What It Was Before Computers!

AeaAea Join Date: 2003-10-09 Member: 21552Members
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An application was for employment
A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano!
Memory was something that you lost with age
A CD was a bank account
And if you had a 3 1/2 inch floppy You hoped nobody found out!
Compress was something you did to garbage Not something you did to a file
And if you unzipped anything in public You'd be in jail for awhile!
Log on was adding wood to a fire
Hard drive was a long trip on the road
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
And a backup happened to your commode!
Cut - you did with a pocket knife
Paste you did with glue
A web was a spider's home
And a virus was the flu!
I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper, and the memory in my head.
I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
But when it happens they wish they were dead!
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  • BeRzErKeRBeRzErKeR Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13691Members
    edited February 2004
    I wonder what it would be like to live without any computers. I asked my parents what it'd be like to pay your bills without computers and they said there's NO way they could go through all of that again.
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    You know, the right thing to do is quote where you got it from...
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  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    Pffff. There was nothing before computers. It's all a lie.
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  • AeaAea Join Date: 2003-10-09 Member: 21552Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-SoulSkorpion+Feb 1 2004, 11:31 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SoulSkorpion @ Feb 1 2004, 11:31 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You know, the right thing to do is quote where you got it from... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'm going to quote Anonymous <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->And if you had a 3 1/2 inch floppy You hoped nobody found out!
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  • TequilaTequila Join Date: 2003-08-13 Member: 19660Members
    A program was never a TV show, it was, and still is, <i>programme</i>.

    Good list though <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • GadzukoGadzuko Join Date: 2002-12-26 Member: 11556Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Tequila+Feb 1 2004, 04:11 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tequila @ Feb 1 2004, 04:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> A program was never a TV show, it was, and still is, <i>programme</i>.

    Good list though <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Not in America.
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  • TequilaTequila Join Date: 2003-08-13 Member: 19660Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Gadzuko+Feb 1 2004, 04:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gadzuko @ Feb 1 2004, 04:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Tequila+Feb 1 2004, 04:11 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tequila @ Feb 1 2004, 04:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> A program was never a TV show, it was, and still is, <i>programme</i>.

    Good list though <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Not in America. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Well, the less we said about that the better.

    And don't get me started on "Aluminum" <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->.
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  • GadzukoGadzuko Join Date: 2002-12-26 Member: 11556Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Tequila+Feb 1 2004, 04:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tequila @ Feb 1 2004, 04:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Gadzuko+Feb 1 2004, 04:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gadzuko @ Feb 1 2004, 04:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Tequila+Feb 1 2004, 04:11 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tequila @ Feb 1 2004, 04:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> A program was never a TV show, it was, and still is, <i>programme</i>.

    Good list though <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Not in America. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Well, the less we said about that the better.

    And don't get me started on "Aluminum" <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Oh, don't you get me started on "Aluminium". <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Friggin other countries and spelling Color Colour.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin-BeRzErKeR+Feb 1 2004, 08:10 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BeRzErKeR @ Feb 1 2004, 08:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I asked my parents what it'd be like to pay your bills without computers and they said there's NO way they could go through all of that again. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Indeed. For you nubs lucky enough to not pay bills, you just won't understand. But online bill paying = pwns.
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  • BogglesteinskyBogglesteinsky Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11488Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac+Feb 1 2004, 11:35 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Feb 1 2004, 11:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> But online bill paying = pwns. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    no bill paying = pwns
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  • TequilaTequila Join Date: 2003-08-13 Member: 19660Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Quaunaut+Feb 1 2004, 05:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ Feb 1 2004, 05:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Friggin other countries and spelling Color Colour. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The way it was meant to be. We gave you the basic language back when dictionaries didn't exist, then evolved it ourselves. Shame you didn't do the same <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-X_Stickman+Feb 1 2004, 08:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (X_Stickman @ Feb 1 2004, 08:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Pffff. There was nothing before computers. It's all a lie. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Dinosaurs came before computers nub!
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  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
    All I remember is a lack of instantly accessible pornography. Y'know, that never-ending stream of delight that needn't be concealed under mattresses. Nothing can compare to such an advance, really.
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  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-DuBERS+Feb 1 2004, 11:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Feb 1 2004, 11:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-X_Stickman+Feb 1 2004, 08:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (X_Stickman @ Feb 1 2004, 08:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Pffff. There was nothing before computers. It's all a lie. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Dinosaurs came before computers nub! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    If dinosaurs came before computers, how come there are computer games with dinosaurs in?!?!?!!?!?!?!?
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  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-X_Stickman+Feb 1 2004, 11:43 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (X_Stickman @ Feb 1 2004, 11:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-DuBERS+Feb 1 2004, 11:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Feb 1 2004, 11:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-X_Stickman+Feb 1 2004, 08:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (X_Stickman @ Feb 1 2004, 08:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Pffff. There was nothing before computers. It's all a lie. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Dinosaurs came before computers nub! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    If dinosaurs came before computers, how come there are computer games with dinosaurs in?!?!?!!?!?!?!? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> I'm stumped.....
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  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    edited February 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Tequila+Feb 1 2004, 06:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tequila @ Feb 1 2004, 06:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Quaunaut+Feb 1 2004, 05:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ Feb 1 2004, 05:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Friggin other countries and spelling Color Colour. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The way it was meant to be. We gave you the basic language back when dictionaries didn't exist, then evolved it ourselves. Shame you didn't do the same <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    yea sorry my ancestors changed the language after they came over and now I was brought up with it lol.. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->


    Hey is that qoute in your sig from Scooter?

    it sounds like something from him.
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  • BigDBigD [OldF] Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1596Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-flintpaper+Feb 1 2004, 04:36 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (flintpaper @ Feb 1 2004, 04:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> All I remember is a lack of instantly accessible pornography. Y'know, that never-ending stream of delight that needn't be concealed under mattresses. Nothing can compare to such an advance, really. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    IIRC, before the intraweb, 13 year-olds had to make due with the "ladies undergarment" pages of the Sears catalog. Oh the horror!
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  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
    So how did humans over fourteen cope?
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  • TequilaTequila Join Date: 2003-08-13 Member: 19660Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cpl.Davis+Feb 1 2004, 08:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cpl.Davis @ Feb 1 2004, 08:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Tequila+Feb 1 2004, 06:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tequila @ Feb 1 2004, 06:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Quaunaut+Feb 1 2004, 05:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ Feb 1 2004, 05:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Friggin other countries and spelling Color Colour. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The way it was meant to be. We gave you the basic language back when dictionaries didn't exist, then evolved it ourselves. Shame you didn't do the same <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    yea sorry my ancestors changed the language after they came over and now I was brought up with it lol.. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->


    Hey is that qoute in your sig from Scooter?

    it sounds like something from him. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    My sig? The image is from Starfox and the quote is from Max Max.
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  • BeRzErKeRBeRzErKeR Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13691Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Z.X. Bogglesteinsky+Feb 2 2004, 01:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Z.X. Bogglesteinsky @ Feb 2 2004, 01:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac+Feb 1 2004, 11:35 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Feb 1 2004, 11:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> But online bill paying = pwns. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    no bill paying = pwns <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Pwned.
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  • l3igDl3igD Join Date: 2003-11-20 Member: 23262Members
    i thought back to when i didnt have a comp....OMG...*hides under the table*
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  • TequilaTequila Join Date: 2003-08-13 Member: 19660Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-DuBERS+Feb 1 2004, 07:12 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Feb 1 2004, 07:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-X_Stickman+Feb 1 2004, 11:43 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (X_Stickman @ Feb 1 2004, 11:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-DuBERS+Feb 1 2004, 11:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Feb 1 2004, 11:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-X_Stickman+Feb 1 2004, 08:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (X_Stickman @ Feb 1 2004, 08:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Pffff. There was nothing before computers. It's all a lie. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Dinosaurs came before computers nub! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    If dinosaurs came before computers, how come there are computer games with dinosaurs in?!?!?!!?!?!?!? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> I'm stumped..... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Because Richard Attenborough found dinosaur DNA trapped in amber, and before he created some park he sold the rights to EA to make a franchise.
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  • Vulgar_MenaceVulgar_Menace Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22118Members
    edited February 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Quaunaut+Feb 1 2004, 05:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ Feb 1 2004, 05:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Friggin other countries and spelling Color Colour. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Canada spells it that way, watch it ****.
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  • NuketheplaceNuketheplace Join Date: 2002-09-02 Member: 1266Members
    Before computers everyone in this forum would have been called stupid instead of being called a nubceak.
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