The contrarian strikes again

[James Barrow]

>Dick Margulis wrote:
>>Mike Starr wrote:
>
>>"Click the Save button to accept the changes you've made, save the file 
>>and close the Save Message As dialog box."
> 
>>I try to write as I'd speak and this is as close as I can come to what 
>>I'd actually say to someone I was helping to accomplish a task.

>Really? What I'd say is more like this:

>"Okay, now look down at the lower right of the dialog box ... no, not 
>all the way down there where the time is--that's called the system 
>tray--I mean the gray box where you were just typing ... no, not up 
>there--down about an inch ... See the button that says Save? ... Um, no, 
>it's not a real button; it's just a smaller gray rectangle ... okay, got 
>it now? Okay, click it ... no, not with your finger; move your mouse ... 
>okay, do you have the mouse over the button? ... No, no, keep the mouse 
>on the mousepad. I'm talking about the cursor ... the arrow ... the 
>little black arrow that moves on the screen when you move the mouse on 
>the mousepad ... Never mind; wait till your kids get home."


Damn it!  Thanks Dick, I really appreciate that.  Now, can anyone tell me
how to remove Pop-Tart and coffee from my laptop screen and keyboard :^)

- Jim