I have, upon my desk, an actual printed volume of the Science Citation Index that I use to scare children.Slightly predates me, in my day, we searched MEDLINE on CD-ROM, one disk for each year...
And a further sign of decrepitude:Was just on phone to accountant. Told him I had two questions I needed answers to. By the time we'd discussed the first I had forgotten the second. And I still can't remember it.
In my office refurb, I threw out a few trees worth of printed health and safety guidance that came from Barber's Index, a similarly CD-Rom based catalogue with monthly updates. All of that stuff is now available as pdf free downloads, with umpteen documents on a thing the size of a postage stamp. Despite all the available online information, this weeks client still didn't have a clue about chemical safety. Keeps me in a job
At the GP, discussing changing my contraception to see if it helps my depression, the GP said "well, I suppose it's possible you could still be fertile."
Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on February 23, 2017, 12:15:27 pmAt the GP, discussing changing my contraception to see if it helps my depression, the GP said "well, I suppose it's possible you could still be fertile."Did you punch them?
....when you hear someone mention "The nineteen-eighties" and you think it's recent.
Quote from: LEE on February 23, 2017, 02:29:09 pm....when you hear someone mention "The nineteen-eighties" and you think it's recent.I can remember one meeting when the boss said "now we must start planning for the 90's" and everyone said "what, already?"
Quote from: T42 on February 23, 2017, 03:16:20 pmQuote from: LEE on February 23, 2017, 02:29:09 pm....when you hear someone mention "The nineteen-eighties" and you think it's recent.I can remember one meeting when the boss said "now we must start planning for the 90's" and everyone said "what, already?"Going way back (I'm old, not middle-aged) BP ran adverts for oil supplies for central heating featuring a woman called "Mrs 1970" . . . as if that was going to be the next big thing waaaay in the future.
Careful, Kim. Your sarcasm's showing...
The mark of a true cyclist - prepared to try anything on offer
Quote from: robgul on February 23, 2017, 03:49:36 pmQuote from: T42 on February 23, 2017, 03:16:20 pmQuote from: LEE on February 23, 2017, 02:29:09 pm....when you hear someone mention "The nineteen-eighties" and you think it's recent.I can remember one meeting when the boss said "now we must start planning for the 90's" and everyone said "what, already?"Going way back (I'm old, not middle-aged) BP ran adverts for oil supplies for central heating featuring a woman called "Mrs 1970" . . . as if that was going to be the next big thing waaaay in the future.I still quote this one on a regular basis... http://www.youtube.com/v/gGxw8EzhlAM&rel=1https://youtu.be/gGxw8EzhlAM?t=3s
Your first response to a piece of household equipment not functioning properly, even though you have no real idea how it works, is to go to your tool box rather than throwing it away and buying a replacement.
after only one beer you fall asleep during the second half of Scotland - Wales and miss the try