Re: Still Going - IRS Still Using JFK-Era Computers

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject	Re: Still Going - IRS Still Using JFK-Era Computers
Date	2024-08-20 19:16 +0000
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On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 07:47:18 -0700, Don_from_AZ wrote:

> Maybe during the summer sessions air conditioning was useful, but most
> of the year in Troy what you needed was HEAT! For a couple of years I
> lived down on River St and had to walk up the hill past West Hall and
> clear to the other side of campus to work at the Freshman dining hall
> for breakfast at about 6 AM. One of the banks downtown had a
> time/temperature display, and I remember one week straight where it
> never got above -20F when I walked by.

Preach to the choir... I grew up in a small town outside of Troy and went 
to Troy High School. RPI was basically across the street so it was more of 
the same. 

My friends and I tended to hang out in the cafeteria in West Hole between 
classes. It was a joy climbing back up to Ricketts, Green, or wherever.

I wonder if they still install those wooden risers on the stone stairs to 
try to prevent too many fatalities on ice covered granite? No wonder why 
hockey was the only sport that attracted much interest; ice was the 
natural state.

When I was in high school my father and I visited Clarkson during the 
Christmas break. We didn't see dry pavement past Lake George. I noted the 
freshmen dorms were about a mile from campus and crossed Clarkson off the 
list full ride scholarship or no.

Of course, being young and foolish, hiking up some Adirondack peak in the 
winter with the Outing Club was considered fun. Then we'd s[end quality 
time on the Playhouse fiberglassing the wreckage of the snowshoes. 

Yeah, Troy...  The last time I was there was 2004 and it didn't improve 
over the years.

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