Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/25

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Subject: [Leica] old farts
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Fri Apr 25 12:56:21 2008
References: <DE7E8550CBD1448BBE7DF5268772540D@jsimpsonPC> <013201c8a706$998c4bd0$cca4e370$@net>

Clearly Joanne is showing her age. Those terms must be way before my  
time.

Len


On Apr 25, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> You, I am an old Fart...... can't understand a word of the  
> message........
>
> What's Grok?
> What's Wetware?
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> JOANNE SIMPSON
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 11:42 AM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] old farts
>
> The truth is that we are Old Farts.  We learned on what is now
>> outmoded calculating devices, did our work to spec using these
>> products, and still know how to add etc without electrical  power.
>
> Hi Frank,
> I grok slide rules _and_ Wii. (But I think I just showed my age by
> grokking).
> It's the concept that matters, and not the implementation. Never  
> undervalue
> the wetware.
> Joanne (cross-posting post-modern HUGger)
> http://www.onewhiteraven.com
>
>
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Replies: Reply from elizabeth at reid.org (Elizabeth Reid) ([Leica] old farts)
In reply to: Message from joannesimpson2008 at btinternet.com (JOANNE SIMPSON) ([Leica] old farts)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] old farts)