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Re: [ARSCLIST] Zits cartoon strip



I use the library regularly. I still read books. In fact I have books in almost every room in the house. I also read a newspaper every day! Am I that old fashioned? Jack

----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Stephens" <savecal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Zits cartoon strip



Well, to complete the circle, my wife just recently took a free class at our local library on how to use the Internet.

Rod Stephens

David Lennick wrote:

I haven't set foot in a library in over 5 years, except to see what's on the $1 table!

dl

Thom Pease wrote:

What's even more frightening is the cartoon from 3/17
in which Jeremy said that he was busy doing research
for a history paper due the next day. His mother muses
"Ah, research! When I think of the hours I spent at
the library when I was your age..." Jeremy then says
"Done!," turns around and asks "Wait...you went to a
library?"

I actually thought the strip's language was a little
stilted when he asked for the URL. I thought for sure
he would ask for the name of the article and just
google it.*

* Google (v) = "to search for information on the
Internet, esp. using the Google search engine."
(Dictionary.reference.com from Webster's New
Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v
0.9.6))

Thom Pease

> Lou Judson wrote:
>
> Gee, that makes sense to me! I missed the article
as my online sub
to
> the NYTimes somehow lapsed...
>
> Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
>
> On Mar 21, 2006, at 5:09 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>
> > Not necessarily....anyone see yesterday's "Zits"
comic strip? The
> > father is
> > laughing uproariously and tells the kid, "Jeremy,
you have to read
> this
> > newspaper article." The son replies,
"Okay...what's the URL?"
>
> Or he could even say, Text it to me, only that
would be "txt2M" in
his
> language.
>
> ;-)(




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