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Lou · January 1st, 2002, 02:58 AM

Hi ((((Les))))

I've decided to name my next cat David.

katie-lane · January 1st, 2002, 11:38 AM

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND ALL THE BEST IN 2002 !

katie-lane

Cod · January 1st, 2002, 07:46 PM

Eat healthier.

(I'd type the rest, but I have chocolate on my fingers right now.)

Good luck (((Lou)))!

...a happy, healthy new year to my pal (((LiamFan)))!

CamiRae · January 7th, 2002, 01:31 AM

{^{^{^{^{^Les^}^}^}^}^} I'm back after a little over a year. Was suffering from depression for awhile. Have missed everyone.

CamiRae · January 7th, 2002, 01:31 AM

BTW how is Drew?

LiamFan! · January 7th, 2002, 08:19 AM

hi {{{{katie}}}} and {{{{Cami Rae}}}} Nice to see you both!

Cami Rae, Drew is doing very well...thanks for asking!

I'm up too early...it's still dark, for crying out loud...off to Chicago for the day. Cheers, everyone!

PrincessArista · January 7th, 2002, 07:16 PM

Happy New Year!

Lou · January 13th, 2002, 12:44 PM

Here's a cheerful Sunday morning greeting . . . (((((Les)))))

PenguinWOW · January 19th, 2002, 06:51 PM

Have a great weekend!!!

Lou · February 3rd, 2002, 01:31 PM

I am here to rip down the cobwebs, point out the beauty of Sundays and urban snow, define for you the word "friend," and leave a heartfelt hug . . .

((((Les))))

LiamFan! · February 3rd, 2002, 02:21 PM

{{{{{Lou}}}}}

Why thank you!

Hope your Sunday is wonderful.

LiamFan! · February 8th, 2002, 11:08 AM

Okay, so, anyway...

;-)

The Olympics is starting tonight!

At first I wasn't that excited about it, but our son is so psyched that it was hard not to become excited. So...I'm fired up!

Anyone else going to watch?

kathe nichols · February 8th, 2002, 11:43 AM

I'll watch figure skating, of course (even without Ilia...)! Wanna bet Todd Eldredge will try a quad and go splat? <sigh>

ChallengeWOW · February 9th, 2002, 02:20 PM

SPACE SPACE SPACE SPACE
(((((((((((( (ScribeWOW) ))))))))))))

Bungo-carebear · February 10th, 2002, 06:07 PM

Computer Tech Humor... Read on....

I had been doing Tech Support for Hewlett-Packard's DeskJet division for
about a month when I had a customer call with a problem I just couldn't
solve. She could not print yellow. All the other colors would print fine,
which truly baffled me because the only true colors are cyan, magenta, and
yellow. For instance, green is a combination of cyan and yellow, but green
printed fine. Every color of the rainbow printed fine except for yellow. I
had the customer change ink cartridges. I had the customer delete and
reinstall the drivers. Nothing worked. I asked my coworkers for help; they
offered no new ideas. After over two hours of troubleshooting, I was about
to tell the customer to send the printer in to us for repair when she asked
quietly, "Should I try printing on a piece of white paper instead of this
yellow construction paper?"

Sometimes the user can teach us a thing or two about tech support.

***
A man attempting to set up his new printer called the printer's tech
support number, complaining about the error message: "Can't find the printer."
On the phone, the man said he even held the printer up in front of the
screen, but the computer still couldn't find it.

***
And another user was all confused about why the cursor always moved in the
opposite direction from the movement of the mouse. She also complained that
the buttons were difficult to depress. She was very embarrassed when we
asked her to rotate the mouse so the tail pointed away from her.

***
An unfailingly polite lady called to ask for help with a Windows
installation that had gone terribly wrong.
Customer: "I brought my Windows disks from work to install them on my home
computer." Training stresses that we are "not the Software Police," so I
let the little act of piracy slide.
Tech Support: "Umm-hmm. What happened?"
Customer: "As I put each disk in it turns out they weren't initialized."
Tech Support: "Do you remember the message exactly, ma'am?"
Customer: (proudly) "I wrote it down. 'This is not a Macintosh disk. Would
you like to initialize it?'"
Tech Support: "Er, what happened next?"
Customer: "After they were initialized all the disks appeared to be blank.
And now I brought them back to work, and I can't read them in the A: drive;
the PC wants to format them. And this is our only set of Windows disks for
the whole office. Did I do something wrong?"

***
For a computer programming class, I sat directly across from someone, and
our computers were facing away from each other. A few minutes into the
class, she got up to leave the room. I reached between our computers and
switched the inputs for the keyboards. She came back and started typing and
immediately got a distressed look on her face. She called the teacher over
and explained that no matter what she typed, nothing would happen.
The teacher tried everything. By this time I was hiding behind my monitor
and quaking red-faced. I started to type, "Leave me alone!"
They both jumped back, silenced.
"What the..." the teacher said.
I typed, "I said leave me alone!" The kid got real upset. "I didn't do
anything to it, I swear!"
It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud. The conversation
between them and HAL 2000 went on for an amazing five minutes.
Me: "Don't touch me!"
Her: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hit your keys that hard."
Me: "Who do you think you are anyway?!" Etc.
Finally, I couldn't contain myself any longer and fell out of my chair
laughing. After they had realized what I had done, they both turned beet
red. Funny, I never got more than a C- in that class.

***
I have a friend who just bought a computer and was instructed to load a
program by typing "A:" and then the name of the program.
My friend told me it would not work because his keyboard was no good. He
said he couldn't type the "dot over dot thingie" and that every time he
tried to type the "dot over dot thingie" he kept getting the "dot over
comma thingie" no matter how careful he was to press only on the very top
of the key.
When I taught him about the shift key, he thought I was a genius.

***
This guy calls in to complain that he gets an "Access Denied" message every
time he logs in. It turned out he was typing his username and password in
capital letters.
Tech Support: "Ok, let's try once more, but use lower case letters."
Customer: "Uh, I only have capital letters on my keyboard."

***
Email from a friend: "CanYouFixTheSpaceBarOnMyKeyboard?"

***
My friend was on duty in the main lab on a quiet afternoon. He noticed a
young woman sitting in front of one of the workstations with her arms
crossed across her chest and staring at the screen. After about 15 minutes
he noticed that she was still in the same position only now she was
impatiently tapping her foot. He asked if she needed help and she replied
"It's about time! I pushed the F1 button over twenty minutes ago!"

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January 1st, 2002, 02:58 AM	#496
Lou Idealist Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,159	Hi ((((Les)))) I've decided to name my next cat David. __________________ We must travel in the direction of our fear. --John Berryman

January 7th, 2002, 01:31 AM	#499
CamiRae Former CherubTF/WOW Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: VA Posts: 20	{^{^{^{^{^Les^}^}^}^}^} I'm back after a little over a year. Was suffering from depression for awhile. Have missed everyone. __________________ CamiRae

January 7th, 2002, 01:31 AM	#500
CamiRae Former CherubTF/WOW Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: VA Posts: 20	BTW how is Drew? __________________ CamiRae

January 7th, 2002, 08:19 AM	#501
LiamFan! Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,048	hi {{{{katie}}}} and {{{{Cami Rae}}}} Nice to see you both! Cami Rae, Drew is doing very well...thanks for asking! I'm up too early...it's still dark, for crying out loud...off to Chicago for the day. Cheers, everyone! __________________ Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. -- Pope John Paul II

January 13th, 2002, 12:44 PM	#503
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January 1st, 2002, 11:38 AM	#497
katie-lane Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 33	HAPPY NEW YEAR AND ALL THE BEST IN 2002 ! katie-lane

January 1st, 2002, 07:46 PM	#498
Cod Hooked on The OC! Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,252	Eat healthier. (I'd type the rest, but I have chocolate on my fingers right now.) Good luck (((Lou)))! ...a happy, healthy new year to my pal (((LiamFan)))!

January 7th, 2002, 07:16 PM	#502
PrincessArista Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 41	Happy New Year!

January 19th, 2002, 06:51 PM	#504
PenguinWOW I am innocent I tell ya!! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Iowa Posts: 16	Have a great weekend!!! __________________ I only try to attempt things that do not intimidate me

February 3rd, 2002, 01:31 PM	#505
Lou Idealist Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,159	<font size=5 color="navy">I am here to rip down the cobwebs, point out the beauty of Sundays and urban snow, define for you the word "friend," and leave a heartfelt hug . . . ((((Les))))</font> __________________ We must travel in the direction of our fear. --John Berryman

February 3rd, 2002, 02:21 PM	#506
LiamFan! Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,048	{{{{{Lou}}}}} Why thank you! Hope your Sunday is wonderful. __________________ Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. -- Pope John Paul II

February 8th, 2002, 11:08 AM	#507
LiamFan! Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,048	Okay, so, anyway... ;-) The Olympics is starting tonight! At first I wasn't that excited about it, but our son is so psyched that it was hard not to become excited. So...I'm fired up! Anyone else going to watch? __________________ Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. -- Pope John Paul II

February 8th, 2002, 11:43 AM	#508
kathe nichols Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 138	I'll watch figure skating, of course (even without Ilia...)! Wanna bet Todd Eldredge will try a quad and go splat? <sigh> __________________ "One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say." -- Will Durant

February 9th, 2002, 02:20 PM	#509
ChallengeWOW Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: California Posts: 257	<font color=white size=8>SPACE SPACE SPACE SPACE</font> <font size=5><font color=maroon>(((<font color=teal>(((<font color=maroon>(((<font color=teal>(((<font color=maroon> (ScribeWOW) </font color>)))</font color>)))</font color>)))</font color>)))</font color></font size> __________________ In full support of the military, the mission, the Commander in Chief and the coalition. May they all stay safe...

February 10th, 2002, 06:07 PM	#510
Bungo-carebear Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: San Diego Posts: 71	Computer Tech Humor... Read on.... I had been doing Tech Support for Hewlett-Packard's DeskJet division for about a month when I had a customer call with a problem I just couldn't solve. She could not print yellow. All the other colors would print fine, which truly baffled me because the only true colors are cyan, magenta, and yellow. For instance, green is a combination of cyan and yellow, but green printed fine. Every color of the rainbow printed fine except for yellow. I had the customer change ink cartridges. I had the customer delete and reinstall the drivers. Nothing worked. I asked my coworkers for help; they offered no new ideas. After over two hours of troubleshooting, I was about to tell the customer to send the printer in to us for repair when she asked quietly, "Should I try printing on a piece of white paper instead of this yellow construction paper?" Sometimes the user can teach us a thing or two about tech support. * A man attempting to set up his new printer called the printer's tech support number, complaining about the error message: "Can't find the printer." On the phone, the man said he even held the printer up in front of the screen, but the computer still couldn't find it. * And another user was all confused about why the cursor always moved in the opposite direction from the movement of the mouse. She also complained that the buttons were difficult to depress. She was very embarrassed when we asked her to rotate the mouse so the tail pointed away from her. * An unfailingly polite lady called to ask for help with a Windows installation that had gone terribly wrong. Customer: "I brought my Windows disks from work to install them on my home computer." Training stresses that we are "not the Software Police," so I let the little act of piracy slide. Tech Support: "Umm-hmm. What happened?" Customer: "As I put each disk in it turns out they weren't initialized." Tech Support: "Do you remember the message exactly, ma'am?" Customer: (proudly) "I wrote it down. 'This is not a Macintosh disk. Would you like to initialize it?'" Tech Support: "Er, what happened next?" Customer: "After they were initialized all the disks appeared to be blank. And now I brought them back to work, and I can't read them in the A: drive; the PC wants to format them. And this is our only set of Windows disks for the whole office. Did I do something wrong?" * For a computer programming class, I sat directly across from someone, and our computers were facing away from each other. A few minutes into the class, she got up to leave the room. I reached between our computers and switched the inputs for the keyboards. She came back and started typing and immediately got a distressed look on her face. She called the teacher over and explained that no matter what she typed, nothing would happen. The teacher tried everything. By this time I was hiding behind my monitor and quaking red-faced. I started to type, "Leave me alone!" They both jumped back, silenced. "What the..." the teacher said. I typed, "I said leave me alone!" The kid got real upset. "I didn't do anything to it, I swear!" It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud. The conversation between them and HAL 2000 went on for an amazing five minutes. Me: "Don't touch me!" Her: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hit your keys that hard." Me: "Who do you think you are anyway?!" Etc. Finally, I couldn't contain myself any longer and fell out of my chair laughing. After they had realized what I had done, they both turned beet red. Funny, I never got more than a C- in that class. * I have a friend who just bought a computer and was instructed to load a program by typing "A:" and then the name of the program. My friend told me it would not work because his keyboard was no good. He said he couldn't type the "dot over dot thingie" and that every time he tried to type the "dot over dot thingie" he kept getting the "dot over comma thingie" no matter how careful he was to press only on the very top of the key. When I taught him about the shift key, he thought I was a genius. * This guy calls in to complain that he gets an "Access Denied" message every time he logs in. It turned out he was typing his username and password in capital letters. Tech Support: "Ok, let's try once more, but use lower case letters." Customer: "Uh, I only have capital letters on my keyboard." * Email from a friend: "CanYouFixTheSpaceBarOnMyKeyboard?" * My friend was on duty in the main lab on a quiet afternoon. He noticed a young woman sitting in front of one of the workstations with her arms crossed across her chest and staring at the screen. After about 15 minutes he noticed that she was still in the same position only now she was impatiently tapping her foot. He asked if she needed help and she replied "It's about time! I pushed the F1 button over twenty minutes ago!" +++++++