Posts by earl grey

Wait, you have savings?

How the hell did that happen?

OH ye of little faith

It's your turn.

Bend over and grab the ankles in the appropriate position.

This whole mess reminds me of...

Benny Hill running around in circles with a whole line of folks after him and that funky music cranking one out.

implementing gravity compensation

i was rather hoping for implementing anti-gravity compensation,

There is a way to fix this

Arrest all the C levels and hold them for a year and confiscate their salary and give it to the ones cheated.

see if they can tell

which finger i'm holding up for them.

sorry, no sympathy

for this guy or the one with the knife. weld the door closed in chokey.

Dear Snoopers

That's not your hand and that's not lubricant.

It's not my turn in the barrel.

I'm not bending over for you.

The cake is a lie.

Fritz the cat was ok

But i'm more of a Dirty Duck fan.

OMG old person here

First computer job i had the place had one 360/30 which we calls "the pits" and was used variously for card-to-tape, printing, and card punching. 1403 printers were the choice du jour. If you have one, hope you got the roll of carriage tape material and a punch to make it dance (and have spare chain elements to boot).

We also had 3 360/65s, one of which had an LCS. Consoles were IBM selectrics. There was also a 7080 which (if you learnt how), you could program from the control panel of the console. It allowed for all kinds of good mischief.

We later got in a 360/40 on which to install HASP. That was a change.

Full panoply of card mangling machines, from keypunch to collator, interpreter, and sorter. You only need learn your field and numerics to make (remake) almost anything. Had an imager which would allow you to actually read a 7-track tape (again, if you knew how). Wonder what happened to all that stuff?

Third shop was Unisys stuff... including 1004, 1005, fastrands, 1782, 432, 494s run in 490 mode and eventually into 1100 series.

Won't even talk about the greatness of learning PL/1 on the 360 as it supported a football game (which i was told not to do as we weren't

"programmers"). arseholes.

You wouldn't like me when i'm angry

Had a manager at another site (another state away) curse me on the phone and i simply hung up mid-conversation. walked to manager's office next door and said, "you're going to get a call from so-and-so and i hung up because he swore at me.". moments later his phone rang and i went back to next office and told my reportees they never had to put up with someone swearing at them (or other abusive language). Funny thing was, i had to go to that location not a week later and that manager was nice as he could be. nothing else ever said about language.

worked at another site where a manager called me out in front of other employees (he wasn't my boss or even in my chain of command) and 2nd time i was five feet away and so mad i couldn't even see him, He had no idea how close he was... i said I had to go and turned and walked away. He never had to learn i could put my fist through a brick wall.

no 20 cm alligator clip on your AC cable?

with enough spring power to mimic a 20 foot real alligator. Ah, you haven't lived and were barely connected.

I wasn't sure what icon to choose

Sad face that you're leaving?

Happy face that you've found something new?

Beer to get you on your way.

Beer is it.

May the beer be with you.

If his back isn't to bad

Maybe he would be satisfied to kick Hurd and the board in the nuts a few times.

well, one good thing

At least she handed you the phone instead of replying to that last one.

where's the button for whingers?

There's sure a shitload of them responding to this today.

well done, boffins

I never cease to be amazed.

it's just like scripts

i turn the off or on as i need and if it's too much trouble...i simply get rid of that site. nobody is worth that much trouble.

Morons are not a race

Oh hella yes they are. A race to the bottom.

handrails optional

We used to have a certain escalator at work which would sometimes stop on the way down...pitching you face first into whatever was before you...loads of fun was had by all. On the other hand, after fire drills we would be going back in (en masse) and one of them being overloaded would actually slip backwards (until enough people were dumped off to make it up to the next floor). more entertainment.

When i were much younger and had to stay for morning meetings (worked 2nd or 3rd in computer room), i would sometimes run up the down escalators all four floors to wake up. worked a champ.

It's a shame

sad, really.

no smacking allowed

Last flight I was on there was no room between seats and my knees were right up against the back of the seat in front. They tried to recline - several times - and looked back and i said, sorry...no room. they (thankfully) gave up.

And yes, you can punch me if you like; but if you smack me i'll choke the life out of you.

What i want to know

Is who (and how many) may be on that list who aren't really members of any gang or criminal group and have just been slandered?

reminds me of the proper way to clean mouse balls

I just took a hint from her.

i don't understand the "raw water" comments

I have a well and have never treated the water from it since it was bored (many years ago). How is this a bad thing (or are you talking about city water)?

Also, have had two sets of shots to try to minimize shingles, but never heard it was contagious. Yes, i had chicken pox as a kid and the virus is always with you after that.

what is a thoguht ???

And yes, i know there's a place to request corrections. I just can't be arsed.

i think you meant anus horribilis

Yes, that would be MS arseholes.

I must be getting old

I have an 8 inch floppy here in front of me and the Mrs. won't let me put it in the slot.

Paris...because.

Thank you

Well done. Please sir, may i have another?

sad about that picture

too much like Carmen Sandiego with a bad afternoon shadow.

weaponize it

A flick of the Bic to light it up will stop all that nonsense with a bunch of burned off arse hair.

what can possibly go wrong

it's all fun and games until someone wants to see the data.

How flexible are you?

So-so

Bend over and grab your ankles.

they're all pink and red on the inside

you find that's the case when you cut them in two.

i won't try the mcd's automated thingies

I much prefer to talk to an actual person getting paid their wage to work and get my order right (which they do). Most are a pleasure to talk to and very nice (I guess i'm lucky in many respects :-).

the icon says it all

hope they burn in hell

Bless their hearts

I still have a copy of the old Plextools i can use to rip CDs if necessary. Unfortunately, most aren't worth listening to any more.

a kick in the testimonials

for all those suggesting this and all those with a hand out for more money.

what could possibly go wrong

Well - everything. It'll all come out in the wash (you hope).

i call them targets

and out where i live they're fair game night or day. if peta trespasses, they're fair game, too.

might have a problem

as i'm not on FB and don't have any friends.

no, i'm not the trumpybear.

Nice work boffins

Have one (or more).

CEO jail time

Take a half-dozen of these suckers and throw them in chokey for a while (and not some country club federal prison) and shit like this stops. now.