We kept a case of beer and a case of champagne under the raised floor in the computer room. It was very cool down there. For the days when celebrations were called for.
Roger -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bernd Oppolzer Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Friday Humor: Happy Birthday Mainframe At friday (?) afternoon regularly some of our operators could be seen walking down the corridor carrying some boxes for punch cards. But: we already had no more punch cards in those years (mid to end 1980s). The solution is: two bottles of beer fitted very well in the punch card boxes ... and nobody noticed what was inside. Am 05.04.2014 08:43, schrieb David Crayford: > Wow, it's gone viral (962 views)! > > I like the guy drinking a beer at the terminal at 2:37. Reminds me of > my early days in operations minus the doner kebab. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
