A Russian engineer, an American engineer, and an Irish engineer are at a pub in...oh hell it's the Russian forum so we'll say St. Pete.
"Russia was the first in space!" the Russian says, and throws back a shot of vodka as the locals cheer.
"Yeah but America was first on the moon!" the American says, and takes a swig of his Budweiser. (it's the only pub in St. Pete with Bud. On tap. Work with me here.)
They both look smugly at the Irishman, who drains his Guinness and plonks the empty glass down on the table. "Whaddyer lookin' at mates? We're gonna be the first on the sun!"
"Madness!" the American exclaims.
"You would burn up before you even got close!" the Russian snorts.
The Irishman laughs and replies, "We're not stupid you know. We're going at night."
Full Version: Happy St. Patrick's Day
Oh Kirk... 
QUOTE(mox @ Mar 17 2008, 01:00 PM) 
A Russian engineer, an American engineer, and an Irish engineer are at a pub in...oh hell it's the Russian forum so we'll say St. Pete.
"Russia was the first in space!" the Russian says, and throws back a shot of vodka as the locals cheer.
"Yeah but America was first on the moon!" the American says, and takes a swig of his Budweiser. (it's the only pub in St. Pete with Bud. On tap. Work with me here.)
They both look smugly at the Irishman, who drains his Guinness and plonks the empty glass down on the table. "Whaddyer lookin' at mates? We're gonna be the first on the sun!"
"Madness!" the American exclaims.
"You would burn up before you even got close!" the Russian snorts.
The Irishman laughs and replies, "We're not stupid you know. We're going at night."
"Russia was the first in space!" the Russian says, and throws back a shot of vodka as the locals cheer.
"Yeah but America was first on the moon!" the American says, and takes a swig of his Budweiser. (it's the only pub in St. Pete with Bud. On tap. Work with me here.)
They both look smugly at the Irishman, who drains his Guinness and plonks the empty glass down on the table. "Whaddyer lookin' at mates? We're gonna be the first on the sun!"
"Madness!" the American exclaims.
"You would burn up before you even got close!" the Russian snorts.
The Irishman laughs and replies, "We're not stupid you know. We're going at night."
QUOTE(mox @ Mar 17 2008, 12:00 PM)
A Russian engineer, an American engineer, and an Irish engineer are at a pub in...oh hell it's the Russian forum so we'll say St. Pete.
"Russia was the first in space!" the Russian says, and throws back a shot of vodka as the locals cheer.
"Yeah but America was first on the moon!" the American says, and takes a swig of his Budweiser. (it's the only pub in St. Pete with Bud. On tap. Work with me here.)
They both look smugly at the Irishman, who drains his Guinness and plonks the empty glass down on the table. "Whaddyer lookin' at mates? We're gonna be the first on the sun!"
"Madness!" the American exclaims.
"You would burn up before you even got close!" the Russian snorts.
The Irishman laughs and replies, "We're not stupid you know. We're going at night."
"Russia was the first in space!" the Russian says, and throws back a shot of vodka as the locals cheer.
"Yeah but America was first on the moon!" the American says, and takes a swig of his Budweiser. (it's the only pub in St. Pete with Bud. On tap. Work with me here.)
They both look smugly at the Irishman, who drains his Guinness and plonks the empty glass down on the table. "Whaddyer lookin' at mates? We're gonna be the first on the sun!"
"Madness!" the American exclaims.
"You would burn up before you even got close!" the Russian snorts.
The Irishman laughs and replies, "We're not stupid you know. We're going at night."
TOO Funny! Since I didn't get a response on another thread for attorney jokes, allow me to impose this one on you, I haven't heard better in 20 years! 3 Surgeons are comparing patients, the first surgeon, somewhat the surgeon emeritus in the area proclaimed that his best patients are of German descent, never a post operative complication. The second surgeon, although he hasn't been cutting as long, shook his head and stated that Japanese patients are the best, you open them up and they are color coded, yellow to yellow, red to red, green to green blue to blue, you can never screw up a Japanese patient unless you are color blind. The third surgeon looked smugly at the other two, and proclaimed his favorite patients are attorneys. The other two looked at him somewhat aghast, and blamed his lack of information on the fact that he just completed his residency. The older of the surgeons proclained "Why on earth would you ever choose these folks as patients, they are the most litiguous people on the planet?" The young resident explained, "Its easy, they only have two moving parts their mouths and their rectums, and on attorneys they (the body parts) are both interchangeable!" Please feel free to add your favortite attorney joke as I am fresh out of material, and see the low esteem attorneys are held in this forum (myself included).
Great jokes! 
I'll think of one here shortly. Jeff, I'm eagerly awaiting the midnight hour and the release of your next hat selection. Well, unless you wait until tomorrow sometime.
I'll think of one here shortly. Jeff, I'm eagerly awaiting the midnight hour and the release of your next hat selection. Well, unless you wait until tomorrow sometime.
You pretty much know my methods! Yep, sometime around midnight a new look will spring up.
Yep, sometime around midnight a new look will spring up.QUOTE(Jason-Sasha @ Mar 17 2008, 01:56 PM)
Great jokes!
I'll think of one here shortly. Jeff, I'm eagerly awaiting the midnight hour and the release of your next hat selection. Well, unless you wait until tomorrow sometime.
I'll think of one here shortly. Jeff, I'm eagerly awaiting the midnight hour and the release of your next hat selection. Well, unless you wait until tomorrow sometime.
- What do you call a skydiving attorney? Skeet.
- How many lawyer jokes are there? Just one. The rest are true.
- How do lawyers sleep? First they lie on one side, then the other.
- What do you have when you have a lawyer up to his neck in dirt? Not enough dirt.
- How many lawyer jokes are there? Just one. The rest are true.
- How do lawyers sleep? First they lie on one side, then the other.
- What do you have when you have a lawyer up to his neck in dirt? Not enough dirt.
QUOTE(mox @ Mar 17 2008, 02:27 PM)
- What do you call a skydiving attorney? Skeet.
- How many lawyer jokes are there? Just one. The rest are true.
- How do lawyers sleep? First they lie on one side, then the other.
- What do you have when you have a lawyer up to his neck in dirt? Not enough dirt.
- How many lawyer jokes are there? Just one. The rest are true.
- How do lawyers sleep? First they lie on one side, then the other.
- What do you have when you have a lawyer up to his neck in dirt? Not enough dirt.
QUOTE(mox @ Mar 17 2008, 01:27 PM)
- What do you call a skydiving attorney? Skeet.
- How many lawyer jokes are there? Just one. The rest are true.
- How do lawyers sleep? First they lie on one side, then the other.
- What do you have when you have a lawyer up to his neck in dirt? Not enough dirt.
- How many lawyer jokes are there? Just one. The rest are true.
- How do lawyers sleep? First they lie on one side, then the other.
- What do you have when you have a lawyer up to his neck in dirt? Not enough dirt.
Great!! Keep them coming!! Other Jeff where the heck are your jokes? What do you call a bus with a load of attorneys that runs off a road and all are killed? A tragedy. Why? Because there were two empty seats on the bus!
You are standing on a pier. You see two attorneys drowning, but only have one life preserver. One is a divorce attorney, the other is a personal injury attorney. Do you use the life preserver as a head rest or a foot rest?
Nice ears Jeff! 
I found a good one.....
Patrick O'Malley hoisted his beer and said: "Here's to spending the rest of me life between the legs of me wife!" - and he took home the top prize for the best toast of the night.
In bed later that night, he told his wife: "Mary, I won the prize for the best toast of the night." She said, "Aye, Paddy, what was your toast?"
So he told her: "Here's to spending the rest of me life sitting in church beside me wife."
"Oh," she said, "that is very nice, dear."
The next day, Mary ran into one of Paddy's drinking partners in the street. Mischievously, the man said: "Did you hear about your husband winning a prize in the pub the other night for a toast about you, Mary?"
She replied: "Aye - and I was a bit surprised. Till now, he's only been down there twice. Once he fell asleep, and the other time I had to pull him by the ears to make him come".
I found a good one.....
Patrick O'Malley hoisted his beer and said: "Here's to spending the rest of me life between the legs of me wife!" - and he took home the top prize for the best toast of the night.
In bed later that night, he told his wife: "Mary, I won the prize for the best toast of the night." She said, "Aye, Paddy, what was your toast?"
So he told her: "Here's to spending the rest of me life sitting in church beside me wife."
"Oh," she said, "that is very nice, dear."
The next day, Mary ran into one of Paddy's drinking partners in the street. Mischievously, the man said: "Did you hear about your husband winning a prize in the pub the other night for a toast about you, Mary?"
She replied: "Aye - and I was a bit surprised. Till now, he's only been down there twice. Once he fell asleep, and the other time I had to pull him by the ears to make him come".
I thought this one was pretty funny.
A woman and a man driver are involved in a horrific collision, but amazingly both escape completely unhurt - though their cars are written off.
As they crawl out of the wreckage, the man sees the woman is blonde and strikingly beautiful. Then the woman turns to the man and gushes breathily: 'That's incredible - both our cars are demolished but we're fine. It must be a sign from God that we are meant to be together!'
Sensing a promise, the man stammers back, 'Oh yes, I agree with you completely!'
The woman goes on, 'And look, though my car was destroyed, this bottle of wine survived intact, too! It must be another sign. Let's drink to our love!'
'Well, OK!' says the man, going with the moment. She offers him the bottle, so he downs half of it and hands it back.
'Your turn,' says the man.
'No, thanks,' says the woman, 'I think I'll just wait for the police.'
A woman and a man driver are involved in a horrific collision, but amazingly both escape completely unhurt - though their cars are written off.
As they crawl out of the wreckage, the man sees the woman is blonde and strikingly beautiful. Then the woman turns to the man and gushes breathily: 'That's incredible - both our cars are demolished but we're fine. It must be a sign from God that we are meant to be together!'
Sensing a promise, the man stammers back, 'Oh yes, I agree with you completely!'
The woman goes on, 'And look, though my car was destroyed, this bottle of wine survived intact, too! It must be another sign. Let's drink to our love!'
'Well, OK!' says the man, going with the moment. She offers him the bottle, so he downs half of it and hands it back.
'Your turn,' says the man.
'No, thanks,' says the woman, 'I think I'll just wait for the police.'
ok, one more......
A kid comes home from school with a writing assignment. He asks his father for help. "Dad, can you tell me the difference between potential and reality?"
His father looks up, thoughtfully, and then says, "I'll demonstrate. Go ask your mother if she would sleep with Robert Redford for a million pounds. Then go ask your sister if she would sleep with Brad Pitt for a million pounds. Then come back and tell me what you've learned."
The kid is puzzled, but decides to ask his mother. "Mum, if someone gave you a million pounds, would you sleep with Robert Redford?"
"Don't tell your father, but yes, I would," she replies.
He then goes to his sister's room. "Sis, if someone gave you a million pounds, would you sleep with Brad Pitt?"
She replies, "Omigod! Definitely!"
The kid goes back to his father. "Dad, I think I've figured it out. Potentially, we are sitting on two million quid, but in reality, we are living with two sluts."
A kid comes home from school with a writing assignment. He asks his father for help. "Dad, can you tell me the difference between potential and reality?"
His father looks up, thoughtfully, and then says, "I'll demonstrate. Go ask your mother if she would sleep with Robert Redford for a million pounds. Then go ask your sister if she would sleep with Brad Pitt for a million pounds. Then come back and tell me what you've learned."
The kid is puzzled, but decides to ask his mother. "Mum, if someone gave you a million pounds, would you sleep with Robert Redford?"
"Don't tell your father, but yes, I would," she replies.
He then goes to his sister's room. "Sis, if someone gave you a million pounds, would you sleep with Brad Pitt?"
She replies, "Omigod! Definitely!"
The kid goes back to his father. "Dad, I think I've figured it out. Potentially, we are sitting on two million quid, but in reality, we are living with two sluts."
QUOTE(mox @ Mar 17 2008, 12:00 PM)
A Russian engineer, an American engineer, and an Irish engineer are at a pub in...oh hell it's the Russian forum so we'll say St. Pete.
"Russia was the first in space!" the Russian says, and throws back a shot of vodka as the locals cheer.
"Yeah but America was first on the moon!" the American says, and takes a swig of his Budweiser. (it's the only pub in St. Pete with Bud. On tap. Work with me here.)
They both look smugly at the Irishman, who drains his Guinness and plonks the empty glass down on the table. "Whaddyer lookin' at mates? We're gonna be the first on the sun!"
"Madness!" the American exclaims.
"You would burn up before you even got close!" the Russian snorts.
The Irishman laughs and replies, "We're not stupid you know. We're going at night."
"Russia was the first in space!" the Russian says, and throws back a shot of vodka as the locals cheer.
"Yeah but America was first on the moon!" the American says, and takes a swig of his Budweiser. (it's the only pub in St. Pete with Bud. On tap. Work with me here.)
They both look smugly at the Irishman, who drains his Guinness and plonks the empty glass down on the table. "Whaddyer lookin' at mates? We're gonna be the first on the sun!"
"Madness!" the American exclaims.
"You would burn up before you even got close!" the Russian snorts.
The Irishman laughs and replies, "We're not stupid you know. We're going at night."
Haha thats funny! I just figured out today there was a russian forum
I feel stupid 
I hope everyone had a Happy Saint Pattys DAY!!!!!!
QUOTE(Corey-Mariya @ Mar 18 2008, 02:57 AM)
Haha thats funny! I just figured out today there was a russian forum I feel stupid
I feel stupid Don't feel stupid...that comes later after you've hung around here too long.
(And welcome!)
And Jefferey, those ears look...painful.
Thanks!
Surprisingly, neither Alla or I felt a thing. Right at midnight they just sprung up! Although taking my morning shower today proved a little challenging. Those things acted like funnels!:LOL:
QUOTE(Jason-Sasha @ Mar 18 2008, 03:35 AM)
Nice ears Jeff!
Surprisingly, neither Alla or I felt a thing. Right at midnight they just sprung up! Although taking my morning shower today proved a little challenging. Those things acted like funnels!:LOL:
QUOTE(mox @ Mar 18 2008, 10:11 AM)
And Jefferey, those ears look...painful.
QUOTE(Kazan @ Mar 18 2008, 11:11 AM)
Thanks!
Surprisingly, neither Alla or I felt a thing. Right at midnight they just sprung up! Although taking my morning shower today proved a little challenging. Those things acted like funnels!:LOL:
QUOTE(Jason-Sasha @ Mar 18 2008, 03:35 AM)
Nice ears Jeff!
Surprisingly, neither Alla or I felt a thing. Right at midnight they just sprung up! Although taking my morning shower today proved a little challenging. Those things acted like funnels!:LOL:
QUOTE(mox @ Mar 18 2008, 10:11 AM)
And Jefferey, those ears look...painful.
The Russian love holidays...so much so that they seem to celebrate other countries holidays as well. I'm trying to picture a Russian celebrating St. Patrick's Day. Can we get Russian men to give up their black coats and pants for green? Drink green vodka? Pinch each other's a** for not wearing green?
I don't see it.
QUOTE(Kazan @ Mar 17 2008, 02:12 PM)
You pretty much know my methods! Yep, sometime around midnight a new look will spring up.
Yep, sometime around midnight a new look will spring up.QUOTE(Jason-Sasha @ Mar 17 2008, 01:56 PM)
Great jokes!
I'll think of one here shortly. Jeff, I'm eagerly awaiting the midnight hour and the release of your next hat selection. Well, unless you wait until tomorrow sometime.
I'll think of one here shortly. Jeff, I'm eagerly awaiting the midnight hour and the release of your next hat selection. Well, unless you wait until tomorrow sometime.
With that super-sized photo of you and your lady in your posting block, your posts take up the most room on my computer screen of anyone posting messages. I have to do a lot of scrolling because of you...but the photos are fun with the hats.
And the photo reveals a really loving couple.
QUOTE(seanconneryii @ Mar 18 2008, 11:19 AM)
The Russian love holidays...so much so that they seem to celebrate other countries holidays as well. I'm trying to picture a Russian celebrating St. Patrick's Day. Can we get Russian men to give up their black coats and pants for green? Drink green vodka? Pinch each other's a** for not wearing green?
I don't see it.
I don't see it.
In Russian St. Patrick's Day, they don't pinch you if you don't wear green. You just quietly disappear in the night.
QUOTE(mox @ Mar 18 2008, 03:14 PM)
QUOTE(seanconneryii @ Mar 18 2008, 11:19 AM)
The Russian love holidays...so much so that they seem to celebrate other countries holidays as well. I'm trying to picture a Russian celebrating St. Patrick's Day. Can we get Russian men to give up their black coats and pants for green? Drink green vodka? Pinch each other's a** for not wearing green?
I don't see it.
I don't see it.
In Russian St. Patrick's Day, they don't pinch you if you don't wear green. You just quietly disappear in the night.
Ah yes...St. KGB Day!
QUOTE(seanconneryii @ Mar 18 2008, 12:20 PM)
Ah yes...St. KGB Day!
HA! Yeah...that green beer you're drinking? It's not dye. It's PU-239.
QUOTE(seanconneryii @ Mar 18 2008, 11:33 AM)
With that super-sized photo of you and your lady in your posting block, your posts take up the most room on my computer screen of anyone posting messages. I have to do a lot of scrolling because of you...but the photos are fun with the hats.
You can disable those annoying signatures by going to http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...rCP&CODE=04 look for board settings and put "no" for signatures.QUOTE(Satellite @ Mar 18 2008, 03:57 PM)
QUOTE(seanconneryii @ Mar 18 2008, 11:33 AM)
With that super-sized photo of you and your lady in your posting block, your posts take up the most room on my computer screen of anyone posting messages. I have to do a lot of scrolling because of you...but the photos are fun with the hats.
You can disable those annoying signatures by going to http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...rCP&CODE=04 look for board settings and put "no" for signatures.Nice tip...thanks.
Thanks!
Saint KGB Day! That is hillarious-!!!
In Russian St. Patrick's Day, they don't pinch you if you don't wear green. You just quietly disappear in the night.
Ah yes...St. KGB Day!
Oh and for Sat. Lighten up! My signature is for kicks and giggles. Have some fun from time to time. Life is too short.
QUOTE(seanconneryii @ Mar 18 2008, 02:33 PM)
And the photo reveals a really loving couple.
Saint KGB Day! That is hillarious-!!!
QUOTE(seanconneryii @ Mar 18 2008, 03:20 PM)
QUOTE(mox @ Mar 18 2008, 03:14 PM)
QUOTE(seanconneryii @ Mar 18 2008, 11:19 AM)
The Russian love holidays...so much so that they seem to celebrate other countries holidays as well. I'm trying to picture a Russian celebrating St. Patrick's Day. Can we get Russian men to give up their black coats and pants for green? Drink green vodka? Pinch each other's a** for not wearing green?
I don't see it.
I don't see it.
In Russian St. Patrick's Day, they don't pinch you if you don't wear green. You just quietly disappear in the night.
Ah yes...St. KGB Day!
Oh and for Sat. Lighten up! My signature is for kicks and giggles. Have some fun from time to time. Life is too short.
QUOTE(Kazan @ Mar 18 2008, 04:24 PM)
Oh and for Sat. Lighten up! My signature is for kicks and giggles. Have some fun from time to time. Life is too short.
The big signature is a "big deal" if viewing VJ from a dial-up or pay-per-bit type connection.
Turning them off will really help. (Not you guys that have big sigs, the people viewing them.)
Turning them off will really help. (Not you guys that have big sigs, the people viewing them.)
QUOTE(slim @ Mar 19 2008, 11:05 AM)
The big signature is a "big deal" if viewing VJ from a dial-up or pay-per-bit type connection.
Turning them off will really help. (Not you guys that have big sigs, the people viewing them.)
Turning them off will really help. (Not you guys that have big sigs, the people viewing them.)
Yeah, it's good to have the option.
For those on dialup (Russians excluded, I know it can't be helped)...1992 called and wants its Hayes modem back. Come join us in the 21st century ya nob!
Ahhh yes! Those simple carefree days of 300 baud and Loading programs from tape into the RAM.
Yeah, it's good to have the option.
For those on dialup (Russians excluded, I know it can't be helped)...1992 called and wants its Hayes modem back. Come join us in the 21st century ya nob!
QUOTE(mox @ Mar 19 2008, 02:25 PM)
QUOTE(slim @ Mar 19 2008, 11:05 AM)
The big signature is a "big deal" if viewing VJ from a dial-up or pay-per-bit type connection.
Turning them off will really help. (Not you guys that have big sigs, the people viewing them.)
Turning them off will really help. (Not you guys that have big sigs, the people viewing them.)
Yeah, it's good to have the option.
For those on dialup (Russians excluded, I know it can't be helped)...1992 called and wants its Hayes modem back. Come join us in the 21st century ya nob!
QUOTE(Kazan @ Mar 19 2008, 03:11 PM)
Ahhh yes! Those simple carefree days of 300 baud and Loading programs from tape into the RAM.
Yeah, it's good to have the option.
For those on dialup (Russians excluded, I know it can't be helped)...1992 called and wants its Hayes modem back. Come join us in the 21st century ya nob!
QUOTE(mox @ Mar 19 2008, 02:25 PM)
QUOTE(slim @ Mar 19 2008, 11:05 AM)
The big signature is a "big deal" if viewing VJ from a dial-up or pay-per-bit type connection.
Turning them off will really help. (Not you guys that have big sigs, the people viewing them.)
Turning them off will really help. (Not you guys that have big sigs, the people viewing them.)
Yeah, it's good to have the option.
For those on dialup (Russians excluded, I know it can't be helped)...1992 called and wants its Hayes modem back. Come join us in the 21st century ya nob!
My first computer was a Macintosh SE had 2 megs of ram and a 40 meg hard drive. Top of the line! I think it was 1989.
QUOTE(seanconneryii @ Mar 19 2008, 12:29 PM)
My first computer was a Macintosh SE had 2 megs of ram and a 40 meg hard drive. Top of the line! I think it was 1989.
Commodore 64, 1983. Started with the tape drive, used the TV for a monitor. Then when the family got tired of me hogging the TV all the time I got a job and managed to save up for the Commodore color monitor (really just a small dedicated TV) and a floppy disk drive. The floppy disks held 170k, but if you bought one of those cool disk notchers (or used a paper hole punch or sprung for super expensive "double sided disks") you could stick 340k on a disk. Damn, those were the days. That setup cost me, total, about $1,100. At the time, an Apple ][ without disks was running just a bit higher, something like $1,200 if memory serves. My friend down the street had an Apple ][, and I had sole bragging rights until he brought his Apple Macintosh home. I don't think I've had the best computer on the block since then.
Since we are all strolling down computer memory lane... First "computer" Atari 300, followed by the 600 and 1200. Bought an IBM PC Jr. (remember those) with the "peanut butter proof keyboard". My salesman, laughed and said, "You have to try a Mac." I said, but it doesn't look like a computer. He just laughed some more. Needless to say, I was back within a year. That man has sold me every Mac since (maybe 8 total) and he still ribs me about "Jr." He just announced his semi-retirement a couple months ago. He said, "I'm getting too old to blitz through an iTouch presentation!"
Commodore 64, 1983. Started with the tape drive, used the TV for a monitor. Then when the family got tired of me hogging the TV all the time I got a job and managed to save up for the Commodore color monitor (really just a small dedicated TV) and a floppy disk drive. The floppy disks held 170k, but if you bought one of those cool disk notchers (or used a paper hole punch or sprung for super expensive "double sided disks") you could stick 340k on a disk. Damn, those were the days. That setup cost me, total, about $1,100. At the time, an Apple ][ without disks was running just a bit higher, something like $1,200 if memory serves. My friend down the street had an Apple ][, and I had sole bragging rights until he brought his Apple Macintosh home. I don't think I've had the best computer on the block since then.
He just announced his semi-retirement a couple months ago. He said, "I'm getting too old to blitz through an iTouch presentation!" QUOTE(mox @ Mar 19 2008, 04:09 PM)
QUOTE(seanconneryii @ Mar 19 2008, 12:29 PM)
My first computer was a Macintosh SE had 2 megs of ram and a 40 meg hard drive. Top of the line! I think it was 1989.
Commodore 64, 1983. Started with the tape drive, used the TV for a monitor. Then when the family got tired of me hogging the TV all the time I got a job and managed to save up for the Commodore color monitor (really just a small dedicated TV) and a floppy disk drive. The floppy disks held 170k, but if you bought one of those cool disk notchers (or used a paper hole punch or sprung for super expensive "double sided disks") you could stick 340k on a disk. Damn, those were the days. That setup cost me, total, about $1,100. At the time, an Apple ][ without disks was running just a bit higher, something like $1,200 if memory serves. My friend down the street had an Apple ][, and I had sole bragging rights until he brought his Apple Macintosh home. I don't think I've had the best computer on the block since then.
QUOTE(Kazan @ Mar 19 2008, 01:49 PM)
Since we are all strolling down computer memory lane... First "computer" Atari 300, followed by the 600 and 1200. Bought an IBM PC Jr. (remember those) with the "peanut butter proof keyboard". My salesman, laughed and said, "You have to try a Mac." I said, but it doesn't look like a computer. He just laughed some more. Needless to say, I was back within a year. That man has sold me every Mac since (maybe 8 total) and he still ribs me about "Jr." He just announced his semi-retirement a couple months ago. He said, "I'm getting too old to blitz through an iTouch presentation!"
He just announced his semi-retirement a couple months ago. He said, "I'm getting too old to blitz through an iTouch presentation!" Ohhhh...I came *this* close to getting a PC Jr. And then I came *this* close to buying an Apple Lisa. And while I didn't have the money, or really the need for one, the Apple Newton looked pretty cool to me. I've dodged a lot of technology bullets!
I remember the Commodore and the Atari. I think the Atari had it's own OS if I remember right. The oddest looking computer was the Osborn. Anybody remember that one?
My first experience with any personal computer was an IMB at work. I think it had Lotus and some other software I can't remember. That was back when DOS was right in your face.
At home I've always had Macs and I can't see that changing. I only made one mistake...I bought one of those short-lived Mac clones. I think it was called Power Computing or something like that. Nice machine actually but when Steve Jobs made his triumphant return to Apple, first thing he did was nix the clones. No support.
My first experience with any personal computer was an IMB at work. I think it had Lotus and some other software I can't remember. That was back when DOS was right in your face.
At home I've always had Macs and I can't see that changing. I only made one mistake...I bought one of those short-lived Mac clones. I think it was called Power Computing or something like that. Nice machine actually but when Steve Jobs made his triumphant return to Apple, first thing he did was nix the clones. No support.
I miss the green dots....
I remember playing football (as more of a word game; "it's 3rd and 12, ball on your 45, press 1 for sweep right, 2 for draw, 3 for curl, 4 for hail mary." I'd make the selection..... several more green dots and scroll (wait for it) scroll (wait for it) scroll and more green dots........ BEEP BEEP BEEP..... TOUCHDOWN!!!! TOUCHDOWN!!!! TOUCHDOWN!!!)
I think my cellphone has more memory.
I remember playing football (as more of a word game; "it's 3rd and 12, ball on your 45, press 1 for sweep right, 2 for draw, 3 for curl, 4 for hail mary." I'd make the selection..... several more green dots and scroll (wait for it) scroll (wait for it) scroll and more green dots........ BEEP BEEP BEEP..... TOUCHDOWN!!!! TOUCHDOWN!!!! TOUCHDOWN!!!)
I think my cellphone has more memory.
"You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike."
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