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Rewind to early 2008, i just came back from U.S with my family after 7 months.
Still getting used to chennai(no kidding, it's my place for sure but still 7 months was a bit too long),
i was chatting with my dad on a weekend.
Me -"where r u going?"
Appa - "To the telephone dept, to get a copy of the directory".
The software geek in me peeps out.
"Well, don't they have a soft copy, i mean a CD".
Appa - "They do, but i have opted for hard copy".
"C'mon appa, CD will be easy to use, just a click".
Realising my appa is not comfortable with PC, i added - "I can teach you, it should be simple".
Appa is not convinced, he is very reluctant.
I push further - "Can't we buy both - hard & soft?".
"No, only one".
"Hmmm...Ok we will go for the CD.I will definitely teach you."
Appa is still not convinced, but you see i'm a bit of hard-headed guy, kept pushing.
Finally, reluctantly he relents.
Appa comes back with the CD, i say -"Wow, see how compact it is compared to those bulky books!". I go up to my laptop, plugin the CD, install the software.
Ok time to play around, all numbers listed alphabetically by name, not bad...
I wanted to check the search functionality.I searched for the list of keywords to search.
Horrors of Horrors - you can search either by number or address.No way to search by name.
What the heck!Phew, i was beginning to sweat as my appa came near me.
"Ok, let us see how this works. Can we search for mama's telephone no. using his name?".
Game over....
After 2 days.....
Appa was happily searching for a telephone no using the same old bulky hard copy(he got it by handing over the user-friendly CD)
