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wannabee · 01-01-2012, 12:30 AM

I work with an 84 year old 5 days a week who "mans" the counciling hot line. She says "You youngens are in the prime of your life. Enjoy them while they last because in the blink of an eye they'll be gone." All her friends and past husbands have all gone to the "moon", as she puts it.
Speaking of electronic items. She remembers when they got electricity.

pholy · 01-01-2012, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Roger Parkinson

Paper tape. I always bring up paper tape when people mention punch cards. I did use punch cards, but one of the machines I worked on (in fact the first one that I could claim some actual professional association with) used paper tape. Ghastly stuff.

Actually, I used the 026 in University. Then I went to work for DEC and got introduced to paper tapes. When I taught the PDP-8 Programming course, we would start loading the Focal interpreter with the ASR-33 teletype reader and then go out to lunch because it took at least 20 minutes to load. The High-Speed reader was a great advance, but the DF32 disk with 32000 word capacity was sheer heaven.

GlenBarrington · 01-01-2012, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Nyssa

You know you're getting old when your pre-teen asks "Whats VHS?"

You know you're getting old when your child thinks VHS is a sexually transmitted disease.

HappyMartin · 01-01-2012, 12:52 PM

You know you are getting older when you have another birthday. Seems obvious but it was my 51st birthday this Christmas and I lay there in bed before getting up and just thought, "Wow, that is a lot of birthdays."

DrDln · 01-01-2012, 09:04 PM

You know you're getting old when you don't like adding another year to your age on your birthday.

CazMar · 01-01-2012, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by pholy

Actually, I used the 026 in University. Then I went to work for DEC and got introduced to paper tapes. When I taught the PDP-8 Programming course, we would start loading the Focal interpreter with the ASR-33 teletype reader and then go out to lunch because it took at least 20 minutes to load. The High-Speed reader was a great advance, but the DF32 disk with 32000 word capacity was sheer heaven.

Oooh yes - remember paper tape and those incredibly fast processing speeds!
What about Visicalc? Programming in Basic? The first time you used a mouse!

Solitaire1 · 01-01-2012, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by CazMar

Oooh yes - remember paper tape and those incredibly fast processing speeds!
What about Visicalc? Programming in Basic? The first time you used a mouse!

I remember Basic well. I wrote an entire database program in Basic...and it was so beautiful. I...[sniff]...miss Basic.

VeggieCat · 01-01-2012, 11:13 PM

Forewarning- I'm an 80's child

You know you're getting older when...

sometimes you had to blow in your video game cartriges to get them to work

words like "rad" and "tubular" were a regular part of your vocabulary

you used to devour Choose Your Own Adventure books

you actually wore things like stirrup pants, jelly shoes, and hypercolor shirts

I could go on and on and on...

DrDln · 01-02-2012, 09:36 PM

You know you're getting old if you learned typing on typewriter.

xg4bx · 01-03-2012, 01:37 AM

you remember when the History Channel had programming about history, the Learning Channel had educational programs instead of reality shows appealing to every sexual fetish out there from fat brides to tattoos to kiddie por...i mean child beauty pageants and X-Men 2 wasn't considered an American Movie Classic.

afa · 01-03-2012, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by xg4bx

you remember when the History Channel had programming about history, the Learning Channel had educational programs instead of reality shows

And MTV was known for its music...

Hamlet53 · 01-03-2012, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Solitaire1

I remember Basic well. I wrote an entire database program in Basic...and it was so beautiful. I...[sniff]...miss Basic.

Whenever I think of Fortran I get all misty eyed.

HomeInMyShoes · 01-03-2012, 09:28 AM

^Lol.

The first PC I programmed on was the SuperPet. I remember having to reset the PDP-11 in the computer labs at University.

Sweetpea · 01-03-2012, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by DrDln

You know you're getting old if you learned typing on typewriter.

I learned it on an electronic one, which was fine by me. As I simply can't press any keys down with my pinkies on a normal typewriter!

DrDln · 01-03-2012, 12:41 PM

You know you're getting old if you still mail your utilities bill.

01-01-2012, 12:52 PM	#49
HappyMartin Martin Kristiansen Posts: 1,546 Karma: 8480958 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Johannesburg Device: Kindle International Ipad 2	You know you are getting older when you have another birthday. Seems obvious but it was my 51st birthday this Christmas and I lay there in bed before getting up and just thought, "Wow, that is a lot of birthdays." Last edited by HappyMartin; 01-01-2012 at 01:12 PM.

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wannabee Media Bloke Posts: 2,381 Karma: 113956855 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: NSW - Australia Device: iOS	I work with an 84 year old 5 days a week who "mans" the counciling hot line. She says "You youngens are in the prime of your life. Enjoy them while they last because in the blink of an eye they'll be gone." All her friends and past husbands have all gone to the "moon", as she puts it. Speaking of electronic items. She remembers when they got electricity.

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DrDln Banned Posts: 1,527 Karma: 2349214 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Mountain House, CA Device: kindle	You know you're getting old when you don't like adding another year to your age on your birthday.

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VeggieCat Bacon Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 559834 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Southwest USA Device: Kindle Fire 10, Kindle Voyage, iPod Nano 7th gen (for audiobooks)	Forewarning- I'm an 80's child You know you're getting older when... sometimes you had to blow in your video game cartriges to get them to work words like "rad" and "tubular" were a regular part of your vocabulary you used to devour Choose Your Own Adventure books you actually wore things like stirrup pants, jelly shoes, and hypercolor shirts I could go on and on and on...

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DrDln Banned Posts: 1,527 Karma: 2349214 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Mountain House, CA Device: kindle	You know you're getting old if you learned typing on typewriter.

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HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	^Lol. The first PC I programmed on was the SuperPet. I remember having to reset the PDP-11 in the computer labs at University.

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DrDln Banned Posts: 1,527 Karma: 2349214 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Mountain House, CA Device: kindle	You know you're getting old if you still mail your utilities bill.