Re: RUN ---F PARAMETER

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Date: 05/14/04


Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 05:06:23 -0400

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David Candy wrote:

> My mum sold her old computer to her friend. Me mum (that's an ozzie
> english), her friend (an ex word processing trainer), and I (back to
> RP english) were there. There was a problem connecting to the
> internet. The computer kept telling us the problem but mum would keep
> closing the dialog box that was telling us what it was unhappy about.
> With both me and her friend screaming at her "read the message".
> Eventually mum managed not to close the dialog (although I think we
> had to hold her down to stop her) and we read the message. It took 10
> minutes to stop mum closing the dialog. The dialog said the ISP was
> having technical problems and it was refusing connections for a
> while.

And did you tell your mum to "Read the f*cking dialog"? I doubt it.

The person you replied to above deserved the same restraint you
presumably gave your mum.



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