January 11, 200917 yr For those of you who think I'm a little on the grumpy side, I bring you this link. It's one of the most popular on the web right now: sleep
January 11, 200917 yr You got me in, Handbags! I was anticipating a collection of something a little more adult...
January 11, 200917 yr Not at all grumpy. Nice wee vids there. I liked the baby one. But always thought of you as somewhat like the above.... Just kidding...
January 12, 200917 yr You got me in, Handbags! I was anticipating a collection of something a little more adult... I'll be honest, I expected better of a West Coast Eagles supporter. Now if he supported the Adelaide Crows......
January 13, 200917 yr Author Not at all grumpy. Nice wee vids there. I liked the baby one. But always thought of you as somewhat like the above.... Just kidding... I don't look at all like that Patsy, I'm much older!
January 13, 200917 yr I don't look at all like that Patsy, I'm much older! Yeah, but this is a really old picture ! (Ancient (8088 ? pre-286 at least) computer. Old dot matrix printer. Boxes of 5 1/4 floppies. CRT monitor with dials. This pic has to be 25+ years old !)
January 13, 200917 yr I know sweety, i remember when we all put our photo on here and you voted me as the best one.
January 14, 200917 yr Author I know sweety, i remember when we all put our photo on here and you voted me as the best one.
January 15, 200917 yr I don't look at all like that Patsy, I'm much older! Yeah, but this is a really old picture ! (Ancient (8088 ? pre-286 at least) computer. Old dot matrix printer. Boxes of 5 1/4 floppies. CRT monitor with dials. This pic has to be 25+ years old !) I've still got my original Epson LQ-500 dot matrix printer. When I bought it (late 80s), I also bought about a dozen spare ribbons, and haven't used half of them yet. It's fairly obvious I have not had the need to do a lot of printing at home. (I was amazed that Vista still supports this actual printer.) I've also still got my first computer - a Sega with (I think) either 32 or 64k RAM, which I bought in the pre 8088/8086 days. (Lost count of the computers I've had over the years since then.) I recall when I was still at school that a friend bought a new Tandy job, which had 4k RAM. I think he paid around $2000 for it (which was not far shy of the price of a new car).
January 15, 200917 yr My first computer is (still have it) a Sinclair 48K Spectrum. Wotta hassle, loading from tapes, but was best around in it's time. Was once biggest selling computer in the UK. I still have one of those epsom dot matrix printers, I chewed up ribbons, well used heaps. Graduated to a 8086, 8088, then 286, 386, had fun writing all the batch.exe files, config.sys files. Had a guy say he had a computer, could I show him how to run it? Yeah, no problem, till I saw it. It was an old EPSOM, ran from a 5 1/4" boot disk, ya removed that and put in another with programmes on it. Took it into Epsom in Auck, where an astonished guy gave us a lot of disks with programmes. Was fun, all those old basic games. Loved the Spectrum, Jetset Willy, Manic Miner.... thems were the days.
January 18, 200917 yr How wonderful for you both. Well, gotta go get my hyenas out for their daily walk.
January 22, 200917 yr Internet Tough Guy Picture, looks like an IBM AT machine, monitor's displayed image looks a big photoshopped to me - the small text size on the right-hand side and small pictures, colors seem too modern. The guy's head is a bit off too? Stick on facial hair, he looks too young top smoke, but maybe the hairy arms he got from his mother's side of the family. [nerd] Almost 25 years old exactly, the computer that is... [/nerd]
January 22, 200917 yr I'd have to go with KerryD on identifying the computer as pre 286. IBM 80286 (aka AT) desktops were a bit smaller than most generic computer boxes of the day and didn't have that black facia panel (containing the floppy drives), which was characteristic of the 8086/88 family. Generic 286s were far more stylistically modern in appearance than that particular box. However, the image on the monitor should be a dark screen with either green or white text. If you take a close look at the image on the monitor, you will clearly see that it has been superimposed (for whatever reason) as Cuban notes.
January 22, 200917 yr I HUNGER ! Bring on the "Cute Little Things" BBQ ! I'll supply the sauce (BBQ and "other") ! H3ll, just stuff a piece of Durian in it's mouth and slap it in the oven. Toss it in a roaster with a diced-up pineapple. Shish-kabob it. What ever, just cook the "Cute Little Things" and let's eat ! (OK, skip the Cute Little Human ones, but the rest are fair game !)
January 23, 200917 yr Oh, okay, back on topic then. See if you can get hold of Buckwheat's famous mesquite (sp?) mix. Baby lamb and suckling pig. Delicious.
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