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As we Over 60's know, sometimes we have trouble with our computers.

Yesterday, I had a problem, so I called Georgie, the 11 year old next door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, and asked him to come over.

Georgie clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.

As he was walking away, I called after him, 'So, what was wrong?

He replied, 'It was an ID ten T error.'

I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired, 'An, ID ten T error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again.'

Georgie grinned...'Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?

'No,' I replied.

'Write it down,' he said, 'and I think you'll figure it out.'

So I wrote down:


ID10T


I used to like Georgie, the little shit head.

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mrfisher520 reads

And of course, it wouldn't do the things that were wrong while he was here.

Then I asked him where the "ANY" key was.  He said there was no such thing.  I said "oh yeah", then proceeded to go to a program that said "press any key to continue".

You should have seen him run out of here.

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parvenu510 reads

I first heard the the "any" key gag on The Simpsons...

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RRO2610490 reads

of how many of us were raised.

 My dad sternly advised me when I was young "DON'T BE A BUTTON PUSHER!"
Computer "etiquette" seems the opposite in that if at first you don't succeed....Push/click another button.

My first PC was purchased in the late 1990's. Imagine my angst when I got the first "You have requested an illegal action" message.

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Hot4Smoke475 reads

"PICNIC error"

-- since we can't call corporate giants idiots and keep our benefits.

Problem In Chair, Not In Computer

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Posted By: BigPapasan
 
As we Over 60's know, sometimes we have trouble with our computers.
 
Yesterday, I had a problem, so I called Georgie, the 11 year old next door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, and asked him to come over.
 
Georgie clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.
 
As he was walking away, I called after him, 'So, what was wrong?
 
He replied, 'It was an ID ten T error.'
 
I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired, 'An, ID ten T error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again.'
 
Georgie grinned...'Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?
 
'No,' I replied.
 
'Write it down,' he said, 'and I think you'll figure it out.'
 
So I wrote down:
 
 
ID10T
 
 
I used to like Georgie, the little shit head.
 
Well 20 years ago there were meatware issues, hardware issues and software issues, he probally has 710 issues with his car and wouldn't know how to change i

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