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From: Randolph, NJ
Originally Posted by azulfool,Sep 9 2003, 01:56 PM
I was leaving the video store today when I was approached by a coworker's 16 year old daughter, who got her driver's license about two months ago.
"Excuse me, Mr. Azulfool," she said, "but do you think I could borrow your cell phone?"
"Sure," I answered. "Is anything wrong?"
"Well, I locked myself out of my car. I need to call my dad."
"Isn't that your Celica right there with the window down a few inches?" I asked. "I have a coathanger in my trunk. Maybe we can snag your keys from the seat. Or are they in the ignition?"
"Neither, they're right here." She held up her pink key chain. It was inscribed: Life's Too Short to Date Ugly Guys.
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"So can I use your cell phone? My dad's gonna be so pissed."
"But I thought you said you were locked out."
"Oh, I am. I think my key batteries are dead. I press the button and it doesn't unlock, doesn't flash, doesn't toot . . . nothing. See?" click, click, click, click, click, click, click
"Let me see those," I said, "I'll show you a trick if you promise not to tell anybody."
She handed me her keychain, then watched with a puzzled look as I proceeded to insert the key into the keyhole and unlock her car (to be fair, the puzzled look was there already, and is still there as far as I'm aware).
"I didn't know you could do that!" she said.
"Believe it or not, that was the only way to do it when I was your age."
"Gawwwd . . . well . . . gee . . . thanks. I guess I don't need your cell phone then."
I decided not to launch into the story about how kids in my days didn't have cell phones. No reason to give the poor kid nightmares.
"Excuse me, Mr. Azulfool," she said, "but do you think I could borrow your cell phone?"
"Sure," I answered. "Is anything wrong?"
"Well, I locked myself out of my car. I need to call my dad."
"Isn't that your Celica right there with the window down a few inches?" I asked. "I have a coathanger in my trunk. Maybe we can snag your keys from the seat. Or are they in the ignition?"
"Neither, they're right here." She held up her pink key chain. It was inscribed: Life's Too Short to Date Ugly Guys.
"?"
"So can I use your cell phone? My dad's gonna be so pissed."
"But I thought you said you were locked out."
"Oh, I am. I think my key batteries are dead. I press the button and it doesn't unlock, doesn't flash, doesn't toot . . . nothing. See?" click, click, click, click, click, click, click
"Let me see those," I said, "I'll show you a trick if you promise not to tell anybody."
She handed me her keychain, then watched with a puzzled look as I proceeded to insert the key into the keyhole and unlock her car (to be fair, the puzzled look was there already, and is still there as far as I'm aware).
"I didn't know you could do that!" she said.
"Believe it or not, that was the only way to do it when I was your age."
"Gawwwd . . . well . . . gee . . . thanks. I guess I don't need your cell phone then."
I decided not to launch into the story about how kids in my days didn't have cell phones. No reason to give the poor kid nightmares.
A few weeks ago, my oldest son had some friends over. One of his friends asked me if he could use the phone. I said sure, picked up the phone and handed it to him.
With a perplexed look on his face, he said to me, "I can't use that phone. I don't know how to make a call on it."
I did everything I could to keep from laughing. I couldn't believe what I had just heard. I showed him how to dial a number. To this day I still can't believe that actually happened.
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Originally Posted by Honda 367,Aug 27 2005, 03:09 AM
Remember the Texas Instrument SR40s and SR 50s with black case hanging from our belt, and walking around proud to be a geek?
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From: Randolph, NJ
Originally Posted by Honda 367,Aug 27 2005, 07:09 AM
Remember the Texas Instrument SR40s and SR 50s with black case hanging from our belt, and walking around proud to be a geek?
Of course, today you can get a much more powerful, full functioned, business calculator which is 1/4 the size of that one for about $20.00. If you don't need all of the business functions you can get a very good calculator for under $10.00. Times change.