience store) would have a battery for this?"
>         "Hmmm, I dunno.  Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked.
>         "No, just this remote 'thingy,'" she answered, handing it and the car
> keys to me.
>         As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, "Why
> don't
> you drive over there and check about the batteries; it's a long walk."
> _______________________________________________________________________
> 
>         Tech Support:  "What does the screen say now?"
>         Person:  "It says, 'Hit ENTER when ready'."
>         Tech Support:  "Well?"
>         Person:  "How do I know when it's ready?"
> 
> _______________________________________________________________________
> 
>         Several years ago we had an intern who was none too swift.  One
> day he
> was typing and turned to a secretary and said, "I'm almost out of typing
> paper. What do I do?"   "Just use copier machine paper," she told him.
>         With that, the intern took his last remaining blank piece of paper, put
> it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five blank copies.
> 
> _______________________________________________________________________
> 
>         One of our servers crashed.  I was watching our new system
> administrator
> trying to restore it.  He inserted a CD and needed to type a path name to
> a directory named "i386."       He started to type it and paused, asking me
> "Where's the key for that line thing?"
>         I asked what he was talking about, and he said, "You know, that
> one that
> looks like an upside-down exclamation mark."
>         I replied, "You mean the letter 'i?'"
>         He said, "Yeah, that's it!"
> _______________________________________________________________________
> 
>         I was in a car dealership a while ago when a large motor home was
> towed
> into the garage.  The front of the vehicle was in dire need of repair and
> the whole thing generally looked like an extra in "Twister."  I asked the
> manager what had happened.  He told me that the driver had set the
> cruise
> control, then had gone in back to make a sandwich.


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