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From: Nick Naym on 27 Mar 2010 11:47
In article hol8h2$g5b$1(a)news.eternal-september.org, Wes Groleau at
Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org wrote on 3/27/10 11:33 AM:

> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>> Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Perhaps for the same reason my curiosity likely would be peaked were I
>>> to one day notice that my Apple and Spotlight icons had switched places
>>> in the menu bar.
>>
>> The order is probably determined by the order in which they connect.
>> And the word you want is "piqued", not "peaked".
>
> His curiosity is normally less active.

Nor, it's normally more active...


> It definitely peaked at that moment.
>

....and today I need more coffee to clear my morning-fogged brain-housing
group.


> (Peeking about for a get-away route.)

LOL!

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From: Nick Naym on 27 Mar 2010 16:22
In article slrnhqsjbo.1k3d.g.kreme(a)cerebus.local, Lewis at
g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies wrote on 3/27/10 2:24 PM:

> In message <C7D38E5B.561C5%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>
> Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>> In article jollyroger-7116E4.08243127032010(a)news.individual.net, Jolly Roger
>> at jollyroger(a)pobox.com wrote on 3/27/10 9:24 AM:
>
>>> In article <C7D30020.56197%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>,
>>> Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The Magic Mouse and Keyboard both appear under the Devices section of the
>>>> drop-down menu...but originally, the keyboard appeared ahead of the mouse;
>>>> now they've mysteriously (it seems) switched positions.
>>>>
>>>> What determines their order of appearance?
>>>
>>> I have to wonder: why does it matter?
>
>> Perhaps for the same reason my curiosity likely would be peaked were I to
>
> I think the word you were grasping for is piqued, not peaked.
>

Naw...it was the word I was "gasping" for. ;)


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