Recent content by LordMing_sl

You are getting old when your birthday present is a wrapped box of dirt with a message that it was tested and is younger than you,

I worked in IT network systems. I could have left at 55 with 30 years but stayed for a while longer. I would have stayed but the company as a whole had changed so much to the point that anyone who could is retiring or leaving. Micromanagement and the wrong people in the wrong places managing...

I retired in 2011 at 57. I miss the job and mostly the people I worled with but I stay in touch with them. My son got married and I now have a grandson who occupies a lot of my time. I also managed to fracture my left foot in 9 places this past December and spent 3 months in a surgical rehab...

When you worked in It and you had punch tape, punch cards and the mainframe was 40 feet long and water cooled.

Before I retired and some many years back the conversation was with a vice president of our company. He was previously in the navy and commanded a nuclear submarine and was also a nuclear physicist. There was more than one occasion for conversation. Scary at best. Is it worth winning just a...

I believe the gay community for the most part found a single product line to identify with. This is not a bad thing at all and certainly not for apple. Not everyone is gay for using a mac and I'm sure the gay community is in the minority for it. I swing both ways on mac and pc use but that...

I guess it depends which country they originate from. Mutts of course speak only English. How tall was Jesus? (From the bible not Puerto Rico)

Im from New York City. My biggest problem in general is with the welfare system and how people use it rather than need it. I see more and more people on welfare with cadillacs and bmw's. You also find many of those in the system adorned with layers of gold jewelry and still complain there is...

I had been using an original Kindle with the keypad since it came out. I have switched to the smaller Kindle and got it for $69. I like it much better as it fits into every pocket and bag easily. I never really had any use for the keyboard and my wife has been using it. No w she has been a die...

I think it is LOTR.