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Coach Grizz said:
As old fashion and country as I am, I enjoy modern technology believe it or not lol
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Messin' with ya Grizz. I once enjoyed it very much. Stayed on top of it. It's about passed me by now for more common and simpler things.
 
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Slydell said:
Messin' with ya Grizz. I once enjoyed it very much. Stayed on top of it. It's about passed me by now for more common and simpler things.
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My dad had the first car phone in our town, he bought my brother the first PC of anyone I know (Commodore), I always got cool gadgets for Christmas, he had the first PDA I ever saw anyone use, and now he has a basic Dell PC, and a no contract cell phone he hardly ever uses unless he has to. You're not alone....
 
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Slydell said:
Pretty sure that Utah still leads the nation in that. Srs.
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Just like the best day of liquor sales in Dallas, TX history coincided with the Southern Baptist Convention back in the aughts. Almost all of the liquor was sold from the hotel room mini bars.
 
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PoochPunt3rdDown said:
My dad had the first car phone in our town, he bought my brother the first PC of anyone I know (Commodore), I always got cool gadgets for Christmas, he had the first PDA I ever saw anyone use, and now he has a basic Dell PC, and a no contract cell phone he hardly ever uses unless he has to. You're not alone....
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That sounds too close to me. Except for the phone. My brother had the old bag phone but I borrowed it some. Had the pre-runner to the Commodore. Timex or something, can't remember. But, all along the same lines. Phone is the same. I used to have to have a phone all the time. Now, not so much. Maybe use one a couple of hours a month. Finally jumped and dropped Verizon a year or so ago and picked up the Trac Phone. Bill went from $80/month to around $8/month. I have a good computer though. Made by ZT Sytems (made in the USA, Bewbs) with more than I'll ever need. Big jump from the 386's and early 486's in the early '90's.
 
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Slydell said:
That sounds too close to me. Except for the phone. My brother had the old bag phone but I borrowed it some. Had the pre-runner to the Commodore. Timex or something, can't remember. But, all along the same lines. Phone is the same. I used to have to have a phone all the time. Now, not so much. Maybe use one a couple of hours a month. Finally jumped and dropped Verizon a year or so ago and picked up the Trac Phone. Bill went from $80/month to around $8/month. I have a good computer though. Made by ZT Sytems (made in the USA, Bewbs) with more than I'll ever need. Big jump from the 386's and early 486's in the early '90's.
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I'm going to see Pops tomorrow and I will undoubtedly have to fix something on his computer. He has no patience for it anymore. He just wants it to work and if it doesn't, he'll wait until I'm there to do it for him. I'll get a steak and free beer out of the deal, so I'm not complaining!

Slydell said:
Not surprised. Suppression or prohibition jacks everything up.
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Yep.
 
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PoochPunt3rdDown said:
I'm going to see Pops tomorrow and I will undoubtedly have to fix something on his computer. He has no patience for it anymore. He just wants it to work and if it doesn't, he'll wait until I'm there to do it for him. I'll get a steak and free beer out of the deal, so I'm not complaining!



Yep.
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I'm getting that way. Used to love messing with them. Tweak the crap out of any machine and keep it fast and clean. Now, it better work and not need anything. My brothers been in the business for close to 30 years and still going strong keeping them going. So, he is my fail safe whenever I encounter a problem.
 
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My Pops is older than you, though, so I doubt you're as bad as he is. He actually got me an awesome Dell computer when he was about your age. Since then, he's just started losing interest. It's kinda cool, though, because he's a much more dedicated gardener and hiker than he's ever been.
 
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My first real computer, in the modern age, was a Dell. Bought it in 993, I think. Biggest,baddest, fastest thing ever. 456 ME, maybe. Didn't have a modem or anything. 240 or 250 MB hard drive. 9 MB of memory was standard and you could upgrade to 16 for several hundred dollars. PC cost was $2000.
 
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Slydell said:
My first real computer, in the modern age, was a Dell. Bought it in 993, I think. Biggest,baddest, fastest thing ever. 456 ME, maybe. Didn't have a modem or anything. 240 or 250 MB hard drive. 9 MB of memory was standard and you could upgrade to 16 for several hundred dollars. PC cost was $2000.
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That is just unreal! I had forgotten all the specs of the older machines!!!
 
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Faster, bigger better. Hard to believe how far we've come. My brother had a bit to do with the super computer installed in Oak Ridge a few years back. Incredible. An entire building devoted to it. But, not the fastest anymore.
 
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