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Orrex

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5. I was giving a customer an in-home walk-through on an audio system.

Reply to EverHopeful (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 11, 2026, 07:23 AM

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She was writing down (almost) literally every word I said.

And one point I paused to share an anecdote about a similar system, which I prefaced with "You don't have to write this part down."

She wrote: "Don't have to write this part down."

I'm no respected master, but she was definitely a respected master of note-taking!

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Read something interesting today about "attention". It held that if one had a good intellect, had a wide history..... [View all] FadedMullet Saturday OP

Reminds me of a story about a large-audience event for a respected master EverHopeful Saturday #1

Nice. That's why he is the master. FadedMullet Saturday #2

For some reason, this reminds me of an old Sherlock Holmes joke. niyad Saturday #3

I think that sums it up. zanana1 Saturday #4

I was giving a customer an in-home walk-through on an audio system. Orrex Saturday #5

Wait. What? Were you saying something? paleotn Saturday #6