Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 A few years back I had a young guy setting up a technical manual library for me at work. The manuals for light rail cars are set up by system . Propulsion, Braking, Doors, etc. Each set of manuals for each system has a number designation. Propulsion - 700, Braking - 1200, Doors - 400. Each system has subsystems. The manual sets have subsystems broken down and numbered corresponding to the primary system. So, a propulsion control module power supply might be numbered 708.01. I was trying to explain this system coding to him and I said “It’s like the Dewey Decimal System used in libraries.” He looked as if I had just told him this in a foreign language. He admitted to me that he had never been to a library. After dealing with him for a while it was obvious his education was lacking in quite a few other areas as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 that be a mighty fine looking cave girl CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674 Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 My first job after library school had me filing cards for the card catalog. I got my revenge by putting in the library’s first electronic catalog to replace said card catalog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tell Sackett SASS 18436 Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said: that be a mighty fine looking cave girl CB Prehistoric OGLING!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 More ancient that we realize. Ladylike appearance and posture. Feminine attire. Clean, shining hair. Obviously an anachronism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 7 minutes ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said: More ancient that we realize. Ladylike appearance and posture. Feminine attire. Clean, shining hair. Obviously an anachronism. ...the type that refused to have anything to do with me in high school... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 I wish I had had the foresight to but the card files when the Ontario Public Library got rid of theirs. I could use about a dozen of them (20 drawers each) in my workshop and the other hundred or so would sell for a lot now. Solid light oak with nickel plated brass hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Neanderthal Card Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 I do not yearn for the days of punch cards. Now, if I could be the age now that I was then and if my wife could do the same then I would jump at the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 My Dad retired from IBM in 1979, I remember when computers took up whole rooms and used punch cards and then spools of tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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