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   Chance Furlong to Froot Bat   
   Re: OT Anyone who buys a PC is a mug!   
   28 Oct 10 16:45:30   
   
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   From: T-Bone@megakatcuty.com   
      
   "Froot Bat"  wrote in message   
   news:4cc96743$0$5557$8a667849@news.ak47.org...   
   > On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:08:59 +0100, "Mark A"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Hugh Jardon wrote:   
   >>> Since my last post   
   >>   
   >>Apples are wondeful computers. Steve Jobs is a control freak.   
   >   
   > We all know Jobs came up with his famous GUI five seconds after seeing   
   > someone else doing it, and the name Apple five seconds after putting   
   > Abbey Road on the turntable, but here are some lesser known facts:   
   >   
   > 1. He named his daughter, Lisa, after a computer he made, to make up   
   > for being a deadbeat dad. Even less people wanted the computer Lisa.   
   > 2. If you type "Steve Nobs, amirite?" in Darwin, it replies "lol".   
   > 3. That his surname is Jobs and he _has_ actually held down several   
   > jobs throughout his life is thought to be just a huge coincidence.   
   >   
   Hi Zara   
      
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