I ran out of quarters some time during the Carter administration, so I didn't recognize all that many. I was more of a pinball person (no, not a wizard)
Ack! Had to go google. Is it the: Can't Remember Shit Syndrome?
Love that joke anyway, Steve. I don't care if it's a repeat. And I would fold up in embarrassment if I were confronted with how many times I have repeated myself about the intertubes.
My children now stop me as I take a deep inhalation to say quickly,"I've heard that story, Mom." They know which story I'm about to tell before I open my mouth....
ellroon, these days I am frequently afflicted with CRS ("Remember"), or CHS ("Hear"), or occasionally both at once. Contrary to popular belief, "CSS2" does not stand for "Can't see shit, too," though considering how some people use stylesheets, I'd accept that expansion without challenging it.
I love the listener's reactions the first time I use "CRS": first, desperately scanning the brain for an expansion of the acronym (often coming up with "chronic fatigue syndrome," which is not correct and is certainly no laughing matter), then laughter (open or suppressed) as they realize what I've actually abbreviated.
Hey, at my age, language is my primary plaything. :)
I think you can dump your own comment after copying it, resubmitting it and fixing the glaring error, but I'm sure your mother's ghost has been appeased either way.
It's funny how small errors like that can be a burr in the saddle... a bee in the bonnet .. uh.. crumbs in the keyboard.
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I ran out of quarters some time during the Carter administration, so I didn't recognize all that many. I was more of a pinball person (no, not a wizard)
We still have the Pong game hidden away somewhere. We own/ed every computer game imaginable...mostly first person shooters.
Side benefits of gaming: Everyone in the household knows computers: how to add more ram or change a video card ...
Ah, yes, Tetris... the game of falling Communist blocks [sic] ...
Remember the Japanese version and the large Russian version?
Heh. These days, I even recycle jokes on one blogger's threads. My CRS disorder must be getting worse. :)
Ack! Had to go google.
Is it the: Can't Remember Shit Syndrome?
Love that joke anyway, Steve. I don't care if it's a repeat. And I would fold up in embarrassment if I were confronted with how many times I have repeated myself about the intertubes.
My children now stop me as I take a deep inhalation to say quickly,"I've heard that story, Mom." They know which story I'm about to tell before I open my mouth....
Maybe I should claim I have the CRS disorder.
ellroon, these days I am frequently afflicted with CRS ("Remember"), or CHS ("Hear"), or occasionally both at once. Contrary to popular belief, "CSS2" does not stand for "Can't see shit, too," though considering how some people use stylesheets, I'd accept that expansion without challenging it.
I love the listener's reactions the first time I use "CRS": first, desperately scanning the brain for an expansion of the acronym (often coming up with "chronic fatigue syndrome," which is not correct and is certainly no laughing matter), then laughter (open or suppressed) as they realize what I've actually abbreviated.
Hey, at my age, language is my primary plaything. :)
(The Ghost of Irma Bates says I meant "listeners'" (plural) rather than "listener's" (singular) ... Mom can be noisy at times.)
(Damn it, Google comments suck Dick Cheney. I've tried three times to post this one.)
I think you can dump your own comment after copying it, resubmitting it and fixing the glaring error, but I'm sure your mother's ghost has been appeased either way.
It's funny how small errors like that can be a burr in the saddle... a bee in the bonnet .. uh.. crumbs in the keyboard.
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