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Post by Plainsman on Nov 30, 2022 10:34:12 GMT -5
I think mine was a TRS-80. I think that was the model number. Later I got a Cambridge (Z88?) that, by heroic work-arounds, I could use with my early Macs. Oh, how I lusted after a Mac laptop which did not exist at the time.
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Post by sperrytops on Nov 30, 2022 11:25:25 GMT -5
Smokingpipes sends out email saying special band from SPC out, Christmas Spirit. I go to get some, their site is crashed. Great.
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Post by toshtego on Nov 30, 2022 12:26:12 GMT -5
My first computer, and I came to it late, was an Apple II. Loaded with "Visicalc", I would prepare a spreadsheet, press the "Recalc" button, get up and get a cup of coffee while it thought about my changes.
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Post by Silver on Nov 30, 2022 12:40:05 GMT -5
Smokingpipes sends out email saying special band from SPC out, Christmas Spirit. I go to get some, their site is crashed. Great. I got in just now. Seems to be running okay. $39.10 for 4 oz./5 tin limit. I'll sit this one out. |
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Post by sperrytops on Nov 30, 2022 12:41:41 GMT -5
Smokingpipes sends out email saying special band from SPC out, Christmas Spirit. I go to get some, their site is crashed. Great. I got in just now. Seems to be running okay. $39.10 for 4 oz./5 tin limit. I'll sit this one out. Ya, just got in now myself. Not cheap, but as its just my kind of blend I'll take a chance on couple. Hope its worth it. |
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Post by Plainsman on Nov 30, 2022 13:29:51 GMT -5
-5° this morning. Time to give up the t-shirts I reckon.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 30, 2022 14:16:06 GMT -5
I got in just now. Seems to be running okay. $39.10 for 4 oz./5 tin limit. I'll sit this one out. Ya, just got in now myself. Not cheap, but as its just my kind of blend I'll take a chance on couple. Hope its worth it. $10 an ounce is crazy expensive for this kind of blend to me. Whatever floats your boat. |
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Post by sperrytops on Nov 30, 2022 15:47:06 GMT -5
Ya, just got in now myself. Not cheap, but as its just my kind of blend I'll take a chance on couple. Hope its worth it. $10 an ounce is crazy expensive for this kind of blend to me. Whatever floats your boat. I'll let you know what I think. Though guessing as you said, at 10 an ounce it'll have to be finer than Esoterica. |
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Post by Silver on Nov 30, 2022 15:48:50 GMT -5
$10 an ounce is crazy expensive for this kind of blend to me. Whatever floats your boat. I'll let you know what I think. Though guessing as you said, at 10 an ounce it'll have to be finer than Esoterica. Sounds like a nice indulgence on a cold winter night. |
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Post by trailboss on Nov 30, 2022 16:33:16 GMT -5
Ya, just got in now myself. Not cheap, but as its just my kind of blend I'll take a chance on couple. Hope its worth it. $10 an ounce is crazy expensive for this kind of blend to me. Whatever floats your boat. No way, Jose! As Zach said in another thread, no offense to Joe Lankford, he was obviously a great blender, if I was a Lata-holic maybe I would be tempted, but I rarely smoke what I have on hand...and I have plenty. But it does seem outrageously priced, and i cannot help that they think...Well the artist has died and this is his last masterpiece. |
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Post by Plainsman on Nov 30, 2022 17:06:58 GMT -5
As with other artists, the dead ones don’t get the raise.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 30, 2022 18:06:49 GMT -5
$10 an ounce is crazy expensive for this kind of blend to me. Whatever floats your boat. I'll let you know what I think. Though guessing as you said, at 10 an ounce it'll have to be finer than Esoterica. That's what I was thinking. Penzance territory. |
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Post by adui on Nov 30, 2022 21:09:56 GMT -5
My first was a Tandy 1000 EX, I can't remember its specs. Years later a ham radio buddy sold me what I coined the predecessor to the laptop. I think Xerox built it but I can't remember. It was the size of a 13" B&W TV, the portable kind. It was loaded with a version of DOS. It had a fold-down keyboard, and he had installed a 25MB hard drive that had to be partitioned into two logical drives for the thing to see all of it, and some interesting proprietary software. I used it for Packet Radio, an early form of digital radio in Ham Radio.
I kept that thing around for a long time just because it was interesting. I finally parted with it when we lost our house in Dayton Oregon in 2009. Sold that and a bunch of other antiquated PC parts I'd been carting around to a kid who was into that stuff for pennies. (It was worth only pennies unless you were a collector).
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Post by kbareit on Nov 30, 2022 21:27:06 GMT -5
$10 an ounce is crazy expensive for this kind of blend to me. Whatever floats your boat. No way, Jose! As Zach said in another thread, no offense to Joe Lankford, he was obviously a great blender, if I was a Lata-holic maybe I would be tempted, but I rarely smoke what I have on hand...and I have plenty. But it does seem outrageously priced, and i cannot help that they think...Well the artist has died and this is his last masterpiece. I'm glad I took your advise and cellared deep when I had a chance. The SPC blends have gone up since I bought them last. |
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Post by username on Nov 30, 2022 21:30:21 GMT -5
Got a a im corona Eric stokkebye 4th generation lighter. From my Dad gifte as a early birthday present. He won it as a door prize in a holiday poker tournament sponsored by one of the cigar shops in town.  I am very fortunate I get to spend time with my family almost every weekend. |
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Post by kbareit on Nov 30, 2022 21:31:35 GMT -5
I'll let you know what I think. Though guessing as you said, at 10 an ounce it'll have to be finer than Esoterica. That's what I was thinking. Penzance territory. You just had to mention Penzance. I have left mine alone and now feel the need to reaquaint myself with it again.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 30, 2022 22:45:28 GMT -5
I still have my first Macintosh, a 180c notebook with a 8" color screen and and a 150mb SCSI hard drive. It cost $3600 when I got it in the late 80's and it was too slow to use from day one. The battery barely lasts long enough to boot the danged thing.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 30, 2022 22:46:06 GMT -5
That's what I was thinking. Penzance territory. You just had to mention Penzance. I have left mine alone and now feel the need to reaquaint myself with it again. Penzance isn't something that improves with age. |
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 1, 2022 9:29:21 GMT -5
Happy December, everyone. I’m celebrating the last month of a truly awful year. Let’s hope ‘23 is some improvement. What are the odds?
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Post by oldcajun123 on Dec 1, 2022 9:35:29 GMT -5
 I hear you Bob, hope you have a good next year, hard to stay positive with the way the country is going, memories sometimes are a good thing, gonna visit some cemeteries and say hello to some people, no it’s not morbid, it’s a good thing to sometimes talk to them, I tell my Mom and Dad how their Grandchildren are doing. My time to get talked to is coming closer.
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 1, 2022 9:53:48 GMT -5
Let’s hope “that time” is a long way off still, Brad. Yes, it is good to keep in touch with our roots.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 1, 2022 10:14:20 GMT -5
Happy December, everyone. I’m celebrating the last month of a truly awful year. Let’s hope ‘23 is some improvement. What are the odds? The odds are bad enough that you don't want to know. I'm afraid we're heading for a depression. Already in a recession. |
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Post by sperrytops on Dec 1, 2022 13:14:40 GMT -5
I still have my first Macintosh, a 180c notebook with a 8" color screen and and a 150mb SCSI hard drive. It cost $3600 when I got it in the late 80's and it was too slow to use from day one. The battery barely lasts long enough to boot the danged thing. First one I used was a Compaq sewing machine sized 'portable' if you could call it that, weighed a ton and had a small green screen. Loaded two floppies. Hahaha. I actually carried that thing on airplanes. No wonder I have arthritis in my hands now. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 1, 2022 16:44:49 GMT -5
I still have my first Macintosh, a 180c notebook with a 8" color screen and and a 150mb SCSI hard drive. It cost $3600 when I got it in the late 80's and it was too slow to use from day one. The battery barely lasts long enough to boot the danged thing. First one I used was a Compaq sewing machine sized 'portable' if you could call it that, weighed a ton and had a small green screen. Loaded two floppies. Hahaha. I actually carried that thing on airplanes. No wonder I have arthritis in my hands now. I worked in a shop repairing Compaq computers and sometimes people would bring in 13 year old Compaq suitcases and true "laptops" and want them fixed. There wasn't a single part that we could order and the Internet wasn't at a point where you could search for anything in the world. They would get mad because we couldn't do anything for them. |
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 1, 2022 17:55:44 GMT -5
I had one of those Compaq boat-anchors. Command-line DOS. Argh! It’s like memories of root canals.
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Post by Gypo on Dec 2, 2022 19:13:30 GMT -5
Just cracking walnuts for Christmas time for the family and a couple others. Been home taking care of Little Guy he has been sick again since Tuesday. All done for the logging season. It has been a good year for the most part. Thank you to my forum friends that helped make it a good year.
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 2, 2022 19:30:51 GMT -5
Sorry to hear the Li’l Guy is under the weather. Get him well so he can enjoy his lump of coal for Xmas. |
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Post by Gypo on Dec 2, 2022 19:51:26 GMT -5
Sorry to hear the Li’l Guy is under the weather. Get him well so he can enjoy his lump of coal for Xmas. No lump of coal for him I got him a couple Lego sets months ago when I had the funds. Knew I would not be working come Christmas time but I will get to spend lots of time with him this winter. |
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 2, 2022 20:12:15 GMT -5
Sorry to hear the Li’l Guy is under the weather. Get him well so he can enjoy his lump of coal for Xmas. No lump of coal for him I got him a couple Lego sets months ago when I had the funds. Knew I would not be working come Christmas time but I will get to spend lots of time with him this winter. Why did I suspect a lump-o-coal wouldn’t get it done? Enjoy that time, as I know you will! |
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Post by Gypo on Dec 2, 2022 20:39:33 GMT -5
No lump of coal for him I got him a couple Lego sets months ago when I had the funds. Knew I would not be working come Christmas time but I will get to spend lots of time with him this winter. Why did I suspect a lump-o-coal wouldn’t get it done? Enjoy that time, as I know you will! Time is the most valuable thing to me. |
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I hear you Bob, hope you have a good next year, hard to stay positive with the way the country is going, memories sometimes are a good thing, gonna visit some cemeteries and say hello to some people, no it’s not morbid, it’s a good thing to sometimes talk to them, I tell my Mom and Dad how their Grandchildren are doing. My time to get talked to is coming closer. 
