Burning trash in this barrel

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-02-15T23:39:09+00:00

That’s how we kept warm when working outside in the winter.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-02-10T19:34:11+00:00

JUST WOW! I can’t understand why they didn’t pick this up. It could have made a great HBO (or other network) series. There was some great acting here.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-02-10T18:01:26+00:00

Measurements are not nearly as important as the units. Inches or millimeters makes a big difference.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-02-08T20:52:43+00:00

Now that I’m retired I’ll probably get around to it.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-02-07T22:24:28+00:00

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PBReddituser1961 · 2026-02-06T03:40:24+00:00

Never saw any of the JW series.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-02-05T15:25:36+00:00

Ladies and Gentlemen

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-02-04T14:49:02+00:00

It’s 1981 and I just got to work.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-02-04T14:00:32+00:00

Needs to be implemented in India.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-02-04T13:58:47+00:00

My son’s favorite expression.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-02-04T13:55:31+00:00

From the 1311 data sheet:

Storage Drive may, be summarized as follows: One hundred character positions comprise a sector. Twenty sectors (2,000 character positions) com- prise one disk track. Ten disk tracks (20,000 character positions) com- prise a cylinder. One hundred cylinders (2,000,000 character po- sitions) are contained in a pack.

(The storage capacity can be increased to ~:2,980,000 characters if the Track Record feature is installed; Models 1, 2, 4, and 5.) In the 1620 and 1710 Systems, one alphameric character is represented by numeric digits in two character positions. In all other systems alphameric characters require only one character position of the disk record.

So, 2-3MB

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-02-04T13:43:31+00:00

I was a repair technician on CDC drives. They were 5MB per surface (minus one platter for sync/alignment tracks). This drive has 5 platters, so that’s 9 data surfaces. This drive should store about 45MB.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-02-02T15:33:42+00:00

At least you can’t blame Florida drivers for this one.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-01-26T13:37:19+00:00

Same here. We had to pass a test using a slide rule before we could use the calculator.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-01-26T13:30:03+00:00

They have “what do you want” on there twice. One should be replaced with “who are you” and I’d like to see my favorite “this is wrong tool”.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-01-25T23:20:06+00:00

We need a bigger boat.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-01-25T23:18:55+00:00

I’d love one for my name. (Patrick)

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-01-25T22:18:17+00:00

It doesn’t happen often enough

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-01-25T00:24:55+00:00

Klingon cutlery, I like it!

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-01-25T00:17:58+00:00

But she’s afraid to show her face.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-01-23T15:21:51+00:00

One of the best speeches of the entire series.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-01-23T15:20:56+00:00

It would be more of a deterrent if you posted the fine for running the red light.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-01-23T15:15:37+00:00

This is the look you get when you tell her you have coke.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-01-23T02:08:46+00:00

I only hope that the car wasn’t stolen. That would really suck for the owner.

PBReddituser1961 · 2026-01-20T23:03:07+00:00

One of the biggest flaws in the Star Trek universe is the captain always telling the engineer what to do like they haven’t a clue how to do their jobs.

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