Well I don't know about the US, but here in oz, 23 was the one that got the most reaction from me. Family can't see it though! Anne, Melbourne. "Mikey." wrote: > > Dear all, > > Thanks to this list I relate to 21. > > Regards, > > Mikey. > > SIGNS THAT YOU'VE REALLY ENTERED THE 21st CENTURY IN THE USA. > > 1 You just tried to enter your password on the microwave. > > 2 You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three > > 3 You call your son's beeper to let him know it's time to eat. He > e-mails you back from his bedroom "What's for dinner"? > > 4 Your daughter sells Girl Guide Cookies via her web site. > > 5 You chat several times a day with a stranger from South Africa but you > haven't spoken with your next door neighbour yet this year. > > 6 You check the ingredients on a can of chicken noodle soup to see if it > contains Echinacea > > 7 You check your blow-dryer to see if it's Y2K compliant > > 8 Your grandmother clogs up your e-mail inbox asking you to send her a > JPEG file of your newborn so she can create a screen saver. > > 9 You pull up in yor own driveway and use your cell plhone to see if > anyone is home > > 10 Every commercial on television has web-site address at the bottom of > the screen > > 11 You buy a computer and a week later it is out of date and now sells > for half the price you paid. > > 12 The concept of using real money, instead of credit or debit, to make > a purchase is foreign to you. > > 13 Cleaning up the dining room means getting the fast food bags out of > the back seat of your car. > > 14 Your reaon for not staying in touch with family is that they do not > have e-mail addresses. > > 15. You consider second-day air delivery painfully slow. > > 16 Your dining room table is now your flat filing cabinet > > 17 Your idea of being organized is multiple-colored Post-It notes. > > 18 You hear most of your jokes via e-mail instead of in person > > 19 You get an extra phone line so you can get phone calls > > 20 You turn off your Modem and get this awful feeling, as if you just > pulled the plug on a loved one. > > 21 You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee > > 22 You wake up at 4 a.m. to go to the bathroom and check your e-mail on > your way back to bed > > 23 You start tilting your head sideways to smile :-) > > 24 You're reading this. > > 25 Even worse, you're going to forward it to someone else! > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > There is a map showing the areas and Counties which this list covers highlighted in red here, > http://www.genealogy45.fsnet.co.uk/