I'd say that largely depends on whether they expect you to have it surgically implanted in your hand and answer your email non-stop 24 hours a day.

If not then they look like nifty gadgets....

So far, there is no indication that they expect that of me. I am slightly concerned that there might be a slippery slope, but I don't see any signs of one.

It's actually kind of funny. My old boss insisted that I get a pager. She was always in a panic. After she left, I dutifully gave my new boss the pager number. The new boss has never paged me in 8 years. But I carry it anyway so family and friends can reach me. My work pays for it, so I never bothered to cancel the service.

The blackberry (if it ends up being the same as the one my boss got) looks pretty neat. It's basically a cell phone that also is connected to my work e-mail account. It's just slightly larger than my current pager.

Wow! Glad you acknowledged CBOL, though I don't think you know what it means.

And you can borrow the dress and the heels. I don't believe any of my threads were BS. It's only a message board. What makes certain threads more important than others?

Many of my threads are still being posted on.

Cash is so passe ...

I happen to enjoy the complexities of simplicity... :)

A spell-checker probably wouldn't help you much either.

If you don't already know, that would explain a lot.

:lol:

oh... so soryImispeeled... weaer...

who needs one when I have the likes of people like you around... :finger: <----- that clear enough for ya...

see .sig below

Maggie, I like that sig quote. I agree 100%.

Well, I did say it wouldn't help you.

Point being that a spellchecker can tell you if you've typed something that isn't a word, but usually isn't smart enough to tell you you've used the wrong word.

So it "wouldn't have any affect", "to all intensive purposes".

That post's effect affected me.

bravo.

do you know how many times i've encountered the last one, both written and spoken?

i guess i HAVE had intensive purposes before......

regardless, it was a nice jab against the OSPM collective around here.

btw, OSPM=Organic SPam Machine, imho, omg, wtf, bbq, afk, otwoh, rtfa, stfu!

:headshake

You're absolutely right... :redface: I digress...