That's some 16th birthday party

[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by crossfire

The only thing more risqué would have been if the women were doing the Lambada...





"The forbidden dance".

Over the years, I've had more than one woman Cha-Cha my face for their pleasure.

[32green]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

We had to key punch cards to write programs in my high school computer science class. Back then, no such thing as a "personal computer" or communicating with a computer in English. Just maddening "languages" like Cobol and Fortran, to name two.

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[Lone Star Lady]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

We had to key punch cards to write programs in my high school computer science class. Back then, no such thing as a "personal computer" or communicating with a computer in English. Just maddening "languages" like Cobol and Fortran, to name two.

Originally Posted by 32green

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PDP-8 teminal FTW.

[Fishooked]

Originally Posted by Lone Star Lady

PDP-8 teminal FTW.

I operated one of these bad boys once




And yes, I can remember our company having a huge, massive refrigerated room full of these suckers.

[Timmy®]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

We had to key punch cards to write programs in my high school computer science class. Back then, no such thing as a "personal computer" or communicating with a computer in English. Just maddening "languages" like Cobol and Fortran, to name two.

yep

had to hand the cards in

got em' back with a note "won't run -infinite loop".

you pretty much had to fix the errors yourself. which if I could, I wouldn't have made the error in the first place.

also remember monitor screens with nothing except a flashing cursor. very exciting when the orange characters were replaced with the new age, sleek, green characters.

[Timmy®]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

Over the years, I've had more than one woman Cha-Cha my face for their pleasure.

that can give you Bell's Palsy.

[BushyTheBeaver]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

We had to key punch cards
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You had punch cards? We had old playing cards that we had to poke holes in with our pencils.

[quantum]

Originally Posted by 32green

Was there soccer involved?

That would increase the charges.

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i think this is what you meant

[Jungle Shift Jet]

There's been bar mitzvahs with more action

[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by Lone Star Lady

PDP-8 teminal FTW.

Right? How much do I want to smash that thing for all the torment it caused me?

Originally Posted by Timmy®

yep

had to hand the cards in

got em' back with a note "won't run -infinite loop".

you pretty much had to fix the errors yourself. which if I could, I wouldn't have made the error in the first place.

also remember monitor screens with nothing except a flashing cursor. very exciting when the orange characters were replaced with the new age, sleek, green characters.

Exactly. I went to a Christian Brothers School and Brother Kevin was not very accommodating when dealing with "stupid questions" from us "wise fools".

Originally Posted by BushyTheBeaver

You had punch cards? We had old playing cards that we had to poke holes in with our pencils.

You had pencils? Our school day began at sunup with us trapping, killing, and de-feathering local birds to begin the arduous quill fashioning process.

Plus, all our computers were coal-fired, so you had to make sure you had enough bauxite rich coal available, and were able to stoke it constantly during your program run. If not, pffft, your program was lost and you received a failing grade.

[Bonhomme Richard]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

Exactly. I went to a Christian Brothers School and Brother Kevin was not very accommodating when dealing with "stupid questions" from us "wise fools"

I went to a Christian Bros. school too. The brothers there also loved the "wise fools" line.

You had pencils? Our school day began at sunup with us trapping, killing, and de-feathering local birds to begin the arduous quill fashioning process.

Plus, all our computers were coal-fired, so you had to make sure you had enough bauxite rich coal available, and were able to stoke it constantly during your program run. If not, pffft, your program was lost and you received a failing grade.

LOL

[32green]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

Plus, all our computers were coal-fired, so you had to make sure you had enough bauxite rich coal available, and were able to stoke it constantly during your program run. If not, pffft, your program was lost and you received a failing grade.

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[Timmy®]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

Right? How much do I want to smash that thing for all the torment it caused me?



Exactly. I went to a Christian Brothers School and Brother Kevin was not very accommodating when dealing with "stupid questions" from us "wise fools".



You had pencils? Our school day began at sunup with us trapping, killing, and de-feathering local birds to begin the arduous quill fashioning process.

Plus, all our computers were coal-fired, so you had to make sure you had enough bauxite rich coal available, and were able to stoke it constantly during your program run. If not, pffft, your program was lost and you received a failing grade.

one word or phrase can be the difference between a very good post and a great post.

[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by Bonhomme Richard

I went to a Christian Bros. school too. The brothers there also loved the "wise fools" line.

Those guys were nuts. If you got on the wrong side of even the most even-tempered brother (smart alec line, talking in class after having been admonished, etc.), you might wind up with a huge slap across the face.

Originally Posted by 32green

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Originally Posted by Timmy®

one word or phrase can be the difference between a very good post and a great post.

Thanks for noticing, gents. (Or, "gentlemen", as the brothers would call us.)

[Fishooked]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

You had pencils? Our school day began at sunup with us trapping, killing, and de-feathering local birds to begin the arduous quill fashioning process.

Plus, all our computers were coal-fired, so you had to make sure you had enough bauxite rich coal available, and were able to stoke it constantly during your program run. If not, pffft, your program was lost and you received a failing grade.

First post ever in JI history to ever use the word 'bauxite'

Originally Posted by Bonhomme Richard

I went to a Christian Bros. school too. The brothers there also loved the "wise fools" line.

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

Those guys were nuts. If you got on the wrong side of even the most even-tempered brother (smart alec line, talking in class after having been admonished, etc.), you might wind up with a huge slap across the face.

LOL - reminds me so much of that movie 'Heaven Help Us' - great movie.

I went to a Catholic High School, and those Christian Brothers were bastards. I guess they weren't good enough (or cool enough) to become priests, I dont know. I've been a Catholic my entire life and I still can't figure that one out.

There was this one big-ass dude - probably about the size of old, fat Rex Ryan - but taller, and far more menacing looking - even with the giant black muumuu that he wore. He was the VP/disciplinarian guy.

As big as he was, you could never hear him coming. I think glided than actually walked, you could never see his feet - for all we know he had wheels under there.

I'd seen this guy pick up kids by their neck and hold up against their locker - with their feet not touching the ground. You could never get away with any of this crap now.

[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by Fishooked

First post ever in JI history to ever use the word 'bauxite'

LOL - reminds me so much of that movie 'Heaven Help Us' - great movie.

I went to a Catholic High School, and those Christian Brothers were bastards. I guess they weren't good enough (or cool enough) to become priests, I dont know. I've been a Catholic my entire life and I still can't figure that one out.

There was this one big-ass dude - probably about the size of old, fat Rex Ryan - but taller, and far more menacing looking - even with the giant black muumuu that he wore. He was the VP/disciplinarian guy.

As big as he was, you could never hear him coming. I think glided than actually walked, you could never see his feet - for all we know he had wheels under there.

I'd seen this guy pick up kids by their neck and hold up against their locker - with their feet not touching the ground. You could never get away with any of this crap now.

I'm chuckling at your story, but deep down still scared I'm gonna get whacked for it. All of us who went through those schools have similar stories.

The one which put the fear of God into us at my high school involved a brother who flew over his desk to grab a kid, then hang him by his ankles out a window. All this for having the gumption to "answer back". This was from the third story of the building.

Like you, I never got the whole Christian Brother concept. You're not a fully fledged priest, but you still can't marry? WTF?

[32green]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

Like you, I never got the whole Christian Brother concept. You're not a fully fledged priest, but you still can't marry? WTF?

Its a perfect situation for weirdos...3 hots and a cot, access to teenaged boys and other men who dont want to get married...and you dont have say Mass, go to wakes.... or entertain self-important old biddy holy rollers.




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[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by 32green

Its a perfect situation for weirdos...3 hots and a cot, access to teenaged boys and other men who dont want to get married...and you dont have say Mass, go to wakes.... or entertain self-important old biddy holy rollers.




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You nailed it perfectly. Never thought of it this way.

[32green]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

You nailed it perfectly. Never thought of it this way.

I'm applying for a position locally, bought a new belt.



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[Dirtstar]

so this thread went from teenagers partying with strippers, to war stories of old 'puterz and Catholic School abuse.


well done, Hampur