You know you're old when...

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

5.25" floppy? Get off my lawn! My first computer had 8" Shugart floppies (SSSD) that only held 241K.....

I shall remove my bod from your sod.

[Esteban]

Leave us to not forget programs on cassettes, and the enormous amount of time they took to load.

[JeffL0]

My first computer was a 286 running at 10MHz with a "Turbo" button for 20MHz. It had a HDD, which was not common at the time, a massive 20MB disk (nope, not a typo, 20 Megabytes)

[3.0L]

You sniffed this crap… I mean air freshener.

[dscabra]

Originally Posted by M_Six

1.44MB floppy? Newb.

Commodore 64 with the 5-1/4" floppy and flight sim. Now that was something to behold.

Originally Posted by Esteban

Oh yes, Commodore 64. I even got the Commodore 128, thinking how much better the programs would be. Sadly, hardly anything was made to take advantage of it because the C-64 was so popular.

Originally Posted by vreihen16

5.25" floppy? Get off my lawn! My first computer had 8" Shugart floppies (SSSD) that only held 241K.....

Originally Posted by JJ 911SC

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor...he_floppy_disk

Originally Posted by Esteban

Leave us to not forget programs on cassettes, and the enormous amount of time they took to load.

This is what I used to load programs on the first computers I used in the workplace.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by dscabra

This is what I used to load programs on the first computers I used in the workplace.

My high school had terminals with those tape feeds. Mainframe was in the other high school across town. No GUI or even a monitor. Just a fancy typewriter.

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by Buug959

Or just before the flight boarding call.

Sitting on a plane right now waiting to leave. Went when we arrived at the airport, again when thru security, then when we got to the gate. Once more for good measure before boarding. Hope I’m good for the next 2 hours!

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

Sitting on a plane right now waiting to leave. Went when we arrived at the airport, again when thru security, then when we got to the gate. Once more for good measure before boarding. Hope I’m good for the next 2 hours!

I went through that twice on the weekend. Flew in to YTZ for a show on Saturday evening and home again yesterday.

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by Buug959

I went through that twice on the weekend. Flew in to YTZ for a show on Saturday evening and home again yesterday.

This is my return home trip. Flew to Denver on Saturday for the Broncos game yesterday.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

This is my return home trip. Flew to Denver on Saturday for the Broncos game yesterday.

I went for an Iron Maiden concert.

Enjoy your flight.

Edit: Thought I'd add a photo.

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by Buug959

I went for an Iron Maiden concert.

Enjoy your flight.

Nice!!

[3.0L]

One of these was in your classroom. Or if like me, you repaired 100’s of them.

[Esteban]

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[John H.]

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Fit 3 in the trunk of a 1965 Impala SS. Great times. Miss it.
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[3.0L]

Originally Posted by John H.

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Fit 3 in the trunk of a 1965 Impala SS. Great times. Miss it.
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Tried that once. Got caught and evicted. 🤣

[toosrimpeldoos]

You remember that you climbed into a car and realised there are no belts in the backseat.

get off my lawn !!!

[3.0L]

you had one of these.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

you had one of these.

Yep. Sharp edges and all.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Also after all decades: the final chord is pure genius. Goin' out with a bang.

"Final chord and completion
Following the final orchestral crescendo, the song ends with one of the most famous final chords in music history. Overdubbed in place of the vocal experiment from 10 February [1967], this chord was added during a session at EMI's Studio Two on 22 February [1967]. Lennon, McCartney, Starr and Evans shared three different pianos, with Martin on a harmonium, and all played an E-major chord simultaneously. The chord was made to ring out for over forty seconds by increasing the recording sound level as the vibration faded out. Towards the end of the chord the recording level was so high that listeners can hear the sounds of the studio, including rustling papers and a squeaking chair. In author Jonathan Gould's commentary on "A Day in the Life", he describes the final chord as "a forty-second meditation on finality that leaves each member of the audience listening with a new kind of attention and awareness to the sound of nothing at all."
One of the first outsiders to hear the completed recording was the Byrds' David Crosby when he visited the Beatles during their 24 February [1967] overdubbing session for "Lovely Rita". He recalled his reaction to the song: "Man, I was a dish-rag. I was floored. It took me several minutes to be able to talk after that." Due to the multiple takes required to perfect the orchestral cacophony and the final chord, the total time spent recording "A Day in the Life" was 34 hours. By contrast, the Beatles' debut album, "Please Please Me", had been recorded in its entirety in only 15 hours, 45 minutes."

The Beatles - "A Day In The Life" (1967):

In 1969 while attending college, I worked night shift in a music store. I had all of the stereo tuners set to my favorite FM station. Once night right when I was closing, A Day in the Life came on. I quickly turned off the outside lights, locked the front door, and turned the sign from Open to Closed. I then went around to each stereo and turned up the volume. There I was alone with maybe 10 stereos at high volume with A Day in the Life playing. And then, that famous E major chord came. One of many favorite music moments for me.

[X3rd Time Is a Charm]

You think it’s a good idea to wash, clay bar, polish and wax your car one day . Then the next day you can’t get out of bed ,your body doesn’t want to work and you can’t move without a bottle of Tylennol arthritis pain relief 😂 , but once you can move again the outcome makes you smile 😀and that even hurts !

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

In 1969 while attending college, I worked night shift in a music store. I had all of the stereo tuners set to my favorite FM station. Once night right when I was closing, A Day in the Life came on. I quickly turned off the outside lights, locked the front door, and turned the sign from Open to Closed. I then went around to each stereo and turned up the volume. There I was alone with maybe 10 stereos at high volume with A Day in the Life playing. And then, that famous E major chord came. One of many favorite music moments for me.

And while cranking up the volume on the stereos, you probably lip-synced Lennon's "I'd love to turn you on" line.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by X3rd Time Is a Charm

You think it’s a good idea to wash, clay bar, polish and wax your car one day . Then the next day you can’t get out of bed ,your body doesn’t want to work and you can’t move without a bottle of Tylennol arthritis pain relief 😂 , but once you can move again the outcome makes you smile 😀and that even hurts !

Your X5 looks amazing! Wow.

I see you use a knee pad. Being close the center of the lawn, my knees need some help when I'm on the ground gardening, cleaning wheels, tire-blacking tires, etc. I bought these bad boys and I couldn't be happier. The cool part is you don't have to pick them up and move them as you move around your work area.