little maggie
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My Saturday mornings
My Saturday mornings
FLelder ent
Well-Known Member
I had a '73 Mercury Capri 2600 V6!hmm, I must be getting old, I quite like the look of that Gremlin!
Reminds me of a Ford Capri...
A friend of mine has 2 Mercury Capris that he bought and restored.
little maggie
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I had a Capri in 72. Traded it for a Subaru. Worst car I've ever owned- the Subaru not the Capri.
ChooChooCharlie
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Ever play Lunar Lander on PDP8? My attempts resulted like this:
Then it was the 370 in college: waiting for free punch card keyboard, waiting with your stack at the card reader, then waiting for printout after batch run. It did develop careful coding and debugging practices up front, because you didn't want to wait all over again to fix a few lines.
OF
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Ever play Lunar Lander on PDP8? My attempts resulted like this:
Then it was the 370 in college: waiting for free punch card keyboard, waiting with your stack at the card reader, then waiting for printout after batch run. It did develop careful coding and debugging practices up front, because you didn't want to wait all over again to fix a few lines.
Yep, been there....... A guy I worked with discovered if you burned off all your fuel at the start you could get up some serious altitude for a truly heroic crater on the moon. Beat working for sure.
In my case we did our Fortran programing and would sit against the wall staring through the glass at the computer wondering which line printer would get our outputs. Guys inside would run around matching decks of cards to printouts before putting a rubber band on it and flinging it into the tote box. We'd put stripes on the sides of the decks so you could spot yours. Seems you'd always be thinking about a bug you'd just realized might happen and duck into the keypunch room to do the edits. Many was the time I'd reshuffle the deck (adding the changes) put the cover card back on top and drop it back in the in box and go back to my place against the wall. Good place to do homework, that wall. Best turn around (sometimes well under an hour) was after 3AM. A noon drop might not run by dinner at the end of the quarter.
Fun stuff.
OF
1DMF
Old School Cheesy Quaver
@CarolKing A UK TV show called Wheeler Dealers did up a pacer...
Apparently it cost £2,000 just for the vinyl wrap! No one wanted it so they shoved it on eBay and donated 50% of the sale to charity : http://www.ebay.com/itm/321695154284?forcerRptr=true&item=321695154284&viewitem
They made a total loss
and an ugly car even uglier 
Apparently it cost £2,000 just for the vinyl wrap! No one wanted it so they shoved it on eBay and donated 50% of the sale to charity : http://www.ebay.com/itm/321695154284?forcerRptr=true&item=321695154284&viewitem
They made a total loss
and an ugly car even uglier 
CarolKing
Singer of songs and a vapor connoisseur
What a waste, John Lennon shot by Mark David Chapman 35 years ago today. It feels like yesterday. It was horrible when fans found out. We had a vigil for peace in the downtown park where I lived. People just hugged and held hands, sang anti violence songs and we all cried. I feel sad now thinking about it. What music that was left unwritten?
John Lennon on his return from honeymoon with Yoko Ono. Photograph: George Stroud/Getty Images
John Lennon on his return from honeymoon with Yoko Ono. Photograph: George Stroud/Getty Images
Vitolo
Vaporist
And what words were left unspoken?
Imagine there's no countries...imagine...
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
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little maggie
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Does anyone here remember drive in movies? I've been missing them lately. So much better than netflicks. When I was a kid and couldn't sit still I got to run around and climb over the seats.
CarolKing
Singer of songs and a vapor connoisseur
Miss the drive in movie. You would have a big speaker that you would hook on to your window so you could hear. Years later you would tune your radio to a certain channel to hear the movie. They usually had swings for the kids to play on. Also a snack concession that sold pizza, burgers, popcorn, candy and drinks. I remember seeing one of the Dirty Harry movies back in the day.
My first date with my husband was at the drive inn many years ago when we were teenagers.
We also had an X rated Drive-inn movie on the outskirts of town. I remember they showed Deep Throat - yuck.
Love It
Drive-In Movie
My first date with my husband was at the drive inn many years ago when we were teenagers.
We also had an X rated Drive-inn movie on the outskirts of town. I remember they showed Deep Throat - yuck.
Love It
Drive-In Movie
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WakeAndVape
VapeLife X
They still have a drive in here...guess we're lucky! But the damn snow keeps it closed half the year
little maggie
Well-Known Member
No way! We have drive in movies too but they're out in the country and abandoned. Yours still work?
HellsWindStaff
Dharma Initiate
We got a running drive in through the late Spring early Fall 
WakeAndVape
VapeLife X
Yep, I tried to go this summer a couple times but it was packed! It still makes a bunch of money
WeedyGirl1979
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Ours is like that too. Go early or park in the boonies. Of course, now that there are kids in my house I also have to make sure the movies are family friendly. So I haven't been in a few years.
Once upon a time we had a bunch to choose from- I was born at just the right time I guess. One by one, they all closed, except one. I got to take my niece to the last night of the most recently-closed one, when she was all of two months old. We danced to "Unchained Melody".
Buzzbomb Almighty
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It isn't the same since Guy Lombardo died.
WeedyGirl1979
Well-Known Member
We ended up watching Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve with Ryan Seacrest (most awkward title ever but I'd be pissed if it was different) and I had a moment to think back at how many different places that I've watched ABC awaiting that ball drop.
Amoreena
Grown up Flower Child
I've always loved this...used to have it on a poster.
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.
© Max Ehrmann 1927
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.
© Max Ehrmann 1927
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little maggie
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I decided this question belongs here instead of the ask FC thread because of the ages here:
None of my friends use marijuana although they did many years ago when younger. I'm from the era before designer herbs when a bit over $100 bought a lb of good quality herb. Friends often say, in spite of non use in over 20 years, that the herb now is much stronger than when they were young. Stronger herbs is not my experience so much as different experiences depending on the kind of herb and THC vs CBD. Just curious about other's experience.
None of my friends use marijuana although they did many years ago when younger. I'm from the era before designer herbs when a bit over $100 bought a lb of good quality herb. Friends often say, in spite of non use in over 20 years, that the herb now is much stronger than when they were young. Stronger herbs is not my experience so much as different experiences depending on the kind of herb and THC vs CBD. Just curious about other's experience.
CarolKing
Singer of songs and a vapor connoisseur
Cannabis is much stronger now than 30 years ago. Things really started to change right before we started hearing about medical marijuana. It was the 90s that you could buy the much more expensive cannabis for $80 - $100 for an 1/8 of an ounce where I lived. Everybody started preferring the primo stuff. It probably depended on where you lived in America.
Then when medical cannabis became available to the black market in my area (coming from California at first). We had access to some fine quality product. Shortly after, my state voted for medical. Now WA state is legal.
Then when medical cannabis became available to the black market in my area (coming from California at first). We had access to some fine quality product. Shortly after, my state voted for medical. Now WA state is legal.