I used to explain IBM 360 assembler programming problems to my wife (an
elementary school teacher) - her eyes would glaze over for the duration -
but I'd eventually solve my problem. I found that it worked just as well if
I talked to the budgie - his eyes might have glazed over as well, but they
were too small to see.

Larry

At 03:37 PM 2/1/2003 +0100, you wrote:
> >  After
> > explaining it to my wife last night, I now comfortably understand the
> > theory.  ;-)  Does anyone else use that technique?
>
>Of course I do. It might help that my wife's education is theorethical
>physics and a minor in mathematics.
>
>Wouter van Ooijen
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Orleans (Ottawa), Ontario, CANADA

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