Comments on: Am I an Old Fart? http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/ rock out to the apparatus Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:52:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Another Year Older, Another Year Fartier http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-18460 Another Year Older, Another Year Fartier Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:46:47 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-18460 [...] am still over 50% hip and with it - and apparently getting hipper and more with-it (or more forgetful of my old-fashioned upbringing) as time goes [...] [...] am still over 50% hip and with it - and apparently getting hipper and more with-it (or more forgetful of my old-fashioned upbringing) as time goes [...]

]]> By: Brian (Jay) http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3333 Brian (Jay) Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:30:48 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3333 11. Silly question. Brewing coffee has always taken longer than a milkshake, unless one was including making of the ice cream beforehand... 30. True, but it was a function of where I grew up in Georgia. 48. False, I'm still eating bad airline food. Continental still serves meals in coach... 55. True, if only because MIT issued Coop cards to all students. 60. true, because I never watched TV much... 65. False, I bought her dinner once. 68. True, but it depends highly on how fringey one was/is. 72. true... even if it was his father... 11. Silly question. Brewing coffee has always taken longer than a milkshake, unless one was including making of the ice cream beforehand…
30. True, but it was a function of where I grew up in Georgia.
48. False, I’m still eating bad airline food. Continental still serves meals in coach…
55. True, if only because MIT issued Coop cards to all students.
60. true, because I never watched TV much…
65. False, I bought her dinner once.
68. True, but it depends highly on how fringey one was/is.
72. true… even if it was his father…

]]> By: kerrick http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3328 kerrick Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:30:43 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3328 I was censored out of my HS paper for a letter I wrote in criticism of the administration confiscating the "History Has Set the Record a Little Too Straight" poster from a classroom. I was censored out of my HS paper for a letter I wrote in criticism of the administration confiscating the “History Has Set the Record a Little Too Straight” poster from a classroom.

]]> By: yami http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3324 yami Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:44:46 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3324 Huh. Thankfully, my school was too liberal (AFAIK) to bother censoring the paper to any noticeable extent. Huh. Thankfully, my school was too liberal (AFAIK) to bother censoring the paper to any noticeable extent.

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3301 Lab Lemming Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:57:15 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3301 In the early 90's (and late 80's), we got around Hazelwood by independently publishing our own high school student paper. We tried paying for it with ads, but found it was more profitable to print articles so outrageous or obscene that the authors' mothers bought all the surplus copies off us to prevent further embarassment of their child... In the early 90’s (and late 80’s), we got around Hazelwood by independently publishing our own high school student paper. We tried paying for it with ads, but found it was more profitable to print articles so outrageous or obscene that the authors’ mothers bought all the surplus copies off us to prevent further embarassment of their child…

]]> By: sciencewoman http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3289 sciencewoman Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:34:33 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3289 My list we be roughly the same as yours as I am guesing we are about the same age. But I wanted to fill you in on the censorship thing (I was editor of my HS newspaper). The Supreme Court decided in 1988 that principals could censor school papers (I think it applies to college papers as well), and my principal made good use of the ruling. For more see <a href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1226" rel="nofollow">this site.</a> My list we be roughly the same as yours as I am guesing we are about the same age. But I wanted to fill you in on the censorship thing (I was editor of my HS newspaper). The Supreme Court decided in 1988 that principals could censor school papers (I think it applies to college papers as well), and my principal made good use of the ruling. For more see this site.

]]> By: yami http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3287 yami Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:07:30 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3287 Hey, I used to use the computer labs! Though of course, by the time I was there not having your own computer was largely a mark of money and the lack thereof... Hey, I used to use the computer labs! Though of course, by the time I was there not having your own computer was largely a mark of money and the lack thereof…

]]> By: b http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3286 b Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:54:21 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3286 Hows about, "Computers have always been portable." Or even, "Students have always owned their own computers." Back when I was at Caltech, there were these rooms called "computer labs". Really -- if you wanted to use a computer, you had to go into a special -room-! Weird, huh? Hows about, “Computers have always been portable.” Or even, “Students have always owned their own computers.”

Back when I was at Caltech, there were these rooms called “computer labs”. Really — if you wanted to use a computer, you had to go into a special -room-! Weird, huh?

]]> By: Andrew Ironwood http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3274 Andrew Ironwood Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:01:37 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2006/08/25/am-i-an-old-fart/#comment-3274 Well, being someone who once actually *had* the hairdo, #43 certainly makes *me* feel bad... And #9, 15, 21, 25, 37, 46, 50 and 72 all sure *seem* true enough for little ole me... Well, being someone who once actually *had* the hairdo, #43 certainly makes *me* feel bad…

And #9, 15, 21, 25, 37, 46, 50 and 72 all sure *seem* true enough for little ole me…

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