I wont deny that's true, but you gotta admit there are a lot of old people who are on another planet when it comes to computers. Don't know a thing about them and don't want to know.

Just wondering if that PS2 mouse is hanging from the rear view mirror....
Computer is long gone for sure...right?

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My first pc was a turbo XT! And that button was always activated
MS-DOS was lightning fast to boot up. I had all the common CTRL-key commands memorized and it was like working an abacus in Word Perfect I think it was. So fast and easy. Then Windows & the mouse came out and it was all downhill from there. 286-AT, dual drives (still floppy then later the 3.5s). I can still hear the dot matrix zipping back and forth - did my own print ads on it then had the print shop make copies adding my own real photos and sometimes stick on letters.

Oh man, autoexec.bat . That's enough looking back then for me!

Oh no I'm wrong, first pc was the TRS-80 with cassette tapes.

Actually no, it was book on computers my Mom got me. In the back was cardboard pages with cutouts representing memory so you could set bits with punched out bit pieces. You could do the math exercises in the book. Wish I still had that book as a keepsake.

X5nH1

Yes but are you on FB, twitter ect?

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"What you hear in a great jazz band is the sound of democracy. “The jazz band works best when participation is shaped by intelligent communication.”
Harmony happens whenever different parts get to form a whole by means of congruity, concord, symetry, consistency, conformity, correspondence, agreement, accord, unity, consonance…….

Sure. I hate most of what's on tv so this small screen provides the endless entertainment as well as stalking I mean socializing from afar Twitter I am receive only and just follow a couple feeds.

Anyone remember Wildcat and Mustang BBS's?

Anyways back to the spirit of this thread I know I am on so many goobermint lists it ain't funny. They have backdoors into FB, Windows, your email, your phone and camera, tunnel your connection, even out in the woods they can zoom in on ya via sat or drone. So like Bill Whittle said on that Eat the Rich video, now what.

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Oh man, autoexec.bat . That's enough looking back then for me!

Boy does that bring back memories...
Back in 1990-1991, with our first PC, I remember goofing off late at night playing around with altering or deleting specific lines in the computer's autoexec.bat and/or the config.sys files and then discovering the "black screen of death" when I rebooted. In a cold sweat, I would call up the PC Maker's Customer Technical Service Dept. at 1:00 a.m. and sheepishly admitting that I f__ked up doing something that I should not have and could they please, please, please help save me and bring my computer back to life.
Ah, the days of trial and error experimentation of thinking: "what happens if I do this....????..... OH SH_T!!!"

AVB-AMG

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2000 Mercedes-Benz E430 Sport (gone)
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I like the in person social interactions. The whole facebook and twitter things kinda pathetic, good for marketting though. I especially hate how all you see are posts of people whining and telling their life stories all the time. NEWS FLASH: NO ONE CARES

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Do your car and move up to Amsoil.

I attended my nephew's high school graduation this past weekend. He and his mother share photos on INSTAGRAM, and said that they can determine who will see the posted photos.
As an old fart who wants to be in the loop for this type of family photo sharing, I am intrigued and have downloaded the free INSTAGRAM app for my iPhone and will start to experiment to see what I think.
I'll let you all know if I like it and will use it or, if not and decide to delete it....

AVB-AMG

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My current & recent car history:
2020 BMW 440i xDrive Coupe (Wife's daily driver)
2016 BMW X5M (My daily driver)
2014 BMW M6 Coupe (gone)
2013 BWM 335i xDrive Coupe (gone)
2011 BMW 335xi turbo coupe (gone)
2007 Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG (gone)
2007 BMW 335ci twin turbo coupe (gone)
2004 Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG (gone)
2004 BMW X5 4.4i (w/full Aero Kit - gone)
2001 BMW X5 4.4i (w/full Aero Kit - gone)
2000 Mercedes-Benz E430 Sport (gone)
1961 Mercedes-Benz 190SL (owned for 48 years)

FB also provides for 'who can see' your posts, photos, etc...
Not arm wrestling that FB is 'better' than Instagram, but the close funneling is also on FB, fwiw.

For those of us not walking around with a smart phone/cell cam, Insta is not a useful site, for this geezer.
GL, mD

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