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  • D Dan Neely

    User friendly has an even more generic geek gift guide but my googlefu is weak.

    3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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    Media2r
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    Bing Fu sounds more like a martial art and less like an illness... ;P //L

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      Media2r wrote:

      All you have to do is hold the iPhone closer to your face.

      A friend of mine had a particular technique for determining if an iron was hot enough yet to iron his shirts. He thought people who quickly touched the surface of the iron were foolish because they were making contact with a potentially hot surface. Reasoning that the face was more sensitive to temperature than the hands, he therefore just held it close to his nose to determine temperature. I didn't know any of that. I just saw him pick up an iron and (miscalculating the distance) press it to his nose. He thought I was most inconsiderate for laughing at him. For the record, I wasn't laughing at him getting burned, just the look of surprise on his face. From my point of view, for some inexplicable reason he just pressed an iron to his nose. What on earth did he expect? :)

      Christopher Duncan
      www.PracticalUSA.com
      Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
      Copywriting Services

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      Media2r
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      I do admire the whole "friend of mine" and third person routine. Has your nose healed? ;) //L

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      • M Media2r

        I do admire the whole "friend of mine" and third person routine. Has your nose healed? ;) //L

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        Christopher Duncan
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        True story! Honest! :-D Besides, as my friends would be quick to point out, you can tell it wasn't me because the story didn't start out, "Well, I was drunk and stoned at the time, and then..."

        Christopher Duncan
        www.PracticalUSA.com
        Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
        Copywriting Services

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        • C Christopher Duncan

          True story! Honest! :-D Besides, as my friends would be quick to point out, you can tell it wasn't me because the story didn't start out, "Well, I was drunk and stoned at the time, and then..."

          Christopher Duncan
          www.PracticalUSA.com
          Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
          Copywriting Services

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          Reminds me of an old joke; A man goes to visit his friend, only to find he has third degree burns on both sides of the face. Horrified, he asks what happened. His friend explained, - I was ironing some shirts when the phone rang. Without thinking, I put the iron to my ear and said 'hello'. The pain was so intense I almost passed out, and when I looked myself in the mirror I started to cry. - But you are burned on BOTH sides of the face??!? - You'll never believe what happened when I tried to call the ambulance... //L

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          • M Media2r

            Reminds me of an old joke; A man goes to visit his friend, only to find he has third degree burns on both sides of the face. Horrified, he asks what happened. His friend explained, - I was ironing some shirts when the phone rang. Without thinking, I put the iron to my ear and said 'hello'. The pain was so intense I almost passed out, and when I looked myself in the mirror I started to cry. - But you are burned on BOTH sides of the face??!? - You'll never believe what happened when I tried to call the ambulance... //L

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            HimanshuJoshi
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            Media2r wrote:

            A man goes to visit his friend, only to find he has third degree burns on both sides of the face. Horrified, he asks what happened. His friend explained,- I was ironing some shirts when the phone rang. Without thinking, I put the iron to my ear and said 'hello'. The pain was so intense I almost passed out, and when I looked myself in the mirror I started to cry.- But you are burned on BOTH sides of the face??!?- You'll never believe what happened when I tried to call the ambulance...

            The one I heard ended as - The a**h**** called again but I like this version too

            "I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong." - Samuel Goldwyn

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            • C Christopher Duncan

              Media2r wrote:

              All you have to do is hold the iPhone closer to your face.

              A friend of mine had a particular technique for determining if an iron was hot enough yet to iron his shirts. He thought people who quickly touched the surface of the iron were foolish because they were making contact with a potentially hot surface. Reasoning that the face was more sensitive to temperature than the hands, he therefore just held it close to his nose to determine temperature. I didn't know any of that. I just saw him pick up an iron and (miscalculating the distance) press it to his nose. He thought I was most inconsiderate for laughing at him. For the record, I wasn't laughing at him getting burned, just the look of surprise on his face. From my point of view, for some inexplicable reason he just pressed an iron to his nose. What on earth did he expect? :)

              Christopher Duncan
              www.PracticalUSA.com
              Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
              Copywriting Services

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              David Crow
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              Christopher Duncan wrote:

              Reasoning that the face was more sensitive to temperature than the hands...

              True for the calloused (palm) part of the hands, but using the back of them would have more than sufficed.

              "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

              "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

              "Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius

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              • M Michael Schubert

                This will help you: http://www.bbspot.com/News/2010/03/should-i-buy-an-ipad.html[^]

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                Gandalf_TheWhite
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                Really Helps ;)

                Believe Yourself™

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                • M Michael Schubert

                  This will help you: http://www.bbspot.com/News/2010/03/should-i-buy-an-ipad.html[^]

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                  realJSOP
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                  Everyone in my office has an iPhone except me - I have an Android phone.

                  .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                  "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

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                  • D David Crow

                    Christopher Duncan wrote:

                    Reasoning that the face was more sensitive to temperature than the hands...

                    True for the calloused (palm) part of the hands, but using the back of them would have more than sufficed.

                    "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

                    "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

                    "Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius

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                    Media2r
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                    DavidCrow wrote:

                    "Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius

                    Also, Man who run in front of car get tired. //L

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                    • realJSOPR realJSOP

                      Everyone in my office has an iPhone except me - I have an Android phone.

                      .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                      "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

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                      Homncruse
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                      At least one person in your office has some intelligence then ;)

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                      • M Media2r

                        Reminds me of an old joke; A man goes to visit his friend, only to find he has third degree burns on both sides of the face. Horrified, he asks what happened. His friend explained, - I was ironing some shirts when the phone rang. Without thinking, I put the iron to my ear and said 'hello'. The pain was so intense I almost passed out, and when I looked myself in the mirror I started to cry. - But you are burned on BOTH sides of the face??!? - You'll never believe what happened when I tried to call the ambulance... //L

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                        Fabio Franco
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                        Media2r wrote:

                        You'll never believe what happened when I tried to call the ambulance...

                        :laugh: It looked really funny here at work and I couldn't hold it and laughed out loud. Pleas don't do that again

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                        • C Christopher Duncan

                          Media2r wrote:

                          All you have to do is hold the iPhone closer to your face.

                          A friend of mine had a particular technique for determining if an iron was hot enough yet to iron his shirts. He thought people who quickly touched the surface of the iron were foolish because they were making contact with a potentially hot surface. Reasoning that the face was more sensitive to temperature than the hands, he therefore just held it close to his nose to determine temperature. I didn't know any of that. I just saw him pick up an iron and (miscalculating the distance) press it to his nose. He thought I was most inconsiderate for laughing at him. For the record, I wasn't laughing at him getting burned, just the look of surprise on his face. From my point of view, for some inexplicable reason he just pressed an iron to his nose. What on earth did he expect? :)

                          Christopher Duncan
                          www.PracticalUSA.com
                          Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
                          Copywriting Services

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                          AspDotNetDev
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                          Oh my god... oh my god... need to catch my breath. I was crying! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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                          • M Media2r

                            The flow chart is missing a vital point - if you have an iPhone, and for some inexplicable reason WANT an iPad... All you have to do is hold the iPhone closer to your face. Ta-daaaaa! Instant iPad! //L

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                            James Lonero
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                            Or get two, one for each eyeball.

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                            • M Media2r

                              The flow chart is missing a vital point - if you have an iPhone, and for some inexplicable reason WANT an iPad... All you have to do is hold the iPhone closer to your face. Ta-daaaaa! Instant iPad! //L

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                              Andreas Mertens
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                              That reminds me of the scenes in the movie "Brazil" where all the workers computers had these 6" screens with the huge fresnel lens to magnify them...

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