STORM2K

FINALLY, I'm BACK online, SOMEONE (a person in my SAR Unit ) sent me a VIRUS last week, if I didn't know any better, I'd SWEAR this WOMAN sent it to me on purpose! ANYWAYS........I had to have the hard drive re formated, I also had to have them install Windows XP and Office Pro 2003 for my school work! Bottom line, I had NO computer to check the emails, the weather this morning, I was going NUTZ..........I mean, GESSSSSH, am I REALLY that addicted to the stupid machine? I MUST be, plus I went through BIG TIME withdrawls from Storm2K!

What did we USED to do BEFORE comps to take up our time?

Dennis

I forget.

I can't remember.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who wants to just go away and die when the computer's messed up.

P.S. Glad to have you back, Dennis, ol' buddy.

Brent wrote:I can't remember.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who wants to just go away and die when the computer's messed up.

I agree 100% and I would have said the same exact thing so that is why I quoted your post.

For most of the time I was in school (from 1984 to 1996)... for the three years before not having daily internet access I didn't do too much... played solitaire and watched TWC quite a bit.

I would truly be lost if the internet didn't exist or if I had no access at all.

I read BOOKS.

Let's see, that's fairly easy to say.

I read books, like others.

I read and subscribed to the ACTUAL newspaper, not the online version.

I had a neater house.

If somone had asked me - do you google - I would said oh no, I don't know THAT dance. LOL

I had a weed free yard.

I looked up recipes in my cookbooks or at the library, not online!

I didn't have sore eyes!!!!

Side note Dennis, if you ever need a new computer, consider buying Apple/McIntosh. We've never had a virus, since they're designed for other computers. Everytime I hear of another virus alert, I ask Jim about it and he always says, with a smile mind you, we don't have to worry about it.

Mary

I've got Norton, I even updated to Norton '04 but the I STILL got the virus! Talked to the tech at the shop, said the virus was OVER 10 years OLD??? I asked the *woman* who SENT me the virus, she said "Yeah, it's a hand me down computer, over 11 years OLD!" So...anyway!

YUP...I used to read a LOT and I "HAVE" to now, with school and all "LOL!"

Dennis

well since my computer time is the same as work, my answer is easy.

Before computers I leaned over a drafting board for 8 hours a day. I used pencils, adjustable triangles, scales, calculators, and plenty of erasers.

Ahhhhhh...the good ole days NOT!

j !!! Doing Cadd!!!

What line of work are you in? I'm a civil engineer. We're up to our armpits in Cadd around here.

I loved those plastic leads. I miss the buzz of pen cleaners. The tape on the triangles so the ink doesn't run under it. I especially miss the artistry of hand lettering. The old time drafters knew how to DRAW. They also know that a hidden line must be interrupted and must not actually touch an object line. I can't get that through to the kids that come out of tech school today. They don't even know what a hidden line is.

yeah...I din't mean to knock it. I was actually quite a good draftsman, with my drawings standing out from my co-workers. Yes...your drawings had to legible. A 3 better not look like an 8 or your screwed! That is basically gone with Cad.

I'm a Senior Designer (mechanical). Been on Cad since 1986. Been using Solidworks solely since 1999.

j wrote:well since my computer time is the same as work, my answer is easy.

Before computers I leaned over a drafting board for 8 hours a day. I used pencils, adjustable triangles, scales, calculators, and plenty of erasers.

Ahhhhhh...the good ole days NOT!

AMEN to that!!!

I loved those plastic leads. I miss the buzz of pen cleaners. The tape on the triangles so the ink doesn't run under it. I especially miss the artistry of hand lettering. The old time drafters knew how to DRAW. They also know that a hidden line must be interrupted and must not actually touch an object line. I can't get that through to the kids that come out of tech school today. They don't even know what a hidden line is.

Ed, even though I much prefer the CADD, you are so right about the newer "kids" that do not understand "drawing".

Before Computer's

1. I had to use pen or pencil and paper
2. To use Windows I had to turn the latch and open by hand
3. If I had a mouse problem I would set a trap
4. If I had a virus I ran a fever
5. If I needed to reboot I bought a new pair of shoes
6. To Download something you went to the bathroom
7. If you want Weather info you had to wait for the local news to ome on

I was the "catalog queen". Noooo, I did NOT
always order, but, in essence, I "window-shopped"
through catalogs from every place on Earth! My
late-morning coffee (I worked 3p-11p shift)
was spent drinking coffee and wishing I could
order things....I also did alot of drawings and
oil paintings. I still have sketch pads where I
started drawings, and, never finished them.
I still get catalogs, but, they get pitched into the
trash bin a lot faster than they used to.

i played with my hot wheels cars. I am still pretty young i guess.

I would handwrite assignments, look for activities to consume my time. We didn't get a puter til my senior year, and by then didn't have internet at that time.

ummmmmmmmmmm....I had a smaller backside? lol

The only thing that gets a workout now are my fingers on the keyboard!

lol Kathy

I started out with a dinosaur-like dial up modem. The thing would be considered archaic in today's age of cable / DSL / T1 modem homes and businesses.

It ran at a measly 2.4 KB per second. Could never download anything on that sucker nowadays.