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|    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.       ---        * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 14/0 15/0 18/0 200 90/1 105/81 106/201 116/116       SEEN-BY: 120/340 123/0 25 40 115 126 131 160 180 190 200 755 134/101       SEEN-BY: 135/300 138/146 153/250 7715 154/10 222/2 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/110 200 307 424 426 664 700 240/1120 5832 249/206 317       SEEN-BY: 249/400 250/1 266/512 275/100 282/1038 292/854 299/6 300/4       SEEN-BY: 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/11 200 396/45 633/280 640/1321       SEEN-BY: 712/848 2320/105 3634/0 12 15 27 50 119       PATH: 3634/12 153/7715 229/426           |
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