Re: My Apple IIGS - 20 years ago today

[Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>]

On Jan 27, 11:53 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> Warren Ernst wrote:
> > On Jan 26, 3:11 pm, Michael Kent <mich...@syndicomm.remove.this.com>
> > wrote:
>
> >>Happy Anniversary!
>
> >>I know how you feel.
>
> >>Mike
>
> > I know how you feel too. My Apple II's are among the oldest "machines"
> > I own that still work.
>
> > My //e was bought used in the summer of 1988, so I'm approaching my 20-
> > year anniversary too, but it was made a few years earlier - it's old
> > enough to drink now. It still works like a charm (knocks on wood).
>
> > Congratulations!
>
> > (For those who are nosy: the oldest working machine I have is 60 years
> > old this year, being made in 1948. I acquired it last march, and I've
> > used it for at least 10 minutes every day since then. It gets a little
> > dirty with each use, so it gets a thorough cleaning once a month, and
> > it looks like new until I use it again the next day. What is it? A
> > Gillette Super Speed double-edge razor, which is also one of my most
> > prized possessions and cost me only $20 or so. Obviously, it gets new
> > blades every week.)
>
> What a tribute to compatibility that blades to fit it are still made!
>
> -michael
>
> NadaPong: Network game demo for Apple II computers!
> Home page:  http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/
>
> "The wastebasket is our most important design
> tool--and it's seriously underused."

Believe it or not, much of the world, including all of Russia, most of
Germany, all of India, and many areas of the orient, still shave with
double-edge razor blades. Somehow, the citizens of these countries
can't understand spending $2 a cartridge for razor blades that
Gillette and Shick sell. Current cost for the best double-edge razor
blade in the world? Would you believe 8 cents each, and they last a
week of daily use?

Seems rather like an Apple II, doesn't it? ;-)

-Warr