... Your wristwatch has more computing power than a 486DX-50.
... You can quote scenes from any Monty Python movie.
... You can name at least six Star Trek episodes (from one series, not multiple).
... Your spouse sends you e-mail instead of calling you to dinner.
... Your idea of good interpersonal communication means getting the decimal point in the right place.
... You look forward to Christmas because you can put your kids' toys together.
... You've ever used a CAD package to design your son's Pine Wood Derby car.
... You've ever used coat hangers and duct tape for something other than hanging coats and taping ducts.
... You've ever window-shopped at Radio Shack.
... Your ideal evening consists of fast-forwarding through the latest sci-fi movie looking for technical inaccuracies.
... You are convinced you can build a phaser out of your garage door opener and your camera's flash attachment.
... You've ever left the cover off of your personal computer for so long that you don't know where it is.
... You've ever modified a household appliance to be microprocessor driven.
... You know which direction the water swirls when you flush.
... You own "Official Star Trek" anything.
... You ever burned something down with your Science Fair project.
... You are currently gathering the components to build your own nuclear reactor.
... You own one or more white short-sleeve dress shirts.
... You have ever saved the power cord from a broken appliance.
... You still own a slide rule and you know how to work it.
... You rotate your screen savers more frequently than your automobile tires.
... You have a functioning home copier machine, but every toaster you own turns bread into charcoal.
... You have more electronic toys than your kids.
... You have ever introduced your kids by the wrong name.
... You have a habit of dismantling things in order to see how they work.
... You've ever rushed up to fix the microphone of visual aids at a meeting.
... You can remember at least seven computer passwords but not your anniversary.
... You can type 70 words a minute but can't read your own handwriting.
... You've ever had people at a party groan when you pick out the music.
... You can't remember where you parked your car for the third time this week.
... You did the sound system for your senior prom.
... Your checkbook always balances.
... Your wristwatch has more buttons than a telephone.
... You have more friends on the Internet than in real life.
... You thought the real heroes of "Apollo 13" were the mission controllers.
... You spend more time upgrading your home computer than repairing your car.
... You know what "http" stands for.
... You've ever tried to repair a $5 radio.
... You have a neatly sorted collection of old bolts and nuts in your garage.
... Your three year old son asks why the sky is blue, and you try to explain atmospheric absorption theory to him.
... The only jokes you ever get are received through e-mail.
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Authored by: Ken Lipka E-mail me: krlipka@yahoo.com |
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