The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
11-05-2015, 16:47
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Says 1987 on the info. I remember one episode when Edison Carter is talking to Bryce and pulls out an 8" floppy disk (Yes they did exist) from his jacket and says "I was young once"
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That's how I used to take software updates to sites in Europe in the early/mid 80s.
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11-05-2015, 17:22
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
These things made sure that there was a demand for 8" floppies in the music industry right through the 80s and 90s
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11-05-2015, 17:26
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
That looks like something out of my 1970's 'Tomorrow's World' annual. I'm not sure that reflecting on how time has flown constitutes a happy thought though...
Last edited by Osem; 10-06-2018 at 15:50.
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11-05-2015, 17:35
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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These things made sure that there was a demand for 8" floppies in the music industry right through the 80s and 90s
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11-05-2015, 17:52
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
I knew those disks from a Mostek software development system from way way back. Z80 and 3870 processors. Also had a version of BASIC so was quite a handy machine in its time.
CPM operating system. 256KByte per disk. Green screen monitor
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11-05-2015, 17:54
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
The good old Fairlight CMI
The Art of Noise
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Duran Duran and many, many more used and in many cases over-used em much like autotune today
But they cost as much as a house back then
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11-05-2015, 18:58
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
Discharged from Bedford hospital (heart attack part) too now - just kidney, foot, sight stuff to sort out now
Also several more friends have offered to be tested with regards giving me a kidney, I truly have some stunning friends.
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11-05-2015, 19:09
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l hope everything goes well for you dilli and yes its great that you have such wonderful friends as good friends are hard to come by.
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11-05-2015, 20:17
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Discharged from Bedford hospital (heart attack part) too now - just kidney, foot, sight stuff to sort out now
Also several more friends have offered to be tested with regards giving me a kidney, I truly have some stunning friends.
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You sure do. Best of luck!
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12-05-2015, 13:01
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Having largely cut out the booze and been eating far more vegetables, fruit etc. I'm feeling a lot healthier than for a long time. As a bonus the weight is still coming off at a nice steady pace and Labour's demise has coincided with a huge drop in my blood pressure...
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12-05-2015, 13:44
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Having largely cut out the booze and been eating far more vegetables, fruit etc. I'm feeling a lot healthier than for a long time. As a bonus the weight is still coming off at a nice steady pace and Labour's demise has coincided with a huge drop in my blood pressure...
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Well Done Osem
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12-05-2015, 13:49
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Having largely cut out the booze and been eating far more vegetables, fruit etc. I'm feeling a lot healthier than for a long time. As a bonus the weight is still coming off at a nice steady pace and Labour's demise has coincided with a huge drop in my blood pressure...
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Very good stuff
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12-05-2015, 14:04
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l hope everything goes well for you dilli and yes its great that you have such wonderful friends as good friends are hard to come by.
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So true Den. When I lost my first wife and was left with the kids a lot of 'friends' promised support by very few actually delivered. Oddly, the people I expected least of helped the most...
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Well Done Osem
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Cheers.
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Very good stuff
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Thanks, I'm trying my best. I've never smoked so that helps a lot.
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12-05-2015, 14:28
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Discharged from Bedford hospital (heart attack part) too now - just kidney, foot, sight stuff to sort out now
Also several more friends have offered to be tested with regards giving me a kidney, I truly have some stunning friends.
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Fantastic news and you deserve friends like that so you should be proud of each other for coming together like that. As you said, just a few more things to fix!
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Having largely cut out the booze and been eating far more vegetables, fruit etc. I'm feeling a lot healthier than for a long time. As a bonus the weight is still coming off at a nice steady pace and Labour's demise has coincided with a huge drop in my blood pressure...
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Awesome job, the healthier you feel the easier it is to keep the weight off too so good news all round. Keep it up
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12-05-2015, 14:38
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Awesome job, the healthier you feel the easier it is to keep the weight off too so good news all round. Keep it up
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Thanks. You're right about that. I'm lucky in that my excess weight is concentrated almost entirely around my torso so what I've lost is much more obvious than might have been the case if it was spread all over. That gives some added motivation when I'm feeling like giving in to the dreaded 'munchies'...
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