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From: Ant on 6 Apr 2010 16:51 "Jenn" wrote: > "Dustin Cook" wrote: >> "Ant" wrote: >>> Is he going to be stuck in time? Hang on a minute, are you saying he >>> was only 8 or 9 years old when you were born? >> >> No. He passed away at age 40. I'm almost 33 now. So in 8 years, I will be >> older than him; as he's dead and isn't aging anymore...It's just one of >> those things you don't expect, then one day.. it happens. Oops... sorry. My dad's about 86 now and increasingly dependent on me for things like basic shopping. >> the geek doesn't bother me as much as it did in school; intelligence has >> nice rewards, but at the same time it's a double edged sword. I had a >> sinking feeling when I was a kid messing around computers how things >> would be when I got older. And for the most part, things worked out as I >> expected them too. Very disappointing, but predictable. Computers were unheard of in school when I was a kid. It was only after some years of work that I got into them and never looked back. >> If you wound up with a family and the nice house and pickett fence and >> all that jazz then you beat the norm. Being a geek usually includes >> antisocialism; and for me, it will eventually be my undoing. heh, the >> irony of the whole situation is I more than likely will be directly >> responsible; perhaps on purpose even. > > I'm a bit of a geek... and even more unusual a female geek.. sort of LOL > ... try wrapping your mind around that bit of irony ... only I am better at > the creative stuff .. LOL I think the notion that geeks (or computer > people) have an antisocial bent is a misinterpretation of the reality that > most of us are independent, practical, creative, artistic people, and also > good at math.. Are you good at math?? :) Creative people don't have the > same need for alot of social acceptance... not that creative people don't > enjoy it ... we just don't depend on it like some other personality types > might. FWIW.. you don't seem antisocial to me at all.. just normal. LOL Well said, Jenn. I can stay at home for days at a time and be totally wrapped up in what I'm doing, computing-wise. Fortunately, I have a circle of friends and acquaintances at my local pub and make a point of going there for lunch a few times a week to keep in touch with the real world! >> So to sum it up, if getting older (60s, 70s) or however old you are, >> under present conditions does not appeal to me. > > Actually, the older a person gets, the more comfortable it gets being true > to ones self. You are 33? It gets better ....... :) That's very true. Overall, I'm much more content and settled than I was in my 30's.
From: Leonard Agoado on 6 Apr 2010 17:05 "Leythos" <spam999free(a)rrohio.com> wrote > Punch cards, both the 96 and the earlier version as well as having to > toggle instructions into the "computer" via switches and then > increment... We've come a long way since those days. Punch cards using FORTRAN with WatIV and WatV. Nothing like the feeling of a stack of cards clutched in your hand as the squeezed middle explodes and scatters upward on your way to the batch tray. Next two hours on a wide expanse of floor reordering them - "Here's 0001, now here's 0693, now 0428, oh yeah 0002 after 0001, here's 1867..." Regards, Len Agoado agoado(a)msn.com
From: Heather on 6 Apr 2010 17:12 "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote > Heather wrote: >> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote: >>> Heather wrote: >>>> "ASCII" wrote: >>>>> Heather wrote: >>>>>> now I will leave it to you to figure out what the 6th time zone is, >>>>>> lol. >>>>> >>>>> Isn't there an 'Atlantic' zone for the far eastern provinces? >>>> >>>> Yes.......but just for 3 of the Maritime Provinces. Newfoundland >>>> is the 6th zone, being 30 minutes closer to GMT. Can't remember >>>> why they went this route, but they didn't join up with Canada until >>>> 1949. >>> >>> It was a Newfie joke, wasn't it? <g> >> >> The Newfies becoming Canadians?? Or their strange time zone, lol. > > Yes. > > <g> > ahhhh, but they picked us over you..........so they can't be all that dumb, lol. There are still 2 islands south of Nfld that belong to France, and I would love to go there. (St. Pierre et Miquelon.....they speak 17th century Basque French) XX Figgs
From: Heather on 6 Apr 2010 17:13 "gufus" <stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca> wrote in message news:1270561553(a)f77.n342.z1.fidonet.org... > Hi Heather, > > Monday April 05 2010, Heather writes to ASCII: > > > Yes.......but just for 3 of the Maritime Provinces. > > Newfoundland is the 6th zone, being 30 minutes closer to > > GMT. Can't remember why they went this route, but they > > didn't join up with Canada until 1949. > > Are you a history teacher or something? > More along the lines of a *something*........with an insatiable curiosity and running out of time to learn it all.
From: Bullwinkle on 6 Apr 2010 17:21
Is that what you told your wife when you found out about the other men? "~BD~" <BoaterDave(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:wsSdnW1_TeAo4CbWnZ2dnUVZ8k6dnZ2d(a)bt.com... I do not wish to argue about this. -- Dave |