Mundane News

[deptfordmarmoset]

Another damp but windless start to the day.
One ferry broken down again.

Today is July 12th I think so a momentous day. Battle of the Boyne remembered and big Orange Walk in Glasgow.
Of more importance is also the fact I have now reached the big double 8.
How did I get to be this old?

A very happy birthday to you!

 

[rockyroller]

have now reached the big double 8.
How did I get to be this old?

outstanding! well done you!

anything on your to-do list, before your 90s?

 

[Gravity Aided]

Happy Birthday @oldwheels , many happy returns of The Day.

Except for that whole Orange/Boyne thing.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I did a computer programming course in 1969 ish. We had to write a flow chart and create (I can't remember how) punch cards that got fed into a slot in a big cabinet.
It clicked and whirred before producing a result (if you were lucky 🍀)

I believe there was a mechanical keyboard that punched out the cards, called, amazingly, a Keypunch. You just sat there and typed your program, very primitive, but the cutting edge, then.

 

[Gravity Aided]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keypunch

 

[cookiemonster]

😂

 

[biggs682]

@oldwheels happy birthday just having my second cuppa to celebrate your birthday

 

[Speicher]

I did a computer programming course in 1969 ish. We had to write a flow chart and create (I can't remember how) punch cards that got fed into a slot in a big cabinet.
It clicked and whirred before producing a result (if you were lucky 🍀)

I can remember telex machines. The message had to be typed onto a tape, where the holes represented words. Then the tape was fed through a machine.

I met someone once who cleaned the valves on computers. He had been told that only two computers would be needed in this country, one for the Ministry of Defence and one for the Inland Revenue.

 

[mybike]

Cool, grey and blustery here chez Casa Reynard.

Slept far better than the previous night, but not brilliantly. Still bloated, but no longer at Aunt Marge levels. Am sort of wondering whether something I've eaten might have upset my digestive tract, as I'm now farting for England. Much to the cats' consternation.

Mum is the gift that keeps on giving this week. She likes to putter about in the garden, and she's been doing a bit of weeding. But I'm now minus a job lot of strawberry plants (proper strawberries, not the alpine ones) and a large patch of parsley after "weeding" where I specifically told her not to. I love her dearly, but aaaaaaargh!

To quote Babylon 5, the universe is having FAR too much fun at my expense.

Anyways, it is time for luncheon.

The tale was once told of how I brought my mother some pretty flowers, strawberry flowers.

 

[mybike]

There's been a shift b*gg*rup and I'm stuck on the till for a couple of hours from four PM.

I'm sure you can think of a harmless way to amuse yourself.

 

[PeteXXX]

Back from an enjoyable 3 mile walk with the dog to my local café. Tea & Coconut cake for me and a free sausage for Bonnie 🐶

 

[PeteXXX]

I believe there was a mechanical keyboard that punched out the cards, called, amazingly, a Keypunch. You just sat there and typed your program, very primitive, but the cutting edge, then.

I honestly can't remember how the process happened!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keypunch

That's too early for what I was doing. Interesting, though. 👍

 

[Illaveago]

Another damp but windless start to the day.
One ferry broken down again.

Today is July 12th I think so a momentous day. Battle of the Boyne remembered and big Orange Walk in Glasgow.
Of more importance is also the fact I have now reached the big double 8.
How did I get to be this old?

A teenager?

 

[tom73]

Would be dog walking time have to wait till it passers hopefully. The dog not exactly interested in going he's fast on at the moment.

 

[tom73]

I can remember telex machines. The message had to be typed onto a tape, where the holes represented words. Then the tape was fed through a machine.

I met someone once who cleaned the valves on computers. He had been told that only two computers would be needed in this country, one for the Ministry of Defence and one for the Inland Revenue.

Cleaning valves on computers is how we got the term "bug".
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/worlds-first-computer-bug/