I'm 47 and have been taking on-line classes since 2002. It is great! It is so much better to be able to attend classes in your pajamas. Way back, in the long, long ago, I had to type my reports on a manual typewriter and depended heavily on white out or the correction paper. Heck, I even used a telex machine in one of my first jobs. Thank heavens for technology.
Katie Roberts Ohmart/VEGA Corp. Cincinnati, OH 513-272-0524x167 "The important thing is not to stop questioning." Albert Einstein Vote for Char James-Tanny for STC International Secretary! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Malin Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:51 PM To: Gillian Flato; framers@FrameUsers.com Subject: RE: Funny What really *bugs* me (and I'm *much* older than 30) is how good science students in college got it now. I majored in Chemistry in undergrad. I had to type science papers on a portable typewriter, make photocopies of instrument outputs or data plots and then do a massive paste-up job. We had primitive calculators, but also relied on slide rules. Need something from an instrument or a test? Get up at 2 am and *walk to the source*. Ugh. Did computer science in grad school. On a mainframe (double ugh). No dial-up; had ride downtown to the computer lab to get on a terminal, then hang around until 2 AM so turnaround on jobs was less than 20 minutes. Had to wait until *3 AM* to get access to the computer graphics equipment. I wouldn't wish any of it on a blind dog. I'm not "better" for having done it the hard way, just probably more burned out and less educated. What frustrates *me* is that a modern CS student gets to have an ultra-powerful computer *plus* the Internet, and do so many *fun things*!!! :( Boo-hoo. I wanna be a student again! Boy, if Doom 2 had been around when I was a college student, I'd still be in school. Joe Malin Technical Writer (408)625-1623 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tuvox.com The views expressed in this document are those of the sender, and do not necessarily reflect those of TuVox, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gillian Flato Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:22 AM To: framers@FrameUsers.com Subject: OT: Funny Just thought you guys might enjoy this... Hard Times related by a 30 year old. When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning... uphill BOTH ways... through year 'round blizzards. Carrying their younger siblings on their backs... to their one-room schoolhouse, where they maintained a straight-A average, despite their full-time, after-school job at the local textile mill... where they worked for 35 cents an hour just to help keep their family from starving to death! _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/kroberts%40ohmartveg a.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.