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Old 07-05-2009, 09:19 PM   #91
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I know that feeling! I took comp prog for two years in HS and two classes at the junior college. I join the Army, come home and what's this windows thing? I didn't own a computer for over 10 years after that. In fact this is just the second one I'm on now.
I thought I was technologically retarded.
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Old 07-05-2009, 11:23 PM   #92
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I thought I was technologically retarded.
Nope I've been playing catch up ever since! I missed almost every big electronic gadget between 1983-1993 I wasn't interested anymore.
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Old 07-06-2009, 12:13 AM   #93
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Nope I've been playing catch up ever since! I missed almost every big electronic gadget between 1983-1993 I wasn't interested anymore.
know what you mean. I didn't even own a computer till around 99 or so. I was just a few credits away from having a computer support certificate before I got my first one. a friend gave me a couple that his work was going to throw out in 98. I got them running and networked together then found out I wanted a laptop.

I've never been on the bleeding edge of computers either in the ones I've either bought or made. too damn expensive. I think it was 03 when I got my first MP3 player, it was on clearance so it was way behind on size.
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Old 07-06-2009, 11:10 AM   #94
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same here. they were electric typewriters though.
Wow you had electricity...we typed by candlelight ? Just kidding but yep ours were that type too.
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Wow you had electricity...we typed by candlelight ? Just kidding but yep ours were that type too.
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Old 07-06-2009, 12:20 PM   #97
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Wow you had electricity...we typed by candlelight ? Just kidding but yep ours were that type too.
Yea? Well, we typed using birds and stone tablets! Plus there were only 15 letters and numbers TOTAL!!!
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we had the huge brown IBM typewriters for typing class

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we had the huge brown IBM typewriters for typing class

THUNK THUNK THUNK *ding* RATCHET THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK *ding* RATCHET THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK *FUCK* *ratchet* *ratchet* *ratchet* THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK *ding*

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Can't remember if I posted it here or not, but all of my essays in college were typed on an ancient Smith Corona manual that I rescued from a dumpster and repaired.
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