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PAGE M - WATERLOO CW. WV. FEBRUARY w, IMI Answering machine turns into a true conversation piece Bulletin: TV converter update as promised. The poor lost soul has returned home to ita grateful owners. It was located at the bottotngaboxotLEG0.soetJordandidn'turtderstandwhatay the fuss was about. What we've really found nifty is that, mpeeially at family meal time, we can let the machine go to work meaning out the endless unsolicited all: from peaky teiemarketerz. Beeeep. What. no may? Heh, heh, wonder who that was? ofcourse, you have to be careful. too. One evening. we were out and when we returned, just plain forget to check hr messages. There were tour, including one from my liner. which shemmindedmeofwhenshecalledhackatllpm. "Ytrleh-ssyrrart1utdsIxmptrYimthatstupid answering machine. I hate those thittgs, I hate them, I hate tltetmIhatethem-butifyouinsiaton 1taviatgone,atleastplay back your manages, OK? _Hat'ttnis-iafushistgredlightsinee.Hatetothiuot whatthenenmemagewouldhelfldid. What,3he wanted G know. no m1?51im&h?gg Imp. no ofrthewall humor.?, Ult, no: thtt'sys,.the boring Qmpbglls. _ "Beeeepf Mr, Camibell, it's the doctor's otrtee calling to remmd you you have an tppomtment Tuesday morning at 8:15. Triank you" Soon after, my young niece asked us what message we recorded on the machine. "Why, 'Beth and Rick aren't available right now. please leave a message and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.” Answering the call (heh, heh;, Beth had the unit set up and ready to go about 30 seconds later. She gave me a quick lesson on how to use it (just tell me where I pres to listen to the recordings), tucked it under the phone, and there I sat, waiting for the red message light to start flashing. "The phone has to ring first, Rick," she said. "That's part of the deal." Back to work that Monday, I arrived home before Beth to, gasp, find the red light flashing. "Don't panic, Rick," I said to myself. “Don't press the wrong button, what could be worse than accidentally erasing the first message you get on your answering machine. And what if you do, and it's from Beth, and she comes home tonight and wants to know if you got her message? Now where did she say the Play button was. Oh, here. OK. here gee? nothing." Thui t? A message from our doctor? I managed, somehow, to contam my excitement. Can't get too high or too low with these soc of things you know, The answenng machine dad remam a conversation pieeeiheh, hehl for a few weeks, First, Beth barked that I was anwenng all the messages. and that just once. Just once, she would like to press the Play button. That time. I think It was the dentist. from mm hands. I still burn nice: things I cook, buGidi get less stressed out about it. s, as you can imagine, it barely caused a ripple among family and friends when our gang purchased an answering machine at a Boxing Day sale this past Christmas. Old hat for mart, a (haunting new toy for Ine. Well, actually, it's for Beth's business concerns mainly, but she was good enough to slip my name on the recording as well. "You program it, Bat," I said as we got the unit home late on a Saturday afternoon, 'Tee read the first instruction, and, like every other inttruet.i.on. [3ng I'm} confused rlreadr" Our family doesn't ”aptly keep up with the Joneses when it comes to acquiring the latest in appliances, electronics and assorted other gadgetry, I scrubbed burnt offerings from the inside of pots and pens for over three decades before the luxury of a dishwasher rescued me And our VCR? Moat of my friends were on their second or thud upgrade when I jumped in the pool rive years ago. I am, however, savoring the added convenience. Imagine my cutesy a few years from now when I've actually mastered how to use it. Waterloo Chronicle Second Clan Mail Wuhan Number 5660 Published every Wednesday by The Fairway Group 11W 215 Fairway Rd. 8.. Kitchener. thu. Fatwa-y 27. 1991 , THAT’S UR 1_zi,h,prAf hd 385M311”. ADJU§TABLE BEDS DOUBLE or 3/4 MATTRESS & SETS MATTRESS & SETS 129.99 149.99 169.99 199.99 219.99 109.99 1 29.99 149.99 179.99 1 tttrt, SINGLE BEBE Disposal ot Old Sets Set 159.99 Soc we.” Set 209.99 Set 239.99 in”: ‘ Set 199.99 Sat 229.99 Set 209.99 501 219.99 Set 919.99 5.: 379.99 501119.99 mum) MANAGER'S SPECIAL COMPLETE SINGLE BED From FREE [AYAWAY 6 MONTHS 1 9999 MATTRESS & SETS 31 SP,?. 349.99 sum.” 369.99 sum.” 399.99 501539.99 419.99 591669.99 439.99 Saunas SOFA BEDS 39999 KING Hours: 50! “9.99 _crt,5iir:'arl, - ' “s "tyi' ' 'h" I 3.28“" , _ ‘ Cl in "tV .. - = .. ' ' _ t "'e, *1" 6’? ‘ V. U FA' ' " J ‘xt' ", " _ . , .59 w , _. v "iai Ri':- I w' Ki Yv' V “ _ 'wr, an“ ratlf& -M . ,».- Wt - Zn.‘ _ y » " " k . l aw igNilt ip, , CONESTOGA PKWY. IirifCi= with every so! putahued mam} FREE SET-UP MATTRESS a SETS 1 799% 189.99 Sumo.” 219.99 sot 359.99 239.99 501419.99 259.99 sum.” 289.99 sum.” QUEEN Bet 280.99