Remember When
March 8th, 2015 at 4:28:10 PM
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I think I heard on TV the other day that the last public execution in this country was in 1937.
Remember when criminals were placed in pillories? We should bring back that too. Nothing like a pillory to wipe that smirk off one's face.
I remember when I saw my first don't walk sign that was a lit red silloutte of a guy walking. I remember thinking this was done for people that might not speak English. The signs in red used to actually read: Don't Walk. (This was in 1983.)
Remember when you called a business on the phone and didn't have to hear the message in Spanish too. And now when you call a business you often hear, "Due to high call volume your wait may be longer than expected". Of course, this is blamed on the Big Recession. Come on, that was a few years ago. Hire some more people that speak English as their first language! And for all if you that are too young to remember, about 20-plus years ago or so, there were no menu options--press #1 if you want this, press #2 if you want that, press #3 if you want such and such, press #4 for other options. A LIVE PERSON answered the phone!!!
Now the DMV makes their driver's manuals in about 8 different languages. How inviting. One less reason to assimilate and learn English.
I'm not totally sure about this but 150 years ago or abouts, you couldn't just declare bankruptcy to get out of debt. Your debts were your debts for life.
Remember when criminals were placed in pillories? We should bring back that too. Nothing like a pillory to wipe that smirk off one's face.
I remember when I saw my first don't walk sign that was a lit red silloutte of a guy walking. I remember thinking this was done for people that might not speak English. The signs in red used to actually read: Don't Walk. (This was in 1983.)
Remember when you called a business on the phone and didn't have to hear the message in Spanish too. And now when you call a business you often hear, "Due to high call volume your wait may be longer than expected". Of course, this is blamed on the Big Recession. Come on, that was a few years ago. Hire some more people that speak English as their first language! And for all if you that are too young to remember, about 20-plus years ago or so, there were no menu options--press #1 if you want this, press #2 if you want that, press #3 if you want such and such, press #4 for other options. A LIVE PERSON answered the phone!!!
Now the DMV makes their driver's manuals in about 8 different languages. How inviting. One less reason to assimilate and learn English.
I'm not totally sure about this but 150 years ago or abouts, you couldn't just declare bankruptcy to get out of debt. Your debts were your debts for life.
March 8th, 2015 at 4:57:20 PM
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Quote: GreasyjohnYeah, I don't remember girls getting hit with a paddle,
They used to do it in the grammer schools
in the 30's and 40's. I remember reading
racy novels in the early 60's that were
written in the 40's. 10-12 years old girls
getting the paddle in front of the class
was a favorite thing for dirty old men.
It wasn't sexual at all, but then again it
was. Today it would be criminal.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
March 8th, 2015 at 5:14:53 PM
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Quote: GreasyjohnYeah, when I was in junior high, before they referred to it as middle school, if you did something really wrong, you went into the dean's office, bent over, and got from one to three hard wacks with a wood paddle on the keister. These days kids are more sarcastic. They should bring corporal punishment back.
I think we debated whether holes in the paddle made it worse.
Also, I remember one teacher who only hit you once, but his whole body came off the ground when he did it. Math teacher. Although it happened right in class, not in the Dean's office.
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March 8th, 2015 at 7:44:55 PM
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Quote: EvenBobThey did that in my public school
till 1967. It was always the same
guys getting it and never a girl.
When I was in HS I think one teacher said he would paddle a girl, don't remember it ever happening.
I remember one guy getting called to the office from the lunch room. Didn't even know who he was but someone in my group said he was screwing off in some class somewhere and was probably going to get swatted. Sure enough ten minutes later he comes down and says, "I JUST GOT BEAT" to his friends and anyone who cared to hear. Sat down and got right back up.
Often surprised I never got it for doing donuts in the snow in the parking lot. I just got grabbed by the hair and told if I ever did that again "I'd get it" but "it" was left to the imagination.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
March 18th, 2015 at 12:31:16 AM
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Anybody else remember the Conelrad drills from
the mid and late 50's and early 60's? My dad
built a bomb shelter in the back yard, that's
how seriously close to nuclear attack we
thought we were.
the mid and late 50's and early 60's? My dad
built a bomb shelter in the back yard, that's
how seriously close to nuclear attack we
thought we were.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
April 21st, 2015 at 7:17:03 PM
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I have a cell phone for emergencies only. I
sometimes use it to find my wife in the
casino. It's a Tracfone and expires every
90 days. I've had cells since 1997 and
have yet to use one for an emergency.
I then remembered I have been driving
since 1965 and have never needed a
phone in all that time for an emergency.
So why am I nervous about not getting
the Tracfone renewed, if I drove without
one for 32 years.
It's because I'm dependent on it now, even
though I never use it. That's what technology
does, it makes us more and more dependent
on it. If I'm dependent and never use it,
what's it like for people who use theirs
for hours a day. I can't imagine.
sometimes use it to find my wife in the
casino. It's a Tracfone and expires every
90 days. I've had cells since 1997 and
have yet to use one for an emergency.
I then remembered I have been driving
since 1965 and have never needed a
phone in all that time for an emergency.
So why am I nervous about not getting
the Tracfone renewed, if I drove without
one for 32 years.
It's because I'm dependent on it now, even
though I never use it. That's what technology
does, it makes us more and more dependent
on it. If I'm dependent and never use it,
what's it like for people who use theirs
for hours a day. I can't imagine.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
April 21st, 2015 at 8:25:13 PM
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Quote: EvenBobIt's a Tracfone and expires every
90 days. I've had cells since 1997 and
have yet to use one for an emergency.
Don't they let you call 911 even if the contract expires, or is that a myth?
There is an emergency phone (forgot where I saw it) One time $100 charge. All you have to do is check the battery is good. Good forever or until you break it.
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April 21st, 2015 at 8:35:19 PM
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Quote: EvenBobI have a cell phone for emergencies only. I
sometimes use it to find my wife in the
casino. It's a Tracfone and expires every
90 days. I've had cells since 1997 and
have yet to use one for an emergency.
I then remembered I have been driving
since 1965 and have never needed a
phone in all that time for an emergency.
So why am I nervous about not getting
the Tracfone renewed, if I drove without
one for 32 years.
It's because I'm dependent on it now, even
though I never use it. That's what technology
does, it makes us more and more dependent
on it. If I'm dependent and never use it,
what's it like for people who use theirs
for hours a day. I can't imagine.
A few years ago when I went to Vegas I stayed at hotels that had free local calls. Then call the local access number to an automated service where after I hear a tone enter my 16 digit long distance code, then call my work and retrieve my messages. Then I went through the same procedure to call clients in my home state. With this service it cost me 1 cent a minute. Now I have a smart phone. Yes it's about $86 a month. But I enjoy the ease of use, and having the Internet at my fingertips is invaluable.
April 21st, 2015 at 8:40:20 PM
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Quote: EvenBobI have a cell phone for emergencies only. I
sometimes use it to find my wife in the
casino. It's a Tracfone and expires every
90 days. I've had cells since 1997 and
have yet to use one for an emergency.
I then remembered I have been driving
since 1965 and have never needed a
phone in all that time for an emergency.
So why am I nervous about not getting
the Tracfone renewed, if I drove without
one for 32 years.
It's because I'm dependent on it now, even
though I never use it. That's what technology
does, it makes us more and more dependent
on it. If I'm dependent and never use it,
what's it like for people who use theirs
for hours a day. I can't imagine.
If you haven't had an emergency since '97, I suggest you try harder. Comfort is boring. Live a little.
I find my phone has insidiously crept into my life since purchasing one, to the point I do the whole check something pointless and can't even remember what I just did. Or even check something important and have to check again because I forgot. Smart phones = dumb people.
But when I can't use it, or even when I'm just out of my routine, it drops completely off my radar. When I'm out fishing or kayaking or playing hockey, the last thing I'm thinking about is texting or Facebook or forums. That can wait until home. When I'm out, I'm out. Out of town, out of touch. You gotta have somewhere where you can be legitimately alone.
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April 21st, 2015 at 9:14:20 PM
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Quote: Facethe last thing I'm thinking about is texting
Never sent a text, never gotten one. I
don't know why I'd need them. Why
do people send them? What's so
important that it can't wait. I haven't
had a personal phone conversation
in months. I called my insurance agent
last month on GoogleTalk, that's was
the only call I've made since Feb.
I guess that's odd, but I've always
hated talking on the phone since
I was a kid. I love the one way
conversation of posting, just shoot
it out there and forget about it.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
April 21st, 2015 at 9:39:03 PM
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Quote: EvenBob
I guess that's odd, but I've always
hated talking on the phone since
I was a kid. I love the one way
conversation of posting, just shoot
it out there and forget about it.
That's exactly why you text, dear EB. I loathe talking on the phone. Plus I'm a guy. No problem I have or that you have and need me to fix is gonna take over 100 words to convey. If it does, it is beyond my ability and you don't need to talk to me, period.
Texting cuts out all the BS of being tied into a direct conversation. Plus the phone has so many niceties and other BS to get through. Hey, how ya doin, how things been, oh I heard about that, how's Steve, that's good... then finally - "What do you want for dinner?". Texting is just "Dinner?", and you can sit for a half hour and think or watch playoff hockey and wait until commercial or finish pleasing the missus and clean up or whatever else you want to do, then eventually just text back "turkey" at your leisure.
It's totally (at least for me) not about contact right then and there. It's specifically about avoiding direct contact, and communicating both efficiently and when I see fit. If you're contacting me, I don't give a hell what you're up to and highly doubt you'll be enthralled with my latest goings on. Just get to the point and leave me be. And texting is by far the best way to do that.
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April 21st, 2015 at 9:45:55 PM
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Quote: FaceIf you're contacting me, I don't give a hell what you're up to and highly doubt you'll be enthralled with my latest goings on. Just get to the point and leave me be.
lol, that's it exactly. As soon as I get on
the phone I'm bored to tears and just
want to get off. I don't care about you're
boring life and you sure as hell don't care
about mine. So even when I had a phone,
nobody had my number. And if they did
I had a machine that screened all calls.
Sometimes I'm stuck listening to my wife
in the car on the phone. Why does she
think anybody wants that many details
of what she's been doing.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
April 22nd, 2015 at 3:59:04 AM
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Quote: EvenBobNever sent a text, never gotten one. I
don't know why I'd need them. Why
do people send them? What's so
important that it can't wait.
I used to think texting was silly, until I started using it. From a practical standpoint there are some good uses. It avoids the old "phone tag" thing. If I need something simple I can send the person a text describing it and they can leave a descriptive answer. Sure you could leave a message, but if you do then you need to remember the answer they gave or else listen to the message again.
For example, I can ask one of my teammates "Hey, does anyone have the court case 342 NOV 1879? They can read that far faster than they can listen to it. And they can reply easier and faster. BOOM, it's done. This is also good if you are in a place where you cannot or it is rude to make a call. In the courthouse they frown on or ban phone use. But they do not care about texting, except in some areas I never go anyways (e.g.: Family Court, Adult Probation, Common Pleas.)
For personal use, it has fun parts. I know a guy I haven't talked to in like 6 years. But we keep in touch via text. Fun stuff mostly. But if not for text we would have lost touch. If one of us needs a job reference or something other for business there we are. Meantime I prefer texting to him vs talking to many of the people I have worked with over the years. I have a few other contacts that I am on a business-level relationship with and to call each other is a little weird, but if we need a reference we can text and say "yo, so and so might be calling about me!"
It is not always about "it can wait," although some people live on texts and that I do not get. It has its uses.
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April 22nd, 2015 at 6:17:57 AM
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texting is just emailing on a different device. If you 'get' what email is about you get texting.
In fact you can text to an email address, and vice versa, I'm amazed how many people don't know that or let it sink in. My wife constantly forgets you can do this.
You need to know how to email to a cell phone, but to text to an email address is as simple as it sounds
Alltel [10-digit phone number]@message.alltel.com
Example: 1234567890@message.alltel.com
AT&T (formerly Cingular) [10-digit phone number]@txt.att.net
[10-digit phone number]@mms.att.net (MMS)
[10-digit phone number]@cingularme.com
Example: 1234567890@txt.att.net
Boost Mobile [10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com
Example: 1234567890@myboostmobile.com
Nextel (now Sprint Nextel) [10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com
Example: 1234567890@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel) [10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com
[10-digit phone number]@pm.sprint.com (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile [10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net
Example: 1234567890@tmomail.net
US Cellular [10-digit phone number]email.uscc.net (SMS)
[10-digit phone number]@mms.uscc.net (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@email.uscc.net
Verizon [10-digit phone number]@vtext.com
[10-digit phone number]@vzwpix.com (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@vtext.com
Virgin Mobile USA [10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com
Example: 1234567890@vmobl.com
In fact you can text to an email address, and vice versa, I'm amazed how many people don't know that or let it sink in. My wife constantly forgets you can do this.
You need to know how to email to a cell phone, but to text to an email address is as simple as it sounds
Alltel [10-digit phone number]@message.alltel.com
Example: 1234567890@message.alltel.com
AT&T (formerly Cingular) [10-digit phone number]@txt.att.net
[10-digit phone number]@mms.att.net (MMS)
[10-digit phone number]@cingularme.com
Example: 1234567890@txt.att.net
Boost Mobile [10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com
Example: 1234567890@myboostmobile.com
Nextel (now Sprint Nextel) [10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com
Example: 1234567890@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel) [10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com
[10-digit phone number]@pm.sprint.com (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile [10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net
Example: 1234567890@tmomail.net
US Cellular [10-digit phone number]email.uscc.net (SMS)
[10-digit phone number]@mms.uscc.net (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@email.uscc.net
Verizon [10-digit phone number]@vtext.com
[10-digit phone number]@vzwpix.com (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@vtext.com
Virgin Mobile USA [10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com
Example: 1234567890@vmobl.com
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April 22nd, 2015 at 7:27:14 AM
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Good stuff, OG. I still have a 12-key "dumb" phone. (It's actually a RAZR V3. If it were 2004, I'd be the coolest kid on the block!) If I'm at my desk, it is usually easier to "text" via email than to punch out a long text on the 12-key.
PS, I can verify that the Verizon info you posted is still good. If you are in doubt, you can always text from your phone to your email and see what the "from" address looks like.
PS, I can verify that the Verizon info you posted is still good. If you are in doubt, you can always text from your phone to your email and see what the "from" address looks like.
"Dealer has 'rock'... Pay 'paper!'"
April 22nd, 2015 at 8:15:40 AM
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Delete.
April 22nd, 2015 at 8:23:34 AM
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Quote: odiousgambittexting is just emailing on a different device. If you 'get' what email is about you get texting.
In fact you can text to an email address, and vice versa, I'm amazed how many people don't know that or let it sink in. My wife constantly forgets you can do this.
You need to know how to email to a cell phone, but to text to an email address is as simple as it sounds
Alltel [10-digit phone number]@message.alltel.com
Example: 1234567890@message.alltel.com
AT&T (formerly Cingular) [10-digit phone number]@txt.att.net
[10-digit phone number]@mms.att.net (MMS)
[10-digit phone number]@cingularme.com
Example: 1234567890@txt.att.net
Boost Mobile [10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com
Example: 1234567890@myboostmobile.com
Nextel (now Sprint Nextel) [10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com
Example: 1234567890@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel) [10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com
[10-digit phone number]@pm.sprint.com (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile [10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net
Example: 1234567890@tmomail.net
US Cellular [10-digit phone number]email.uscc.net (SMS)
[10-digit phone number]@mms.uscc.net (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@email.uscc.net
Verizon [10-digit phone number]@vtext.com
[10-digit phone number]@vzwpix.com (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@vtext.com
Virgin Mobile USA [10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com
Example: 1234567890@vmobl.com
I have Sprint for my smart phone. I see what it says about Sprint. But how exactly would I send an e-mail to someone at gmail? And I use yahoo mail. Would the person be able to respond to my e-mail back to me at yahoo. I think I'm missing some steps.
April 22nd, 2015 at 12:37:27 PM
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Quote: GreasyjohnQuote: odiousgambittexting is just emailing on a different device. If you 'get' what email is about you get texting.
In fact you can text to an email address, and vice versa, I'm amazed how many people don't know that or let it sink in. My wife constantly forgets you can do this.
You need to know how to email to a cell phone, but to text to an email address is as simple as it sounds
Alltel [10-digit phone number]@message.alltel.com
Example: 1234567890@message.alltel.com
AT&T (formerly Cingular) [10-digit phone number]@txt.att.net
[10-digit phone number]@mms.att.net (MMS)
[10-digit phone number]@cingularme.com
Example: 1234567890@txt.att.net
Boost Mobile [10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com
Example: 1234567890@myboostmobile.com
Nextel (now Sprint Nextel) [10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com
Example: 1234567890@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel) [10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com
[10-digit phone number]@pm.sprint.com (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile [10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net
Example: 1234567890@tmomail.net
US Cellular [10-digit phone number]email.uscc.net (SMS)
[10-digit phone number]@mms.uscc.net (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@email.uscc.net
Verizon [10-digit phone number]@vtext.com
[10-digit phone number]@vzwpix.com (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@vtext.com
Virgin Mobile USA [10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com
Example: 1234567890@vmobl.com
I have Sprint for my smart phone. I see what it says about Sprint. But how exactly would I send an e-mail to someone at gmail? And I use yahoo mail. Would the person be able to respond to my e-mail back to me at yahoo. I think I'm missing some steps.
My understanding is that I can bump this if I add something enlightening: I'd like others to have this option too. (A little altruism.)
Any help would be appreciated.
April 22nd, 2015 at 12:45:32 PM
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If you want to send a text to an email address, just type the email address into the recipient area above the text. Greasyjohn@gmail.com would reach you with a text, picture, attachment of whatever from your phone. Going the other way, I'm not sure. I think, through your carrier, you can opt-in to an email address that reaches your phone. But I think you're better off reading your email and responding to your email off your mobile site; my email has an address with sign-in page to start, where I can pull it up from anywhere on my phone, tablet, or anywhere I have internet access.
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
April 22nd, 2015 at 12:49:14 PM
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I guess I have sent a text. To my brother.
I type his phone number into my gmail
address line @sprint.com or somesuch,
and he gets the message as a text.
I type his phone number into my gmail
address line @sprint.com or somesuch,
and he gets the message as a text.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
April 22nd, 2015 at 12:59:53 PM
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Quote: beachbumbabsIf you want to send a text to an email address, just type the email address into the recipient area above the text. Greasyjohn@gmail.com would reach you with a text, picture, attachment of whatever from your phone.
Interesting. Never knew that. Never though about it really. Not sure why I would send a text to an email address when I could send it to their phone and they would see it immediately. But good to know.
Quote: EvenBobI guess I have sent a text. To my brother.
I type his phone number into my gmail
address line @sprint.com or somesuch,
and he gets the message as a text.
Good for you EB! Your breaking the old dog/new trick mold. :) Some how, I picture you with and old flip phone cell and an old rotary land line. (and a glass of vodka) :/
April 22nd, 2015 at 1:02:47 PM
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I neither have Sprint (Verizon) nor a smart phone (RAZR V3), but to send someone a text and have it arrive in their email mailbox, I enter their regular email address (e.g. "greasyjohn@yahoo.com") in the text message's "To" field instead of a phone number. When they get it, they can just click "reply" and the reply will be sent back to my phone.
If I want to send an email and have the recipient receive it as a text, I email it to "1234567890@vtext.com." I assume the address template OG provided for Sprint works the same way.
A good way to check is to send a text to your own email address and then see what the "From" address is.
If I want to send an email and have the recipient receive it as a text, I email it to "1234567890@vtext.com." I assume the address template OG provided for Sprint works the same way.
A good way to check is to send a text to your own email address and then see what the "From" address is.
"Dealer has 'rock'... Pay 'paper!'"
April 22nd, 2015 at 1:10:24 PM
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Quote: beachbumbabsIf you want to send a text to an email address, just type the email address into the recipient area above the text. Greasyjohn@gmail.com would reach you with a text, picture, attachment of whatever from your phone. Going the other way, I'm not sure. I think, through your carrier, you can opt-in to an email address that reaches your phone. But I think you're better off reading your email and responding to your email off your mobile site; my email has an address with sign-in page to start, where I can pull it up from anywhere on my phone, tablet, or anywhere I have internet access.
Thanks, Babs and others for the help.
April 22nd, 2015 at 1:56:58 PM
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Quote: FleaStiffRasberry Pi ??
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I have 6 (4 Raspberry Pi and 2 recently purchased Raspberry Pi 2). Look forward to "playing" with them. Mostly used for Media Center Servers, but have grand ideas for Lunar Command Module and Mission Control homework desk, for the kids.
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April 23rd, 2015 at 11:04:28 PM
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May 7th, 2015 at 7:08:34 PM
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Nobody under the age of 50 can remember a
time without child resistant caps on pill bottles.
I hated the damn things and still do.
Nobody under the age of 60 can remember
when you had to open a beer can with a
'church key' can opener. I barely do. I
started drinking beer in 1964, the same
year pull tabs were introduced.
People under 55 can't remember a time
when a cigarette pack had no warning
label. The first ones in 1966 said:
Caution: Cigarette Smoking May be Hazardous to Your Health
Ooh, scary stuff. It was the later more
ominous ones that made people quit.
time without child resistant caps on pill bottles.
I hated the damn things and still do.
Nobody under the age of 60 can remember
when you had to open a beer can with a
'church key' can opener. I barely do. I
started drinking beer in 1964, the same
year pull tabs were introduced.
People under 55 can't remember a time
when a cigarette pack had no warning
label. The first ones in 1966 said:
Caution: Cigarette Smoking May be Hazardous to Your Health
Ooh, scary stuff. It was the later more
ominous ones that made people quit.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
May 7th, 2015 at 7:15:57 PM
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My dad had a unopened pack of filterless Camels and Lucky Strikes from the 40's. Think that was when he quit.
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May 7th, 2015 at 8:47:14 PM
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Quote: EvenBobNobody under the age of 50 can remember a
time without child resistant caps on pill bottles.
I hated the damn things and still do.
Nobody under the age of 60 can remember
when you had to open a beer can with a
'church key' can opener. I barely do. I
started drinking beer in 1964, the same
year pull tabs were introduced.
People under 55 can't remember a time
when a cigarette pack had no warning
label. The first ones in 1966 said:
Caution: Cigarette Smoking May be Hazardous to Your Health
Ooh, scary stuff. It was the later more
ominous ones that made people quit.
The Tylenol Scare of 1982 changed packaging forever. I remember opening cans of beer with a church key. And the cans were steel I believe--much heavier than aluminum.
I remember when every gas station had a Coke machine. And all filling stations did mechanical repairs.
I remember going to the grocery store and asking the checkers if they had any Mercury dimes in their drawer. Used to get two or three each visit.
Everyone in 1965 had clothes lines in their back yards.
May 11th, 2015 at 9:38:32 AM
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Quote: EvenBobNobody under the age of 60 can remember
when you had to open a beer can with a
'church key' can opener. I barely do. I
started drinking beer in 1964, the same
year pull tabs were introduced.
And nobody under 35 would remember pull tabs!
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May 11th, 2015 at 9:44:21 AM
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Quote: GreasyjohnQuote: MrVRemember slide rules?
Remember when the nuns used to whack your hand with a yard stick or a pointer?
Yeah, when I was in junior high, before they referred to it as middle school, if you did something really wrong, you went into the dean's office, bent over, and got from one to three hard wacks with a wood paddle on the keister. These days kids are more sarcastic. They should bring corporal punishment back.
Back in those days the Apatosauras was referred to as a Brontosauras.
I went to a public school. If I remember correctly it wasn't until I was in 8th grade before they got rid of spanking. We were always given the choice of 2 hits with a solid paddle or 1 hit with the one with holes in it.
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May 11th, 2015 at 10:14:11 AM
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Wow. Where did you go to school? I was in grade school in the 60's we were never hit.Quote: GWAEQuote: GreasyjohnQuote: MrVRemember slide rules?
Remember when the nuns used to whack your hand with a yard stick or a pointer?
Yeah, when I was in junior high, before they referred to it as middle school, if you did something really wrong, you went into the dean's office, bent over, and got from one to three hard wacks with a wood paddle on the keister. These days kids are more sarcastic. They should bring corporal punishment back.
Back in those days the Apatosauras was referred to as a Brontosauras.
I went to a public school. If I remember correctly it wasn't until I was in 8th grade before they got rid of spanking. We were always given the choice of 2 hits with a solid paddle or 1 hit with the one with holes in it.
Happy days are here again
May 11th, 2015 at 1:11:49 PM
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Quote: HunterhillWhere did you go to school? I was in grade school in the 60's we were never hit.
I went to an all white middle class
HS in the 60's and kids were spanked
with a paddle all the time. In gym
class it was public, in the vice principals
office it was private. It was always the
same kids, and never a girl, as far as
I can remember.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
May 11th, 2015 at 1:22:02 PM
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Quote: EvenBobI went to an all white middle class
HS in the 60's and kids were spanked
with a paddle all the time. In gym
class it was public, in the vice principals
office it was private. It was always the
same kids, and never a girl, as far as
I can remember.
Our gym teachers threatened but never carried thru AFIK. This was the mid-80s. Usually you heard about a kid getting "swatted" 2-3 times a year. Never, ever for females. Ever.
Now once I heard about a girl had the threat. Teacher took her to the nurse's office and asked in front of her, "Is there any reason this girl cannot be paddled? Does she have a letter?" (parents could put an opt-out letter in your file.) Nurse said no and no. So he says, "Keep her here, I will be back."
This was during 1sr period. Guy says he went back in 8th period, last of the day, to find the biggest basket case you have ever seen in your life. No need to actually paddle her. I forget what he said she did.
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May 11th, 2015 at 1:39:08 PM
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They might have paddled girls in gym
class, that seems to ring a bell. But
it would have been rare. It was always
the same bullies who got it. Most of
them didn't graduate with their class,
if at all. And their lives were not the
greatest, from what I heard. But they
were all idiots, cig smoking mouth breathers
who never read a book or did any
homework. It had nothing to do with
getting paddled.
class, that seems to ring a bell. But
it would have been rare. It was always
the same bullies who got it. Most of
them didn't graduate with their class,
if at all. And their lives were not the
greatest, from what I heard. But they
were all idiots, cig smoking mouth breathers
who never read a book or did any
homework. It had nothing to do with
getting paddled.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
May 11th, 2015 at 2:05:36 PM
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Today I removed two triple A batteries from an old device and one chamber there was rust on the battery on both ends. I thought that only occurred with the old lead acid batteries.
Both say alkaline. Non name brand.
Both say alkaline. Non name brand.
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May 11th, 2015 at 2:12:10 PM
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Quote: EvenBobBut they were all idiots, cig smoking mouth breathers who never read a book or did any homework.
> mouth breathers You Are Standing Into Danger.
> did any homework Most of it is utterly useless. I recall the 11th Grade New Math was with a teacher who would collect homework from time to time but never return. I was so put off by his notion of property rights that I didn't do the homework. Once, when calling on individual students to provide an answer, he heard a series of wrong answers and then called on me, I glanced at my paper and announced "n equals minus two-thirds" which turned out be correct and not even our "second year guy" had gotten it correct.
>never read a book I read books on criminal law, bankruptcy law, biology, physics, poetry. I recall not being liked by teachers much, particularly when my book report for Non-Fiction was on The Mentally Disturbed Teacher.
May 18th, 2015 at 8:46:42 PM
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Anybody remember this commercial? Some say
it's the best commercial ever made. It floored
me the first time I saw it in 1971. Still does, in
a way. It's right in the middle of the Hippie era,
and it mirrored their beliefs perfectly. It was
the iconic ending last night of the hit show
Madmen. The perfect ending, actually.
it's the best commercial ever made. It floored
me the first time I saw it in 1971. Still does, in
a way. It's right in the middle of the Hippie era,
and it mirrored their beliefs perfectly. It was
the iconic ending last night of the hit show
Madmen. The perfect ending, actually.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
May 18th, 2015 at 9:13:19 PM
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In California they swatted kids in 1968 in middle school. It was 1985 that they got rid of parking meters that used pennies. From then on it was nickels on up. Now parking meters have instructions on them that go on forever. And it was 1985 that pay phones went from 10 cents to a quarter.
When I call my bank there are endless menus of prompts; and you almost always get people where English is not their first language. Remember when phone answering machines became popular in about 1979. And everybody had house plants in the early '70s. I remember about 1972 going to get my hair styled. Before that you went to a barber for 1/3 the cost. I've cut my own hair for the last 25 years. I think I paid about $475 for my first VCR in about 1984. I went with a friend to pick one out. He liked to buy things on the high side. I could have gotten one for about $175.
When I got my first computer for work it was an IBM 36. 1988. Two monitors, two keyboards and a tower. $17,000. No internet. DOS.
When I call my bank there are endless menus of prompts; and you almost always get people where English is not their first language. Remember when phone answering machines became popular in about 1979. And everybody had house plants in the early '70s. I remember about 1972 going to get my hair styled. Before that you went to a barber for 1/3 the cost. I've cut my own hair for the last 25 years. I think I paid about $475 for my first VCR in about 1984. I went with a friend to pick one out. He liked to buy things on the high side. I could have gotten one for about $175.
When I got my first computer for work it was an IBM 36. 1988. Two monitors, two keyboards and a tower. $17,000. No internet. DOS.
May 18th, 2015 at 10:01:01 PM
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Quote: GreasyjohnAnd everybody had house plants in the early '70s.
Things must be worse than I thought.
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May 19th, 2015 at 1:18:23 AM
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I remember the turtleneck guy better than the catchy tune. There were about 500,000 or so of him. He was everywhere in 1973, with a fashionable New Age opinion of everything. And was peddling a different kind of coke in nightclubs with spinning mirrored balls on the ceilings 1978. And just out of rehab in 1983. And writing scripts for 'meaningful dramas' and planning his move to Washington while campaigning for Gary Hart in 1988. And doing 'spiritual awareness & self-actualization motivational seminars' in 1993. And was last reported to be going away upstate for 3 to 5 for fleecing people in some kind of fake internet paperclips-dot-com shell company scam in 1998. But still had that turtleneck, and $40 hairdo. Disclaimer: I think I might still have a turtleneck somewhere, but I'm not sure exactly where it is or if I may have used it as a paint rag.Quote: EvenBob
Ferns. Yes they were.Quote: rxwineThings must be worse than I thought.
Suck dope, watch TV, make up stuff, be somebody on the internet.
May 19th, 2015 at 1:23:15 AM
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Quote: HunterhillWow. Where did you go to school? I was in grade school in the 60's we were never hit.Quote: GWAEQuote: GreasyjohnQuote: MrVRemember slide rules?
Remember when the nuns used to whack your hand with a yard stick or a pointer?
Yeah, when I was in junior high, before they referred to it as middle school, if you did something really wrong, you went into the dean's office, bent over, and got from one to three hard wacks with a wood paddle on the keister. These days kids are more sarcastic. They should bring corporal punishment back.
Back in those days the Apatosauras was referred to as a Brontosauras.
I went to a public school. If I remember correctly it wasn't until I was in 8th grade before they got rid of spanking. We were always given the choice of 2 hits with a solid paddle or 1 hit with the one with holes in it.
I am actually not that old. Thus was in the last 80's in pittsburgh.
Expect the worst and you will never be disappointed.
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May 19th, 2015 at 1:29:51 AM
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Quote: GreasyjohnIn California they swatted kids in 1968 in middle school. It was 1985 that they got rid of parking meters that used pennies. From then on it was nickels on up. Now parking meters have instructions on them that go on forever. And it was 1985 that pay phones went from 10 cents to a quarter.
When I call my bank there are endless menus of prompts; and you almost always get people where English is not their first language. Remember when phone answering machines became popular in about 1979. And everybody had house plants in the early '70s. I remember about 1972 going to get my hair styled. Before that you went to a barber for 1/3 the cost. I've cut my own hair for the last 25 years. I think I paid about $475 for my first VCR in about 1984. I went with a friend to pick one out. He liked to buy things on the high side. I could have gotten one for about $175.
When I got my first computer for work it was an IBM 36. 1988. Two monitors, two keyboards and a tower. $17,000. No internet. DOS.
I bought my first vcr in 1991 I believe it was. I bought it from service merchandise and I was the talk of the neighborhood. Year could be off a little, memory is starting to get foggy. It was well over $400.
Expect the worst and you will never be disappointed.
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May 19th, 2015 at 2:51:53 AM
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Quote: EvenBobAnybody remember this commercial? Some say
it's the best commercial ever made. It floored
me the first time I saw it in 1971. Still does, in
a way. It's right in the middle of the Hippie era,
and it mirrored their beliefs perfectly. It was
the iconic ending last night of the hit show
Madmen. The perfect ending, actually.
Too young to remember it first hitting, though I remember hearing about it. I remember the "reunion" one KO made with them returning as middle-age folks discussing why the place had not been developed with condos by then. I actually heard the commercial years before I learned the music came from a different song.
I heard about the MM ending, have to wait for Netfilx to see for myself. I do prefer endings to shows where life goes on but we just do not get to look in on their lives anymore. Don Draper would never have been able to adjust to the 1980s.
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May 19th, 2015 at 6:29:28 AM
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Quote: GWAEI bought my first vcr in 1991 I believe it was. I bought it from service merchandise and I was the talk of the neighborhood. Year could be off a little, memory is starting to get foggy. It was well over $400.
I bought my first Betamax in 1984 for $1000. It came with Raiders of the Lost Ark, and could be plugged into the stereo for a real theater experience. It was fantastic. This was before big-store tape rental places, so I joined a few mom-n-pop video rental places. Back then, they made you join a "club" for $35/year and movies were under $5 rental for 3 days I believe. Some places were divided down the middle of the store, Beta on one side, VHS on the other, but some others had the two side by side. First time I rented, I didn't realize the difference and got VHS by accident. Tower Records actually sold movies, virtually all were $100. Wasn't until Pepsi sponsored Michael Jackson's Thriller for $20 that prices started to come down. I still have a big box of old Beta tapes and player in storage that I look through every few years. Interesting to see old episodes of Miami Vice or those new Twilight Zones or Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and see the old commercials. No Internet or cell phone commercials yet, or boner pills or car insurance.
"Poker sure is an easy game to beat if you have the roll to keep rebuying."
May 19th, 2015 at 7:43:31 AM
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I owned a dickey in about 1972. I guess it's also referred to as a turtleneck dickey. You put it over your head under your shirt and you looked like you were wearing a turtleneck. Honestly, I think I only wore it once or twice.
Remember about 1984 there were several 1/2 hour exercise programs on TV featuring two or three sexy girls doing aerobics in spandex outfits?
Also about 1984 everyone, and I mean everyone had a pair of white Reeboks.
Remember around 1990 there were tons of commercials on TV advertising phone chat for about $2-4 a minute?
Anyone remember the macrame explosion in about 1972?
When I was a kid no one had a clue about the game of backgammon that was always on the reverse side of an inexpensive chess board. Then in 1980 every dance club had a room dedicated to dozens of people playing the game. This was about the same time that every large dance club had a mechanical bull; and every dance club had at least one night a week dedicated to western line dancing. The movie Urban Cowboy was huge. About this time Bumper Pool was in.
In 1978 I used to go to a roller skating rink on Wendesday nights. Roller Disco was fun; skating to Heart Of Glass and Sister Sledge. Then about 1982 or so in-line skates came in. Everybody got those and kept their old 4-wheel-like-a-car skates in the closet. (I never tried in-line skates.)
Last time I was on a horse was 1973. I'm sure if I got on one today it would feel like I just rode one last week.
Remember about 1984 there were several 1/2 hour exercise programs on TV featuring two or three sexy girls doing aerobics in spandex outfits?
Also about 1984 everyone, and I mean everyone had a pair of white Reeboks.
Remember around 1990 there were tons of commercials on TV advertising phone chat for about $2-4 a minute?
Anyone remember the macrame explosion in about 1972?
When I was a kid no one had a clue about the game of backgammon that was always on the reverse side of an inexpensive chess board. Then in 1980 every dance club had a room dedicated to dozens of people playing the game. This was about the same time that every large dance club had a mechanical bull; and every dance club had at least one night a week dedicated to western line dancing. The movie Urban Cowboy was huge. About this time Bumper Pool was in.
In 1978 I used to go to a roller skating rink on Wendesday nights. Roller Disco was fun; skating to Heart Of Glass and Sister Sledge. Then about 1982 or so in-line skates came in. Everybody got those and kept their old 4-wheel-like-a-car skates in the closet. (I never tried in-line skates.)
Last time I was on a horse was 1973. I'm sure if I got on one today it would feel like I just rode one last week.
May 19th, 2015 at 7:27:11 PM
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Maybe it's a regional thing, but remember MAC machines and MAC card. I am not sure when that changed.
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May 19th, 2015 at 7:41:21 PM
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Quote: zippyboyTower Records actually sold movies, virtually all were $100. Wasn't until Pepsi sponsored Michael Jackson's Thriller for $20 that prices started to come down.
The model was called "priced for rental" - $100 is what rental stores paid for the tapes. After a few months, the price would drop to $30 or so. It stopped when DVDs first came out; so few people owned DVD players that they charged a low price to buy them, and when the studios noticed that it wasn't affecting rentals significantly, they kept the low prices even when DVDs became the standard.
Similarly, there was a policy that a TV series could not be released on VHS until something like eight years after it had been airing on syndication - for example, pretty much every episode of Friends was available in Europe before any were released in the USA. I think Ally McBeal was the first series to have a season released on DVD pretty much immediately after it aired, and soon this became normal practice as well.
May 21st, 2015 at 10:07:07 AM
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In Cleveland the first ATM was called the Green Machine. This was Society Bank which was the big bank at the time (now Key Bank). Now I understand TD Bank is calling their ATMs Green Machines.Quote: GWAEMaybe it's a regional thing, but remember MAC machines and MAC card. I am not sure when that changed.
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May 21st, 2015 at 11:18:57 AM
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Quote: GWAEMaybe it's a regional thing, but remember MAC machines and MAC card. I am not sure when that changed.
MAC referred to the network to which the bank/ATM connected. Back in those days, they were all regional, so if you went to the west coast from the east coast, your card most likely didn't work.
I'm pretty sure it was in the late 90s or early 2000s that MAC and a few of the other networks merged and became Star. If you look on the back of your current ATM card, it most likely has (or had at some point) the Star logo.
At this point, I'm pretty sure that everything moves through Visa/Mastercard, depending on which one is on your debit card.
May 21st, 2015 at 12:36:29 PM
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I've noticed many ATMs (at least around where I see them) have gone back to sucking the card into the machine. I remember them doing that all the time, then many went to the swipe through.
I assume it must be a security thing, as I don't know what other point it would be for.
I assume it must be a security thing, as I don't know what other point it would be for.
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