Re: Re: Bbsing
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Bf2k+ on Sun Feb 22 2026 04:57 pm

Re: Re: Bbsing
By: Bf2k+ to Utopian Galt on Sun Feb 22 2026 10:35 am

As would the state of GA in 2020...

Again, I meant to say illegal aliens voting.

I know you meant that. My comment was more based on illegal activities during voting...

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Re: Re: Bbsing
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Jim Singleton on Wed Feb 04 2026 03:13 pm

Jim Singleton wrote to Nightfox <=-

I remember having a cigarette vending machine in our cafeteria at work and being able to smoke at my desk at work in this time period.

My first boss, in the early '90s, used to regale us of stories of "work used to be". Smoking rooms, a "shine boy" for your shoes, coffee carts going from office to office. No voicemail, there were "the girls" in an office behind the front desk that wrote down messages and put them up at the front desk.

Odd to think that he was about the same age I am now.

"Why, in my day, we didn't have email, if something was important, you'd send a FAX!"

... Socks are carcinogenic.

we still use fax for a few things even today.
Jim Singleton
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http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080

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Re: Re: Bbsing
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Jim Singleton on Sun Feb 08 2026 08:53 am

Jim Singleton wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

We still use a fax machine/copier in my office from time to time.

I'm going through a thing at work where half of the older employees are pushing to upgrade our multi-function printers, the other half wonder
why they're bothering.

I do like being able to scan paper copy to PDFs, though.

i often think we are using more paper now than ever.
Jim Singleton
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Jim Singleton wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I do like being able to scan paper copy to PDFs, though.

i often think we are using more paper now than ever.

Hard no.

At my first job, we had a midrange computer managing ordering, sales,
inventory, accounting and GL for a university bookstore We had
terminals for sales lookups and ordering, but most of the business ran
on the reams of greenbar 11x17 paper reports I printed out after store
closing and distributed to mailboxes for morning pickup.

I mentioned earlier that I'm involved in office moves and setups, my
team handles IT. We had half of a new office asking to not move the
printer, the office head, who's my age, insisted that we get the
printer set up ASAP.



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Re: Re: Bbsing
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Jim Singleton on Sat Feb 28 2026 08:28 am

Jim Singleton wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I do like being able to scan paper copy to PDFs, though.

i often think we are using more paper now than ever.

Hard no.

At my first job, we had a midrange computer managing ordering, sales,
inventory, accounting and GL for a university bookstore We had
terminals for sales lookups and ordering, but most of the business ran
on the reams of greenbar 11x17 paper reports I printed out after store
closing and distributed to mailboxes for morning pickup.

I mentioned earlier that I'm involved in office moves and setups, my
team handles IT. We had half of a new office asking to not move the
printer, the office head, who's my age, insisted that we get the
printer set up ASAP.

First get the computer side working then get that printer up and printing. I can remember a time when the single printer we had at work failed and I was sent out to a local 'computer store' immediately with cash to get a new one. That day.
Jim Singleton
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080

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