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I'm Just a Bill by Schoolhouse Rock came out in March 1976. As a staunch conservative, I was convinced the government was up to no good. As the bill made its way into law, I would be thinking to myself:
Kill it in committee!
Vote it down in the House!
Vote it down in the Senate!
Veto it, President, Veto it!
As far as I was concerned, this cartoon had an unhappy ending when the bill was passed into law.
I'm so old, I can just about remember using Windows XP for the first time in 2002 (I was 9 I think)
The first work computer I got to use had IBM DOS 3.31. My home computer is a dual boot with 2 hard drives. This makes it easy to reformat and reinstall an operating system. I use Windows XP x64 as my main operating system. The other drive has Windows XP for a few tasks that are not supported by XP x64. I use Office XP, too.
I like Windows XP. It works the way I expect it to work, and supports my hardware. There are some very talented people out there that like Window XP so much, they are modifying software such as browsers to support XP. The New Moon browser project is one example. I use the x64 version.
I remember going to the local drug store with my father (I was 9 or 10) and using the self-service tube tester stations. Televisions weren’t as reliable back then, and needed vacuum tubes replaced regularly. I loved to look up the Tube number on the rolling paper chart, which showed which socket to insert the tube in. Then you turn it on and a meter showed whether your tube needed replacement (they always did, lol). If you were lucky they had the tube in stock.
I remember going to the local drug store with my father (I was 9 or 10) and using the self-service tube tester stations. Televisions weren’t as reliable back then, and needed vacuum tubes replaced regularly. I loved to look up the Tube number on the rolling paper chart, which showed which socket to insert the tube in. Then you turn it on and a meter showed whether your tube needed replacement (they always did, lol). If you were lucky they had the tube in stock.
I remember that, too. I bought a 1940s era AM, FM, FM, Shortwave radio (It was built when they were moving the FM band, so it had both bands). They still had tube testers, but I had to order the tubes through Radio Shack. I thought a tube was a tube, but apparently not. In the past, I had replaced tubes in other radios and TVs, but they were more modern.
I remember going to the drugstore soda fountain and ordering a cherry phosphate for 5¢. Sometimes I would allow my pet duck to follow me there, and he would wander around while I consumed my drink. Then, I would sneak out of the store and wait for the reaction. Sure enough, after about a minute, you would hear a frantic, "Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack!" as my duck raced out of the store looking for me. He pooped so much that dad had to take him to a farm, where a nice family would take care of him.
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