Dinner time in the US
..... The most powerful computer I own, I carry around in my pocket! 
Oct 22nd 2013, 2:45 pm
#32
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Re: Dinner time in the US
I'm indifferent, I wish they didn't clear the table while others are eating, but I'm not too concerned. What irritates me more is when they go to grab my plate when I haven't even finished! Even when I purposely rest my knife and/or fork handle on the table (a habit generally despise) deliberately to stop the waiter grabbing my plate, I have had them lean in to carefully place my cutlery back on the plate so they can remove it! 
I think it says a lot about the amount of food wasted in America when the wait staff can't even work out when someone has finished eating.
I think it says a lot about the amount of food wasted in America when the wait staff can't even work out when someone has finished eating.
He, I would guess, has more than one computer. Some may, rather enjoyably I might add, be in various stages of being built or rebuilt.
Oct 22nd 2013, 2:49 pm
#34
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Re: Dinner time in the US
This is where our Dining Room table used to be...
http://yaypics.smugmug.com/Category/...DSCF2653-M.jpg
There are a few others kicking around... Laptops... Tablets etc.
http://yaypics.smugmug.com/Category/...DSCF2653-M.jpg
There are a few others kicking around... Laptops... Tablets etc.
Well ... two, hardly a bunch but there you go. Oh, one working one down there too, which I use (obviously).
Oct 22nd 2013, 2:50 pm
#35
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Re: Dinner time in the US
The plate-grabbing thing really bugs me
Oct 22nd 2013, 2:51 pm
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Re: Dinner time in the US
I'm simultaneously impressed, yet disappointed as I had a vision of a bunch of half-finished computers, or ones you're procrastinating over fixing, such as I have in my basement.
Well ... two, hardly a bunch but there you go. Oh, one working one down there too, which I use (obviously).
Well ... two, hardly a bunch but there you go. Oh, one working one down there too, which I use (obviously).
[edit] And the Atari...
Last edited by Nutek; Oct 22nd 2013 at 2:53 pm. Reason: Atari awesomeness.
Oct 22nd 2013, 2:51 pm
#37
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Re: Dinner time in the US
This is where our Dining Room table used to be...
http://yaypics.smugmug.com/Category/...DSCF2653-M.jpg
There are a few others kicking around... Laptops... Tablets etc.
http://yaypics.smugmug.com/Category/...DSCF2653-M.jpg
There are a few others kicking around... Laptops... Tablets etc.
Oct 22nd 2013, 2:55 pm
#39
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Re: Dinner time in the US
Don't worry... There are plenty of part-built kicking around, and an attic full of "spares".
[edit] And the Atari...
http://yaypics.smugmug.com/photos/i-...-BrNw7rv-M.jpg
[edit] And the Atari...
http://yaypics.smugmug.com/photos/i-...-BrNw7rv-M.jpg
I have to make do with emulators for my CPC or Amiga nostalgia. I might buy one of those Competition Pro USB joysticks, as playing Sensible Soccer with a PS2 style controller just feels weird.
Oct 22nd 2013, 2:59 pm
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Re: Dinner time in the US
The Atari in the Pic is a 1040STE. I have an old(er) 512STFM in the attic as well.
Oct 22nd 2013, 3:07 pm
#42
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Re: Dinner time in the US
Remember football games that had no difficulty settings on them, yet you could still get beat on a random occasion by a second division team in the FA Cup while you're top of the league? The current games, while enjoyable, are easy enough that I can win the World Cup with Northern Ireland on the hardest setting ...
Oh, mods, feel free to split off these posts into a 'computer nostalgia' thread
Oct 22nd 2013, 3:07 pm
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Re: Dinner time in the US
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Oct 22nd 2013, 3:09 pm
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Re: Dinner time in the US
Sorry for the Off-Topic drift.
