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T-R-A
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Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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Location: Western NC
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 4:17 am |
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Fill in the blank:
You know you're really old ______ .
(My answer is "when you've moved 80 machines in your basement around since 4:00 a.m. just so the furnace guy can get a path through to service the furnace.)
I gotta get rid of some of this cr*p.... |
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Puckdropper
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:05 pm |
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You know you're really old when...
You remember the first time a vaccum tube-based computer was powered up. |
_________________ >say "Hello sailor"
Nothing happens here.
>score
Your score is 202 (total of 350 points), in 866 moves.
This gives you the rank of Adventurer. |
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T-R-A
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Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:52 am |
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wdegroot
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Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:56 pm |
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when fax machines were only seen in movies ( sci-fi)
and before copy machines.
and tv sets had a mirror on a lid and the tube pointed UP.
aaaagh yes i remember that well. |
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:43 am |
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When "fax" machines were still called facsimile machines? :p |
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jforb
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Joined: 22 Oct 2005
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:09 pm |
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....if you remember when a communicator was a prop on star trek, not something every kid carries around. |
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:38 am |
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U know u'r old when you remember u'r dad buying the family the first TV and neigbours
came and watched, 1 channel to choose from, and a homemade antenna. |
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