Friday, August 21, 2009

Seduction @ gmail.com


Seduction@gmail.com

Friend Rick Mobbs must feel that I am just another old duffer, who is a techno-wimp, who doesn't embrace most of the wizardry available, and he must think that because I still use Yahoo.com for my email that makes me out of step, like when I went out last year and bought $300 worth of Scoth VHS tapes so that I can keep using the older technology to tape TV series shows, or the year before when I went out and bought (2) new VCRs to store in my furnace room to back up my old one, to keep my habitual behavior on an even keel. Now, I ask you, do I sound like the kind of fellow who would abandon an old cyber friend like Yahoo for some offer from Google?
I know it's not hip, more clunky than cool, but there it is; I am.

Glenn

Rick wrote on his invitation:

gmail just suggested I invite you to use gmail.

But they're happy with what they have, I said.

You don't know that, said gmail.

Well, they probably are or they would be using gmail already. Maybe
they don't like google, did you ever think of that? I said.

Why wouldn't they like us? asked gmail.

I don't know. My friend Pat says you're evil, I said.

Strong words. Did she say why? asked gmail.

Uh, I forgot to ask, I said.

You really should had asked, said gmail.

I guess you're right, I admitted, thinking, crap, I do that all the
time. I should have asked. Just because she runs the Peace and Justice
Center here doesn't mean she always knows what she's talking about.

Right, said gmail.

Hey! I was thinking that! Are you listening to my thoughts? Maybe you
are evil, I said.

You were moving your lips, said gmail. You shouldn't move your lips if
you don't want me to know what you're thinking.

Oh, I said.

Here's a reason they should use gmail, said gmail. At least from time
to time. Google Talk Video. It let's you see your friends when you
talk to them. They don't even have to use the mail program if they
don't want to. And they can block the calls and so on. But every now
and then they should call home. And its f

Okay, I said. I'll tell them.

gmail just suggested I invite you to use gmail.

But they're happy with what they have, I said.

You don't know that, said gmail.

Well, they probably are or they would be using gmail already. Maybe
they don't like google, did you ever think of that? I said.

Why wouldn't they like us? asked gmail.

I don't know. My friend Pat says you're evil, I said.

Strong words. Did she say why? asked gmail.

Uh, I forgot to ask, I said.

You really should had asked, said gmail.

I guess you're right, I admitted, thinking, crap, I do that all the
time. I should have asked. Just because she runs the Peace and Justice
Center here doesn't mean she always knows what she's talking about.

Right, said gmail.

Hey! I was thinking that! Are you listening to my thoughts? Maybe you
are evil, I said.

You were moving your lips, said gmail. You shouldn't move your lips if
you don't want me to know what you're thinking.

Oh, I said.

Here's a reason they should use gmail, said gmail. At least from time
to time. Google Talk Video. It let's you see your friends when you
talk to them. They don't even have to use the mail program if they
don't want to. And they can block the calls and so on. But every now
and then they should call home. And it's free.

Okay, I said. I'll tell them.

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