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Whos the oldest geexer here then eh?


Jaymoi

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We don't!

Just ask admin about my 'puter skills :p

(only took me 18months to figure out this Skype thingy!)

You were lucky you didn't get banned, just with me replying :rolleyes:

Sooooo many buttons to push.

Offshore

Me?.........It's pot luck that I manage to log on each day. :D

48 here. :(

Ken

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Christ almighty!

Some oldies on here! I didn't even know that old people knew how to use computers!

:p

Moi

....hmmm....while some of the youngsters where cooing and drooling on themselves while watching tickle-me-elmo do barney on the sesame street...some of us where using Zenith Z-100s, Apple IIs, Commodore 64s and networking AT&T 3B systems running UNIX...prolly about the time, Bill Gates discovered DOS...

New 20 something here.... B)

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If you allow me to follow the "new" logic.....let's see........add up the two college aged kids, carry the years spent worrying about them......subtract the expense.......hah!.....I'm only the new 31!

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Moi, some of us "oldies" even earn a living as computer folks.

Some oldies on here! I didn't even know that old people knew how to use computers!

Let's see if I can flush out some 'real oldies' ... 74 here. Top that, blokes.

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....hmmm....while some of the youngsters where cooing and drooling on themselves while watching tickle-me-elmo do barney on the sesame street...some of us where using Zenith Z-100s, Apple IIs, Commodore 64s and networking AT&T 3B systems running UNIX...prolly about the time, Bill Gates discovered DOS...

New 20 something here.... B)

OMG! The Apple II and Commodore 64....now THAT brings back some memories! I remember "writing programs" on the trusty Radio Shack TRS-80. Saving your work to the attached cassette player (it was a "backup device" because it had the Radio Shack logo on it).

And to be able to afford the first Motorola "brick" phone?!? That was hot stuff. Wear that monster on your belt in the club and the ladies would flock.

42....but feeling somewhat older right now.

Maybe I'll have another beer and "streak" for old time's sake.

Then again....that requires effort....probably sweating....hard on the feet.....potential legal ramifications.....

I'm thinking beer....Laz-y-Boy.....boxers....and 65 inch widescreen.......BINGO!

Maybe 42 ain't so bad afterall!

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You are at least in your forties if you can identify which quotes go to their respective television series.

" Sorry abput that Chief"

" Hey little buddy, you know when you are bending over to pick up those coconuts, I almost forget about Ginger"

"Holy Sphincter Hole Batman, the Riddler and the Joker have just hijcacked a truckload of cockrings"

"Colonel Hogan, You have left the Gestapo with no choice but to take away your porno collection for ten days"

"Lilly, Uncle Fetser just told me that he wants to do you in the new coffin, but I will have none of it. That coffin is

only for Cousin It and Lerch".

:wheelchair::slap:

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I'm 35.

When I was 25, I was pissed off when someone called me "kid". Now I'm old enough to take it as a compliment. That rarely happens anymore though. :lol:

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I'm 35.

Well, send me to the foot of our stairs...I genuinely thought when I posted my age, that I would be amongst the oldest here.

Turns out Warbody is the youngest of those who posted at 18, Dutchy comes next at 19, Moi & b16a2 are 21, Rolexman is 26, jsmith11 is 28, and I'm next at 32.

Wow. I begin to understand the dynamics of this place, a little better now. :balloon:

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Heh, Elwopo... I built my first computer from about 1975-77, dad had to buy the etching solution as they wouldn't sell acid to a kid... spent lots of time pulling together parts from various seconds and surplus dealers... it went from a hexdecimal keypad and 8 character/7segment display, to a full keyboard with RF for TV display by the time it was finally finished... it's mass storage came from a fairly famous electronics liquidator (whose name escapes me at the moment) and wore the same BSR badges as the turntables they sold so many of, I'm sure some of you remember the turntable ads... guess what the device(s) were? Dual 8-track recorders.

Over the following years I built a few Heathkits, went through practically the whole lineup of TRS-80's, several Apples, Commodores from PET to 5001 to Vic20 to C-64, every iteration of Timex Sinclair, Coleco Adam, IBM's (XT, PC, AT, PC Jr), put my scrounging abilities to work and resold loads of parts through Computer Shopper (remember the "Gate Wars?")...

First cell phones? Motorola DynaTac 8500, followed by the MicroTac8900, the MicroTac Ultra-Lite, the StarTac 550 (temporarily after I broke the Ultra-Lite), then the MicroTAC DPC 650E followed by the DPC 950E... also used to have a couple of "car phones" or transportables, a 4800 and a 1000, we called them "bag phones", for their snazzy nylon carrying cases for when they weren't in the car...

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