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Some of us even remember when GM keys had a "knock out" plug with the key number engraved on it.
And you saved that code in case you needed to have new keys cut by that code.
Some of us even remember when GM keys had a "knock out" plug with the key number engraved on it.
And you can remove the key while the car is running, right? My 65 Chevy was that way. I recall my mother telling me that a big trick in the 50's was to pull somebodies keys out while driving down the road and threaten to throw them out the window. Hrmph. Kids in those days. [bad]
I remember when you got up to go to the toilet when the commercials came on.
Benny, the DVR has been a Godsend.
I record most programs, so I can fast forward through the commercials, and actually get to the program.
You have a point though, because I can switch from channel to channel some mornings, and only see 1-2 out of 10 shows NOT in a commercial break. :eusa_doh:
I forgot about pulling the license plate down. :eusa_clapI remember when you put gas in you pulled down the license plate. That's where you filled it at. I also remember getting spanked.(A lot) Now I would like to spank half of the kids that I see everyday. It would do them good.
I remember when a computer was a huge typewriter-like machine that was bolted to the floor. They were in school, and were programmed with simple math problems. You would press whatever key necessary to start the program, and it would literally, and loudly, type out a simple addition or subtraction problem on paper! You'd get about 10 seconds to type an answer, and if you were either wrong or too late, it would clatter out the word, 'INCORRECT!' and move on to the next problem. Scared me every single time it started to type. At the end of the 'lesson,' you go to keep the long paper record of it.
This was in the late '60s.
I hated those things.
I remember when you put gas in you pulled down the license plate. That's where you filled it at.
Did it use a punch card?In 1968 our high school got its first computer, there were 10 work stations around the room connected to 1 big computer, they were called " Commodore PET" work stations and the computer was "Teacher's PET".
The computer was in a metal cabinet about the size of 4 washing machines stacked up. You could do word processing or program in BASIC. One lesson allowed you to make a line drawing of a rocket and see it shoot up out of the top of the page.
I'm still impressed that our little high school in Port Hope Ontario (population 6000) had this equipment so early.
Later. I did a search for Commodore PET and Teacher's PET. Found them but they came out much later than I thought, in 1977 not 1968. So I don't know how I used them in 1968 or 69. As I graduated in 1969, it could not have been later than that.
I forgot about pulling the license plate down. :eusa_clap
Spankings? As a kid? Never heard of those.
I'm not sure which wore out quicker on my tuffskins, the knees or the seat.
Did it use a punch card?
Those were gone when I got into school, in fact our first computer was an Apple II.
At home I had a Commodore 64...WITH THE FLOPPY DRIVE.
I had a buddy with the Tandy and a cassette drive. Took FOREVER to load anything.
Also, back in the day some friends of mine had their own bulletin board.
When I asked what that was for, they said "so you can leave a message with us."
Uh, I see you everyday, why would I need to do that?
The only computer I ever used as a kid was this one:
Did it use a punch card? Those were gone when I got into school, in fact our first computer was an Apple II.