You have a point that the IBM story is dated.

Post #33,547 by a6l6e6x 3/26/02 7:55:26 PM Reply	You have a point that the IBM story is dated. Yes, it is a typical big corporation thing. The joke came from an old friend, whom I worked with (at IBM) when you were literally in diapers. :) Alex "Never express yourself more clearly than you think." -- Neils Bohr (1885-1962)
Post #33,624 by CRConrad 3/27/02 2:03:30 PM Reply	Friend of yours in 1964 - 66? Or howeverlong I wore diapers... (No "1974! No, _Eighty_-four!" replies, please! :-) I'm not all that much younger than you; I just had to call you "Gramps" after your "back in my day, we didn't even have tree bark! Gravel to chew on, once a week, if we were lucky!" pissing contest with that other fossil, Ashton... :-) You can see that, cantcha, how I really had to? Christian R. Conrad Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #33,640 by a6l6e6x 3/27/02 3:43:16 PM Reply	Re: Friend of yours in 1964 - 66? Yep, I first met him in 1965. I have a son (eldest offspring) who is about a year older than you are. And, I really am a Grandpa with 3 grandchildren. Alex "Never express yourself more clearly than you think." -- Neils Bohr (1885-1962)
Post #33,670 by static 3/27/02 9:25:39 PM Reply	Age levelling. I love how this community is largely age-defiant and how so much of the conversation is age-neutral. :-) IIRC, Rob Nelson in particular was tickled by this. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #33,767 by CRConrad 3/28/02 4:00:31 PM Reply	Yup, interesting aspect, that. Then again, maybe it's just that we're not noticing how much of everyday off-line discussion could be "age-neutral" -- but just isn't, presumably because IRL, you'd _see_ each other's wrinkles or pimples, and then for some reason the discussion never gets started. Sometimes, like when there just doesn't happen to be anyone of a more "appropriate" age around, it does happen anyway; ever had one of those long conversations, about pretty much anything, with a stranger on a train? (Yeah, wonder why Rob, of all people, took delight in that... :-) Christian R. Conrad Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764\|Andrew Grygus]

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