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November 24th, 2024 at 3:18:46 AM permalink
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Chuck Woolery, host of many game shows including "Wheel of Fortune," "Scrabble," and "Greed," has died at 83.
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Wow, truly the death of a great Game Show Host! ☢️ I remember Chuck being the Host of Lingo(One of my favorite Game Shows ever. It was a word game and Bingo, 😀 and The Love Game/Love Match, a VERY interesting game where a Woman chooses from three potential dates and goes on a free date with him and afterwards they tell the show if the date was good or bad. 😀 One particular episode, a SERIAL KILLER, Rodney was the date the Woman chose(He had ALREADY killed at least one person and then went on the Love Game/Love Match as a Contestant. ☢️ He had a CREEPY look! ☢️ In this game, the Woman can't actually SEE the Contestants, she can only hear their voices, so she had no idea how CREEPY he looked. 💡 The Woman chose him sight unseen and when she actually saw him, she declined to go on the free date because he gave her VERY bad vibes . Her gut instincts told her not to go on the free date with him. 💡 He then killed more after the Show! ☢️ She was relieved that she trusted her gut instincts that this guy was bad news and not to go on the date with him. 💡 He was caught and put in prison and recently died in prison. 💡
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November 24th, 2024 at 5:19:46 AM permalink
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COmmon Business Oriented Language.
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I never had the displeasure to have to learn that one. I knew lots of old timers who did.
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That would be me.

Fortran, Cobol, RPG, LISP, Prolog, ADA were some of the old languages I used.

My first job in High School was programming Cobol for the local hospital.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
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November 24th, 2024 at 7:35:33 AM permalink
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COmmon Business Oriented Language.
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I never had the displeasure to have to learn that one. I knew lots of old timers who did.
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That would be me.

Fortran, Cobol, RPG, LISP, Prolog, ADA were some of the old languages I used.

My first job in High School was programming Cobol for the local hospital.
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I keep reading that older legacy systems still use COBOL and that IT depts are having a tough time finding COBOL programmers, since COBOL is so old and has been supplanted by newer languages and most programmers have retired or gone to the Great Server In The Sky. Are those stories true? If so, seems like an opportunity for COBOL programmers to clean up and name their price.
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November 24th, 2024 at 12:59:33 PM permalink
Quote: GenoDRPh

Quote: DRich

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COmmon Business Oriented Language.
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I never had the displeasure to have to learn that one. I knew lots of old timers who did.
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That would be me.

Fortran, Cobol, RPG, LISP, Prolog, ADA were some of the old languages I used.

My first job in High School was programming Cobol for the local hospital.
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I keep reading that older legacy systems still use COBOL and that IT depts are having a tough time finding COBOL programmers, since COBOL is so old and has been supplanted by newer languages and most programmers have retired or gone to the Great Server In The Sky. Are those stories true? If so, seems like an opportunity for COBOL programmers to clean up and name their price.
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Here was the joke but only computer people get it.

COBOL programmer gets laid off early 1900s. Can’t get a job until his phone rings in 1998.

Hello? There is this thing coming up called Y2K and we heard you know COBOL?

Guy goes to work making a four time but 120 hour weeks. After it is all over in Feb 2000 he never wants to see a computer again. He goes to the same place that froze Walt Disney and says to freeze him.

I’m the year 9998 he is rudely awakened.

Voice says they have this thing called Y10K problem and they heard he knows cobol.
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November 24th, 2024 at 1:03:42 PM permalink
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Quote: DRich

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COmmon Business Oriented Language.
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I never had the displeasure to have to learn that one. I knew lots of old timers who did.
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That would be me.

Fortran, Cobol, RPG, LISP, Prolog, ADA were some of the old languages I used.

My first job in High School was programming Cobol for the local hospital.
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I keep reading that older legacy systems still use COBOL and that IT depts are having a tough time finding COBOL programmers, since COBOL is so old and has been supplanted by newer languages and most programmers have retired or gone to the Great Server In The Sky. Are those stories true? If so, seems like an opportunity for COBOL programmers to clean up and name their price.
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It is true, and it is a good reason for someone with those skills to stay in the game.

And I kid you not- such programmers are known as "Gay COBOLleros." (suggesting nothing about a man's preferences besides his coding language.)
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November 24th, 2024 at 1:23:18 PM permalink
IIRC, Computer Programming lessons started in the 1950's, and a HUGE majority of people questioned the Computer Programming lessons in the 1950's saying stuff like,"This computer stuff isn't going to go anywhere. WHY are we learning about Computer Programming lessons in 1952?" 😵‍💫 How WRONG their questions turned out to be! 🤣🤭
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In both The Hunger Games and in gambling, may the odds be ever in your favor. :D "Man Babes" #AxelFabulous "Olive oil is processed but it only has one ingredient, olive oil."-Even Bob, March 27/28th. :D The 2 year war is over! Woo-hoo! :D I sometimes speak in metaphors. ;) Remember this. ;) Crack the code. :D 8.9.13.25.14.1.13.5.9.19.14.1.20.8.1.14! :D "For about the 4096th time, let me offer a radical idea to those of you who don't like Nathan -- block her and don't visit Nathan's Corner. What is so complicated about it?" Wizard, August 21st. :D
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November 24th, 2024 at 3:24:41 PM permalink
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Chuck Woolery, host of many game shows including "Wheel of Fortune," "Scrabble," and "Greed," has died at 83.
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Wow, truly the death of a great Game Show Host! ☢️ I remember Chuck being the Host of Lingo(One of my favorite Game Shows ever. It was a word game and Bingo, 😀 and The Love Game/Love Match, a VERY interesting game where a Woman chooses from three potential dates and goes on a free date with him and afterwards they tell the show if the date was good or bad. 😀 One particular episode, a SERIAL KILLER, Rodney was the date the Woman chose(He had ALREADY killed at least one person and then went on the Love Game/Love Match as a Contestant. ☢️ He had a CREEPY look! ☢️ In this game, the Woman can't actually SEE the Contestants, she can only hear their voices, so she had no idea how CREEPY he looked. 💡 The Woman chose him sight unseen and when she actually saw him, she declined to go on the free date because he gave her VERY bad vibes . Her gut instincts told her not to go on the free date with him. 💡 He then killed more after the Show! ☢️ She was relieved that she trusted her gut instincts that this guy was bad news and not to go on the date with him. 💡 He was caught and put in prison and recently died in prison. 💡
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It was actually The Dating Game, a Game Show that was VERY similar to The Love Connection (Not Love Game/Love Match). Rodney Alcala appeared as a Contestant for The Dating Game in 1978. Also, the Producer of The Dating Game was also named Chuck, maybe that's how I got the two Chucks mixed up. 💡🤔
In both The Hunger Games and in gambling, may the odds be ever in your favor. :D "Man Babes" #AxelFabulous "Olive oil is processed but it only has one ingredient, olive oil."-Even Bob, March 27/28th. :D The 2 year war is over! Woo-hoo! :D I sometimes speak in metaphors. ;) Remember this. ;) Crack the code. :D 8.9.13.25.14.1.13.5.9.19.14.1.20.8.1.14! :D "For about the 4096th time, let me offer a radical idea to those of you who don't like Nathan -- block her and don't visit Nathan's Corner. What is so complicated about it?" Wizard, August 21st. :D
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November 24th, 2024 at 5:06:23 PM permalink
Chuck Woolery did actually host love connection. It was an interesting show
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November 24th, 2024 at 5:17:42 PM permalink
One Chuck was an entertainer, the other was an International Hitman.
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November 24th, 2024 at 5:46:06 PM permalink
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Chuck Woolery, host of many game shows including "Wheel of Fortune," "Scrabble," and "Greed," has died at 83.
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I'm old enough to have watched Wheel of Fortune with Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford. I miss the shopping spree at the end with the ceramic dolphins.

Thanks for the good times, Chuck!
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November 24th, 2024 at 6:54:20 PM permalink
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Chuck Woolery, host of many game shows including "Wheel of Fortune," "Scrabble," and "Greed," has died at 83.
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Wow, truly the death of a great Game Show Host! ☢️ I remember Chuck being the Host of Lingo(One of my favorite Game Shows ever. It was a word game and Bingo, 😀 and The Love Game/Love Match, a VERY interesting game where a Woman chooses from three potential dates and goes on a free date with him and afterwards they tell the show if the date was good or bad. 😀 One particular episode, a SERIAL KILLER, Rodney was the date the Woman chose(He had ALREADY killed at least one person and then went on the Love Game/Love Match as a Contestant. ☢️ He had a CREEPY look! ☢️ In this game, the Woman can't actually SEE the Contestants, she can only hear their voices, so she had no idea how CREEPY he looked. 💡 The Woman chose him sight unseen and when she actually saw him, she declined to go on the free date because he gave her VERY bad vibes . Her gut instincts told her not to go on the free date with him. 💡 He then killed more after the Show! ☢️ She was relieved that she trusted her gut instincts that this guy was bad news and not to go on the date with him. 💡 He was caught and put in prison and recently died in prison. 💡
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It was actually The Dating Game, a Game Show that was VERY similar to The Love Connection (Not Love Game/Love Match). Rodney Alcala appeared as a Contestant for The Dating Game in 1978. Also, the Producer of The Dating Game was also named Chuck, maybe that's how I got the two Chucks mixed up. 💡🤔
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Perhaps also adding to your confusion, Chuck Woolery did host the 90s version of "The Dating Game."
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November 28th, 2024 at 6:26:50 AM permalink
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Jim Abrahams, who arrived in Hollywood with two childhood buddies as a comedy-writing trio that found fame with deadpan parodies and a blitz of puns with “Airplane!” and the Naked Gun series, died Nov. 26 at his home in Santa Monica, California. He was 80.



"Naked Gun" movies are definitely my favorite movie with OJ Simpson in it.

(I don't know any others)
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November 28th, 2024 at 6:40:02 AM permalink
Perhaps not recent, but I only just found out...
Rob Pitts of Rabbit's Used Cars died in August.

Many of the stories he told on Youtube were very similar to gambling stories, just replace cards or dice with the buying and selling of cars.
May the cards fall in your favor.
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November 28th, 2024 at 6:44:06 AM permalink
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Perhaps not recent, but I only just found out...
Rob Pitts of Rabbit's Used Cars died in August.

Many of the stories he told on Youtube were very similar to gambling stories, just replace cards or dice with the buying and selling of cars.
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He was a very good story teller. I was not a fan of his Netflix show.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
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December 21st, 2024 at 3:21:48 PM permalink
Conan O'Brien's parents died last week, 4 days apart from each other. His Mother was a well-known and well respected lawyer around these parts. His father was a well-known and well respected physician here.

Baseball player Rickey Henderson, 65, of pneumonia today Played a season for the Red Sox.
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December 21st, 2024 at 3:28:53 PM permalink
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...Baseball player Rickey Henderson, 65, of pneumonia today Played a season for the Red Sox.
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But no need to let this flaw overshadow his 5 seasons in Pinstripes!

Quite an amazing player. R.I.P.
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December 21st, 2024 at 3:43:57 PM permalink
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Conan O'Brien's parents died last week, 4 days apart from each other. His Mother was a well-known and well respected lawyer around these parts. His father was a well-known and well respected physician here.

Baseball player Rickey Henderson, 65, of pneumonia today Played a season for the Red Sox.
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My wife's parents both died old age on the same day. Mom died in the hospital and they got no response when they called dad. Found him dead at home the same day.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
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December 21st, 2024 at 4:07:16 PM permalink
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Conan O'Brien's parents died last week, 4 days apart from each other. His Mother was a well-known and well respected lawyer around these parts. His father was a well-known and well respected physician here.

Baseball player Rickey Henderson, 65, of pneumonia today Played a season for the Red Sox.
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My wife's parents both died old age on the same day. Mom died in the hospital and they got no response when they called dad. Found him dead at home the same day.
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Oh my God! 😱😳☢️ Yikes! 😱😳☢️
In both The Hunger Games and in gambling, may the odds be ever in your favor. :D "Man Babes" #AxelFabulous "Olive oil is processed but it only has one ingredient, olive oil."-Even Bob, March 27/28th. :D The 2 year war is over! Woo-hoo! :D I sometimes speak in metaphors. ;) Remember this. ;) Crack the code. :D 8.9.13.25.14.1.13.5.9.19.14.1.20.8.1.14! :D "For about the 4096th time, let me offer a radical idea to those of you who don't like Nathan -- block her and don't visit Nathan's Corner. What is so complicated about it?" Wizard, August 21st. :D
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December 21st, 2024 at 7:04:34 PM permalink
RIP Rickey Henderson. An all-time great MLB player. Such a great athlete and dead at 65 from pneumonia. Very sad.
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