Sunday, February 3, 2008

TIME WARP? — by Steve Nadis

Last week a guy I know through the YMCA told me he was taking a trip for three weeks. When I asked whether he was going for work or pleasure, he said both. I asked whether he was bringing a laptop. “No,” he said. “I’ll just bring a floppy disk and find a computer there to use.”

“Don’t you mean a CD?” I asked, as I wasn’t sure he would be able to find a computer with a floppy disk drive. He looked at me like I was crazy. And maybe I was; maybe I’d stepped into a time warp where floppy disks were still the rage and the CD had yet to take hold. And George W. Bush had never been president. And what a wonderful world that would be…

Posted by Snake at 05:16:59
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2 Responses to “TIME WARP? — by Steve Nadis”

  1. Flubberwinkle says:
    February 3, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    Don’t you both mean a USB flash disk?

  2. Anonymous says:
    February 3, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    I’m sure you’re more up on this than either of us. Maybe I’ve been in a time warp too and didn’t realize it. In which case I’d like to say thanks for the wake-up call. –SNAKE

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