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sparticus
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mr. Blue wrote:
Maybe you should consider the first machine you played SMP on to be the first true computer.


Yes perhaps - in my case - a C64.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sparticus wrote:
Mr. Blue wrote:
Maybe you should consider the first machine you played SMP on to be the first true computer.


Yes perhaps - in my case - a C64.


Kinda hard to argue with that logic... what else could have possibly existed before that piece of perfection.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

davyjones wrote:
sparticus wrote:
Mr. Blue wrote:
Maybe you should consider the first machine you played SMP on to be the first true computer.


Yes perhaps - in my case - a C64.


Kinda hard to argue with that logic... what else could have possibly existed before that piece of perfection.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 6:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I first played Pirates on a Mac SE/30.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 3:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Salty Dog wrote:
I first played Pirates on a Mac SE/30.


When I first started work - the office was fully equipped with 1 Computer - and it was a MAC SE/30 - though I did not play Pirates on it.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 3:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sparticus wrote:

When I first started work - the office was fully equipped with 1 Computer - and it was a MAC SE/30 - though I did not play Pirates on it.


Well, why not? Surely that's what it was for.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I first played Pirates! on a Dell Dimension E 310. However, I'm breaking my own rule and saying that for me the first computer came before I played Pirates! (Hey, I'm a pirate. I can break my own rules.

For me, the "first" computer was the Kaypro II. It was a very decent portable computer by the standards of the time and I still remember blowing up Klingon space ship on one of the ludicrously out of date games it came with, the kind where "graphics" means a "." to show and empty space, and "E" to show the Enterprise, a "K" to show a Klingon ship, etc. It was my dad's first computer, and when he was ready to move up, he sold it to me in exchange for a summer's hard work. That was plenty fine by me.

I also got a daisy wheel printer (remember those?) which made cool noises every time you turned the printer on. Both devices long done now.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 1:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mr. Blue wrote:
sparticus wrote:

When I first started work - the office was fully equipped with 1 Computer - and it was a MAC SE/30 - though I did not play Pirates on it.


Well, why not? Surely that's what it was for.


For Word Processing Only. Sad
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have to agree with wolfwood that :
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It means he doesn't have anything useful to tell you (the rumored whereabouts of Baron Raymondo�et al, the nearest beautiful daughter, the "need" for a raid by pirates or Indians, the location of prospective immigrants waiting for an escort).

That is true.


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mine never askd me about the parrot. Seemes like he asks me if I found any ummmmm how should I say it. kitty cat maybe? Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it's just an offhanded quip.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pirate wrote:
Mine never askd me about the parrot. Seemes like he asks me if I found any ummmmm how should I say it. kitty cat maybe? Smile

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JUNOTTO wrote:
I previously saw the decrease in my reflexes when I was around forty. When playing volleyball, I began missing balls I would once in the past have gotten to.


My nieces and nephews saw me playing Pirates! on vacation and all took an interest in the game. I bought them copies and they began discovering the details, learning not to sail their ships across reefs, how to ambush the night watchmen, and retire as governors. After a time they all stopped playing. Why? "AGING IS NO FUN!"

I said this must be the most educational game you'll ever play. Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JUNOTTO wrote:
I previously saw the decrease in my reflexes when I was around forty. When playing volleyball, I began missing balls I would once in the past have gotten to.

Did you copy and paste this from something I once wrote? Seriously, I had the exact same experience - playing volleyball was where I first noticed my slowed reaction time.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spammer banned by username and e-mail address.
Very respectfully,
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