dating yourself?

[patientlee]

Haha. Doopey just dated himself. We were discussing how the best thinking is done in the shower. I complained that my pencils didn't work well in there though. He said maybe we need a waterproof TAPE RECORDER!! Do they even make tape recorders anymore??

 

[Doopey]

Haha. Doopey just dated himself. We were discussing how the best thinking is done in the shower. I complained that my pencils didn't work well in there though. He said maybe we need a waterproof TAPE RECORDER!! Do they even make tape recorders anymore??

Twenty lashes with a wet noodle for you for attempting to embarrass me :caning:

 

[Swilly]

Cheer up I graduated from high school in 1962!

Thank you.

 

[Swilly]

Haha. Doopey just dated himself. We were discussing how the best thinking is done in the shower. I complained that my pencils didn't work well in there though. He said maybe we need a waterproof TAPE RECORDER!! Do they even make tape recorders anymore??

Of course. It's right next to the ditto machine. Duh!

 

[Swilly]

On this topic...isn't it crazy that the fax machine continues to be used? Seems crazy with today's technology doesn't it?

 

[patientlee]

Of course. It's right next to the ditto machine. Duh!

I used one of those for about 10 years. One of my coworkers was very committed to keeping it working, and we had to submit photocopies 7 days in advance.

 

[Hypoxia]

On this topic...isn't it crazy that the fax machine continues to be used? Seems crazy with today's technology doesn't it?

Even funnier: the FAX concept dates back to around 1840. As to why we still use this ancient technology (slow scanning, 2400 baud transmission rate, etc), I'll blame: installed base.

 

[Swilly]

I used one of those for about 10 years. One of my coworkers was very committed to keeping it working, and we had to submit photocopies 7 days in advance.

But the smell of those papers. Damn. Like crack!

 

[PennLady]

I've seen similar lists before, but here's one about why faxes are still important. Now it's from a company that appears to make fax machines, so no doubt it's biased, but it's not entirely wrong.

http://www.fenestrae.com/10-reasons-why-fax-still-important

Here's another that seems a bit more neutral: http://www.2machines.com/articles/181378.html

Another point I came across: In many cases, a fax can be accepted in court, where an e-document cannot.

 

[patientlee]

But the smell of those papers. Damn. Like crack!

So much better than toner from the copier.

 

[robertreams]

The word that is ruined for me is "awesome".

 

[Swilly]

The word that is ruined for me is "awesome".

Totally.

 

[Doopey]

Totally.

Gag me with a spoon.

 

[Swilly]

Gag me with a spoon.

Ah-reallay?

 

[patientlee]

Of course. It's right next to the ditto machine. Duh!

I was walking down the hall on my out of the building today, and I heard a coworker talking to her daughter (a freshman in my class). She said something about it going around and around and the papers getting wrinkled. I laughed right out loud, and asked if she was talking about the ditto machine. We discussed that heavenly ditto aroma.

The daughter saw the machine in the faculty room today, stored under at table. Apparently nobody has disposed of the relic. We might have to take it out this week though. The photocopier is down. Again.

The ditto fluid in our building was from the A.B. Dick company. We always called it A.B. Dick Juice.

 

[Swilly]

Nice.

I will say that the smell of a brand new paperback is enjoyable too. But it's no ditto.

There's a Nook app for you. New book smell. Ditto smell. Sales through the roof!

 

[Swilly]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMtdrKIdDgE

Speaking of ditto...watch from 2:30 on. Hell, watch the entire thing, but...

 

[robertreams]

Today in a thread on Lit. I referred to a character on my TYPEWRITER! (actually I do not use a typewritter), but they had much better and more senisive keyboards than these fucked up pieces of plastic shit we use these days. Mu Panasonic electronic typewriter could do anything but go on line. I wish someone had integrated that technology.

 

[TxRad]

Today in a thread on Lit. I referred to a character on my TYPEWRITER! (actually I do not use a typewritter), but they had much better and more senisive keyboards than these fucked up pieces of plastic shit we use these days. Mu Panasonic electronic typewriter could do anything but go on line. I wish someone had integrated that technology.

On my main computer at home I have one of the old and I do mean old, IBM spring loaded keyboards. In fact, I have s stack of them in the closet. They are the closet to the old typewriter feel I can find. I buy every one of them I find a garage sales and such.

 

[Hypoxia]

carpet sweepers
4-track tape carts
CED videodiscs
wire recorders & DictaPhones
AT&T/Bell monopoly
MADE IN JAPAN = crap
round TV screens
Melmac plates & cups
Diner's Club cards