Age test...
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Born a couple of months before VJ day. Without wishing to offend any of our eastern friends, my dad was still fighting their fathers or grandfathers when I was born.
Born 1956 so just a young 'un. Father too young to fight in the war but an uncle spent some time in North Africa where he was captured, met Rommel (" a REAL gentleman, not like that bugger Montgomery.."), escaped (sort of - an allied armoured column drove in and the Africa Corp left in such a hurry they neglected to take their prisoners..). :laugh:
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Same year as the Griff, such a bad year, bbbbad, bbbbad to the bone :-\
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Born 1956 so just a young 'un. Father too young to fight in the war but an uncle spent some time in North Africa where he was captured, met Rommel (" a REAL gentleman, not like that bugger Montgomery.."), escaped (sort of - an allied armoured column drove in and the Africa Corp left in such a hurry they neglected to take their prisoners..). :laugh:
The definition of a gentleman is one who tries to make all those around him feel comfortable in their presence. So, from what I have heard of both men, he was correct, Rommel was a gentleman and, unfortunately, Montgomery wasn't.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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As long as you can have a beer you can post :-)
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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The definition of a gentleman is one who tries to make all those around him feel comfortable in their presence. So, from what I have heard of both men, he was correct, Rommel was a gentleman and, unfortunately, Montgomery wasn't.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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He was also a vegetarian so this will explain why he had a short temper. In addition to being a brilliant strategist, and unlike Patton, he actually cared enough about his men to try and keep casualties as low as possible. Same as Rommell.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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1954 was a good year ;)
Agreed. March of.
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Not I - I am a mere stripling from February 1959.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Griff has me beat by a bit over a year.
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Born a couple of months before VJ day. Without wishing to offend any of our eastern friends, my dad was still fighting their fathers or grandfathers when I was born.
And here I thought I was the oldest, being born in July 1949... My Dad was a radioman in the Navy attached to the Marines in the South Pacific. He'd go on shore with the marines and radio back to the battle ships telling them where to aim the big guns.
War is stupid and a tragic waste of lives and resources -Ed Aymami Sr. and Ed Aymami Jr. (Viet Nam).
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And here I thought I was the oldest, being born in July 1949... My Dad was a radioman in the Navy attached to the Marines in the South Pacific. He'd go on shore with the marines and radio back to the battle ships telling them where to aim the big guns.
War is stupid and a tragic waste of lives and resources -Ed Aymami Sr. and Ed Aymami Jr. (Viet Nam).
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And here I thought I was the oldest, being born in July 1949... My Dad was a radioman in the Navy attached to the Marines in the South Pacific. He'd go on shore with the marines and radio back to the battle ships telling them where to aim the big guns.
War is stupid and a tragic waste of lives and resources -Ed Aymami Sr. and Ed Aymami Jr. (Viet Nam).
Makes me feel young - April 1952 My Dad was a maintenance officer in the Marines in the South Pacific. He'd goin when they secured the airfield and take care of the planes
Programmers are creators of universes for which they alone are the lawgivers
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
So far, I appear to be the eldest, with a birth year of 1944. I'd be happy to teach any of you young'uns what I remember offhand about the early days of FORTRAN and COBOL! Of course, eventually I progressed from there to Basic, then C, C++, and finally C# with a bit of JavaScript and a few others thrown in for good measure. Please wake me in time for my nap! :zzz:
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
I can't say I am the oldest, but born 11/1954 and first started programming in 1977. And still going strong with C#. .NET, Blazor, Xamarin.Forms, .NET Core, etc.
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
I remember VJ day.
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Born a couple of months before VJ day. Without wishing to offend any of our eastern friends, my dad was still fighting their fathers or grandfathers when I was born.
1947 Dec 30
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Not I - I am a mere stripling from February 1959.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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LOL. I suspect my dad had one or more incidents exactly like that!
Yep.
