@outinthehills @harrymuzz My last job had a massive computer room with banks of computers, servers, alarms and network stuff. Not being in IT now I only went in there occasionally for some minor maintenance tasks. It was a maze of alleyways and corridors. When the fire alarm went off you had 2 minutes to get out before the gas fire suppressant was released, flashing red lights and deafening klaxons increased panic as you struggled to remember the way out. Very scary!

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@TheLancashireman @BackFromTheDud @stuartl @geospacedman String you say? Luxury! We had it hard, we had to weave nasal snot into a fibre!

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@harrymuzz At my first job, the computer room temperature was controlled with double door air lock to enter. The computer was huge with punch card operators typing and huge floor to ceiling reel to reel tapes. The print outs were on large sheets of paper and took several runs for all the errors to be corrected. With programmers, inputters and clerks, there were about 8 staff. Nowadays a kid of 8 or 9 could do it all and more on a smartphone and 30 times quicker! Hard to believe but true.

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@johnnyvibrant Yes and the page turned over before you could write the details down and you had to sit through the other 400 pages before that one came back again!

@geospacedman And everyone sang along, saluted and stood to attention!

I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.

Jesse Jackson came from humble beginnings, says The NY Times. The civil rights campaigner, who died this week aged 84, was born in the poor town of Greenville, South Carolina to a 16-year-old schoolgirl and her 33-year-old married neighbour. Jesse was sent to live with his maternal grandmother in a tiny house around the corner. Rejected by his father “People ask, ‘Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?’” he said in 1984. “They’d never seen the house I’m running from.”

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The US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has died aged 84. The Baptist minister was a protégé of Martin Luther King and made two groundbreaking runs for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988. “He may never be president, but some black American will,” a Washington Post columnist wrote at the time. “And whoever it is will owe a tremendous debt to Jackson.”

@EUCommission 112 works exactly the same as 999 in Britain. The call goes to the same emergency operator if dialed from any landlines, payphones or mobile phones (even if locked as 999).

Kids have it easy today, back in my day cars didn't have cupholders, we had to put our beer between our legs and hope we didn't spill it in our lap.

Daughter: Did you know there's only 12 seconds in a year?
Dad: Trust me there's more than that.
Daughter: If I can prove it to you can we go to Mcdonalds?
Dad: Ok.
Daughter: January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd....
Dad: (At the McDonald's drive through) One happy meal please.

A teenager in Australia swam for 4 hours in choppy waters and fading light to raise the alarm after a freak wind swept his family out to sea on inflatable paddleboards and a kayak. Austin Applebee, 13, was tasked by his mum to kayak back for help, but it took on water so he had to swim 2.5 miles back. On the beach, he sprinted another mile to the nearest phone to ring the coastguard, then passed out. Rescuers found his mum and two younger siblings clinging to the paddleboard about 9 miles out.

In top sports when there's a big decision that affects the score, they won't believe a player who says he was on side, but will check multiple camera angles to make sure they made the right call. For appointing US Ambassadors they just believe what was said, no need to double check.

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@TomGrant91 Yes, I summarised it for the benefit of those that aren't aware. I prefer that method as some people don't open links. They're just the sort of people who may fall for this scam. ️