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Dale Neiburg

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6. My wife and I had one of the early pre-Windows PCs.

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Sun May 7, 2017, 12:47 PM

May 2017

Our first cat was so cooperative that before walking across the keyboard when we were using PC-Write, she would reach out with her paw and hit F1-F2 (the command to save and exit) before walking across the keyboard. Alas, none of the later ones has been so polite....

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Paws, Pee and Mice: Cats among Medieval Manuscripts [View all] rug May 2017 OP

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My wife and I had one of the early pre-Windows PCs. Dale Neiburg May 2017 #6

How thoughtful! rug May 2017 #7

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