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date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:30:21 +0000,
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For all Cumbrian Mysoginists: "Gadget problems divide the sexes."
I found this quite amusing!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8346810.stm
I wonder if they interviewed Edith.
DB
date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:30:21 +0000
author: DB.
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Re: For all Cumbrian Mysoginists: "Gadget problems divide the sexes."
"DB." wrote in message
news:fdmaf5ljpttca5a6pndd3hrug4doogspam@4ax.com...
>I found this quite amusing!
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8346810.stm
>
> I wonder if they interviewed Edith.
>
So women read the manual and are likely to find the solution to the problem
themselves, while men try to figure it out without the book, and if they
fail to find the answer, they phone up for help.
Make you wonder why we ever bother to teach boys to read.
ally
date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:03:42 -0000
author: a l l y
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Re: For all Cumbrian Mysoginists: "Gadget problems divide the sexes."
"DB." wrote in message news:fdmaf5ljpttca5a6pndd3hrug4doogspam@4ax.com...
>I found this quite amusing!
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8346810.stm
>
> I wonder if they interviewed Edith.
>
> DB
Erm. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm. No, tweren't me.
Edith.
date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:39:08 +0100
author: The Traveller
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Re: For all Cumbrian Mysoginists: "Gadget problems divide the sexes."
"a l l y" wrote in message news:7ll60sF3eedb9U1@mid.individual.net...
>
>
> "DB." wrote in message news:fdmaf5ljpttca5a6pndd3hrug4doogspam@4ax.com...
>>I found this quite amusing!
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8346810.stm
>>
>> I wonder if they interviewed Edith.
>>
> So women read the manual and are likely to find the solution to the problem themselves, while men try to figure it out without the
> book, and if they fail to find the answer, they phone up for help.
>
> Make you wonder why we ever bother to teach boys to read.
>
> ally
eheheh. Good one, Ally.
Edith.
date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:43:05 +0100
author: The Traveller
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Re: For all Cumbrian Mysoginists: "Gadget problems divide the sexes."
On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:03:42 -0000, "a l l y"
wrote this:
>
>
>"DB." wrote in message
>news:fdmaf5ljpttca5a6pndd3hrug4doogspam@4ax.com...
>>I found this quite amusing!
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8346810.stm
>>
>> I wonder if they interviewed Edith.
>>
>So women read the manual and are likely to find the solution to the problem
>themselves, while men try to figure it out without the book, and if they
>fail to find the answer, they phone up for help.
>
>Make you wonder why we ever bother to teach boys to read.
>
>ally
>
Couldn't have put it better myself!
(Must read my usenet handbook!)
{ : -- )))))
DB
date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:39:17 +0000
author: DB.
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Re: For all Cumbrian Mysoginists: "Gadget problems divide the sexes."
DB. wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:03:42 -0000, "a l l y"
> wrote this:
>
>>
>> "DB." wrote in message
>> news:fdmaf5ljpttca5a6pndd3hrug4doogspam@4ax.com...
>>> I found this quite amusing!
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8346810.stm
>>>
>>> I wonder if they interviewed Edith.
>>>
>> So women read the manual and are likely to find the solution to the problem
>> themselves, while men try to figure it out without the book, and if they
>> fail to find the answer, they phone up for help.
>>
>> Make you wonder why we ever bother to teach boys to read.
>>
>> ally
>>
>
> Couldn't have put it better myself!
>
> (Must read my usenet handbook!)
>
> { : -- )))))
>
> DB
I know where ALL the appliance handbooks are, and I am expected to have
read them.
Jp
date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:24:12 -0500
author: JpinNY
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Re: For all Cumbrian Mysoginists: "Gadget problems divide the sexes."
On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:24:12 -0500, JpinNY wrote
this:
>DB. wrote:
>> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:03:42 -0000, "a l l y"
>> wrote this:
>>
>>>
>>> "DB." wrote in message
>>> news:fdmaf5ljpttca5a6pndd3hrug4doogspam@4ax.com...
>>>> I found this quite amusing!
>>>>
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8346810.stm
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if they interviewed Edith.
>>>>
>>> So women read the manual and are likely to find the solution to the problem
>>> themselves, while men try to figure it out without the book, and if they
>>> fail to find the answer, they phone up for help.
>>>
>>> Make you wonder why we ever bother to teach boys to read.
>>>
>>> ally
>>>
>>
>> Couldn't have put it better myself!
>>
>> (Must read my usenet handbook!)
>>
>> { : -- )))))
>>
>> DB
>
>I know where ALL the appliance handbooks are, and I am expected to have
> read them.
>
>Jp
Well my dear,
In this household I would personaly place you on a pedestal.
You would be venerated!
DB
date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:43:05 +0000
author: DB.
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Re: For all Cumbrian Mysoginists: "Gadget problems divide the sexes."
"a l l y" wrote in message
news:7ll60sF3eedb9U1@mid.individual.net...
>
>
> "DB." wrote in message
> news:fdmaf5ljpttca5a6pndd3hrug4doogspam@4ax.com...
>>I found this quite amusing!
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8346810.stm
>>
>> I wonder if they interviewed Edith.
>>
> So women read the manual and are likely to find the solution to the
> problem themselves, while men try to figure it out without the book, and
> if they fail to find the answer, they phone up for help.
>
> Make you wonder why we ever bother to teach boys to read.
>
we have to be able to read the phone book
Al
date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:47:26 -0600
author: Bryan Flint
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Re: For all Cumbrian Mysoginists: "Gadget problems divide the sexes."
DB. wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:24:12 -0500, JpinNY wrote
> this:
>
>> DB. wrote:
>>> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:03:42 -0000, "a l l y"
>>> wrote this:
>>>
>>>> "DB." wrote in message
>>>> news:fdmaf5ljpttca5a6pndd3hrug4doogspam@4ax.com...
>>>>> I found this quite amusing!
>>>>>
>>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8346810.stm
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder if they interviewed Edith.
>>>>>
>>>> So women read the manual and are likely to find the solution to the problem
>>>> themselves, while men try to figure it out without the book, and if they
>>>> fail to find the answer, they phone up for help.
>>>>
>>>> Make you wonder why we ever bother to teach boys to read.
>>>>
>>>> ally
>>>>
>>> Couldn't have put it better myself!
>>>
>>> (Must read my usenet handbook!)
>>>
>>> { : -- )))))
>>>
>>> DB
>> I know where ALL the appliance handbooks are, and I am expected to have
>> read them.
>>
>> Jp
>
> Well my dear,
>
> In this household I would personaly place you on a pedestal.
> You would be venerated!
>
> DB
Well, I'm expected to have read them and know where they are, but it's
not always as simple as that, so no call for pedestals here
Jp
date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:18:41 -0500
author: JpinNY
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Re: For all Cumbrian Mysoginists: "Gadget problems divide the sexes."
a l l y wrote:
> "DB." wrote in message
> news:fdmaf5ljpttca5a6pndd3hrug4doogspam@4ax.com...
>> I found this quite amusing!
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8346810.stm
>>
>> I wonder if they interviewed Edith.
>>
> So women read the manual and are likely to find the solution to the problem
> themselves, while men try to figure it out without the book, and if they
> fail to find the answer, they phone up for help.
>
> Make you wonder why we ever bother to teach boys to read.
>
> ally
>
>
So they can tweet.
Jp-bothers
date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:24:48 -0500
author: JpinNY
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