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Subject:RE: Back to the Dark Ages. From:Emily Berk <emily -at- armadillosoft -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 09 Jul 2002 21:57:00 -0700
Really, really long ago (I'm still catching up on old mail, working backwards towards March...) on Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:46:30 -0400 to be precise, jgarison -at- ide -dot- com wrote:
>You didn't learn the trick about drawing a diagonal line in magic marker
>from corner to corner? It saved me when *I* dropped the deck!
COOL! I had never heard of this trick.
I dropped my deck, unnumbered and unstriped, off the back of my bicycle during rush hour in Center City Philadelphia. I think I might actually have recovered all the cards, but I know it took a while to get them back into order.
I can't believe you're giving me this hint NOW, when, knock wood, I will NEVER EVER need it. (Might be a way to cheat when playing cards, huh?)
These are the kinds of useless but precious tidbits that make me treasure this list.
(I always worry about -- what skill would I have if civilization ended. Now I have THIS one: I will know how to quickly re-order a stack of Hollerith cards.)
--Emily
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