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I needed to write text that would be inserted into a card.
It couldn't be in my handwriting because I am writing it on behalf of Santa.
I also needed the wife's approval of the layout on the card.

This resulted in the bizarre outcome of me writing a document in OpenOffice, printing it, taking a photo of it and sending the image via MMS.

It just feels wrong.
So does printing a PDF, filling it in and submission via scan-and-email or fax.
 
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David O'Meara wrote:I also needed the wife's approval of the layout on the card.



 
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been married?
 
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David O'Meara wrote:I needed to write text that would be inserted into a card.
It couldn't be in my handwriting because I am writing it on behalf of Santa.



Pop round to the pub, stand a fellow a pint to write it fer ye!
 
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Ernest Friedman-Hill wrote:Pop round to the pub, stand a fellow a pint to write it fer ye!


Forgoing the creative use of technology for having a pint - now that is a tough one...
 
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I also needed the wife's approval of the layout on the card.


the wife != The Wife

 
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A loan officer recently asked me to "fax" him a document... (he said he couldn't accept an email of a scanned .pdf )

fax?

really?

I imagined it taking me several hours of phone calls and driving to successfully "fax" a document.
 
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