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  • Re: Typing One-Handed

    From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jan 19 01:45:41 2026
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    No, not that, you pervs.

    I have a broken wrist now. Last night, I nearly got plowed over by a drunk >driver turning the corner at a high rate of speed the wrong way onto a one-way >street as I was stepping into the crosswalk. I jumped backward in time to >barely avoid being hit but my foot caught on the curb and I went tumbling >backward. Put my hand down to break my fall, which it did, but I fractured a >bone in my wrist in the process. Spent all last night till 4AM in the ER >getting it splinted up. The doc said that due to nature of the break it might >require surgery to get it to mend properly or I could end up with bad >arthritis there later in life. I have to make an appointment with an >orthopedist tomorrow for further treatment.

    Hey! How have your bionic implants worked out?

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jan 19 03:42:22 2026
    On Jan 18, 2026 at 5:45:41 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    No, not that, you pervs.

    I have a broken wrist now. Last night, I nearly got plowed over by a drunk >> driver turning the corner at a high rate of speed the wrong way onto a
    one-way
    street as I was stepping into the crosswalk. I jumped backward in time to
    barely avoid being hit but my foot caught on the curb and I went tumbling
    backward. Put my hand down to break my fall, which it did, but I fractured a >> bone in my wrist in the process. Spent all last night till 4AM in the ER
    getting it splinted up. The doc said that due to nature of the break it might
    require surgery to get it to mend properly or I could end up with bad
    arthritis there later in life. I have to make an appointment with an
    orthopedist tomorrow for further treatment.

    Hey! How have your bionic implants worked out?

    Unfortunately I found out that superhuman strength and wireless connectivity only activate after Skynet becomes sentient, at which point I will become a proto-Terminator and lose all autonomy, slaved to the will of Skynet.



    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jan 19 04:26:40 2026
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Jan 18, 2026 at 5:45:41 PM PST, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    . . .

    Hey! How have your bionic implants worked out?

    Unfortunately I found out that superhuman strength and wireless connectivity >only activate after Skynet becomes sentient, at which point I will become a >proto-Terminator and lose all autonomy, slaved to the will of Skynet.

    Are dogs barking at you now?

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jan 19 04:37:32 2026
    On Jan 18, 2026 at 8:26:40 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Jan 18, 2026 at 5:45:41 PM PST, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    . . .

    Hey! How have your bionic implants worked out?

    Unfortunately I found out that superhuman strength and wireless connectivity >> only activate after Skynet becomes sentient, at which point I will become a >> proto-Terminator and lose all autonomy, slaved to the will of Skynet.

    Are dogs barking at you now?

    As one would expect, yes.



    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)