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Modern Mechanics

Started by Mugwump, October 21, 2017, 04:14:07 PM

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Jon

?Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ?Wow! What a Ride!? ~ Hunter S. Thompson

LizStreithorst

I'm not old enough to remember that, but I remember back when minimum wage was $1.30 and I started as a kid at $1.40 because it was a union job.  Back then, I thought that if I could make $100. a week I would be rich. 
Always move forward. Never look back.

waterboy

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I'm not old enough either, but when I got out of the service and we came back to Wisconsin I started work at $1.10 an hour. Bought a 50 chevy for $75 and we were living on top of the world.  But I do remember when TI came out with the 16 bit chip.  Also we were one of the first to work with the Intel 286 when that came out.  Before that the only thing available was the 8086.
Dale

I'm not afraid of work.  I can lay down right next to it and go to sleep.

Mugwump

Quote from: waterboy on October 21, 2017, 05:52:57 PM
I'm not old enough either, but when I got out of the service and we came back to Wisconsin I started work at $1.10 an hour. Bought a 50 chevy for $75 and we were living on top of the world.  But I do remember when TI came out with the 16 bit chip.  Also we were one of the first to work with the Intel 286 when that came out.  Before that the only thing available was the 8086.

I used both at work, back in the day......and how about those dot matrix printers.....I remember that wide pale green & white spreadsheet paper.....
Jon

?Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ?Wow! What a Ride!? ~ Hunter S. Thompson