Back in the day, who remebers when.........

[sprocketflup]

Thats odd, ive been using the 2.54 conversion rate for years, even when doing designing work on my inflatables i manufactured for 15 years, and everything always fitted fine?

 

[Sidewinder]

sproc,

They converted by 2.54, then kept the suffix as being METRIC!

i.e. they started with 2.54mm, this then was converted to 1mm!

NOT 1" !!!

:slap

IYKWIM

 

[sprocketflup]

thats gonna mess thing up lol

 

[revjames]

Do you mean a mootor with a rotating commutator assembly which in itself was motorised and could rotate about the rotor axis and change the phase angle? I last saw one on a Weber extruder machine in a plastics factory about 10 years ago.

 

[kerching]

A bloke that made coffee used to be called [i think that this is the correct term...] "A bloke that makes coffee"...now they are called a fricking Barista FFS! is this so that their proud mothers can boast that their offspring is a Barrister and hope that nobody notices the pronunciation....WTF is the world coming to??? [ok, it's Ravel's Bolero, we all know that]..... :coat

 

[steptoe]

he's called what,?

thats a bit harsh, just cos your coffee was a bit cold no reason to call him, a bestird, even though he probably was a bit of a pretentiuous one anyway, thats why I dont drink the stuff. too much to go wrong.!

 

[kerching]

he's called what,?thats a bit harsh, just cos your coffee was a bit cold no reason to call him, a bestird, even though he probably was a bit of a pretentiuous one anyway, thats why I dont drink the stuff. too much to go wrong.!

I live off the stuff...the stronger the better. I even designed one side of the new kitchen around MY coffee machine!... :coffee

 

[philbas]

I've forgot what iI am supposed to be remmembering

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

Who still uses a fax machine ?

 

[philbas]

i know many that do

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

Who still uses a fax machine ?

The same people who use Pogo Sticks & Space Hoppers during their free time!

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Not sure if it's been mentiond, but Old Money

Thrupnee Bits!

Big old pennies & halfpennies...

made you feel like you were rich with only four coins in your pocket..

Big and clanckly!!!

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

When I were a lad coins looked like this...

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[husky2013]

I live off the stuff...the stronger the better. I even designed one side of the new kitchen around MY coffee machine!... :coffee

mmm coffee!

we got 2 coffee machines in r kitchen me loves coffee,

all this about barista's is a load of croc - bit like persons whom work in subway 'sandwich artists' (i will admit i used to work in subway) its a load of rubbish, its trying to give a posh name to a lame job!

 

[sprocketflup]

When Sandra was a lad coins looked like this

 

[Evans Electric]

Typical British logic with the old currency , no wonder the Yanks couldn't understand it !.

240 pennies =

 

[ProDave]

Who still uses a fax machine ?

That's modern new fangled stuff.

Now who remembers sending and receiving messages by TELEX?

And anyone remember Prestel?

And my first insight into computing at school, Fortran, programmed by typing your code on to punched cards, leaving the stack of cards in the in tray, and going back next day to get the printout of your program, which usually just said "syntax error in line 20" so you re typed line 20, resubmitted your stack of cards, and came back the next day....

Only the privileged were allowed access to an on line terminal, where you could enter your program, stored on punched paper tape, and get a real time printout of the program running.

 

[Evans Electric]

How things move on Eh!

I heard that the first Moon landing Saturn Rocket ...(One step for man...etc ) used a computer with the just about the power of a modern pocket calculator.

 

[philbas]

How things move on Eh! I heard that the first Moon landing Saturn Rocket ...(One step for man...etc ) used a computer with the just about the power of a modern pocket calculator.

They did have a backup calculator

 

[Evans Electric]

It was NEVER acceptable to watch the B&W minstrels EVER!!!Why 'cos it was absolute $heet

Moleskin cloth

:coat

OMG ! I'd forgotten those , wiping joints and brewing tea on the "Roarer"

 

[kerching]

I still have my roarer and may use it tomorrow to make a brew and eat one of my 43 ninepence three farthings buns! Frick me, them buns is expensive... :coat