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"jmcquown" > wrote:

>As someone in the Info Tech industry, don't feel bad. I was swapping
>stories with a co-worker and it was amazing we had both done the same stupid
>things. Like, insert a diskette into drive A. Drop out to DOS. Usually at
>this point, cd to A and then Type format. Are you sure? Yeah, yeah, I'm
>sure. Except, we forgot to cd to A. Oh God! Ctrl-Break! STOP! Do not
>format the C Drive! (laughing)
>
>She also wound up with a squirrel building a nest on top of her chimney -
>lit a fire, house filled with smoke. Same darned thing happened to me! It
>was like that old cartoon (Lil' Abner?) - a little storm cloud followed us
>around and rained on us, but in this case it kept jumping back and forth.
>
>Jill


I'm a network admin, remember? I vividly recall things I have done at
3 am in the middle of a disaster where as soon as I hit the mouse my
life, career and 401K flashed before my eyes. It's truly a helpless
feeling.

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.