Everyone has different needs

Mar 24, 2011 12:57


Articles such as this one in the NY Times kind of annoy me. (Also, apologies to anyone reading this after March 28, when the Times goes to a subscription model ( Read more... )

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malkatsheva March 24 2011, 19:13:31 UTC
IT TASTES LIKE FEET!!!

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barbarienne March 24 2011, 20:47:33 UTC
"Phoebe, honey, I'm sorry, but I think Jacques Cousteau is dead." That whole speech by Christina Pickles as Mrs. Geller is brilliant. It's my #1 favorite TV sitcom monologue of all time.

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barbarienne March 24 2011, 20:50:07 UTC
I would rather sit in my comfy chair too. But that can be done with a computer! My friend feklar has a setup where her TV is linked to her computer, so she sits on the sofa and watches streaming video on her hi-res flat screen TV. She also uses it as the monitor for her computer (talk about size!), again, while sitting on her sofa or in her comfy chair.

When I buy a house I'm going to make her come over and help me set up something similar, because that arrangement is beyond sweet.

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burger_eater March 24 2011, 22:38:41 UTC
He doesn't say what I should do with my answering machine, the one with the little cassette tape in it.

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barbarienne March 25 2011, 13:43:08 UTC
Keep it until it dies? I had mine for 17 years before it finally croaked. I kept using the phone without messages for a few more years. Now I pay the phone company for the extras (caller id, voice mail, call waiting) because I never met a digital answering machine that wasn't fussier than a bratty child.

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burger_eater March 25 2011, 23:18:07 UTC
Ours has been a little tetchy lately, so we just turn it off.

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secritcrush March 25 2011, 05:53:18 UTC
6. Would you really trust your important presentation to internet access? Also, he clearly never works on a plane.

10 . my cookbooks tend to acquire spills. I really don't want my ipad where it might get fried.

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barbarienne March 25 2011, 13:46:45 UTC
Re #6: I didn't even think about airplanes, as I don't have a laptop or tablet. (I might be inclined to a tablet eventually, but it's not in the budget right now.)

Totally agree about the presentation. I keep a thumb drive in my purse. For the three times a year I absolutely need it, it's priceless. It cost me $20 and I've had it for years.

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