27 Sep
2004
27 Sep
'04
1:19 a.m.
jos de waal <jos_dewaal(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
I've asked my wife for her opinion on this and she
said that she
would instantly scrap and toss my stuff if she ever found herself in
a similar situation. I can't blame her.
Have you instantly divorced her after hearing that in order to ensure
the safety of your collection?
I can't understand why everyone here is having so much difficulty with
their wives. Why did you marry them in the first place? Why in the
world would you want to marry someone who has no respect for your most
important Life's Work?
I would never even *date* a woman who does not share my most core beliefs,
and she must agree to protect our property with her life before there
can be any talk of marriage.
MS
27 Sep
27 Sep
2:53 a.m.
Michael Sokolov wrote:
I can't understand why everyone here is having so
much difficulty with
their wives. Why did you marry them in the first place? Why in the
world would you want to marry someone who has no respect for your most
important Life's Work?
I believe the term, in the vernacular, is "true dat". My girlfriend and
I are both fortunate in that we have very similar interests in
computers, electronics, photography and cooking, and even where we don't
particularly share an interest we at least participate in what the other
is doing. I have a rather better appreciation of Scottish Country
Dancing, and Carolyne's taste in cars now runs almost exclusively to
elderly Citroens, Reliant Scimitars, and her 2002 Polo. It helps that
we're both geeks and thus almost pathologically interested in *everything*.
I would never even *date* a woman who does not share
my most core beliefs,
and she must agree to protect our property with her life before there
can be any talk of marriage.
Well now, property is replaceable, mostly. I would urge SWMBO to
protect her life with the nearest suitably heavy bit of property
(Citroen Special Tool FBH-14, maybe).
Gordon.
9:31 a.m.
I would never even *date* a woman who does not share
my most core beliefs,
and she must agree to protect our property with her life before there
can be any talk of marriage.
Let me guess, you're not exactly popular with the ladies, are you?
:)
g.
--
"I'm not crazy, I'm plausibly off-nominal!"
Proud owner of 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
1:33 p.m.
At 02:10 PM 9/27/2004, you wrote:
I don't know if we need that.
A classic computer worked for me.
I met my wife at a company outing when I was giving a demo to company brass
of a homebrew 6800 I had made to convert NCR digital Philips cassette tapes
to 7 track 1/2" tape.
She was there, thought I was a brainiac and got interested.
And later when I jumped into the swimming pool (it was winter and cold) she
knew I was the one!
It was a Motorola moment!
Ed K.
Let me guess,
you're not exactly popular with the ladies, are you? :)
I guess it is time to
start a new mailing list ...
How to collect classic computers & be popular with the girls. 
2:40 p.m.
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From: "Ed Kelleher" <Pres(a)macro-inc.com>
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Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: Made first phone call
A classic computer worked for me.
I met my wife at a company outing when I was giving a demo to company
brass
of a homebrew 6800 I had made to convert NCR digital
Philips cassette
tapes
to 7 track 1/2" tape.
Jeez, I can imagine easier ways to "score" the opposite sex !
Nico
(ex Philips employee)
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2:44 p.m.
At 02:10 PM 9/27/2004, you wrote:
I don't know if we need that.
A classic computer worked for me.
I met my wife at a company outing when I was giving a demo to company
brass
Let me
guess, you're not exactly popular with the ladies, are you? :)
I guess it is
time to start a new mailing list ...
How to collect classic computers & be popular with the girls. of a homebrew 6800 I had made to convert NCR digital
Philips cassette
tapes
to 7 track 1/2" tape.
She was there, thought I was a brainiac and got interested.
And later when I jumped into the swimming pool (it was winter and cold)
she
knew I was the one!
It was a Motorola moment!
Ed K.
Same story here. I met my wife while working on a project where I was
programming in a "classic computer language". She was impressed that
I was able to quickly program something that others told her would take
weeks. My management gave me a free dinner at a fine restaurant for
myself and a date. My future wife told me that she would be glad to help
me figure out how to eat at an expensive restaurant. We went out to
supper and I never went home again except to get a change of clothes
once in a while.
Maybe it's a South Carolina thing.
- Ashley
4:20 p.m.
jos de waal <jos_dewaal(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
FWIW, that was my first thought too, but I decided not to be the first to
post it...
I've asked my wife for her opinion on this
and she said that she
would instantly scrap and toss my stuff if she ever found herself in
a similar situation. I can't blame her.
Have you instantly divorced her after hearing that in order to ensure
the safety of your collection?
I can't understand why everyone here is having so much difficulty with
their wives. Why did you marry them in the first place? Why in the
world would you want to marry someone who has no respect for your most
important Life's Work?
This probably explaines why I have no success with women, but I would
agree. Your wife doesn't have to be interested in classic computers (or
whatever), but she darn well should realise that if the man she claims to
love is insterested in them then they are actually important to some
people. And that you'd want your work to continue after your death.
-tony
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