Just Wondering

About all the members who were born in 1870...these ICD's work even better than I thought!

8 Comments

Hi Don

by Grateful Heart - 2012-11-05 01:11:51

I remember tubes and transistors...But I think I made a mistake about giving my real age...what was I thinking!

I remember the Flintstones

by Grateful Heart - 2012-11-05 03:11:16

That was a great cartoon. Are they still on? Uh oh, I'm dating myself again.

Ian...I loved your comment too!

Don...you guys aren't old...LOL.

Grateful Heart

by IAN MC - 2012-11-05 07:11:25

The same thought has often crossed my mind. When I read a post from these oldies asking " When is it safe to exercise ? " ; I'm always tempted to reply '" As you are 142 years old , it is probably best to take it easy ! "

Ian

This thread could reduce itself

by donr - 2012-11-05 08:11:57

to a current version of the "Flintstones"! W/ this bunch of people w/ whacked our senses of humor, I can see it coming!

Grate: I've known your real age for a long time - you cannot hide it from Old Fahrts, like me - & Ian...

Don

Also wonderig

by donr - 2012-11-05 12:11:59

About all the people who had an implant in 1950.

That's before transistors - tubes were still king, even though invented in about 1947, & storage media was tape. Those PM's must have been humongous & heavy w/ the big lantern batteries they would require. Then there would be the tape drive mechanism for storing data.

Could not have been internal - probably carried around in a backpack w/ a cable running over your shoulder to the subclavian vein. At least downloading was a snap - the tech just exchanged reels of tape on your back.

They saved a lot of money on jackets in winter. The heat from the tubes kept them warm. Summer in Fla was a real pill, however.

Ah, those were the days!

Don

Gallows Humour

by Grateful Heart - 2012-11-06 02:11:22

Hey Don, You left yourself off that list. HMMM

Grateful, You are a...

by donr - 2012-11-06 07:11:05

...troublemaker, cut from the same bolt of cloth as Frank, Patch, Smitty, Ian, TM...........

Good job!

Don

Ok, now I have to ask

by Grateful Heart - 2012-11-06 12:11:23

Is 1870 a default year of birth or is everyone really choosing that year? Still just wondering??

You know you're wired when...

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