Posts by [B@H] Ray

21) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Word link 2 (Message 21053)
Posted 24 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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cylinder
22) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Word link 2 (Message 20851)
Posted 21 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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(Peanut Butter and) Jelly
23) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Last one to post here wins! (Message 20850)
Posted 21 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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Oh I am U just don't C it.
24) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Last one to post here wins! (Message 20845)
Posted 21 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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That did not take long, but I am in the lead again.



Sorry John I barrowed him.
25) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Last one to post here wins! (Message 20843)
Posted 21 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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This thread hadn't been started here so I wanted to start it. Have fun.

Looks like I am in the lead now.
26) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Word link 2 (Message 20842)
Posted 21 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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(Super) Cruncher
27) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Good day to you all (Message 20565)
Posted 19 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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What part of the UK are you in Fluffy Chicken?

I'm based here in Leicester, paradise of the Midlands......


John
Looks like it will be quite worm there tomarrow. At least Thursday looks good.
28) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Word link 2 (Message 20564)
Posted 19 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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hamburger
29) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Image link (Message 20358)
Posted 17 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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Very old beer.

30) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Word link 2 (Message 20357)
Posted 17 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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Hanging
31) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Word link 2 (Message 19762)
Posted 4 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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processing
32) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : What's playing on the stereo? (Message 19756)
Posted 4 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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For what it's worth - Buffalo Springfield
33) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Word link 2 (Message 19755)
Posted 4 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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android
34) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Word link 2 (Message 19717)
Posted 2 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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puck
35) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Old Geezers Club (Message 19711)
Posted 2 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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Started with the original TSR model and PDP-11 (ticket tape with text terminal). Then bought a Vic 20, then Apple ][+ clone for most of the 80s, before finally making to a 386-40 (AMD) many years later.


You were way ahead of me, all I used till about 1984 was a mainframe. The first one at home was a early 286, a lot of people had them at home by than.
36) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Word link 2 (Message 19710)
Posted 2 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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Cow
37) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Word link 2 (Message 19687)
Posted 2 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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dead (people don't lie)

(John were you up all night?)
38) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Word link 2 (Message 19662)
Posted 2 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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doctor
39) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Word link 2 (Message 19659)
Posted 1 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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Physical
40) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Old Geezers Club (Message 19658)
Posted 1 Jul 2006 by Profile [B@H] Ray
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In '78 through '80, I was allowed to take classes at the local community college to learn BASIC, then Fortran, Cobol and Pascal.


We did not have anycommunity colleges open when I learned programming so I went to a private school for Cobal, Fortran, assembler, and RPG in 1970. Later I went to a community college, than a 4 year college, being a Vietnam Era Veteran they waved the tuition, which was a big help.

The young people these days do not know what they are missing when they don't have to keypunch there programs onto cards to enter them into the computer. I must have waisted thousands of cards due to my bad typing.

The JCL for a mainframe was always fun also.

After College I went into Auditing for the state of Connecticut rather than DP due to bad nerves. Than in 2003 they wanted to cut the work force so they offered a good early retirement program. I had already qualified for reqular retirement (Age 55 with 25 years of service) but was going to work a few more. But with the early retirement they offered there was no incentive to stay.

The last 3 weeks at that job were not fun, I was doing the DP stuff for my unit and had to teach the job to someone who did not want to learn. At the same time the data that was being audited had a big change in the format that it came in so had to redo all the programs for pulling out random samples at the same time as teaching another person. Doing the two at the same time with a deadling of my leaveing was really a strain on the neerves. Wow was I glad to get out of there.

Now this is great, go up to Maine when I want in the Summer, and down to NC and FL when I want the rest of the year to see the children and Mom. Yes she is still doing good at 86.
Cheers
Ray


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