BrickHouse
Android Expert
I can remember using an "Apple" computer running Pro DOS back around '78 - '79.
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I remember paying a hundred dollars to add 2 megs of ram which maxed out my 386.
I remember adding ANSI. SYS to the CONFIG.SYS so I could add blue as a background color on my 15" CRT color monitor.
I remember adding ANSI. SYS to the CONFIG.SYS so I could add blue as a background color on my 15" CRT color monitor.
Milo Williamson
Extreme Android User
My mother has her one up until a few years ago, she had it for twenty years,but TBH she is happy with GPS.
I remember running Red Hat Linux before it had a GUI.
Milo Williamson
Extreme Android User
I still remember seeing the lotus program commercial for Lunix.
BrickHouse
Android Expert
I remember early Unix. Command line hell.
Got worse when people first started trying to use the Unix core for other systems without checking syntax compatibility.
Crud, what a nightmare.
I used a variety of commercial unixes in the 90s, and a variety of linux distros since then. I'm typing this on a Macbook Pro, where I still use the terminal (command line) as my primary interface (I currently have a number of them open, some for local tasks, some running software tests at a lab in Switzerland).
I regard any computer which only allows you to interact via a GUI as a toy. And anyway, navigating filesystems by hunting and clicking through icons is very much a case of "life is too short for that crap"
. But yes, I try to use bash everywhere for consistency, though use zshell on some systems.
BrickHouse
Android Expert
I used a variety of commercial unixes in the 90s, and a variety of linux distros since then. I'm typing this on a Macbook Pro, where I still use the terminal (command line) as my primary interface (I currently have a number of them open, some for local tasks, some running software tests at a lab in Switzerland).
I regard any computer which only allows you to interact via a GUI as a toy. And anyway, navigating filesystems by hunting and clicking through icons is very much a case of "life is too short for that crap"
Most of my replies are made with my phone now. (Android) But I run Linux on my computer. I've never been fond of Micro Sucks. (Mac tech in the late 90's/ tested "Mac Mobil" {alpha and beta} which later became iOS)
Davdi
Android Expert
So is mine.
I still pay with cash but I think I'm a rare bird these days.
I put everything I buy on a cash rewards credit card and pay it off and that end of the month. It's literally free money and safer than carrying cash.
My son does the same. I'm willing to bet that he has less than five bucks on him at any time. He pays most all of his bills with a cash back card. I'm just old school that has always been a cash guy. We have a credit card of some flavor but we never use it. It might be a cash back card.. I have no idea. I know there is no annual fee for having what I consider insurance.
In my day I was given a nickel to play a record on the jukebox at our local diner. When the price per song went to a dime, my father no longer allowed that fun. Speaking of a nickel, it was a lot of buying power in my day. A local phonebooth call was nickel, a balsa wood airplane was a nickel, five baseball cards and a worthless sheet of gum was a nickel, and so was a soda. Everything was cheap but nickels were hard to come by.
I'm going to go way back on this one, and it's kind of shocking, but humorous, at least to me. When I was a kid my dad played in an adult softball league. I was probably 4-6 years old, I don't remember exactly. What I do remember, quite vividly, was sitting in the bleachers with my grandfather. He would give me money to go to the stand (cars with coolers in the trunk) and get him a Budweiser and get me a Mellow Yellow. He probably only gave me a buck. I think back on that and think how things are now and just try to fathom me sending a little kid to go buy me a beer and I'm like WOW, but back then it was nothing to me.
I had a friend that his dad had a hole in the wall beer joint. On Saturdays we would wipe down the tables and sweep the floor and he would draw us each a beer. We were in middle school. The few patrons thought nothing of it and we didn't either really. Seemed like a good way to spend an afternoon. It was a complete different time.
I rode my bike many a time to the grocery store to buy my mother a carton of lucky stikes. I was just a kid maybe ten at the most. No big deal.
I rode my bike many a time to the grocery store to buy my mother a carton of lucky stikes. I was just a kid maybe ten at the most. No big deal.
BrickHouse
Android Expert
All that started changing in the 60's. By the end of the 70's one was hard pressed to see those things as common place.
I can remember some of it. I remember hauling grandad's beer and smokes from the lodge to the summer cabin he had (took all is grandkids there for the summer every year) 'bout a half mile distance one way. Crossing the river was easy though, as there was a pedestrian bridge that doubled as a partial dam for swimming right next to the paved ford.
I can remember some of it. I remember hauling grandad's beer and smokes from the lodge to the summer cabin he had (took all is grandkids there for the summer every year) 'bout a half mile distance one way. Crossing the river was easy though, as there was a pedestrian bridge that doubled as a partial dam for swimming right next to the paved ford.
If your 12 yr old daughter won't share her chewing tobacco with you; you might be a redneck.
In my day, Football was a game and is now big business. Bart Starr's top salary was $100,000 a year. This year Patrick Mahomes' salary is $56,850,000. Average ticket price was $5 and is now $377.
BrickHouse
Android Expert
It's disgusting the way it's been so bastardized for profit.
Billion dollar stadiums and multi million dollar players requires thick wallets to remain a fan of the sport.
When I was young I would caddy at a golf course. I would take the money and buy the best box seats for future baseball games. The tickets were $3.50. Then on game day I would go back to the stadium and sell them for $4.00 and I thought I was making good money 😆