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MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Back to the Monday

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

Glad you're feeling better, Mz.

I "Like" US Cellular on FaceBook and this morning they asked "When was the first time you used the Internet?"

That got me thinking back. Although it wasn't the "internet" I had an online service called "Q-Link" back about 1987. At that time, it was a Commodore only service and I accessed it with my Commodore 64. I used a 300 baud modem. I remember that when downloading a text file at 300 baud, it would download about the same speed as you could read it. Later, I remember thinking I was on top of the world when I 4x'd the speed with a 1,200 baud (1.2k) modem. Eventually, "Q-Link" renamed their service to "America Online" and opened it up to other types of computer systems. The rest, is history.

Now, a company bought the rights to use the Commodore name and they are building a modern day PC into the old Commodore 64 style case. If I had $1,500 I just didn't know what to do with, I'd get one of those just for the cool factor. I've just not found $1,500 that I didn't know what to do with.

Ah, the memories . . .

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

Morning all. I hate when you can't find the file that you were working on Friday afternoon. I'm beginning to wonder if I was even here doing it or if it was all a dream. I'm a little angry about it. It was a spreadsheet with 147 tabs. I was through at least 115, if not more, all labeled, formatted and ready to go. I can't help but wonder if it was stuck in a temp directory. I say was, because my cookies and such get cleared every night. I did a search for it but have come up empty. While I do remember periodically saving my work, I don't remember saving the original file to the network or even naming it.

What a lovely way to start the work week. It certainly doesn't help my headache.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Aw man Fuzzy, that sucks. I frequently have dreams where I've worked on something, then I get to work to realize I just dreamed it all.

Hm, the first time I used the internet... The first time that I can remember is a New Year's Eve that I spent at my dad's. I would guess it was 1993-1994. He was using Webcrawler search engine that had a spider logo on a black background. He had started downloading a pinball game that night that didn't finish up until the next morning.

Now that I think about it, there was a lot of white text on black backgrounds those days.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Good day, all. Sunny and presently 32* here, looking for a high around 50* today. Yesterday was beautiful... 60* and sunny. Today is also my Chris's birthday. Hard to believe he is 33. Seems like just yesterday he was an uber-annoying pre-teen.

I'm trying to make me work my way through the misroute report.

Hard to get excited on that one. Otherwise, exchanging e-mails with my sister. She is doing fine as far as the breast cancer goes. Right now she is having some stomach issues. I think maybe it is a byproduct of stress and diet, possibly allergies as well. I'm trying to talk her into having the Dr do allergy tests.

Ah well... Monday on everyone. I hope it is a good one!

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Oh yeah... great Monday... just suffered catastrophic zipper failure. Guess I know what I'll be doing at lunch time.

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

You had a wadrobe malfunction?!? Who were you trying to impress? Or were you just trying to spice up the day?

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Pretty sure with the present state of my person, I'm not impressing anyone.

Of course while I was trying to safety pin the situation, the boss walked by and stopped with a puzzled look on his face.