70 lines
3.8 KiB
Plaintext
70 lines
3.8 KiB
Plaintext
Are You A BBSaholic?
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1. Do you cancel important appointments (such as your wedding) because it
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would have conflicted with your BBS time?
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2. Can you recite BBS menus verbatim?
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3. Have you named your kids after your favorite Sysop(s)?
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4. Are the words "HI" and "Bye" burned into your monitor?
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5. Do you get lost in thought wondering what the ideal screen name would be?
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6. Are you tempted to get out of bed for "just one more hour"?
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7. Is Dominoes Pizza delivery number taped to your monitor?
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8. Do you get more emontional fulfillment from your online romance than from
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your real mate?
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9. Do you unplug your keyboard and take it to work with you?
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10.Do you get upset when someone calls while you're oline and interrupts a
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conversation?
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11.Do you spend 80% of your time rooted to your computer chair?
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12.Do you find it hard to relax without the soft whirl of the computer fan
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humming in the background?
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13.Do you fantasize about the perfect "compu-wedding"?
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14.Is your social calender glowing with flourescent marked online events?
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15.Do you look forward to e-mail more than real mail?
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16.Do you watch hypnoically as the "dialing" "connecting" "password"
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highlights, unable to breathe, move or speak until you are logged on?
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17.Do you throw things in anger because "all ports are busy" or "host unavail-
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able through network" or "host is unresponsive"? (for national BBS's)
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18.Is your modem-sex better than real life sex?
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19.Do you have a phobia of the words "No Carrier"?
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20.When was the last time you were offline in time to make love to your mate
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before they fell asleep?
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21.Do you have nightmares about hard drive failure?
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22.Have you lost 10 pounds from missing meals due to being online?
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23.Does your computer boot right to your favorite BBS?
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24.Do you see screen scrolling text when you shut your eyes?
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25.Has your typing skills improved greatly in the last few months?
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26.When was the last time you heard from your family?
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27.Have you bought another computer and phone line just so you and your spouse
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can logon at the same time?
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28.Did you buy a faster, more powerful computer JUST so you can run BBS's
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faster?
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29.Do you rush home at lunch time JUST so you can check your e-mail, see who's
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online and make your online game moves?
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30.Do you have an anxiety attack when another family member needs the computer
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for something?
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31.When was the last time you went out with friends other than online friends?
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32.When was the last time you played/used all those magnificent and expensive
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programs and games you bought?
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33.How many times have you heard from family or friends "I give up trying to
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call you, your line is ALWAYS busy"?
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34.Can you remember what you did for "leisure" time before you started BBSing?
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35.When was the last time you were all caught up on your household chores?
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36.Is the answer ALWAYS the same if someone asks a family member your where-
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abouts......"on the computer....where else"?
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37.Do you belong to more than one board so if one is crashed, or busy you can
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logon to another?
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38.When at work, instead of calling a meeting do say..."Wanna go into Chat"?
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39.Do you have a chronic sore neck, from always looking over your shoulder,
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when in "chat", for fear of a family member walking in?
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40.In desperation has your mate devised acrobatic ways of making love to you
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while you're online?
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41.If your mate is a "user" do you call each other by your screen names?
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42.Do you have a sticker on your window, notifying firemen the location of
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your computer?
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43.Do you have family members trained to bring you food and drink so you never
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have to leave the keyboard?
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44.Does :) :( :* ad the like starting to appear on your business and other
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mail?
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45.Do you find yourself SAYING..Kiss...Hugs..Smooch...LOL..instead of DOING
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it?
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This List Was Complied From ODYSSEY BBS c.1991
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