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Previously on "Things that make you feel old"

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  • BR14
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    mostly REXX now, wiv a bit of HLASM for seasoning

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  • Bee
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    Cool story bro...
    Why? Do I look younger?

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by TestMangler View Post
    And it's worse when your group ends in 'And Above'....
    Many of our CUK colleagues are well used to the 'And Below' group for their mental age.

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by Bee View Post
    I've started with BASIC. Jesus, I'm so old.
    Cool story bro...

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  • Bee
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    Originally posted by BR14 View Post
    first language i used was ALGOL, then Fortran V then BAL
    I've started with BASIC. Jesus, I'm so old.

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  • gables
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    Originally posted by BR14 View Post
    first language i used was ALGOL, then Fortran V then BAL
    first and only language for me is Pascal

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  • MrMarkyMark
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    That'll be the bladder problems, I guess. You have my sympathy.
    A pretty piss poor one, all be told

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  • TestMangler
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    Originally posted by kevpuk View Post
    Sure-fire sign is when there are age brackets - the sense of doom when having to select the next grouped ages
    And it's worse when your group ends in 'And Above'....

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
    No more Morning Glory...
    Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View Post
    Speak for yourself
    That'll be the bladder problems, I guess. You have my sympathy.

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  • BR14
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    What happened to PL1?

    I have just spent quite a while upgrading the little business website to mySQLi, plus eliminating various other deprecated warnings. Pissed me off. Why can't I just do the damn thing in Fortran IV with lots of GOTOs? It worked fine.
    first language i used was ALGOL, then Fortran V then BAL

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  • xoggoth
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    What happened to PL1?

    I have just spent quite a while upgrading the little business website to mySQLi, plus eliminating various other deprecated warnings. Pissed me off. Why can't I just do the damn thing in Fortran IV with lots of GOTOs? It worked fine.

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  • kevpuk
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    Originally posted by Jog On View Post
    I feel old when I have to input my DOB using sliding dial thingies having to keep scrolling to get the year - and scroll some more...
    Sure-fire sign is when there are age brackets - the sense of doom when having to select the next grouped ages

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by woohoo View Post
    I remember taking the misses nephew and his girlfriend to Liverpool for a visit.

    I jokingly pointed out a house and said that's where John Lennon used to live. They had no idea, not a freaking clue who he was.
    Imagine...

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  • woohoo
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    I remember taking the misses nephew and his girlfriend to Liverpool for a visit.

    I jokingly pointed out a house and said that's where John Lennon used to live. They had no idea, not a freaking clue who he was.

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  • darmstadt
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    I started on MVS, then VM, then VAX, then PCs. Nowadays it's all on the cloud, innit? It got smaller and smaller and finally disappeared.
    Me too and still do (apart from the VAX). Currently working with this: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/0...mainframe_z14/

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