BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: Bbsing
De:       Jim Singleton
Data:     Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:16:00 -0500
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  bBynb: hcpoindexter FORTRAN bto cJim Singleton bon cWed Feb 04 2026 03:13 pmn

 > -=> Jim Singleton wrote to Nightfox <=-
 > 
 >  JS> I remember having a cigarette vending machine in our cafeteria at work
 >  JS> and being able to smoke at my desk at work in this time period.
 > 
 > My first boss, in the early '90s, used to regale us of stories of "work used
 > to be". Smoking rooms, a "shine boy" for your shoes, coffee carts going from
 > office to office. No voicemail, there were "the girls" in an office behind
 > the front desk that wrote down messages and put them up at the front desk.
 > 
 > Odd to think that he was about the same age I am now.
 > 
 > "Why, in my day, we didn't have email, if something was important, you'd
 > send a FAX!"
 > 
 > 
 > ... Socks are carcinogenic.

we still use fax for a few things even today.
Jim Singleton
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
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