[geeks] Catching up

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 08:29:28PM -0400, David L Kindred (Dave) wrote:
> I tried sending something a few days ago and had a problem, I think Bill
> fixed it so let's find out.  I've been lurking here for a long time, but
> have contributed little, if anything, so here goes:
> 
> 1) Age: I'm not going to directly tell you my age, but I will tell you I
>    was born during the time the USA officially had a 49-star flag.
 
> 4) Computers: I miss toggle switches and blinking lights (but not punch
>    cards).  I did briefly have Arpanet access back in '79, so I guess
>    that make me an old-timer.  My fingers learned how to edit in Emacs
>    back then too (the ITS TECO version on a TOPS-20 machine), and every
>    computer I've used since has had an Emacs port, so I'm one of those
>    people who think vi is the tool you use to get Emacs running.

So ARPAnet makes one an old timer more than being 50+ does?
 
> 9) Food: My parents lived in the Dallas area for a few years.  I miss
>    being able to visit them and enjoy proper barbecue.  The best ribs
>    I've ever had were from a place in New Smyrna Beach Florida.  And I
>    can eat pizza every day and never tire of it.

Well, you left out cute sisters.  I'm sure there must be more
important things left out also, because otherwise that would mean that
we can be summerized in 10 short points.  Aaaaaahhhhhhhh/

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd