Tag: old
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Even more “Darn You Kids!”
The Phone Company I’ll bet some of you remember when the phone company was Ma Bell. You got your phone bill from [your area] Bell, probably had a rotary phone somewhere with an actual, physical bell in it. We can debate the merits and downfalls of the great deregulation all day, and at the end…
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Sick, part 2
more shopping funthe reverse karenOh, just show me some pictures Do you ever notice how your sleep gets really out of whack when you’re sick? Mine is already out of whack naturally, so I would think maybe it could be back “in whack”? No such luck. I collapsed on the couch in the office around…
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Ah, the holidays
And, like that, I’m out. I guess I’m just good on holidays. Every year, the Christmas season seems to start earlier and earlier. Now there’s ‘Pre-Black-Friday’ sales. And this says nothing about the people who have to work during this season. I’m not big on giving gifts to people that already have stuff. I want…
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The morning
It’s such a nice time, when the sun’s just popping up and it’s a fresh new day. Where I live, it’s quiet save for the river in the yard. It’s my last chance to have some Fred time before the onslaught begins. I just mowed the lawn yesterday, so the yard looks and smells nice.…
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Song of the day
This actually happened while I was typing this – there was originally a “D” where the “S” is in song. Damn fat fingers. 1988, Leetown, WV. Leetown is just a mailing address, the closest city of any consequence was Martinsburg, tucked up in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. There’s a neat road there, US…
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You nerd!
Windows or Linux? Don’t get me started. Too late. I got myself started. I’ve learned that we must coexist. It doesn’t have to be ‘or’, it can be ‘and’. I’m a Linux guy, for me, there’s no other way. But, I still have to use Windows. So, there’s one Windows machine in the house, tucked…
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Old guy rant #1
… of what will undoubtedly be many I’ve come to the conclusion I don’t like WordPress. I don’t like draggy-droppy-stupid stuff, I like the code! This, below, is fun. Maybe I’m getting old, but whatever happened to things that I would consider to be basic computer skills, like what happens if your graphics don’t come…
The Night Driver 