[This was the FIRST Grif.Net ever sent out to 13 =
people in 1996 . . and many still apply today. Others are so outdated =
they show how MUCH the internet/computers have changed in 20+ =
years.]
SIGNS YOU’VE BEEN SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME =
ONLINE
* When filling out your driver’s license =
application, you give your internet address.
* =
Instead of calling you to dinner, your spouse sends =
e-mail.
* You introduce your wife as =
"[email protected]" and refer to your children as "client =
applications."
* You =
ask a friend, "What’s that big shiny thing?" He says, =
"It’s the sun."
* You =
think Webster’s Dictionary is a directory of web sites.
* When =
using your phone you forget that you don’t have to use your =
keyboard.
* You think Edgar Alan Poe wrote "The Pit and =
the Pentium."
* =
Someone slips a disk, and you offer to format him another =
one.
* Your boss asks you to "go fer" coffee =
and you come up with 235 Web sites.
* When =
your modem starts smoking.
* You =
log-off your system because it’s time to go to work.
* When =
you find it easier to dial-up the National Weather Service Weather/ =
your_town/ now.html than to simply look out the window.
* When =
you find yourself engaged to someone you’ve never actually met except =
through e-mail.
* When =
your desk collapses under the weight of your computer =
peripherals.
* When =
you put your e-mail address in the upper left-hand corner of =
envelopes.
* You maintain more than 6 e-mail addresses and/or =
use more than 20 passwords.
* You =
set up your own Web page.
* You =
set up a Web page for each of your kids . . . and your =
pets.
* If you can write a list like =
this.
* A highlight of your day is looking to see if the =
Grif.Net has arrived.
* If =
you immediately think of ten people to whom you want to send =
this.
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] www.grif.net =
"Jesus Knows Me, This I =
Love!"