"sf" > wrote in message ...
| On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 20:33:03 -0500, "pavane"
| > wrote:
|
| >
| >"PeterL" > wrote in message ...
| >| Just had a conversation with a mate (in his early 60's) who's had his
| >| first computer for about 6 months and is still learning out to fly it. He
| >| has internet access and he has an email address.
| >|
| >| Anyhoo's, he typed up a report on his computer, printed it and wanted to
| >| send me a fax!!! After a couple of explosive expletives from me, I told
| >| him to email it to me. I've shown him how to do it on about 5 occasions
| >| now, and he keeps forgetting as he's not using it.
| >|
| >| So he says "My 16yo grandson is here, tell him what has to be done and he
| >| can show me." The kid is a 'surfer dude'.
| >.......
| >Blah Blah Blah
| >
| >So our idiot-savant "skydiving dude" hasn't figured out yet that the
| >hand-held devices are the present and future of communications, and
| >the use of a silent-room pc to send attachments to emails is quite
| >passé. But it is heartening that you were brave enough to chew our this
| >kid who was trying to help you because he had music playing and didn't
| >say "Salaam Your Majesty, Your Holiness" instead of "yep."
| >
| >Thank you so much, Your Honor, for having posted this highly important
| >crap to show us how Enlightened you are. I hope you assigned the little
| >demeaning brat to hell. Particularly for his arrogance. Imagine being
| >proud of being promoted in one of his first jobs. The insufferable cad.
| >But that's right, you never have had a job, have you?
| >
| >pavane
| >
| Wow. I sure didn't get all of that out of what you quoted.
|

I clipped. Go back to Petey's original posting.