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To: backhoe

I have dial-up, and my computer is slower than Granny's. Better slow than not being online at all. Counting my blessings!


4,650 posted on 10/29/2005 10:18:24 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: MamaDearest
I have dial-up, and my computer is slower than Granny's. Better slow than not being online at all. Counting my blessings...

Very true- it's easy to get spoiled by high-speed access.

First PC was a Trash-80 with the "luxury" of a direct-connect ( no placing the handset in a cradle ) 300 baud modem... which, compared to the 60 word-per-minute speed of a teletype machine seemed fast as lightning.

I'll never forget the first BBS I logged on to-- it was some kind of general-aviation board, which was not my field, but... it had... email! You could send a note to other members! Who'd thunk such a thing was possible.

Now, my 87 year old MIL is asking me "what's an Ipod? Where does the music come from?"
( She still has a phone with a rotary dial... )

4,662 posted on 10/30/2005 12:58:21 AM PDT by backhoe (-30-)
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