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Monday, October 04, 2004

At Last! The A&B Difference is Exposed!
For those of you wondering what the fundamental philosophical difference is between Alice and myself, this may be revealing. What follows is the first IM 'conversation' I've ever had and it ended a few moments ago"

Bill: So now what?
Alice: welcome
Alice: on the phone...hang on
Bill: Don't be civil with me, young lady. I HATE IM programs. (Take your time...)
Alice: im rules
Bill: IM rots... and leaves you open for viruses; and invades your privacy....
Alice: but you can chat while on the phone
Bill: If I'm on the phone I AM chatting...

...and then I waited for 6 minutes until Alice was done with her phone call and could "chat.".

Now you understand what I've been up against for the last 12 years.
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LOL, I used to have to use IM at work sometimes and it drove me totally nuts. The constant "dinging" drove me nuts, but I couldn't mute it, or I might miss something important. I was sooo happy when the big boss went ballistic and BANNED it (nobody knows why!)! Not that it got rid of it totally, but I didn't have to use it anymore and that was good enough for me..

Emailing back and forth is annoying enough, but IM just blows!



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