"Yes, we used gophers to access the Arpanet; it was the style at the time. We also walked five miles uphill in the freezing snow - both ways - to get our porn. You kids have it so easy these days. Now come over here and show your old grandpa how to get that England Dan and John Ford Coley ring tone for his phone. Ha-cha-cha, you could really cut a rug to that music!"
I tell my students about the days of using a card catalog to do research. "A card what?"
Hard candy and nickels! How perfect....Hahahaha. Thanks for laughs!
2:12 PM
When your library's student workers giggle and tell you that you dress like their grandfathers, you should take this as a compliment. Acknowledge the compliment by bringing them hard candy and nickels. They also find it charming when you regale them with stories about the days when InfoTrac was on CD-ROM.
"Grandpa-like, Being"
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I entertain the young un's with tales of accessing Dialog on a 300 baud modem.
11:19 AM
I teach them the Roger Rabbit and tell them that the kids' dances now are just vulgar.
3:39 PM
"Yes, we used gophers to access the Arpanet; it was the style at the time. We also walked five miles uphill in the freezing snow - both ways - to get our porn. You kids have it so easy these days. Now come over here and show your old grandpa how to get that England Dan and John Ford Coley ring tone for his phone. Ha-cha-cha, you could really cut a rug to that music!"
8:28 AM
As one of my kids said, "You didn't have eBay? You just had Bay?"
9:07 AM
I tell my students about the days of using a card catalog to do research. "A card what?"
Hard candy and nickels! How perfect....Hahahaha. Thanks for laughs!
2:12 PM