Posted by dadiOH on 11/22/07 19:31

CQ wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:50:50 GMT, dadiOH dadiOH@guesswhere.com in
> <u2e1j.9434$Xg.37@trnddc06> enlightened us like so:
>
>> Because 95% of all computer owners can barely even turn them on.
>
> I worked with a guy who ran the parts department at a marine
> dealership I was involved with. He was computer illiterate but
> generally a pretty smart guy. When the new owner introduced
> computers to the business, he was all ready to learn, quite willing
> and picked it up quite quickly the first day. At the end of the
> day he was shown how to turn off the computer, which was no problem.
>
> The next day he came in first and opened as usual and then
> proceeded to try to figure out how the hell to turn the damn
> newfangled computer thingy on...reasoning that since he had used
> the mouse to turn it OFF then he should obviously use the mouse to
> turn it back ON.
>
> He was more than a bit perplexed and flustered by the time help
> arrived an hour later.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving, dads...and everyone else too.

Hey, Cap'n...I see you are still in the elite 5% :)

And a bountiful Thanksgiving to you too and to all others.

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dadiOH
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