ST1100Y
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... when Looney Tunes weren't banned for being "offensive"... 
Old Enough To Remember?
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STripper
Brian
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Dunno...For some reason, I always preferred Pepsi...
one was a rather innocent childhood memory...
the other visualizes a hormone induced teenage dream you'd never be able to afford nor maintain in real life...
I mean nice to look at... like a Lamborghini... or a luxury yacht where the slip-fees alone would bankrupt you within days...
ST1100Y
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ST1100Y
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"40 feet, down 2 1/2. Picking up some dust"
Yeah, I used that photo only as example...
And I admit that I have no direct, full memories of that event...
But I do have impressions of sitting in the swing hanging from the bedroom door-frame in that old apartment,
watching the sketchy, transparent images on that wood-case b/w TV set...
The whole world was united, tied up and everyone held their breath...
Years later I met one of the local TV commentators/hosts (Mr. Peter Nidetzky, RIP) in person while working at his residence,
where he revealed some anecdotes about their extensive, 36hrs live coverage on ORF (the Austrian Broadcast) back then...
Yeah, I used that photo only as example...
And I admit that I have no direct, full memories of that event...
But I do have impressions of sitting in the swing hanging from the bedroom door-frame in that old apartment,
watching the sketchy, transparent images on that wood-case b/w TV set...
The whole world was united, tied up and everyone held their breath...
Years later I met one of the local TV commentators/hosts (Mr. Peter Nidetzky, RIP) in person while working at his residence,
where he revealed some anecdotes about their extensive, 36hrs live coverage on ORF (the Austrian Broadcast) back then...
Thanks for the reminder, Martin. I was in flight school when Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon. I set my almost 3 year old son in front of the TV so he can still to this day say that he saw it.
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STripper
Brian
Huh? I was referring to the design of those cans...
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ST1100Y
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... climbing a 30-foot rope with a life-saving 2-inch-thick mat below...
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... the vacuum of space...
In fairness, they are quite nice cans
scootac
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Or a 20' sapling till it bends over and you touch the ground again.... climbing a 30-foot rope with a life-saving 2-inch-thick mat below...
I would do that. Went bigger and bigger. Then one tree wouldn't bend enough. Went out further, further, furth...SNAP! Oof!
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ST1100Y
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... life was simpler then...
STripper
Brian
... life was simpler then...
Can you imagine? Windows 11, disk 1 of 14,322...
ST1100Y
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Can you imagine, working without all the bloatware aboard that was only created to force us into buying expensive hardware over, and over, and over again...
This is how I saved data with my first computer.... life was simpler then...
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... life was simpler then...
Oh yea??
My very first portable personal computer was a 1982 Panasonic Sr. Partner. It weighed over 30 US lbs. it had a click-on keyboard, a carrying handle, 2 5-1/4" floppy drives (pre 3 1/2"). I have no recollection of the green on black text screen size (3"x5" ??).
It had NO HARD DRIVE - you had to boot the operating system 5 1/4" floppy in one drive, boot up, then use a second 5 1/4" floppy for your data storage. Those 5 1/4" floppy disks were true floppy!
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STripper
Brian
Yes. Linux.