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To: jongaltsr

The internet is not that old. Neither are cell phones.
What did you do before the mid 80s?

I sometimes think a shutdown might be a blessing in disguise.


11 posted on 01/28/2011 9:41:49 PM PST by AlexW
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To: AlexW
What did you do before the mid 80s?

Hung out in libraries. Spent money on loose women and strong drink. The rest I wasted buying trade magazines.

It ain't the 80s, and I'm not going back to then, or caveman days either. So you and the far left can KMA on the 'good old days' schtick. Because they were not good. But they did get old.

/johnny

16 posted on 01/28/2011 9:47:53 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: AlexW
I sometimes think a shutdown might be a blessing in disguise.

Better rethink that, no more Freerepublic if you get your wish..! < /humor >

95 posted on 01/29/2011 2:53:06 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave ("Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican." Ronald Reagan)
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To: AlexW
What did you do before the mid 80s?

I dreamed of the internet. I imagined being able to look up a word in a German dictionary and have it instantly. I imagined being able to reproduce an image using only a formula, like a music score. I imagined having a way to link information. In short, if Al Gore hadn't invented the internet, I would have.

I sometimes think a shutdown might be a blessing in disguise.

Right. Like being without electricity during a thunder storm. It's nice for about four hours. Then you need to wash clothes, keep the food from thawing, and get on with your life. Civilization does not go backward--at least, not for long.

128 posted on 01/29/2011 7:16:59 AM PST by giotto
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