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FakeNoose

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2. I'm a few years older and I did all that stuff too

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Fri Feb 6, 2026, 07:33 PM

17 hrs ago

I wasn't a computer science major, but I had several of those courses as a secondary core subject.

I can still remember those IBM punch cards, and I'm glad you mentioned them. My school had some kind of system where each card was sequentially numbered as they were punched. Inevitably students dropped their decks, I know I did - and I could still save it by putting the cards back into order.

Thanks for the walk down Memory Lane!

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I got in a really interesting phone conversation with a young woman last night. [View all] LuckyCharms 17 hrs ago OP

Things have changed so much. markodochartaigh 17 hrs ago #1

Check this out! You used to be able to buy cigarettes... LuckyCharms 17 hrs ago #3

Sure, markodochartaigh 17 hrs ago #9

I'm a few years older and I did all that stuff too FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #2

I remember dropping mine in the snow! LuckyCharms 17 hrs ago #5

You didn't have a sort machine? unblock 17 hrs ago #4

I don't think so... LuckyCharms 17 hrs ago #6

Wow, what a memory! FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #13

That you are able to share that story; priceless. cachukis 17 hrs ago #7

OMG, I remember typing out those punch cards Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #8

LOL LuckyCharms 17 hrs ago #12

Hahahahaha!! unblock 16 hrs ago #15

so luckycharms is code for insert real name here? msongs 17 hrs ago #10

Yes LuckyCharms 17 hrs ago #11

SHE WAS A HUMAN RIGHT??? and she WILL remember all you said, ok, May-be half of what you told her... a kennedy 16 hrs ago #14

I'll bet that young lady put LuckyCharms in the front of her Rolodex FakeNoose 16 hrs ago #16

Yes! Definitely human! We had a long conversation... LuckyCharms 16 hrs ago #18

"I got in a really interesting phone conversation with a young woman last night" True Dough 16 hrs ago #17

What is a 1-900 number? LuckyCharms 16 hrs ago #19

I've seen True Dough 16 hrs ago #20

Do you have these numbers... LuckyCharms 16 hrs ago #21

I could check, True Dough 16 hrs ago #22

Things have changed so much and so fast Wicked Blue 13 hrs ago #23

The safest jobs in America are the plumbers and electricians, they will never be laid off FakeNoose 3 hrs ago #24

At TAM my husband could not use the mainframe until night when it was available. efhmc 2 hrs ago #25

That sounds familiar! LuckyCharms 1 hr ago #31

I remember that from university. The Madcap 1 hr ago #26

Did you ever ask her how she got your phone# and knew your DU Name? Fla Dem 1 hr ago #27

I didn't ask, but I'm a regular contributor to the university LuckyCharms 1 hr ago #28

OK, thanks. Just found it ominous that she was able to connect your DU name with your phone #. Fla Dem 1 hr ago #29

I'm sorry, I don't think I worded my OP well... LuckyCharms 1 hr ago #30