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So as | say, Roger, steady as she goes if you must, but do me a favor. Schedule in some down time, will ya, about 1997, so I can catch up? Much appreciated And speaking of phones (who was?), not only have I in the past 12 months learned how to use the hold button, but in about 75 per cent of the cases, I can also successfully transfer calls to my coâ€"workers. If you are part of that 25 per cent | cut off and leave floating in outsiderspace, my apologies. My goal tor 96 is at least 90 per cent ur three short beeps. Expenience allows me to sleep better at night now And it has just gotten better for me on the home front, too, though | admit there is still work to be done. One of my major coups of the 1995 season was the realizaâ€" tion of what the *PV" button on my TV converter does. That previous view option, after years of punching in station numâ€" bers. has really lightened the load on my right thumb Of course, as some of you are, I am a veteran of the microwave control, and can deliver a bag of buttered corn or a perfectly radiated hot dog almost in my sleep But | caution myself about getting too haughty. We had a secunty system installed earher this year, and yes, | can take personal responsibility for waking up the neighborhood July 7. Oct. 14 and Nov 1. The rest of my family, to say nothing of Counc. Bruce Anderson, have issued a zero tolerance edict for 1996 in this regard And just when I thought 1 had entered a period of digital calm, Beth updated our phone the other day, with an entrely newtangled message system. Well, OK, a few things changed from the old way. Gulp. OK. One thing changed. But the new sound of the ring is going to take some adjustment too. | | Actually, I‘m rather proud of doriudisnet.. . | _ the way I‘ve kept pace with the digitologists, or whatever you O Te EeE al +1 »2 d MB â€" call the people who are hell bent on making my life easier Frinstance, 1 made the jump from Olivetti Underwood Model 321 to my first computer over a decade ago. Having completely mastered the switch in 1993, I am just now totally confident with the strange looking arrows and symbol pads that rest on the keyboard in front of me After years of frustration, (including the heartâ€"wrenching scenaro of watching various coprers come and go), I buckled down the other month and finally grasped the quick and easy on how to enlarge or reduce photocopies. How much of my life was wasted all these years using the manual button, we don‘t have to get into here, but that‘ all toner under the bridge now tor 96 is at least 90 per cent And after a couple of years of mangling, I can now largely follow voiceâ€"mail instructions when I phone others. Before, would digit myself to death, hang up from intimidation, or not realize whether ! should start talking after the long beep "PCS will offer services ranging from voice and messaging technologres to fax and data communications, all available in one portable phone with one telephone number," said Poirier "The ease and efficiency of using these services will mean that truly futunstic communications will be available for all Canadians." News item: Ottawa The federal governments granting of four PCS (personal comâ€" munications services) licenses, will open up a new world of comâ€" munications for all Canadians, says Roger Porrier, president and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. Tug‘s Lirk Well, as we get set to embark on a new year, I have a mesâ€" I‘m engaged in a digital dilemma Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement #136379 Published every Wednesday by The Fairway Group 240 Holiday Inn Dr. Unit E Cambridge ON. 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