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May 17th, 2014, 10:58 AM
3com

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May 17th, 2014, 11:59 AM
dilettante

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Originally Posted by TysonLPrice

WOW...my memories were way off on that one. My first IBM mainframe job was in 1985 and I thought it was a little box in a room that was enclosed in glass. Using Google I see I was way off. I don't know what it is I was thinking of now...an old pop machine?

Possibly a System/36 or System/38 box?
May 20th, 2014, 06:47 AM
KGComputers

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I often check the Today's Birthdays section and found out that there are members aged 60 and above.
May 20th, 2014, 12:44 PM
dilettante

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You can almost hear his grandfather clock ticking and harpsichord MIDIs playing!

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May 20th, 2014, 01:02 PM
TysonLPrice

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Originally Posted by KGComputers

I often check the Today's Birthdays section and found out that there are members aged 60 and above.

I check the obituaries every day and keep my phone book up to date :eek:
May 20th, 2014, 01:48 PM
3com

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We are close to...

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May 20th, 2014, 01:54 PM
techgnome

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Developers don't die... they just GoSub with out Return...

-tg
May 20th, 2014, 02:02 PM
Gruff

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Originally Posted by dilettante

You can almost hear his grandfather clock ticking and harpsichord MIDIs playing!

:D

The flip side is the 18 to 40 crowd that are technophobes.
I see em all the time out here in the sticks.
May 20th, 2014, 02:27 PM
TysonLPrice

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Originally Posted by Gruff

:D

The flip side is the 18 to 40 crowd that are technophobes.
I see em all the time out here in the sticks.

Reminds me of the movie Deliverance...
May 21st, 2014, 03:33 AM
namrekka

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I have made several backups of myself. So when I crash........
May 21st, 2014, 06:23 AM
techgnome

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Originally Posted by namrekka

I have made several backups of myself. So when I crash........

Reminds me of the episode of Futerama when Bender finds out that he has a defective (actually it was missing) backup unit.

-tg
May 21st, 2014, 10:41 AM
RobDog888

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Originally Posted by 3com

We are close to...

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Why the hate for Macros? lol
May 22nd, 2014, 01:25 PM
3com

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Why the hate for Macros? lol

Automating tasks is not allowed.
Medical prescription. :rolleyes:
May 22nd, 2014, 01:30 PM
3com

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Originally Posted by namrekka

I have made several backups of myself. So when I crash........

Reminds of the movie <Bicentennial Man>.
Being immortal has side effects. :)
May 22nd, 2014, 01:33 PM
3com

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Originally Posted by techgnome

Developers don't die... they just GoSub with out Return...

-tg

Developers are like the energy, it does not destroyed, but transformed.
Aug 1st, 2014, 10:44 AM
RobDog888

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Can I go there now? Im ready to retire early but need financial aid lol
Aug 1st, 2014, 08:12 PM
homer13j

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...need financial aid...

Quit buying Mustangs.

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Aug 1st, 2014, 08:35 PM
dee-u

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O sell your mustang. BTW, happy birthday Rob! You must already be 50 so you want to retire now?
Aug 2nd, 2014, 05:15 AM
3com

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Can I go there now? Im ready to retire early but need financial aid lol

Of course you do, here are a legion of beautiful nurses waiting for us. :p
Aug 3rd, 2014, 11:39 AM
ident

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This thread makes me feel like i am standing next to the Musicians of the RMS Titanic :( Cheer up lads.
Aug 3rd, 2014, 01:11 PM
Shaggy Hiker

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Well, they're playing a jaunty toon.
Aug 4th, 2014, 08:16 AM
FunkyDexter

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Quit buying Mustangs

You clearly have no understanding of the nature of addiction. RobDog would mainline mustangs if he could.
Aug 4th, 2014, 10:47 AM
RobDog888

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Originally Posted by homer13j

Quit buying Mustangs.

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Never! :lol: Without a Mustang there is no life.
Aug 4th, 2014, 10:49 AM
RobDog888

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Originally Posted by dee-u

O sell your mustang. BTW, happy birthday Rob! You must already be 50 so you want to retire now?

Naw, I dont want to ever sell one. You pay interest on the loan, they decrease in value over teh years (usually with any car) and if I dont sell the I dont lose any money :D

Thanks for the early bd. :thumb:
Aug 4th, 2014, 10:50 AM
RobDog888

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Of course you do, here are a legion of beautiful nurses waiting for us. :p

Dont tell me that when I retire I get 70 virgins ha!
Aug 4th, 2014, 10:51 AM
RobDog888

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Originally Posted by FunkyDexter

You clearly have no understanding of the nature of addiction. RobDog would mainline mustangs if he could.

Well I do have a side business for mustang parts. Figure when I retire from programming I'll put that into full force and keep the money flowing in
Aug 4th, 2014, 10:55 AM
techgnome

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VB developers don't die... they just GoSub without Return.

-tg
Aug 4th, 2014, 11:00 AM
RobDog888

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Or they get stuck in an infinite loop
Aug 4th, 2014, 11:00 AM
Shaggy Hiker

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Dont tell me that when I retire I get 70 virgins ha!

No, you get a 70 year old virgin.
Aug 4th, 2014, 11:03 AM
RobDog888

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No, you get a 70 year old virgin.

http://www.vbforums.com/
Aug 4th, 2014, 03:55 PM
dee-u

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Aug 4th, 2014, 05:16 PM
RobDog888

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Forget that I'd rather take 70 non-virgins then :lol:
Aug 4th, 2014, 05:22 PM
Gruff

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Originally Posted by RobDog888

Forget that I'd rather take 70 non-virgins then :lol:

Of course as a stereotypical computer nerd you'd still be a virgin.
Aug 5th, 2014, 08:17 AM
FunkyDexter

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I thought you got 70 vegans.
Aug 5th, 2014, 08:18 AM
techgnome

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It's 70 V-Gers....

-tg
Aug 5th, 2014, 08:38 AM
FunkyDexter

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Or it could be 70 Voltans. Now that would be cool.

Dive, my Hawkmen! DIVE!!!

If I had 70 Voltans I'd certainly feel Blessed.
Aug 5th, 2014, 08:59 AM
techgnome

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Or it could be 70 Vogons, but I'm not so sure that would be a good thing.

-tg
Aug 5th, 2014, 09:55 AM
Shaggy Hiker

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In RD's case it would probably be 70 Vegas.
Aug 5th, 2014, 02:58 PM
3com

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Originally Posted by RobDog888

Well I do have a side business for mustang parts. Figure when I retire from programming I'll put that into full force and keep the money flowing in

you can call to Wheeler Dealers
Aug 5th, 2014, 04:31 PM
RobDog888

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Originally Posted by 3com

you can call to Wheeler Dealers

I watch that show lol. The poor guy that has to do all the work and repairs while the other guy just shops for cars and parts.

After the past couple of weeks Im ready to retire seriously but no money :(
Aug 6th, 2014, 02:44 AM
FunkyDexter

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Perhaps you could retire flippantly instead.
Aug 6th, 2014, 10:48 AM
RobDog888

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Whats that?

I don't think I'll make it to 50. Already want to quit professional programming and get into something less stressful.
Aug 6th, 2014, 11:28 AM
Gruff

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You could become an international playboy.
Hang out in casinos and get adopted by wealthy widowers.
I hear the pay is pretty good. :cool:
Aug 6th, 2014, 11:34 AM
RobDog888

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Naw ive got one already and dont like to fly lol

I want to win the Lotto :D so I can sleep in and do nothing for a few years
Aug 6th, 2014, 12:14 PM
Gruff

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Mattress tester?
Aug 6th, 2014, 12:25 PM
techgnome

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Originally Posted by RobDog888

Whats that?

I don't think I'll make it to 50. Already want to quit professional programming and get into something less stressful.

I always thought I'd stop programming when they pry the keyboard out of my cold, dead hands... now, I'll be retiring long before that. I've already started researching other careers based on things I've discovered lately that I enjoy doing... originally I had thought about a dog rescue (breed specific) but now I'm thinking about getting into training. Less stressful than a rescue, easier to manage, and just as rewarding.

-tg
Aug 6th, 2014, 12:48 PM
3com

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Originally Posted by RobDog888

Whats that?

I don't think I'll make it to 50. Already want to quit professional programming and get into something less stressful.

Introduce yourself into the game's universe, it's a good hobby, and people dedicate to, they are winning pretty money.
Aug 6th, 2014, 04:09 PM
dee-u

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Originally Posted by RobDog888

Naw ive got one already and dont like to fly lol

I want to win the Lotto :D so I can sleep in and do nothing for a few years

Still, you can sell your mustang and you can retire here in my country and do nothing for the rest of your life! :D

That is what other foreigners do since $1 = Php43 here! :thumb:
Aug 6th, 2014, 05:06 PM
sapator

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Is it true that you eat dogs out there? I don't think he would like his dog to be eaten :)
Aug 6th, 2014, 05:19 PM
RobDog888

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Actually please someone take him. He has to go as hes too ruff with my grandson and a potential risk. Grandson will always win over dog. Dog is 13 now and that's 91 years old. He has arthritis in his back legs, occasionally falls down but when the mail man comes by hes on the attack lol
Aug 6th, 2014, 05:21 PM
Gruff

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Originally Posted by dee-u

$1 = Php43 here! :thumb:

Okay, just to give me an idea. What will Php43 buy you there?
Aug 6th, 2014, 05:26 PM
sapator

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Php43 == ASPNET21
Aug 6th, 2014, 05:34 PM
sapator

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Actually please someone take him. He has to go as hes too ruff with my grandson and a potential risk. Grandson will always win over dog. Dog is 13 now and that's 91 years old. He has arthritis in his back legs, occasionally falls down but when the mail man comes by hes on the attack lol

Okay, that's it, talking about your dog in this manner! Enough! Bring your dog to the screen to read this.
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Aug 6th, 2014, 06:12 PM
homer13j

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Originally Posted by RobDog888

Actually please someone take him. He has to go as hes too ruff with my grandson and a potential risk. Grandson will always win over dog. Dog is 13 now and that's 91 years old. He has arthritis in his back legs, occasionally falls down but when the mail man comes by hes on the attack lol

Potential risk of what? Sounds like a training issue that should have been dealt with 12+ years ago. I've never met a 13 year-old dog that was "ruff" with anyone. By the time my Irish Setter was that age he slept 23 hours a day and needed help climbing the three steps up to my back porch.

And after 13 years you would just dump off your dog like that? That's pretty cold. Dogs are never too old to learn to be gentile. Your grandson will grow like a weed and in the few years or fewer your dog has left he will slow down enough that you will someday wonder why you ever worried about it in the first place. Unless the dog truly is a "potential risk."
Aug 6th, 2014, 08:46 PM
dee-u

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Originally Posted by Gruff

Okay, just to give me an idea. What will Php43 buy you there?

You can already have a meal for Php43.
Aug 6th, 2014, 09:37 PM
dee-u

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Originally Posted by sapator

Is it true that you eat dogs out there? I don't think he would like his dog to be eaten :)

Yes, we eat dog meat here but it is not my favorite, I've tasted it a few times when in drinking session but then again I don't really drink that much, its been years since I last tasted an alcohol.
Aug 7th, 2014, 12:56 PM
wossname

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What were the dinosaurs really like?
Aug 8th, 2014, 12:02 PM
RobDog888

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Originally Posted by homer13j

Potential risk of what? Sounds like a training issue that should have been dealt with 12+ years ago. I've never met a 13 year-old dog that was "ruff" with anyone. By the time my Irish Setter was that age he slept 23 hours a day and needed help climbing the three steps up to my back porch.

And after 13 years you would just dump off your dog like that? That's pretty cold. Dogs are never too old to learn to be gentile. Your grandson will grow like a weed and in the few years or fewer your dog has left he will slow down enough that you will someday wonder why you ever worried about it in the first place. Unless the dog truly is a "potential risk."

Hes super active when the mailman comes by. Going on attack mode lol. Hes getting cranky in his old age. We had an "incident" the other day with him and my grandson and it scared the hell out of me. My grandson is doing better and cuts/scratches healing up already.
Sep 2nd, 2014, 11:58 AM
RobDog888

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Ok so I think Im done programming full time professionally. Burnt out and ready to go full time with my composites business, its just more satisfying now. Probably take a part time contract job to fill in the gaps if I need to but still like to do the projects I want to program
Sep 2nd, 2014, 12:19 PM
Gruff

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Good on you!

What kind of composites?

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