You know you're old when...

Dpc2u · 05-11-2020, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Murf993

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Originally Posted by UncleWede

Superkalafragilisticexpialidocious on a plastic record with a crank on the side

Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious

If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious

Because #disneysungalongathome on Sunday night

Sunday night dinner on the TV trays watching the Wonderful World of Disney. Usually pot roast, but on occasion dad would insist on Swanson TV dinner, I thought they were pretty good but could never figure out what the "gasoline on water" colour was on the roast beef.

Haha, I remember the color you are talking about! Rainbow roast beef.

obert · 05-11-2020, 08:46 AM

All week I was planing on putting some parts on my car over the weekend. Gathered all the parts and put in a bag next to the front door so I wouldn’t forget them.

Saturday came and grabbed my bag and my daughters stuff and moms gift. Drove 45 minutes to moms. Started taking apart the car to do the work.

LEFT THE F-N BAG OF CAR PARTS NEXT TO THE DOOR AT HOME

UncleWede · 05-11-2020, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by obert

All week I was planing on putting some parts on my car over the weekend. Gathered all the parts and put in a bag next to the front door so I wouldn’t forget them.

Saturday came and grabbed my bag and my daughters stuff and moms gift. Drove 45 minutes to moms. Started taking apart the car to do the work.

LEFT THE F-N BAG OF CAR PARTS NEXT TO THE DOOR AT HOME

memory is the second thing to go

Can't remmeber the first

UncleWede · 05-11-2020, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Murf993

Sunday night dinner on the TV trays watching the Wonderful World of Disney. Usually pot roast, but on occasion dad would insist on Swanson TV dinner, I thought they were pretty good but could never figure out what the "gasoline on water" colour was on the roast beef.

London Broil for Sunday dinner

pennsiveguy · 05-11-2020, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by dmatre

Learned programming (FORTRAN, COBOL, etc)
in HS using punch cards. Computer was actually across the state at a state university.

Two rules:
- don't drop the stack of punch cards
- don't program so that the software gets into a loop. If you did, the teacher had to call the university and have them restart the computer - wrecking the projects of every other HS and college student running their projects at the time. Only happened once that I know of, and wasn't me in the hot seat.

I came in just after the punch card reader had been pushed to the back of the lab and covered with a tarp. We had brand new terminals with modems that I think were 1800 baud. And a green-bar tractor feed printer that we used to make big ASCII art banners. Somehow our shitty math teachers managed not to ruin the fun of programming, at least for me. Still pounding out code, 40+ years later.

GenXer · 05-11-2020, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jamesinaz

Oh my GOD. 1200 baud? AWESOME SOCKS.

It was a lightening fast upgrade from the old 300 baud MODEM. A telegram would have been faster.

GenXer · 05-11-2020, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by sygazelle

I remember this like it was yesterday.

What size battery does it takes?

jimbobiggens · 05-11-2020, 12:37 PM

I remember the computer rooms that '60s mainframe computers were housed in, they were cold, had a raised floor, and the punch cards spit out the best confetti into a little box. Hey, I was a little kid, confetti was fascinating.

floridaorange · 05-11-2020, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Murf993

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Originally Posted by UncleWede

Superkalafragilisticexpialidocious on a plastic record with a crank on the side

Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious

If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious

Because #disneysungalongathome on Sunday night

Sunday night dinner on the TV trays watching the Wonderful World of Disney. Usually pot roast, but on occasion dad would insist on Swanson TV dinner, I thought they were pretty good but could never figure out what the "gasoline on water" colour was on the roast beef.

That's seasoning

cmyx6go · 05-11-2020, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Murf993

Sunday night dinner on the TV trays watching the Wonderful World of Disney. Usually pot roast, but on occasion dad would insist on Swanson TV dinner, I thought they were pretty good but could never figure out what the "gasoline on water" colour was on the roast beef.

That ridiculous little dessert thing in the middle of the top part of the tray....

cmyx6go · 05-11-2020, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pennsiveguy

I knew I was getting old when I noticed that young women think I'm harmless. Damn...

That doesn't make you old, it makes them stupid....

Signed,
The older, wiser woman.

1MOREMOD · 05-11-2020, 04:47 PM

Sounds like something an old person would say

cmyx6go · 05-11-2020, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Sounds like something an old person would say

Get off my lawn!

MKSixer · 05-11-2020, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by sygazelle

I totally get it. I bought a TI calculator because it had a factorial key and a square root key. It was great for finite math and statistics. They cost a fortune at the time but totally worth it.

I think this makes us old.

Ha! I remember going from a TI-30 to a TI-55II. It was like going from a Model T to a 911 Turbo. I was king of the nerd hill for almost 5 months.

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Originally Posted by M_Six

In our high school the "computer lab" consisted of two huge terminals that looked like typewriter/dot-matrix-printer combos that were connected to the mainframe over in the other high school in town. You could feed a tape through to program it, or you could write your own program. We thought we were so cool because we could get it to spit out x, x-squared, square root of x, and x-cubed. Ah, small victories. I miss them.

Dot matrix printers with the white-green paper. What were they thinking?!?!!

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Originally Posted by dmatre

Learned programming (FORTRAN, COBOL, etc)
in HS using punch cards. Computer was actually across the state at a state university.

Two rules:
- don't drop the stack of punch cards
- don't program so that the software gets into a loop. If you did, the teacher had to call the university and have them restart the computer - wrecking the projects of every other HS and college student running their projects at the time. Only happened once that I know of, and wasn't me in the hot seat.

Wat-IV Fortran. I've had this conversation with UncleWede in the past and discussing the poor hapless fools who dropped 3 and 4 inch stacks of punch cards. They'd end up as puddles of tears and angst in the basement of the computer building. #allnighterlife.

MKSixer · 05-11-2020, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

That doesn't make you old, it makes them stupid....

Signed,
The older, wiser and still beautiful woman.

FTFY.

MKSixer · 05-11-2020, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Anyone remember the first time you saw the Charlie's Angels TV show in high-def?

I loved Farah Fawcett...until Cheryl Ladd came along.

(Sproing!!!)

UncleWede · 05-11-2020, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

I've had this conversation with UncleWede in the past and discussing the poor hapless fools who dropped 3 and 4 inch stacks of punch cards. They'd end up as puddles of tears and angst in the basement of the computer building. #allnighterlife.

One of us is having a senior moment. . .

I've never used punch cards

MKSixer · 05-11-2020, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleWede

One of us is having a senior moment. . .

I've never used punch cards

Get off my LAWN!!!

MKSixer · 05-11-2020, 06:54 PM

Parents having Fondu parties...

Dpc2u · 05-11-2020, 06:55 PM

You know you are getting older when you see an old episode of a really old show and remember it.

Greenacres, Petticoat Junction, Andy Griffith, Beverly Hillbillies, Mister Ed, Hogan's Heroes, I Love Lucy, Gilligan's Island, Gomer Pyle USMC, My Three Sons, Dick Van Dyke, I Dream of Jeannie, Leave It to Beaver, F Troop, The Munsters, Bewitched, Adam 12, Happy Days, The Rifleman, Get Smart, Ironsides, Gunsmoke, Car 54, Perry Mason ..... just to name a few..............

hubbahubba · 05-11-2020, 07:08 PM

cmy on a tear tonight. Love it!

jamesinaz · 05-11-2020, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

Parents having Fondu parties...

And they get bombed on martinis and as a 5 year old you try one and wonder how the hell anyone can drink that.

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