The Curse of the Blackberry

[Mermaid]

Heh heh heh. I bet none of you ever broke a mouse, like I did the first time I got on a computer. I've been only slightly less inept since then. God only knows what I'd do with a blackberry...oh wait, never will happen...keys too small for middle-aged eyes to see....

 

[Sheila]

Try and not make eye contact with anything mechanical, gttbm!!!!!

I type with my eyes averted at all times!

 

[audie]

Hmmmmm......we may well be related. There isn't a computer,printer,or copy machine that I cannot bring to a grinding halt. Sometimes just by being in the same room with it! It's a rare gift/curse. Glad to meet you!

wow, me too ! whever i call our computer department at work (which is at least once a night) they immediately tell me to step away from the machine !
i consider myself a fairly intelligent person, and i am the joke of the hospital with computers - go figure

 

[audie]

Heh heh heh. I bet none of you ever broke a mouse, like I did the first time I got on a computer. I've been only slightly less inept since then. God only knows what I'd do with a blackberry...oh wait, never will happen...keys too small for middle-aged eyes to see....

i can do ya one better - we started barcoding over the summer at work, and all the medications have to be scanned. the first time i went to use the barcoding machine i couldn't figure out how to turn it on. boy did that get the laughs - i was teased for a month over that one. and one time the scanner gun got caught on my belt loop and i pulled it right out of the machine - boss not happy !

 

[Miss Kitty]

Heh heh heh. I bet none of you ever broke a mouse, like I did the first time I got on a computer. I've been only slightly less inept since then. God only knows what I'd do with a blackberry...oh wait, never will happen...keys too small for middle-aged eyes to see....

Mermaid...that's too much!!! How did that happen?

Mr. Kitty uses reading glasses, maam*!!! Speaking of which...he is getting one of those gizmos that magnifies and lights up (about the size of a credit card) so one can see menus, checks, etc.

If Mr. K ever "makes fun" of me being on sowal.com, all I say in response is.......

"BLACKBERRY" Cuts him off everytime! wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

* why do I want to type this as ma'am????

 

[Miss Kitty]

I type with my eyes averted at all times!

I am laughing out loud at this....I have an image of you walking around with a sleep mask on trying to save all the machines!!!!

 

[Camp Creek Kid]

Gameboy (for kids) = Blackberry (for adults). There is no difference. You could give the Gameboy to the adult and the Blackberry to the kid, and each would still be happy, satisfied, annoying, and addicted.

 

[Miss Kitty]

Gameboy (for kids) = Blackberry (for adults). There is no difference. You could give the Gameboy to the adult and the Blackberry to the kid, and each would still be happy, satisfied, annoying, and addicted.

Another fine observation from CCK, our resident therapist!!!

 

[Jdarg]

I came vey close to throwing a Blackberry in Western Lake last summer. We shared a house with good friends from Atlanta, and their 1 yr. old little boy. We were all looking forward to a week of relaxation and spending time together...but our friend had turned into a total work freako.

I can understand checking into the office once (maybe even twice) a day if that gives you peace of mind, but this guy went over the edge. He didn't get a good signal on his 'berry, and had to walk over to the lake bank to do his 'berry thing, which made him nuts and grumpy. Every time I turned around, he was "at the lake", and when he wasn't, he was pacing the house in frustration. I think he walked down to the beach 3 times the whole week. His wife decided that maybe a 3 day vacation was all he could handle!!

 

[Smiling JOe]

I came vey close to throwing a Blackberry in Western Lake last summer. We shared a house with good friends from Atlanta, and their 1 yr. old little boy. We were all looking forward to a week of relaxation and spending time together...but our friend had turned into a total work freako.

I can understand checking into the office once (maybe even twice) a day if that gives you peace of mind, but this guy went over the edge. He didn't get a good signal on his 'berry, and had to walk over to the lake bank to do his 'berry thing, which made him nuts and grumpy. Every time I turned around, he was "at the lake", and when he wasn't, he was pacing the house in frustration. I think he walked down to the beach 3 times the whole week. His wife decided that maybe a 3 day vacation was all he could handle!!

Earlier this year, I threw my cell phone into a SoWal swamp -- by accident of course. I now have a new phone.