Remembering The Past

[Friday yet?]

Remember these...early interactive pre-video games.....

Sucked up A LOT of my quarters!

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[OrangeStreak]

As one who was intimately involved in the Y2K remediation effort, I can tell you categorically that the reason it was not a big deal was because of all the hard work that was done. There were some critically bad bugs identified only months before the rollover that were fixed. Had they not been fixed it would have thrown all sorts of companies into a huge tailspin.

People say Y2K was no big deal but that is not true - had it not been made such a priority it WOULD have been a big deal. And the issues were myriad on how it could manifest itself - it wasn't just interpreting 2000 as 1900. I'm not one to exaggerate things, but this WAS a big deal, and I'm glad companies took it seriously.

Rob,
I agree with you from my research that Y2K was a complex problem and that there could still be very serious issues relating to its principles that could roll out in the coming future. I'm not a software engineer or computer expert but my personal experience with computers has made me aware that serious ramifications and widespread disastrous effects can develop out of this technology. But also, there was some unneeded hype and misinformation that came along with this crisis as with any other major problems that occur. My expression was more of a relief that nothing serious happened at that point rather than a criticism of the Y2K concept...

 

[Friday yet?]

Telephone book is missing; it should be hanging under the phone

With pages missing.

 

[Fordup]

Sometimes I wonder how we survived. My mom got a set of Teflon frying pans when they first came out. Trouble was she only had steel utensils and managed to scrape off all the Teflon in a couple weeks. I know we ate it all.

 

[Chris M]

No ones brought up.....
Playing marbles....for "keepsies"
Cord thrown tops, the wooden ones with the steel tips.
Wooden yo-yo's.
Duncan later came out with the colored plastic tops and yo-yo's, in the 60's, but by that time I had outgrown them.

I had a couple of tops and also had wooden yo-yo's.
And jack rocks

 

[Friday yet?]

My Dad gave me my first pocket knife when I was young. Some time in early grade school. I carried a pocket knife every day. Upgraded knives fairly regularly. Sometimes my Dad bought them, sometimes I did. Right on through high school. No one freaked put. No one got expelled. No one screamed and pulled their kids away from me. Southern kid. Pocket knife. Just a tool. To this day I carry a pocket knife. (But do have to remember not to on airport days!)

These days I can be at a large family gathering and someone will yell, "hey let me borrow your knife a sec!" Whole crowd and I'm the only guy with a pocket knife.

Wow, has the world changed or what?

 

[Big Blue]

Sometimes I wonder how we survived. My mom got a set of Teflon frying pans when they first came out. Trouble was she only had steel utensils and managed to scrape off all the Teflon in a couple weeks. I know we ate it all.

Yeah, with that and all the lead paint, it’s amazing we are alive, much less remember anything.

 

[AzScorpion]

My Dad gave me my first pocket knife when I was young. Some time in early grade school. I carried a pocket knife every day. Upgraded knives fairly regularly. Sometimes my Dad bought them, sometimes I did. Right on through high school. No one freaked put. No one got expelled. No one screamed and pulled their kids away from me. Southern kid. Pocket knife. Just a tool. To this day I carry a pocket knife. (But do have to remember not to on airport days!)

These days I can be at a large family gathering and someone will yell, "hey let me borrow your knife a sec!" Whole crowd and I'm the only guy with a pocket knife.

Wow, has the world changed or what?

Sadly it has. You could carry your gun in your truck during hunting season and have it parked in the student parking lot. Most were on the rack right in the rear window. Strange how back then no one was ever shot and there were no mass school shootings.

 

[dtech]

As one who was intimately involved in the Y2K remediation effort, I can tell you categorically that the reason it was not a big deal was because of all the hard work that was done. There were some critically bad bugs identified only months before the rollover that were fixed. Had they not been fixed it would have thrown all sorts of companies into a huge tailspin.

People say Y2K was no big deal but that is not true - had it not been made such a priority it WOULD have been a big deal. And the issues were myriad on how it could manifest itself - it wasn't just interpreting 2000 as 1900. I'm not one to exaggerate things, but this WAS a big deal, and I'm glad companies took it seriously.

Y2K was awesome from a perspective of one who was in the IT biz especially from a services perspective. Had 2 clients that out of fear prompted them to hastily dump their mainframes, our company couldn't find enough consultants, programmers, project mgs, etc to satisfy the demand. From what I saw y2k was way overblown but we capitalized on it.

 

[subquark]

Sadly it has. You could carry your gun in your truck during hunting season and have it parked in the student parking lot. Most were on the rack right in the rear window. Strange how back then no one was ever shot and there were no mass school shootings.

I had gun racks on both sides of the back of my FJ40 (when the hard top was on). A Remington "Marine" shotgun (stainless steel as it ocean marine), a Colt AR-15, and .22 rifle on the other side.

Oh, I almost forgot, I also carried that little .22 survival rifle under the seat, the collapsible one - which I would later trade for a dishwasher!

There'd be many times when I'd run in to some store or restaurant and not even lock it up.

This was Texas in the 1980s.

I don't carry all that anymore. After all, I have a damper! =D

Edit: Plus I have Graphene, @AzScorpion says it's bulletproof (or did he say there'd be such a shine that no one could target me?).

 

[Fordup]

My Dad gave me my first pocket knife when I was young. Some time in early grade school. I carried a pocket knife every day. Upgraded knives fairly regularly. Sometimes my Dad bought them, sometimes I did. Right on through high school. No one freaked put. No one got expelled. No one screamed and pulled their kids away from me. Southern kid. Pocket knife. Just a tool. To this day I carry a pocket knife. (But do have to remember not to on airport days!)

These days I can be at a large family gathering and someone will yell, "hey let me borrow your knife a sec!" Whole crowd and I'm the only guy with a pocket knife.

Wow, has the world changed or what?

I had to wait till I got my Totin Chip card in boy scouts before I could legally carry.

 

[dtech]

I had to wait till I got my Totin Chip card in boy scouts before I could legally carry.

Was an Eagle Scout, 1st made it out West to go to the Philmont Ranch in NM with stops along the way at the Airforce Academy in C Springs and Carlsbad Caverns - I found the diary I kept regards the trip when I was going through stuff before moving - read it , brought back memories then tossed it. This was back in 1965 I believe and it was a thrill to travel by air and omg what a difference vs the sucky sh*tty greyhound bus like air travel can be today.
Now our Scoutmaster was a marine vet - fought on Guadalcanal , he was big on rifle range training and raising/lowering daily flag ceremonies at summer camp, I recall firing his 30 -40 krag and M1 Garand numerous times at the flag lowering, no ear protection certainly a big contributor to my hearing loss as well as hunting yrs back wearing no ear protection.

 

[Big Blue]

Sadly it has. You could carry your gun in your truck during hunting season and have it parked in the student parking lot. Most were on the rack right in the rear window. Strange how back then no one was ever shot and there were no mass school shootings.

Very sad. Your gun was a right of passage and like a pocket knife a tool. It was for hunting, maybe even putting food on the table. Never even though about shooting somebody.

 

[Big Blue]

I had to wait till I got my Totin Chip card in boy scouts before I could legally carry.

I had to wait till I got my Totin Chip card in boy scouts before I could legally carry.

Was a leader while my son was in scouts. Clipped a few corners when one of the boys did something dumb.

 

[dtech]

Was a leader while my son was in scouts. Clipped a few corners when one of the boys did something dumb.

I think the Boy Scouts may still be in bankruptcy protection owing to the sexual abuse incidents from the leaders. another sad sign of the times.

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