OT. Kids, cassettes, and rotary dial phones

[Dean Hoffman]

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Average age in the US is 38. We must appreciate what these people have not experienced like WW11, Korea and Vietnam not just old technology.

[Mark Lloyd]

When I wrote the code to show a big clock on my webpage, I noticed that creating the analog clock was a lot more involved that creating the digital clock. For one thing, polar-rectangular transforms (which require trigonometry).

[gfretwell]

The 3 pay phone calls I made in the last 25 years doesn't really justify that. I do not feel the obligation to be instantly available all the time. I did that for 40 years.

[gfretwell]

Three times in 25 years doesn't justify much need. Most people blather on their phone because they have it, not because they need it. Even when I had a company phone in my car, long before they fit in your purse, I was the lowest minute per month guy in the territory. I averaged about 30-40 minutes a month. Some guys were over 300.

[gfretwell]

I have been using a microwave longer than you knew they existed. Mine is 50 years old. I just don't confuse heating things up with cooking. Maybe the people at your bank are assholes but the folks here are fun to talk to and I keep enough money there that they don't charge me for the conversation.

[gfretwell]

You won't get a plan anything like that in the US unless you are on welfare. Are you on welfare?

[gfretwell]

SOMEONE on SOME OTHER GROUP

Ya sure That's a case.

The taxes are usually more than that, assuming you get a plan with a carrier with reasonable coverage..