Long ago and far away when I was a graduate student, my University still had keypunch machines and card readers, just in case. However my horror story doesn't really involve those.
I worked the midnight to 4AM shift two days a week to help pay for my Masters, as an assistant administrator. My job was to take in card decks, set them up in the reader match them up with the printed output and file them until the user picked them up, and give out the correct cards and output to users, (and yes some did show up between midnight an 4am). In between I kept track of our high speed IBM printers and reload them with paper when they'd alarm and the "soundproof" covers would clamshell open, and keep track of the system to make sure all was well, (not that I was authorized to actually fix problems, I was supposed to call a "real" administrator to press the reset button) One night I wasn't keeping as close track of paper supplies as I should have, and one of the decks was running low. I had just had delivered a really greasy Greek style pizza and had placed the box on top of one of the "soundproof" covers. Wonder of wonders it had arrived hot, to hot to eat in fact. So while I waited for it to cool I put my feet up on a desk and was reading my experimental statistics book. Suddenly a bell begins to ring, and I watched with helpless horror, as the printer cover clam shelled open, dumping my dinner face down on the floor. ann sanfedele wrote: > John Graves wrote: > > >> Attempt 2 at humor. I won't repeat what my wife says. John G. >> >> How many people understand the phrase "I just dropped the deck and >> sorter is down"? >> >> John >> >> >> > > ah you DO know what a keypunch is! -- > (I'm late getting back to this ) > > I have lots of stories about those days... among them was from my boss > who once worked for the > palce where they processeed SAT's - He had a sorter jamb and a couple > of thousand kids had to take > the exams over... most of they were probably glad. > > I think I'll have to add my 'GOOD OLD DAYS" t shirt design to my > cafepress store > > ann > > >> ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> >> >>> Rick Womer wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Didn't find a time machine, just lost my ability to >>>> type accurately. That should have been 2004! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Ahha! Rick uses the number pad to type numbers - he probably even >>> remembers what >>> a keypunch is. >>> >>> ann >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> --- Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> I chose something from November 2007. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Found a time machine have we ? >>>>> >>>>> Kenneth Waller >>>>> http://tinyurl.com/272u2f >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Rick Womer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> Subject: Re: Upcoming October PUG and ultimatum >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Okay, I submitted a PUG. It had -nothing- to do >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> with >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Scott's threats. Honest. Really. Nerves of >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> steel. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> A paucity of digital autumn pix caused me to dive >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> into >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> my slides for the first time in months. I chose >>>>>> something from November 2007. Boy, am I ever out >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> of >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> practice with scanning! >>>>>> >>>>>> Rick >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Small Business gives you all >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> the tools to get online. >>>>>> http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >>>> Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, >>>> news, photos & more. >>>> http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
