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Northern Lass
Posts: 46021 Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:12 am
Primary Surname Interests: Hinett, Rose, Round, Shakespear, Wilkins,
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by Northern Lass » Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:51 pm
Are you in with the cyber crowd
Do you know your Cookies from your avatars?
Do you understand all that jargon?
I used to use caps to post messages and was informed it was shouting!
I never knew that
I have to say I am lost on what they can do today
how about you?
a5baggie
Posts: 133 Joined: Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:47 pm
Primary Surname Interests: CORNFIELD
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by a5baggie » Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:24 pm
me to NL, as long as i can do my e-mails and browse around from site to site, buying the odd thing along the way does it matter??
Northern Lass
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by Northern Lass » Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:23 pm
a5baggie wrote: me to NL, as long as i can do my e-mails and browse around from site to site, buying the odd thing along the way does it matter??
Darling...do you remember my emails at work when I did do that
and got in a load of bother
hey wasn't that board room great!
Annie
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Primary Geographical Research Areas: Saffordshire, Flintshire,Yorkshir, Lancashire Middlesex, Cheshire
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by Annie » Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:44 pm
I did know that all capitols was shouting, nothing else though , like a5baggie if I can send emails, browse the forum etc I'm happy with that.
Annie
a5baggie
Posts: 133 Joined: Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:47 pm
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by a5baggie » Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:06 pm
"Darling...do you remember my emails at work when I did do that
and got in a load of bother"
A certain customer comes to mind, didn't he take offence!!!
Northern Lass
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by Northern Lass » Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:17 pm
I think he took the gate!
Oh Well we had some fun with those customers of ours
Do people still fax?
or is that now redundant?
a5baggie
Posts: 133 Joined: Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:47 pm
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by a5baggie » Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:16 am
I think Fax got a P45 a long time ago, who remembers using a Telex ??
MarkCDodd
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by MarkCDodd » Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:07 pm
I converted a Telex machine to print from my ZX-81 so that was my first computer printer. I will tell your a secret. We fill computers full of jargon and acronyms so they sound far more complicated than what they are. If everybody realised how easy it is I wouldn't get my six figure income. I have been in the IT industry for over 30 years and am astounded by the power people have on their desktops or even mobile phones.
Black Holes happen when God divides by zero.
Annie
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by Annie » Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:39 pm
a5baggie wrote: I think Fax got a P45 a long time ago, who remembers using a Telex ??
I remember those a5baggie the one in our office was quite noisy , what did the call the machine where you typed on a skin for it and it went round a roller then you could print lots of copies , started with a B I'm sure.
Annie
Maths girl
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by Maths girl » Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:44 pm
Annie wrote: a5baggie wrote: I think Fax got a P45 a long time ago, who remembers using a Telex ??
I remember those a5baggie the one in our office was quite noisy , what did the call the machine where you typed on a skin for it and it went round a roller then you could print lots of copies , started with a B I'm sure.
Annie
We used to call them Banders
Annie
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by Annie » Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:58 pm
Thank you Maths Girls , I remmeber it well now I had Bandex going round in my head .
Annie
Northern Lass
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by Northern Lass » Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:18 pm
I remember those now!
my goodness how things have moved on
So how much money do you earn then Mark?
MarkCDodd
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by MarkCDodd » Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:41 pm
Lets just say I used to earn a lot more than 95% of the population but a lot less than a plumber or dentist
But at the moment I am as broke as you can get. I haven't been able to work with the narcolepsy.
Black Holes happen when God divides by zero.