You know you are living in the year 2003 when:
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:34 pmYou know you are living in the year 2003 when:
>
> 1. Your reason for not staying in touch with family is because they do
> not have e-mail.
>
> 2. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
>
> 3. Your grandmother asks you to send her a JPEG file of your newborn so
> she can create a screen saver.
>
> 4. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if
> anyone is home.
>
> 5. Every commercial on television has a web site address at the bottom
> of the screen.
>
> 6. You buy a computer and 3 months later it's out of date and sells for
> half the price you paid.
>
> 7. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the
> first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is
> now a cause for panic and you turn around to go get it.
>
> 8. Using real money, instead of credit or debit, to make a purchase
> would be a hassle and take planning.
>
> 9. You just tried to enter your password on the microwave.
>
> 10. You consider second-day air delivery painfully slow.
>
> 11. Your dining room table is now your flat filing cabinet.
>
> 12. Your idea of being organized is multiple-colored Post-it notes.
>
> 13. You hear most of your jokes via e-mail instead of in person.
>
> 14. You get an extra phone line so you can get phone calls.
>
> 15. You disconnect from the Internet and get this awful feeling, as if
> you just pulled the plug on a loved one.
>
> 16. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.
>
> 17. You wake up at2 AMto go to the bathroom and check your E- mail on
> your way back to bed.
>
> 18. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. :)
>
> 19. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
>
> 20. Even worse; you know exactly who you are going to forward this
> to...
>
> 1. Your reason for not staying in touch with family is because they do
> not have e-mail.
>
> 2. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
>
> 3. Your grandmother asks you to send her a JPEG file of your newborn so
> she can create a screen saver.
>
> 4. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if
> anyone is home.
>
> 5. Every commercial on television has a web site address at the bottom
> of the screen.
>
> 6. You buy a computer and 3 months later it's out of date and sells for
> half the price you paid.
>
> 7. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the
> first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is
> now a cause for panic and you turn around to go get it.
>
> 8. Using real money, instead of credit or debit, to make a purchase
> would be a hassle and take planning.
>
> 9. You just tried to enter your password on the microwave.
>
> 10. You consider second-day air delivery painfully slow.
>
> 11. Your dining room table is now your flat filing cabinet.
>
> 12. Your idea of being organized is multiple-colored Post-it notes.
>
> 13. You hear most of your jokes via e-mail instead of in person.
>
> 14. You get an extra phone line so you can get phone calls.
>
> 15. You disconnect from the Internet and get this awful feeling, as if
> you just pulled the plug on a loved one.
>
> 16. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.
>
> 17. You wake up at2 AMto go to the bathroom and check your E- mail on
> your way back to bed.
>
> 18. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. :)
>
> 19. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
>
> 20. Even worse; you know exactly who you are going to forward this
> to...
