Old Enough To Remember?

Give me a minute and I'll start up one of my three desktops...

When DOS 5.0 came out, there was a review in the Boeing computer club magazine. It broke down the commands into three categories. One, the commands you needed to know. Okay, I was good there. Two, the commands only power users would care to know. Wow!, I used those two. Then he listed the commands no one needed to know. I read those and said to myself, I use those all the time!

Those were the good ol' days...

Chris
 
All pennies were wheatback. Steel Pennies. All dimes, quarters, 50 cent pieces were silver. The dentist drill whistled like a banshee. The dentist gave you a lollipop. Sitting in a class corner with gum on your nose. Locking the front door and leaving the back unlocked. Your parents driving a 50 something Belair or a 60 something Impala. Friendly neighbors. Tops, yo-yo’s, gyroscopes, clackers. Patches. Deep fryers. Your mom and dad.
 
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My grandfather was a barber, born 1888. I asked him about the roaring twenties. He worked in a two chair shop in Cleveland, got an offer at a six chair, turned it down. Within a month the six chair shop was blown up by a bomb through the front door. o_O
On inflation he said as a boy he would buy bread two loaves for a penny. I corrected him that he meant 2 cents a loaf. He said no, two loaves for a penny! That may have been Sicily, I didn’t ask.
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His razor, now over 100. I wonder how many shaves has it seen?
 
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