Random query for the readership
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In a blatant attempt to create a Lounge thread that gets mentioned in Jordon's newsletter, I pose the question: What is your earliest memory? Mine: Burning my hand on the stove. I thought "ooo, pretty red color" and then "ow!!!" I don't know how old I was, probably between 3 and 4. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
I actually remember late 2 or early 3 going out with the farmer who owned our garage apartment. He had a strawberry farm. I'd go out picking strawberries with him and he would leave some behind and I'd eat them. We moved out shortly thereafter so the age checks out. ed ~"Watch your thoughts; they become your words. Watch your words they become your actions. Watch your actions; they become your habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." -Frank Outlaw.
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I vaguely remember waking up in a crib, because i liked to chew on the wood rails. Those memories are pretty jumbled though. My most vivid early memory is probably the time i found a small metal barrette and tried to fit it into a wall socket. The resulting fear of wall sockets and barrettes has remained intense my whole life.
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Ouch! I vaguely remembered something similar with an old electric application (can't remember what). When I took the plug off the metal remained in the wall socket and I *think* I touched it. I never asked my mom about it but it remains in my memory until now. And also the time when my foot got ran over by a taxi because I wanted the wildflower my brother showed me and went out of the car to get it him. Edbert Sydney, Australia
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In a blatant attempt to create a Lounge thread that gets mentioned in Jordon's newsletter, I pose the question: What is your earliest memory? Mine: Burning my hand on the stove. I thought "ooo, pretty red color" and then "ow!!!" I don't know how old I was, probably between 3 and 4. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
I think I remember something from an hour ago :sigh: It is way cool getting mentioned in Jordon's newsletter - I've managed to peak her interest enought to get mentioned twice so far :cool: Steve
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How about to get an item from Jordon's newsletter discussed in the Lounge? Seems like that's pretty rare as well... :(( -------------- TTFN - Kent
Kent Sharkey wrote:
How about to get an item from Jordon's newsletter discussed in the Lounge?
We're ahead of the game here, by the time it makes the newsletter it's old news... :rolleyes: I actually tend to open up several tabs each day with the various stories linked to by the article. But by the time i get through reading them, i tend to have forgotten where they came from.
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In a blatant attempt to create a Lounge thread that gets mentioned in Jordon's newsletter, I pose the question: What is your earliest memory? Mine: Burning my hand on the stove. I thought "ooo, pretty red color" and then "ow!!!" I don't know how old I was, probably between 3 and 4. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
I can describe vividly part of a house that I lived in until I was 6 months old. My parents swear they have never described it to me and they don't have any photos of it. Yet my description is perfect.
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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In a blatant attempt to create a Lounge thread that gets mentioned in Jordon's newsletter, I pose the question: What is your earliest memory? Mine: Burning my hand on the stove. I thought "ooo, pretty red color" and then "ow!!!" I don't know how old I was, probably between 3 and 4. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
I have no idea. Perhaps a fat guy in a Santa suit ? But I'm not sure what I remember, early on, and what I can just visualise because I've seen photos. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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In a blatant attempt to create a Lounge thread that gets mentioned in Jordon's newsletter, I pose the question: What is your earliest memory? Mine: Burning my hand on the stove. I thought "ooo, pretty red color" and then "ow!!!" I don't know how old I was, probably between 3 and 4. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
Michael Dunn wrote:
What is your earliest memory?
I remember sitting on my grandfather's shoulders and looking at the elephants at the zoo. I was not even 2 (though not far from). As tall as I was up high, the elephants looked HUGE!! I remembered it because of their size... they were larger than even my grandfather's truck! I remember returning only a couple years later and being disappointed that the elephants had SHRUNK!! I even told the elephant caretaker (zoo worker), that I thought there was something seriously wrong with his elephants and I was worried. He listened very intently as I described that I loved elephants, had since the last time I was here only two years earlier and the elephants were very VERY large... but only two years later the elephants had shrunk! He took it well, he promised to measure his elephants and look for any more signs of shrinking, and check all their food for the right amount of calcium. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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My first computer was a 386 16 MHz (yes, sixteen megaherts) with 1 MB (megabyte) of RAM and 40 MB (not giga or tera, but megabytes) of hard disk space... and I'm relatively young! OT but interesting question to Chris M., what's the average age of members here?
Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix Chihuahua, Mexico
Not much here: My CP Blog!
Luis Alonso Ramos wrote:
My first computer was a 386 16 MHz
[old fogey]Young wippersnappers.... why I rember my first computer I saved up for (delivering papers in 3 feet of snow, of course, and a few other odd jobs) was an Apple ][+, brand spankin' new upgrade to the Apple ][ with the a whopping 48k of memory (including the extra 16k upgrade), and a processor at 4mhz. But that was quite an upgrade from the first computer I programmed, my friend's TRS-80 Model I with 16k of memory (including the 8k advanced upgrade), 2mhz Z-80 processor and a cassette tape interface! Now where did I put my cane??[/old fogey] :rolleyes:;P _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) -- modified at 23:05 Tuesday 4th April, 2006
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Luis Alonso Ramos wrote:
My first computer was a 386 16 MHz
[old fogey]Young wippersnappers.... why I rember my first computer I saved up for (delivering papers in 3 feet of snow, of course, and a few other odd jobs) was an Apple ][+, brand spankin' new upgrade to the Apple ][ with the a whopping 48k of memory (including the extra 16k upgrade), and a processor at 4mhz. But that was quite an upgrade from the first computer I programmed, my friend's TRS-80 Model I with 16k of memory (including the 8k advanced upgrade), 2mhz Z-80 processor and a cassette tape interface! Now where did I put my cane??[/old fogey] :rolleyes:;P _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) -- modified at 23:05 Tuesday 4th April, 2006
My dad brought home an Apple IIc with VisiCalc before giving me that 386 for Christmas about a year later. I don't know the specs for that Apple IIc (I didn't care at the time) but I think it was from the very early 80s. I'm getting old too :~ ;P
Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix Chihuahua, Mexico
Not much here: My CP Blog!
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My dad brought home an Apple IIc with VisiCalc before giving me that 386 for Christmas about a year later. I don't know the specs for that Apple IIc (I didn't care at the time) but I think it was from the very early 80s. I'm getting old too :~ ;P
Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix Chihuahua, Mexico
Not much here: My CP Blog!
Luis Alonso Ramos wrote:
Apple IIc
It was... it was the successor to the IIe which was the successor to the II+ which was the successor to the II. The IIc was also followed by the IIgs and the IIc+.
Luis Alonso Ramos wrote:
I'm getting old too
yeah... right! :laugh: _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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In a blatant attempt to create a Lounge thread that gets mentioned in Jordon's newsletter, I pose the question: What is your earliest memory? Mine: Burning my hand on the stove. I thought "ooo, pretty red color" and then "ow!!!" I don't know how old I was, probably between 3 and 4. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
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In a blatant attempt to create a Lounge thread that gets mentioned in Jordon's newsletter, I pose the question: What is your earliest memory? Mine: Burning my hand on the stove. I thought "ooo, pretty red color" and then "ow!!!" I don't know how old I was, probably between 3 and 4. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
Waking up after an operation to my willy, tied to the bed panicking, wanting to go home and play with my red firetruck (I don't even know if I have one). At least that's what I always think of first. I have a dim earlier one of.. lying in bed sick, asking for a cookie from my (4th) birthday presents. But the other one has virtually overshadowed everything else. [edit]it was for medical reasons only. Not religous - even though now I look "partially jewish" (I guess) :rolleyes: [/edit]
Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
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I remember big rocky mountains seen through the window of the car. I realised what that memory was only a few years later when my parents brought into discussion a trip we took through the rocky mountains of Cheile Bicazului[^]. They couldn't believe I remebered that. I don't know how old I was but my parents think I was about 2 or 3 years old. They also mentioned having a car crash, but I couldn't remembered that. regards, Mircea Many people spend their life going to sleep when they’re not sleepy and waking up while they still are.
Those are beautiful. Thank you for sharing. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry!
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Waking up after an operation to my willy, tied to the bed panicking, wanting to go home and play with my red firetruck (I don't even know if I have one). At least that's what I always think of first. I have a dim earlier one of.. lying in bed sick, asking for a cookie from my (4th) birthday presents. But the other one has virtually overshadowed everything else. [edit]it was for medical reasons only. Not religous - even though now I look "partially jewish" (I guess) :rolleyes: [/edit]
Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
Tree in C# || Fold With Us! || sighist -- modified at 6:02 Wednesday 5th April, 2006And I'll bet it overshadows everything since too. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry!
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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In a blatant attempt to create a Lounge thread that gets mentioned in Jordon's newsletter, I pose the question: What is your earliest memory? Mine: Burning my hand on the stove. I thought "ooo, pretty red color" and then "ow!!!" I don't know how old I was, probably between 3 and 4. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
Well peterchen's reply probably just knocked it out of contention for Jordon's family newsletter. ;) I can't tell which is earlier but I have two early memories from my childhood in Zimbabwe. One is at the Paul Barn preschool (kindergarten). They had some rabbits in a hutch, chickens in another cage and some guinea pigs running around. I had my little brown suitcase with my name on it and I had one of those safe-to-spill-on brown overalls also with my name on. And a little brown hat. I was walking to the carpark to be picked up on a bicycle by the garden boy. The other memory is sitting on the same bicycle, being pedalled home by the garden boy and my ankle getting caught in the front-wheel. I don't remember the pain much but I remember lying down at home afterwards with my swollen ankle on a big, orange cushion. I don't have a very good memory though, just flashes and snippets from before I was about 12. My sister however can remember almost everything from when she was 3 years old. She tells me stories about our childhood and I just have to believe her :| regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry!
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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And I'll bet it overshadows everything since too. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry!
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
I often wonder what it has changed for me that my two earliest memories are of weakness and pain. At least, I usually go silent when people talk (face to face) about "earliest childhood memories". ;) It's easier to write than to say.
Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
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I often wonder what it has changed for me that my two earliest memories are of weakness and pain. At least, I usually go silent when people talk (face to face) about "earliest childhood memories". ;) It's easier to write than to say.
Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
Tree in C# || Fold With Us! || sighistYes, I wouldn't go mentioning your memory at the dinner table or during a romantic date. She might wonder just what did they do to your willy. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry!
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Luis Alonso Ramos wrote:
My first computer was a 386 16 MHz
[old fogey]Young wippersnappers.... why I rember my first computer I saved up for (delivering papers in 3 feet of snow, of course, and a few other odd jobs) was an Apple ][+, brand spankin' new upgrade to the Apple ][ with the a whopping 48k of memory (including the extra 16k upgrade), and a processor at 4mhz. But that was quite an upgrade from the first computer I programmed, my friend's TRS-80 Model I with 16k of memory (including the 8k advanced upgrade), 2mhz Z-80 processor and a cassette tape interface! Now where did I put my cane??[/old fogey] :rolleyes:;P _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) -- modified at 23:05 Tuesday 4th April, 2006
Anyone remember the HP 9845B? no disks, 16k ram and dual cassette drives 1980
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Anyone remember the HP 9845B? no disks, 16k ram and dual cassette drives 1980
TomHamilton wrote:
Anyone remember the HP 9845B? no disks, 16k ram and dual cassette drives 1980
how about a PDP-11 Circa 1970! I only used one once... once! http://www.hampage.hu/pdp-11/[^] _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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TomHamilton wrote:
Anyone remember the HP 9845B? no disks, 16k ram and dual cassette drives 1980
how about a PDP-11 Circa 1970! I only used one once... once! http://www.hampage.hu/pdp-11/[^] _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
That is interesting since I'd been an IBM 360/85 FORTRAN programmer (punch card). Moved to a PDP 11/45 which I wrote an interface to the little HP using HP Basic. I went on to work with the DEC 11/70's, and DEC/VAX 11/780 machines for several years. And now Dot.Net - how cool is that? It's hard to believe how far computing has come, and can't wait to see where we can go. The first hard drive - a 5Mb Iomega brick. IBM PC/5150 with 2 360kb 5.25 drives and a cassette port. The first gigabyte class hard drive unit was $3000 Bernoulli boxes anyone? AST AboveBoard/SixPack boards to boost memory from 512kb to 640. - So you could do something really cool - a VDISK... I still some have interesting software including: DOS 1.1, Lotus 1.a, DBase II R:Base 4000 WordStar DisplayWrite MultiMate (boy did that name get some ribbing) The thumbdrive I carry is 200 times bigger than that first PC hard drive, what could we possibly do with all that space (5Mb) -- modified at 16:01 Wednesday 5th April, 2006