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roadsmith	posted on April 30, 2008 12:10:19 PM You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For those of us who sometimes get flustered by Our computers, please read on... If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, "Who's on First?" might have turned out something like this: COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT ABBOTT: Super Duper Computer Store. Can I help you? COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer. ABBOTT: Mac? COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou. ABBOTT: Your computer? COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one. ABBOTT: Mac? COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou. ABBOTT: What about Windows? COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here? ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows? COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look at the windows? ABBOTT: Wallpaper. COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software. ABBOTT: Software for Windows? COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have? ABBOTT: Office. COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything? ABBOTT: I just did. COSTELLO: You just did what? ABBOTT: Recommend something. COSTELLO: You recommended something? ABBOTT: Yes. COSTELLO: For my office? ABBOTT: Yes. COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office? ABBOTT: Office. COSTELLO: Yes, for my office! ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows. COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let's just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal What do I need? ABBOTT: Word. COSTELLO: What word? ABBOTT: Word in Office. COSTELLO: The only word in office is office. ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows. COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows? ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue "W". COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue "w" if you don't start with some straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with? ABBOTT: Money. COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have? ABBOTT: Money. COSTELLO: I need money to track my money? ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer. COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer? ABBOTT: Money. COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer? ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge. COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much? ABBOTT: One copy. COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money? ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money. COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money? ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT! A few days later: ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you? COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off? ABBOTT: Click on "START _____________________
jtomp	posted on April 30, 2008 12:24:50 PM ROADSMITH - THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU. I had to call my son over last night to help me with a new program and I felt really dumb! Thanks for helping me laugh at myself and my old fogie ways.
zoomin	posted on April 30, 2008 12:50:43 PM too funny! thanks for sharing!
deichen	posted on April 30, 2008 01:36:30 PM
roadsmith	posted on April 30, 2008 01:44:09 PM jtomp, you're welcome. I too feel like an idiot sometimes. I'll be having trouble and my husband will ask me how I got to the page I'm looking at; I have no idea. Just got there, that's all. Same with our DVD recorder in its lack of cooperation with our cable tv. And watching TV, with a sudden problem, sometimes I'm supposed to push "cable" and sometimes "tv," and it's ALL TV TO ME. The two remotes are driving me nuts. _____________________
photosensitive	posted on April 30, 2008 02:00:30 PM Roadsmith, I can relate. We have at least 3 remotes (actually more I think but we don't use all of them) satellite, TV, and DVD player. In addition my husband is a gadget freak and has the sound system with speakers that are routed through a stereo system. We also have a remote upstairs that will send the signal from the set there if something was recorded on that set. It can get very complex. We had a friend staying with us and the day after he left we could not get anything on our TV but snow. It took us hours to figure out what he had done to the system. I think he pushed every button on every remote. Never said anything just kept punching them. For awhile I didn't think we would ever see any TV again. -----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o “The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.” Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
mcjane	posted on April 30, 2008 03:28:17 PM LOL
ebabestreasures	posted on May 1, 2008 03:20:08 PM That's great - reminds me of my early days with my Earthlink Tech Support.

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