Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[Paulclem]

Hi chaps.

What happens to the time? I haven't even been away.

My wife returned impressed by the cultural experience that is Florence - and the very nice hotel she stayed in.

Speaking of drinks, she brought me and the lad a bottle of limoncino which is a lemon liqueur. I have a notable sweet tooth so it goes down well. Unfortunately, it's not a very manly name. The lad seems to like it too as the half bottle remainder testifies.

I missed your birthday Gil. A very belated one. I hope you had a fine time.

[The Atheist]

What happens to the time? I haven't even been away.

I remember in the '70s laughing at Pink Floyd's "10 years have got behind you".

Now, I wonder where the last 20 went.

Time speeding up is nothing Einstein prepared me for.

[Scheherazade]

That reminds me that it has been 10 years since I joined this Forum... I was a young, starry-eyed whippersnapper back then.

I think we should have a thread dedicated to this... I know there are couple of other people who have been on the Forum as long (if not longer).

[Paulclem]

That reminds me that it has been 10 years since I joined this Forum... I was a young, starry-eyed whippersnapper back then.

I think we should have a thread dedicated to this... I know there are couple of other people who have been on the Forum as long (if not longer).

What should we call it?

Litnet Survivor's Thread
The Repository of Aged Wisdom
The Litnet Old Folks Home

: )

[The Atheist]

That reminds me that it has been 10 years since I joined this Forum... I was a young, starry-eyed whippersnapper back then.

I think we should have a thread dedicated to this... I know there are couple of other people who have been on the Forum as long (if not longer).

And you're still sane.

(ish)

I feel like a n00b in your presence!

[Scheherazade]

And you're still sane.

(ish)

"-ish" sounds about right.

I like the sound of "Old Folks' Home", Paul. Or we could call it LitNet Veterans' Club.

While having this conversation, I also realised that it has been 21 years since I started using the internet and the alias "Scheherazade".

Knock me down with a feather.

[The Atheist]

Yeah, "The Atheist" goes back about the same length of time, although it started out as "Kiwi Atheist" but everyone in Ummerica thinks "Kiwi" is a fruit, so I went with the definite article instead.

It's funny when my kids, who are much younger than the internet, try to tell me how it works.

How about "internet fossils"?

[Paulclem]

I like Litnet Veterans and Internet Fossils.

I will perhaps be joining some veterans clubs in future, but am an internet fossil coming online around 1998. I have to confess I didn't get the internet much until a few years later.

[Sancho]

I still own a slide rule. It's gonna come in handy when the asteroid hits.

[The Atheist]

I own one as well, but I'm blowed if I can remember how to use it!

[Sancho]

Dig the new avatar, A'. Reminds me of a restroom sign I saw welcoming transgender folks:

[Calidore]

I own one as well, but I'm blowed if I can remember how to use it!

Sounds like a good incentive to me.

[Sancho]

^yep

Another thing I liked about the slide rule (and missed when I switched to a calculator) was that I could see the number I wanted and its relationship to the numbers around it. There was a natural flow to it, a rhythm even. It gave the world of numbers an interconnectedness that doesn't outwardly exist in a digital world - the 0-1, if-then-else world. (Yes, I also took FORTRAN)

Anyway I suppose it's analogous to a watch with hands versus a digital watch. If I were to look at the hands on a traditional wristwatch and see that it is 7:55am and I have to be at an 8 O-clock meeting, I subconsciously visualize the time I have to get there - it's the space between the big hand and the 12. On the other hand, (haha) if I see "7:55" on a digital watch, I think oh I've got all the time in the world, the meeting's not 'till 8.

[The Atheist]

Dig the new avatar, A'.

Thanks.

I figure transgender and intersex discrimination is one of the last walls to break down, so I've become a bit more proactive in the area.

[Calidore]

Thanks.

I figure transgender and intersex discrimination is one of the last walls to break down, so I've become a bit more proactive in the area.

There will always be more walls as long as there are people who need them. Kind of like the joke about making something foolproof only resulting in a better fool.