Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 08:13:51 +0200
From: Paul Bristow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: H Re: keyboard thingy



Pres Waterman wrote:
> 
> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 23:56:36 -0400
> From: "Pres Waterman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: keyboard thingy
> 
> Hi. My spacebar became recalcitrant and whilst I was repairing/cleaning the
> undercarriage the little grey and white plastic scissor-jack futzer thingamawhatsit
> that lifts the button over the microswitch decided to break. Luckily all keys seem to
> have the same futzer so I popped off the button to the left with the ` and ~ on it
> and stole the scissor thingy. Now a-course I don't have the button mounted to the
> left of the spacebar. ( What do the Brits call it? They CAN'T call it a spacebar.
> Must be a pauseinserter or an interval-manoeuvering device ).

Us Britons call it a "Space Bar" - with a space. :-)  So, if you call a
# a pound sign, what do you call a £?

-- 

Paul

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