General Chat

Took me back there, Pat, to around 1984/5 when we first had computers at work.

The mainframe was huge, in a specially conditioned room behind a glass wall which also had a door to enter.

You were allowed to enter the room but not to enter the 'inner glass sanctum' and had to try to attract the Comp Manager's eye if you wanted to ask anything.

How things change! :-D

You can if you want to but 2000 miles is a long way to send it :-D :-D

He comes in handy sometimes - they have to be useful for something. ;-)

He helped put together the first computers for display and use in the Science Museum. They ran out of money and asked the RAF for help as they wouldn't have to pay whoever came to help. He stayed 6 months. :-D

Darn it, I just bought a new one a couple of months ago.

If I'd known, Pat, I could have sent him my 20+ years-old one to check over. :-D

You should have said earlier. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Well that's very nice for you Pat should I send him my laptop or are you just swagging? :-0 :-D

Island I have a husband who started working on computers in 1981, soft and hardware :-D

My son did senior school at Newark, daughter at Edwinstowe.

Son primary at Newark, Snodland and Chatham, daughter at Newark. Son went to 3 schools in his first year of primary. :-D

Pat, my keyboard keeps switching from UK to US even though I've set it to UK. It's very annoying but so far hasn't affected any passwords. I do have to watch my email ad though as @ becomes " and vice versa.

There are more than four years between my two, Pat, and they went to several schools before A levels which they both did at the same school, hence no comparison before that.

It was the other way for me, my sister (I am the oldest) was compared to me and caused her lots of problems until she went to senior school as we went to different ones.

Daughter is 4 years younger than son and because of the way we moved around had very little joint schooling.

Pat, we have similar kids. Both of mine were excellent long-distance runners and even more sporty than I was.

Were you ever compared with siblings at school?

Only once my daughter was compared to my son.

The only school they both attended was for A levels and when she came second in the long-distance with boys and girls competing her teacher asked if she was related to her brother. When she said she was, the teacher said she wasn't a patch on him!

Boy, was she annoyed. She got her own back when the teacher didn't believe she could skate - she reckons his face was a picture. :-D :-0

I too am now an armchair sports specialist ;-)

Hi Island and Madge. <3 :-D

I can do that too, Madge. ;-) :-D

As I said, nothing if not versatile ;-)

Bye for now Fly. <3 :-D

I detest taking part in any sport unless it involves sitting on the sofa with me feet up :-D


Good morning ladies

Bye Fly, enjoy your walk. :-D :-D <3 <3

I lost my wave the other day and it was after an update, OH found it though. :-D My keyboard went over to an American one :-0 :-S

I even enjoyed the longer runs we did in training in the WRAF and OH used to do cross country. Both children were good at running but distance running.

You went to a posh school Joy, we went to Pleck Park for sport, not allowed on their tennis courts, until they pinched our section to build the M6. We were then given some ground earmarked for a school to be built in the 70s. No changing rooms, you had to walk for over 10 mins in your PE kit through streets to get to the land marked out for us. :-(

Get yer woollies out of the mothballs it's going to be an expensive winter :-0
The leccie blanket has been on already :-0

Just saying :-D

I've lost my wavy key!!! :-0 So *waves* to all :-D

You two are making me tired with all the Dancing and Baking ;-) ;-)

see you later taking Fly out :-D :-D :-D

Mime when in company Joy, that's the answer ;-)

Loved tennis - played at at school (we had grass and hard) and in the local park (just hard) for several years.

Loved and played rounders.

In the school gym club.

Played squash as I got older - stopped when I found t hard to get a point off my young teenage son ... But then he was a champ so I have an excuse. :-D

Did anyone see the programme that proved some things gave you a feel-good factor (endomorphins came into it)?

Singing came out tops.

We have a few good singers in the family - five in choirs at one time.

I, myself, love to sing but I am useless at it.

I wonder if I am offputting in church? :-D :-D :-D