Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Still Going - IRS Still Using JFK-Era Computers Date: 20 Aug 2024 19:16:04 GMT Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <87frr1yhoq.fsf@comcast.net.invalid> <28CcnbtdDLAoiVn7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <871q2jgsjt.fsf@comcast.net.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net xBVj9e1HxTWqtk4PVZd0ag8jYQ4iefRgto7bRed13FGuQBy/Cd Cancel-Lock: sha1:a1j5o229qYGGHEftnuAt8LtkFqM= sha256:ujnECMsuOAkbjJomvn/qQf4epdWBYgSi8FEeyXPxDgg= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:58078 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.