On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 03:05:00PM -0400, Edward Croft wrote: > 45 huh! Sheesh, I will be that Sep 28th. Us old timers got to stick > together. > Just think of it, Sputnik was launched in the year I was born. And look
Ah, yer just a KID. I was in Jr. High School when Sputnik was launched. And I'm STILL only 36 ;} ;} :} ;} :} > how far we have come in just my lifetime. > Hell, I remember having a "discussion" with Robert Metcalf regarding my > lack of a degree and how my career would not go far. Well I got an > associates and taught myself everything else. I am now a Sr. Systems > Engineer, working with many different systems and designing new ones. > And where is Bob now? Huh, retired, rich, and oh shoot, I guess he was > right. ;-P > > On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 14:53, Ed Wilts wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 02:41:52PM -0400, Edward Croft wrote: > > > Kevin, you want me to hold him down while you thwack him! :-P > > > > I'll hold him down! > > > > > I started in '83 on a Kaypro II, then 85 switched to Digital VAX, then > > > DG, and so on and so forth.... > > > > I completed my CompSci degree in 1980. My first 2 years of University > > were done with punch cards - I didn't get to use a screen until 3rd > > year. Yes, I worked with paper tape. I rememer working on PDPs in the > > late '70s, and was working fulltime on Vaxes by 1982 (and still work on > > VMS systems). > > > > > Anybody remember soldering together HeathKit PCs? > > > > Not the PC, but the radios. My coworker in the next cube built his own > > S100 system *WAY* back then, and he's even younger than I am. > > > > Heck, I've talked to somebody in our help desk here that was born the > > year I graduated with B.Sc. > > > > I just celebrated my 25th wedding anniversary, and I'm only 45. > > > > Thump 'em twice! > > > > > On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 14:24, Dave Ihnat wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:04:59PM -0400, Kevin MacNeil wrote: > > > > > Gosh, 25 years. You must be old ;-). > > > > > > > > *sigh*. > > > > -- > > > > Dave Ihnat > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------- "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." ----------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 (niv) -----------------------------
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