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COMPUTER  GEEK

 

                                           

 

IT’S HERE! Y2K! THE YEAR 2000! THE NEW MILLENNIUM!  NOTHING HAPPENED. COMPUTERS DIDN’T CRASH AND BANKS DIDN’T FAIL.  PEOPLE DIDN’T RUN WILD IN THE STREETS AND THE WORLD DIDN’T COME TO AN END.  ALL THOSE PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND SHOUTING “ THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING “ LIKE A CHICKEN LITTLE WERE WRONG!

 

 

AND BOY, AM I GLAD. I’VE GROWN QUITE FOND OF MY LITTLE COMPUTER.  I LEARN SOMETHING NEW TO DO WITH IT EVERY WEEK.  LIKE LAST WEEK I LEARNED HOW TO SEND PICTURES OVER THE INTERNET WITH MY STORIES.  I HAVE EMAIL PEN PALS ALL OVER THE WORLD. SOME IN AUSTRALIA, INDIA, PHILIPPINES, SWEDEN, CANADA,  MEXICO, GERMANY AND ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.  I SEND THESE PEN PALS A COPY OF ONE OF MY STORIES ONCE IN A WHILE AND NOW I CAN SEND A PICTURE OF SOMETHING IN THE STORY.

 

 

I WAS TELLING MY DAUGHTER, SUSAN, ABOUT LEARNING HOW TO SEND PICTURES WITH MY STORIES AND SHE SAID, “BOY DADDY, YOU’VE COME FROM A ROTARY DIAL TELEPHONE TO BEING A COMPUTER GEEK IN SIX MONTHS.” -----"A COMPUTER GEEK!"  I DON’T KNOW WHETHER TO SMACK HER OR SAY THANK YOU.  I DON’T KNOW WHAT A COMPUTER GEEK IS.  YOU KNOW CHILDREN CAN BE A GREAT COMFORT IN YOUR OLD AGE.  BUT THEY HELP YOU GET THERE FASTER TOO. 

 

 

I KNOW HOW TO GET IN A YAHOO CHAT ROOM AND THIS IS WHERE I HAVE ACCUMULATED SUCH A LIST OF EMAIL PEN PALS.  I DO HAVE MY PROBLEMS IN THE CHAT ROOM THOUGH.  WHEN I START CHATTING WITH SOMEONE THAT HAPPENS TO BE FEMALE, THE FIRST THING THEY WANT TO KNOW IS A/S/L.  IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO LEARN WHAT THAT MEANT.  IT MEANS AGE/SEX/LOCATION.

 

 

THE FIRST TIME I WAS ASKED A/S/L AFTER I KNEW WHAT IT MEANT, I SAID 68/M/TX.  THE YOUNG LADY HUNG UP ON ME!  WELL---I DIDN’T KNOW BUT MAYBE SHE HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM OR SOMETHING.  ANYWAY I DIDN’T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT.  THE NEXT YOUNG LADY I P Med ASK ME A/S/L.  I ANSWERED 68/M/TX. SHE HUNG UP.  I THINK MAYBE THESE GIRLS DON’T LIKE TO TALK TO PEOPLE FROM TEXAS.

 

 

AFTER THREE MORE HANG UP’s , IT BEGINS TO SOAK IN.  IT’S NOT TEXAS THAT’S CAUSING THEM TO HANG UP.  IT’S THE 68 YEARS OLD!  BOY, NOW I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE A DINOSAUR.  BUT I JUST CAN NOT BRING MYSELF TO LIE ABOUT MY AGE.  SO NOW WHEN THEY ASK ME A/S/L, I ANSWER,” I’M A MALE FROM TEXAS AND IF I TOLD YOU MY AGE YOU WOULD HANG UP ON ME.  THEY ALL SAY, "OH NO I WON’T HANG UP.  WHAT IS YOUR AGE, REALLY?"  I SAY, “WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE, WE ARE JUST CHATTING ?”  THEY SAY, “BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO KNOW.”  I FINALLY GIVE IN AND SAY, “I’M 68 YEARS OLD.”

 

 

SILENCE---SILENCE---SILENCE.  I TYPE , ARE YOU STILL THERE?  NO ANSWER.  DADGUM ANOTHER HANG UP !  I THINK, I REFUSE TO HAVE A BATTLE OF WITS WITH AN UNARMED PERSON AND GO OFF AND PLAY A GAME OF SOLITAIRE.  BUT THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME. 

 

 

I HAVE BUILT A FAMILY WEB PAGE.  I WONDER WHAT MY DAUGHTER WILL CALL ME NOW.

 

 

 

  BY LOREN MOORE

COPYRIGHT 2000

 

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