I’m going to request as a non-moderator that we draw a curtain of mercy across this thread. Between this and the endless musing on K4 availability/ship dates/etc., my Delete key is getting worn out...
On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 19:25 Wes <wes_n...@triconet.org> wrote: > Not to forget winning WW1 and WWII. > > > > I remember punch cards fondly. At Hughes I took a company-sponsored > Fortran IV > > course. I was in Tucson and the main-frame was in CA. We would do our > coding, > > punch and submit our cards, the batch would be run overnight and we would > come > > in the next morning to find out how many typos we made. I wound up dating > one > > of the key punch girls, and reduced my typos to zero. > > > > Wes N7WS > > > > > > On 8/29/2020 3:33 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > > > The main reason Phil is that we went to the moon on International Feet > and > > > Pounds [and an uncountable number of 80-column punched cards and boxes > of > > > green-bar]. "If it got us to the moon, it has to be good enough for > > > everything else." > > > > > > 73, > > > > > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > > > Sparks NV DM09dn > > > Washoe County > > > > > > PS: I wonder how many rolls of toilet paper could have been made with > all the > > > chad from those cards? > > > > > > On 8/29/2020 1:06 PM, Phil Kane wrote: > > >> On 8/29/2020 5:16 AM, Rich NE1EE wrote: > > >> > > >>> Even that would be easier if the country just bit the bullet and set > > >>> a time limit on moving to metric. Then we'd all be on the same page. > > >> The Metric Conversion Act goes back to the Ford administration in 1974 > > >> (*). It is enforced slightly less than the Uniform Spitting on the > > >> Sidewalk Act that predates it. The main reason that we see it at all in > > >> the US is than manufacturers dealing in world-wide markets do not want > > >> to have two different production lines, > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to r...@wc3t.us -- 72, Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for Scouting Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid: *FN20is* ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
