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Nicolas Coyer (X) 
Colombia
Local time: 05:15
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| You think... | Oct 14, 2009 |
...you've just heard the "new IM/e-mail" sound when your computer is not even switched on!
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Celine Gras
France
Local time: 12:15
English to French
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| When you lost your keys | Oct 14, 2009 |
...and you're thinking a Ctrl+F will help you find them!
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| I'm not alone! | Oct 14, 2009 |
Eleni Makantani wrote:
... and the last moments before you go to sleep, you see yourself typing your thoughts on an imaginary keyboard...
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I *seriously* thought I was the only one that did that!!
Good to know that I'm not alone... just don't know if that really is a GOOD thing...!
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Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 06:15
German to English
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| When you point the mouse... | Oct 14, 2009 |
... at the TV to enlarge a picture
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Celine Gras wrote:
...and you're thinking a Ctrl+F will help you find them!
I really lack Ctrl+F while reading a hard copy of a book
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Speranza
Local time: 12:15
Spanish to Russian
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...look at a bookcase and think you should zip some of those books because you're running out of space. (True story from the time when my brand-new computer had a 1 GB hard disk.)
...exchange instant messages with your loved one while sitting in the same room. (A disturbing true story from a friend.)
...are having a real-life conversation and at some point the other person says, "If we were on Skype now, you would have inserted a 'wasn't me' emoticon here."
Nicolas Coyer wrote:
...you've just heard the "new IM/e-mail" sound when your computer is not even switched on!
If your computer is ever off, you probably needn't be concerned about overusing it
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...mentally proofread the text you're working on while sound asleep.
Thanks for this post!
Valeria
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Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 12:15
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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| IMing when in the same room | Oct 15, 2009 |
Nadejda Vega Cespedes wrote:
...exchange instant messages with your loved one while sitting in the same room.
Interestingly, it is far better to do it this way. If my wife is busy with something on the computer and I speak to her, then I'm *interrupting* her thoughts and she finds that annoying. But if she's busy and I send her an IM, then she can mentally switch off the one task and switch on the IM task, answer my query, and go back to her task, without experiencing the interruption as an interruption. I find the same when people speak to me while I translate versus when people send me an IM while I translate -- the latter is not perceived as an interruption, probably because you're in complete control of the convesation (from your point of view).
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| When you finally leave the office after a 10-hour working day... | Oct 15, 2009 |
... and you just want to call someone to have a beer and relax for a while... and then you dial "0" before the number of your friend.
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Dana Rinaldi
Italy
Local time: 12:15
Member
Italian to English
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| When a day out equals to a week-holiday! | Oct 15, 2009 |
...you finally take a day a off (last tuesday) and go to a local town for the day and feel as if you're on holiday somewhere you've never been before...
Thanks for the post, It's good to know we're not alone...
Dana
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| Imaginary beeps and a classic one | Oct 15, 2009 |
Nicolas Coyer wrote:
...you've just heard the "new IM/e-mail" sound when your computer is not even switched on
Funny, I also hear imaginary beeps of SMS messages from my mobile phone.
Should we start worrying?
Anyway, getting back on topic, here's a classic one. "You know you are working too hard on your computer when".... "instead of crying 'Help' you cry 'F1'"...
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Ulrike H
Local time: 12:15
English to German
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| happens to me occasionally | Oct 15, 2009 |
When you have some good idea while not at home, and get annoyed that you don't have your notebook with you, to quickly write it down before you forget it (completely ignoring the fact that you have an almost empty notebook made of paper with you).
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| You want to jot down something... | Oct 15, 2009 |
... and out of habit you double-click your retractable ball-point pen, so it is remains retracted.
Actually, the working environment may change an individual's references.
Decades ago I read on the paper about a traffic accident caused by a jet pilot. He had made a perfect landing with a 737 at the airport, picked up his car, and was driving home on the freeway. Suddenly, all traffic stopped, but he never attempted to apply the brakes. Instinctively, he pulled the stee... See more ... and out of habit you double-click your retractable ball-point pen, so it is remains retracted.
Actually, the working environment may change an individual's references.
Decades ago I read on the paper about a traffic accident caused by a jet pilot. He had made a perfect landing with a 737 at the airport, picked up his car, and was driving home on the freeway. Suddenly, all traffic stopped, but he never attempted to apply the brakes. Instinctively, he pulled the steering wheel towards him, but it didn't move, so he smashed his car against the next one.
Some people call me on the cell phone to ask when I'll be online with Skype. ▲ Collapse
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NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 06:15
Member (2002)
French to English
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Moderator of this forum | I don't know if this thread has wound its way into my subconscious... | Oct 15, 2009 |
Valeria Faber wrote: ...mentally proofread the text you're working on while sound asleep. Thanks for this post! Valeria
But I woke up a couple of times through the night, and realised I was doing exactly that.
Nancy
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| you work all night... | Oct 15, 2009 |
to finish your translation... you are very happy and then... you wake up!
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