and where I was living at the time it was long distance, did whatever I
needed to do online and disconnected. Or so I thought. It was a very
peaceful 5 days, no phone calls. Then I had to call work at the time. Oh-oh.
My phone bill was nearly a thousand. Fortunately the Gte person who handled
my call was quite sympathetic and cancelled all those charges.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 1:56 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: age and politics
>
>
> No, but I remember being 4 hours into a 4 1/2 download on a
> 28k modem on X-Modem when my brother came to visit and picks
> up the phone to call a buddy AAARRGGH
>
> _____
>
> From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 12:05 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: age and politics
>
>
> > From: Ian Skinner
> > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:02 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: age and politics
> >
> > It's good to see another who knows where programming was
> just 20 years
> > ago. My first Basic programs where written in 1982. While I never
> > created a program in Machine Language, I keyed my far share into a
> > computer.
> >
>
> Oh man, do you remember typing in numbers for 3 days straight
> out of the Compute's! Gazette only to have your little sister
> come along and trip on the power cord and yank it out of the wall!
>
> :)
>
> Marlon
> _____
>
>
>
>
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