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OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 03:21 PM Apr 2013

won't someone think of the computers?



Actual trouble ticket from my job. I wanted to call her up and explain that I was sorry her computer was crushed but I didn't want to be its' rebound affair. Maybe call me when the computer is feeling less vulnerable.
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won't someone think of the computers? (Original Post) OriginalGeek Apr 2013 OP
Computers should not be used as chairs. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #1
Far, far easier to please a typewriter: Just unknot the little metal bars with the letters on them lindysalsagal Apr 2013 #2
You are right! OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #3
Why am I not surprised ... In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #5
When I worked at TI in the 70's hobbit709 Apr 2013 #4
lol! OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #6

lindysalsagal

(20,440 posts)
2. Far, far easier to please a typewriter: Just unknot the little metal bars with the letters on them
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 07:01 PM
Apr 2013

and they just keep on hummin'!

My toaster pretty much likes me, too!

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
3. You are right!
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 07:05 PM
Apr 2013

I remember learning typing in High School on those old typewriters with all the letter bars. It always forgave my fumbly attempts at speed. I little untangling and away we went.



My toaster, however, has let me know in no uncertain terms that it prefers not to be forked.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
4. When I worked at TI in the 70's
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 07:25 PM
Apr 2013

i got a 990 board in where the service rep wrote on the ticket "Fails Tuesdays"
I gave it a workout and wrote "Works fine on Wed"
Never saw the board again.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
6. lol!
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 08:35 PM
Apr 2013

One of my best friends' dad worked at TI in Dallas in the 70s but I think he got laid off in the 80s.

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