It's 1981 Nostalgia Time!

[jstevens]

But twittering in the classroom is of all times and ages...

I was twittering in the classroom when I was called upon and did not have the answer. This was long before Al Gore invented the internet.

Regards,
John

[Bigaldoc]

The next time Charles gets married, someone should warn the Pope.

[Kiwi Keith]

It's a long time since we've seen the original IBM PC...
(No, I have no idea how the graphic works!)

But would it fetch the same price as an original Apple? (133,250 quid).

[John Gray]

It demonstrates the difference between expensive fantasy and practical reality...

[Bowlie]

(Allegedly)

1981 & 2005 - Two Interesting Years

Interesting Year 1981
1. Prince Charles got married.
2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe .
3. Australia lost the Ashes.
4. The Pope died.

Interesting Year 2005
1. Prince Charles got married.
2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe .
3. Australia lost the Ashes.
4. The Pope died.



The next time Charles gets married, someone should warn the Pope.

So which pope died in 1981? (two died in 1978 and the next lived until 2005)

I betcha Australia didn't lose the ashes either (seeing as the ashes actually are on permanent display at the Marlybone cricket club!)

[viking33]

OK, so what are\is "the Ashes"?

[viking33]

Pope John Paul was SHOT in 1981 but he survived the assassination attempt.

[John Gray]

You shouldn't allow mere facts to get in the way of a conspiracy theory!

[Kiwi Keith]

OK, so what are\is "the Ashes"?

What is "the World Series"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_ashes

[Bowlie]

Pope John Paul was SHOT in 1981 but he survived the assassination attempt.

No, Pope John Paul II was SHOT in 1981 and survived. Pope John Paul (later known as the 1st) died after 33 days in office (or whatever they call it) leading to a few dozen more conspiracy theories.

[DenGar]

It's a long time since we've seen the original IBM PC...
(No, I have no idea how the graphic works!)

But would it fetch the same price as an original Apple? (133,250 quid).

This model is less expensive--only US$1300: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAA2fgOQQDI

[Bigaldoc]

This model is less expensive--only US$1300: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAA2fgOQQDI

I wish now I'd saved mine. It sure brings back a lot of memories and is how got started in personal computing. I even used to sneak mine into my IBM office and used Visicalc to do work that would "normally" take days, in a matter of hours. But it was against company rules to use "personal equipment" so I had to hide in my closed office while I did my work.