[geeks] Catching up

[Amy]

Howdy!

On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, 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.

Did you end up subscribing?

> I've been lurking here for a long time, but  have contributed little, if
> anything, so here goes:

Welcome to the fold :)

> 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.

I was born during the Watergate hearings. In a little over a month I'll
turn 28 and spontaneously combust. ;)

> 4) Computers: I miss toggle switches and blinking lights (but not punch
>    cards).

Our dog (Max, el destructo) recently ate about 50 PDP-11 (maybe 8, can't
remember) spare front panel blinkylights. I'm waiting for him to light up
in green and red like an Xmas tree one of these days...

> 8) Climate: I do like the fact that here in NJ we have four seasons.

Lucky, lucky, lucky.

> The best ribs I've ever had were from a place in New Smyrna Beach
> Florida.

I remember this beach well.

:)

--a