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prior to e-mail there was voicemail.
before that, memos.

files and folders were actual pieces of paper. There was a greater need for secretaries and such because people could not type. Meetings had slides or transparencies.

Can you imagine all of the trees that have been saved with the advent of recycling and e-mail?

of course, now with e-mail you have to spend just as much time reading and cleaning up mess on your virtual destop as you did when you had paper.

The difference being is that more people can type now, and no longer have to relay through a secretary - although that would be nice.

But because it is so easy to send e-mail, many people e-mail needlessly, and people talk less, and things can be more easily ignored.

We have been successful in reducing that actual amount of space a person needs to do the same job 15 years ago. We can work and meet virtually, coordinating coast to coast and overseas. We have even reduced the amount of "stuff" one would have to take home to work. A simple lap top that weighs three to five pounds, instead of paper work that weighs that much or more.

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I would like to know why, then, do I have mountains of paper on my desk?

[I complain, but during tax season, my mom's house is filled - and I am talking hundreds of square feet - with dead, bleached, and processed tree pulp. And you thought accountants had a boring job! :-P]

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at least amidst all the technology, we can "meet" people from around the globe, and "keep in touch" with our friends and family who are oceans apart...

that is, of course, assuming they have an internet connection, and then one that does not have a stupid firewall that does not allow messaging or web cams...

[I could of course pay for broadband... but it is too soon for that]

besides... I really should finish painting my house.

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fiddlesticks and broomsticks... [see you on Friday, goose!]

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