Emery,
Thanks for sharing that. It's gone into my "Keeper File."
I don't know about YOUR rig, but mine sure as hell sounds like a woman --
especially that last one about the money...
Dick 75 PB (Ms. Money Pit) in Atlanta
>In a message dated 5/24/99 10:55:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>
> Please try to refer to them in the feminine gender only.
> Dick 75 PB (a grand lady) in Atlanta >>
>
>Dick -- you are a brave man bringing up this topic. Same problem with
>computers:
>
> Gender of Computers
>
>A man did a survey.
>He was very aware that ships are addressed as
>"she" and "her". He often wondered what gender
>computers should be addressed. To answer that
>question, he set up two groups of computer
>experts. The first group was composed of women,
>and the second of men. Each group was asked to
>recommend whether computers should be referred to
>in the feminine or the masculine gender. They were
>asked to give four reasons for their
>recommendations. The group of women reported that
>computers should be referred to in the masculine
>gender because:
>
> 1. In order to get their attention you
>have to turn them on.
> 2. They have a lot of data, but are
>still clueless.
> 3. They are supposed to help you solve
>problems, but half the
> time they are the problem.
> 4. As soon as you commit to one, you
>realize that if you had
> waited a little longer you could have
>had a better model.
>
>The men, on the other hand, concluded that
>computers should be referred to in the feminine
>gender because:
>
> 1. No one but the Creator understands
>their internal logic.
> 2. The native language they use to
>communicate with other
> computers is incomprehensible to
>everyone else.
> 3. Even your smallest mistakes are
>stored in long-term memory
> for later retrieval.
> 4. As soon as you make a commitment to
>one, you find yourself spending half of your paycheck on
>accessories for it.
>
>Sounds like some of this would apply to our GMCs.
>
>Emery Stora
>77 Kingsley
>Santa Fe, NM (now halfway up the Jersey Shore)
>
