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   Message 8,008 of 8,941   
   mark lewis to Sean Dennis   
   Funny tech support story   
   13 Jan 22 14:37:34   
   
   REPLY: 1:18/200@fidonet.org 61dff0e0   
   MSGID: 1:3634/12.73 61e07f7f   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20180707   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 17-02-17   
    On 2022 Jan 13 09:28:46, you wrote to me:   
      
    SD> I remember around 10 AM on a slow Wednesday morning I had a call put into   
    SD> my queue about someone unable to find the "any key".  Some poor Tier 1   
    SD> script reader put that call through to me.  I had to really use restraint   
    SD> from laughing as I informed the woman that there was no "any key".   
      
   when i lived in xxcarol's area back when we joined fidonet, we had installed a   
   number of computers with networking and printers in a law firm... i don't   
   remember the exact number but it was a decent sized contract so let's call it   
   50 systems... in the initial week, we they were getting used to the systems   
   and installing all their software, we fielded several calls a day, generally   
   from the typing pool, about the ANY key... after several days of this, i was   
   told, "go over there and solve the problem once and for all."   
      
   on my way over to their location, i stopped in at one of the local drug stores   
   to pick up some supplies for the task at hand... when i arrived on site, i was   
   pretty much by myself as they were all out having their lunch break... about   
   an hour later i was leaving the location, mission accomplished... how? every   
   computer keyboard had a nice golden "ANY" on the space bar curtesy of the   
   letter transfer kits i had picked up at the drug store O:) :lol:   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   "The soul of a small kitten in the body of a mighty dragon. Look on my   
   majesty, ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your choice. Oooh, a   
   shiny thing!"   
   ... Beware the do-gooders. They'll screw it up with best of intentions.   
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