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      01-04-2024, 06:25 PM   #7195
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When I did my Electronic training back in the early 70's we use it to adjust Cathode Ray Tube Television.
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The only time I saw the test pattern was after the national anthem. I was always up late, still am.
Yeah, that’s when I would see the test pattern, too.
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Or social media to brag about your stupidity in a permanent fashion!
Or GPS. My folks would have had a fit if they knew how much aimless driving I did down by the beach. Back then you could reach under the dash and disconnect the odometer cable. I bet that car had 50k unrecorded miles on it.
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Or GPS. My folks would have had a fit if they knew how much aimless driving I did down by the beach. Back then you could reach under the dash and disconnect the odometer cable. I bet that car had 50k unrecorded miles on it.
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You know you're old when...

Your gastroenterologist just said you will never need another colonoscopy.
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...when during high school and college your keyboard had an integrated printer attached to it.
That word processor was pretty cool, except when you had to make triple carbon copies.
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That was ours too.

When I did my Electronic training back in the early 70's we use it to adjust Cathode Ray Tube Television.
I still remember the audio tone.

Cheech and Chong thought it was a boring Indian movie.
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Your gastroenterologist just said you will never need another colonoscopy.
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Your gastroenterologist just said you will never need another colonoscopy.
I've got an old work friend that I still have lunch with on a regular basis who was told exactly this at his last check-up.
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I've got an old work friend that I still have lunch with on a regular basis who was told exactly this at his last check-up.
How old do you have to be to be told that? Asking for a friend.
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How old do you have to be to be told that? Asking for a friend.
Dit a ton "ami", generally at 75 but could go to 85 depending of their history.

https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/c...-older-than-75
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Dit a ton "ami", general at 75 but could go to 85 depending of their history.

https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/c...-older-than-75
I was thinking ~80.
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