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 Message 8008 
 mark lewis to Sean Dennis 
 Funny tech support story 
 13 Jan 22 14:37:34 
 
REPLY: 1:18/200@fidonet.org 61dff0e0
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 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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