Now we really see the age of everyone on this list! 38/40 here.... budget never included laser disc and "I'm too cool" to have ever worn a calculator watch :-)
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:40 AM, paul chinnery <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the writer is wrong about the incandescent bulbs, though. There > going to be around for a long time. I've replaced some of mine, but I still > like to use the incandescent for reading. > > > Subject: RE: Obsolete Tech > > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:20:48 -0500 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > > 37 > > > > No attached cell phone (though I saw them in the movies) > > No "old school word processor". I used a typewriter. > > I never used carbon paper, but I used a "Xerox machine" (now known as a > > "copier"). > > > > What about black and white TVs? You don't see those anymore... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 7:52 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Obsolete Tech > > > > > > > > You have me beat, I get 36. > > > > Never had a need for a phone in my car, there were always plenty of pay > > phones around. Try finding one of those now - recently I left my phone > > at home and had to call my wife while I was out. It took me a half hour > > driving from one strip mall to the next before I found one. > > > > While I was at concerts where people held up lighters I never did it > > myself. Although I do have some fuzzy memories of holding up a lighter > > and throwing rice at midnight showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. > > > > Laser disk - couldn't afford it. I didn't even get a color TV until > > sometime in the early 80's, and a VCR in the mid to late 80's. > > > > Boombox - never wanted one. > > Blind date - siituation never came up, but plenty of my friends did. > > > > > > Just as interesting are the 12 that still apply. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 8:18 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Obsolete Tech > > > > I'm pretty close. I'd say 38, but 2 only because I couldn't afford them > > when they came out: > > > > Phone installed in Car > > Laser Disk > > > > > > > > Chris Bodnar, MCSE > > Sr. Systems Engineer > > Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services > > Guardian Life Insurance Company of America > > Email: [email protected] > > Phone: 610-807-6459 > > Fax: 610-807-6003 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:57 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: OT: Obsolete Tech > > > > I must be obsolete, I'm 36-for-40: > > > > Obsolete Technology: 40 Big Losers - PC World > > http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,169863/printable.html > > > > I have done all of thes except I can't remember holding up a lighter at > > a > > concert (but I can't remember many concerts, either ;-)); I can't > > remember > > > > making a "mix tape", and I never had a calculator watch (I pre-date > > that, > > can > > you say "slide rule", boys and girls?); I never used a dedicated "word > > processor" (my first "word processing" experience was writing my MS > > thesis > > > > using TECO) ... > > > > Is anybody here 40-for-40? > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information > > that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under > > applicable law. 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