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Old 10-07-2005, 11:30 AM
Vavavoom Vavavoom is offline
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Default Re: Pre-internet: what did people do at the office all day?

Talk...

Social skills are lacking now due to Text Messages/IM/Internet being used all the time...

Having I would counteract that with that Knowledge has increased by the vast wealth of knowledge being available at the touch of a button...
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Old 10-07-2005, 11:30 AM
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Default Re: Pre-internet: what did people do at the office all day?

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Smoked.

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Old 10-07-2005, 11:57 AM
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Default Re: Pre-internet: what did people do at the office all day?

contemplated suicide
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Old 10-07-2005, 11:59 AM
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Default Re: Pre-internet: what did people do at the office all day?

Sex in the supplies closet.
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Old 10-07-2005, 12:00 PM
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Default Re: Pre-internet: what did people do at the office all day?

Minesweeper.

Anyone older than me wanna explain pre-Windows and pre-PC?
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Old 10-07-2005, 12:03 PM
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Sex in the supplies closet.

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Then I would disconnect the computer if I were you.
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Old 10-07-2005, 12:05 PM
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Default Re: Pre-internet: what did people do at the office all day?

Pre-windows would mean q-basic games. The gorillas throwing bananas at each other or nibbles!
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Old 10-07-2005, 01:12 PM
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The gorillas throwing bananas at each other

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OMFG! I forgot all about that. My boss will send you the bill [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Old 10-07-2005, 01:14 PM
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Default Re: Pre-internet: what did people do at the office all day?

Flirt with any marginally attractive secretary.
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Old 10-07-2005, 01:32 PM
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Default Re: Pre-internet: what did people do at the office all day?

Work...and try to figure out WTF to do if you happened to finish up early. I had the (dis)pleasure of working for a big defense contractor in the late 80s, and a lot of my menial job was done at a PC XT. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] No network, lots of paper mail. Awful.
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