[gardeners] OT-- 21st Century
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:13:23 -0600
>YOU KNOW YOU'RE LIVING IN THE YEAR 2002 WHEN:
> >
> >a. Your reason for not staying in touch with family is
> >because they do not have an e-mail address.
> >
> >b. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your
> >family of three.
> >
> >c. Your grandmother asks you to send her a JPEG file
> >of your newborn so she can create a screen saver.
> >
> >d. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell
> >phone to see if anyone is home.
> >
> >e. Every commercial on television has a web site
> >address at the bottom of the screen.
> >
> >f. You buy a computer and 3 months later it is out of
> >date and now sells for half the price you paid.
> >
> >
> >g. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which
> >you didn't have the first 20 or 30 years of your life,
> >is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go
> >get it.
> >
> >
> >h. Using real money, instead of credit or debit, to
> >make a purchase would be a hassle and take planning.
> >
> >i. You just tried to enter your password on the
> >microwave.
> >
> >j. You consider second-day air delivery painfully
> >slow.
> >
> >k. Your dining room table is now your flat filing
> >cabinet.
> >
> >l. Your idea of being organized is multiple-colored
> >Post-it notes.
> >
> >m. You hear most of your jokes via e-mail instead of
> >in person.
> >
> >n. You get an extra phone line so you can get phone
> >calls.
> >
> >o. You disconnect from the Internet and get this awful
> >feeling, as if you just pulled the plug on a loved
> >one.
> >
> >p. You get up in the morning and go online before
> >getting your coffee.
> >
> >q. You wake up at 2 AM to go to the bathroom and check
> >your E-mail on your way back to bed.
> >
> >r. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. :)
> >
> >s. You're reading this.
> >
> >t. Even worse; you're going to forward it to someone
> >else.