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Jan 4, 2009 | 5:38 pm

#37936

MikeMpls

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Originally Posted by jfe

You are starting to sound as old as Cholula

My first computer "terminal" was an O29 card punch.

Anybody remember counter/sorter machines?

Jan 4, 2009 | 5:39 pm

#37937

MikeMpls

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Originally Posted by rtarbuck

No on the CO Do. But I'm still working on it. I have a CO bump voucher to burn so that may be a way to use it. Got to get thru the SIN-Do first. Then we'll go from there.

Bob

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Jan 4, 2009 | 5:41 pm

#37938

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I wrote plenty of CARDS statements in SAS but never actually handled a card ...

Jan 4, 2009 | 5:41 pm

#37939

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Originally Posted by jfe

You are starting to sound as old as Cholula

Cholula used hieroglyphics in school. Carnarsie's posts are just Greek... a much younger language.

Jan 4, 2009 | 5:48 pm

#37940

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So Canarsie helped with the Rosetta Stone?

Jan 4, 2009 | 5:54 pm

#37941

MikeMpls

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Originally Posted by icurhere2

I wrote plenty of CARDS statements in SAS but never actually handled a card ...

I used to submit thousands (literally) of cards to run SPSS jobs. Had loads of fun one day when another grad ...'t threw a temper tantrum & pitched a couple boxes across the room.

Jan 4, 2009 | 5:56 pm

#37942

rtarbuck

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Originally Posted by MikeMpls

Only 29 registration slots left (471 registered!)

Thanks for the scoop. I just signed up. Might be my last chance.

Bob.

PS: Glad to see that there have been no naps this afternoon.

Jan 4, 2009 | 5:56 pm

#37943

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Originally Posted by icurhere2

I wrote plenty of CARDS statements in SAS but never actually handled a card ...

You must be young.

OK, so I never even wrote CARDS statements, but I had a HS teacher that had a closet full of old cards (no idea why). We used them as compact answer sheets for math quizzes. And, they were great to make flash-cards when studying for a test.

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Originally Posted by icurhere2

So Canarsie helped with the Rosetta Stone?

He claims to be a graphic designer (when not starring in movies), so I suppose that could include designing a translation of hieroglyphics.

Jan 4, 2009 | 5:57 pm

#37944

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Originally Posted by icurhere2

So Canarsie helped with the Rosetta Stone?

Canarsie wanted to set me up with Rosetta Stone but I preferred her cousin, Sharon.

Jan 4, 2009 | 6:04 pm

#37945

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Originally Posted by scoow

You must be young.

Actually I am - Alysia can affirm. Becoming a SAS programmer in the 1990s was a great form of job security.

Jan 4, 2009 | 6:21 pm

#37946

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Originally Posted by icurhere2

Actually I am - Alysia can affirm. Becoming a SAS programmer in the 1990s was a great form of job security.

I was kidding. Besides, if you were thinking of job security in the '90s, you can't be that young. I think there are some FTers who were born in the 90s.

Jan 4, 2009 | 6:33 pm

#37947

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Originally Posted by Dovster

Canarsie wanted to set me up with Rosetta Stone but I preferred her cousin, Sharon.

Rosetta Sharon?

No idea who she is.

In college I took a class on an ancient programming language, called COBOL, they told us that there were millions of lines that would need to be converted to Y2K standards

Jan 4, 2009 | 8:16 pm

#37948

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Originally Posted by jfe

You would be amaised how many people are still using it and buying stuff for it...

Jan 4, 2009 | 8:17 pm

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Originally Posted by jfe

Rosetta Sharon?

No idea who she is.

That's Ariel Sharon's spinster older sister. A great match for Dov.

matchmaker matchmaker light me a match, find me a find, catch me a catch
matchmaker matchmaker light dov a cig, he's getting shaky from lack of smokes....

Jan 4, 2009 | 8:32 pm

#37950

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Originally Posted by Gargoyle

matchmaker matchmaker light me a match, find me a find, catch me a catch
matchmaker matchmaker light dov a cig, he's getting shaky from lack of smokes....

And all this time, I thought Canarsie was our lyricist! It's nice to know there are so many talented Lounge Lizards.