You Keep Talking Like That, I'm Gonna Write About You
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I cleaned a house not long ago with Mary, a delightful woman who makes me
laugh until I fall off furniture. Generally speaking, I’m against falling
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This is so interesting. I worked in many offices during the time he is discussing, and I witnessed the transition from pre-computer to computer. At my first couple of jobs we didn't have computers at all. Then we all got "dumb terminals" at our desks. Finally, we each had a computer. It really caused a lot of confusion at first as people got used to using them. Sadly, some of the older people were let go because they just could not make the adjustment.
By the way, I have always loved geeks! They are so much more interesting than non-geeks.
The transition into the Information Age was an interesting one, wasn't it? After staying home with my kids I went back into teaching. I got tutoring from my daughter (gr. 8) and students during my lunch hour.
I loved dating geek between marriages. I sucked them dry of information and made it my own. Eventually, I was giving workshops to my shy teaching colleagues. I have no embarrassment in asking kids for info and/or help. High school teachers, terribly backward in some way, worry about saying, "I don't know. Let's find out."
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