Old Tech thread

[Parson]

Umm - still there, on my browser anyway...

Okay, now I'm flummoxed. This morning it's back where it's supposed to be. And I'm using the same computer, the same browser, and the same wireless network.

 

[dask]

Hope that guy with the bucket doesn't step off. The rope looks like it's starting to unravel below the knot.

 

[Vertigo]

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Hope that guy with the bucket doesn't step off. The rope looks like it's starting to unravel below the knot.

I'm a mountaineer and, I'm sorry, but everything about that is just so wrong. It's not just the people, if they drop even the smallest item it could kill from those sort of heights. When I was sailing on the tall ship if we wanted to climb the ratlines up the masts we would first have to demonstrate that any loose items, such as cameras etc, were securely tied to us.

 

[Pyan]

Like this?

 

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[Liz Bent]

Ah! The "were so amazingly primitive that they still though digital watches were a pretty neat idea" thread.

My first calculator was like this one.

We were all especially impressed that you could write ShELL OIL on it if you turned it upside down.
And it was no use getting used to it, because you could only use sslide rules in exams.

Our class was far less sophisticated, we wrote "BOOBIES" with our calculators

 

[Vladd67]

Contact Support

 

[Pyan]

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"Radium Hand Cleanser: takes off everything but the skin!"

 

[farntfar]

"Radium Hand Cleanser: takes off everything but the skin!"

If a certain politician had seen the advert he could have commissioned them to deal with Covid.

The suppositories sound good, too. Radiation burns up there must be quite a laugh

 

[THX1138]

If a certain politician had seen the advert he could have commissioned them to deal with Covid.

The suppositories sound good, too. Radiation burns up there must be quite a laugh

And the occasional glowing cloud around them is a giveaway too...

 

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[KiraAnn]

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Is that steam-punk ?

 

[KiraAnn]

A while back, I watched Kiss me Deadly, a 1955 movie from a Mickey Spillane book. One thing I noticed right away was Mike Hammer's answering machine. I finally found a still with it.

 

[dask]

As far as I know, no, but it’s off the internet so it’s anyone’s guess.

 

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[Astro Pen]

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Funny thing, I'm pretty sure it was a posed photo because they are sitting around looking at it. One of the benefits of the wireless is that you don't have to do that, Unlike the TV which replaced the fireplace as the focus point of the room's furniture.

 

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[Dave]

A place I once worked had a hot water/plumbing system that looked like that.

 

[Pyan]

Let's hope one of the handwheels isn't for a vital emergency safety function!