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  1. Well, I was in line for half the day.  I saw an American flag and had to deal with many anxious people while waiting.  Some were patriotic, others were downright nasty!  One woman had a kid with her and he kept pulling on my pants leg, completely ignoring the concept of social distancing!  At one point some silly chant broke out and I was forced to cover my ears!  The line moved on average one or two people every five minutes. Ridiculous.  I suppose that was to be expected at a government facility.  When I finally reached the head of the line, I was very excited to have the opportunity to buy my book of Postage Stamps!

    1. Machine

      Machine

      thought you were gonna say Driver's License renewal at DMV.....

    2. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      Purchasing toilet paper would also be applicable.

  2. I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.

    1. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      Yeah, but will it run Linux?

    2. xucaen
    3. Shawn

      Shawn

      Let me know how it works out as I have a pile of extra pelts that I'd love to put to good use.

  3. Running Windows 10 for the 1st time today. Quickly installed Firefox 40b8 because 'Edge' seems flakey with AtariAge post editor.

    1. SoulBlazer

      SoulBlazer

      Yeah, it took about a hour to update to Windows 10. I passed on Edge, but both IE 11 and Chrone work fine. It's slower to boot up then Windows 8.1, but normal operations seems faster.

    2. Video_Invader

      Video_Invader

      What happened to Windows 9? We just jumped from 8.1 to 10?

    3. amiman99

      amiman99

      They want to catch up to OSX

  4. Windows: New updates are available! New updates will be released before you are done installing new updates!

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    2. CPUWIZ

      CPUWIZ

      The patches from yesterday, are actually important. You can thank "The Hacking Team" for those.

    3. adam242

      adam242

      I miss updates. I'm still running XP.

    4. Austin

      Austin

      Sounds like someone needs to install a SSD as well as upgrade their internet speed.

  5. Reading Nov/Dec 1984 issue of K-Power magazine. http://goo.gl/jdjfXa

  6. Listening to "Black, No.1" by Type O Negative. Happy Halloween! http://goo.gl/bma1FF

  7. I saw a clearance bin with Playstation 2 games at a local Walmart today..had to do a double-take.

  8. Listening to the new Weird Al Yankovic cd, 'Mandatory Fun'

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    2. retrogamer73

      retrogamer73

      "He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life"

    3. BalloonFighter

      BalloonFighter

      I would say that "Sports Song" is definitely up there with Tom Lehrer's "Fight Fiercely Harvard".

    4. RobertLM78

      RobertLM78

      Nice. I've been digging the song "Albuquerque" :P.

  9. Watching StarTrek TNG Viewers Choice Top 5 ep marathon from 1994, on VHS.

    1. Keatah

      Keatah

      + 1up for VHS. Studly!

  10. Brought a 1050 floppy drive back to life today!

    1. RickR

      RickR

      Excellent

    2. RodLightning

      RodLightning

      A thrift store find, looked like it spent 20+ years in someone's attic.

    3. Keatah
  11. Watching episodes of Thundarr the Barbarian on VHS.

    1. Trebor

      Trebor

      One of my favs and what happens when you cross Star Wars with Conan.

  12. Just completed building ST Xformer cable from a belkin twisted pair wire printer cable...I don't recommend it!

  13. Watching ' Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)' on VHS Starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin

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    2. DesertJets

      DesertJets

      Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

    3. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      "OK wait. If you guys are really us, what number are we thinking of?

       

      Sixty-nine, dudes!"

       

    4. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      Best time-travel movie ever.

  14. Watching Star Wars Special Edition (1997) on VHS with updated effects.

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    2. schuwalker

      schuwalker

      The Special Edition for Str Wars is the worst of the bunch in my opinion.

       

      Surprisingly, I don't mind the latter two....

    3. Charlie Cat
    4. RodLightning

      RodLightning

      The tape was 75 cents from a thrift store. It is also "formatted to fit my screen"

  15. Watching American Graffiti (1973)on VHS, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard.

  16. Stepping in with VHS and watching Ashton Kutcher in 'The Butterfly Effect' (2004)

  17. Playing Alternate Reality X 0.64. Fun! http://www.crpgdev.com/

  18. Spending the weekend writing fresh floppies on my 520ST.

    1. Grig

      Grig

      I thought you said FRENCH floppies. oh ha ha on me

  19. Two major thrift stores in my area are switching sides of town. I can hardly stand the suspense. :P

    1. greencoman

      greencoman

      I assume this is good news.

    2. RodLightning

      RodLightning

      Confusing news for sure when I tried visiting both today & found each closed down and packing up, moving to the others neighborhood!

  20. Received all 5 E3 tokens today in time for birthday is on the 21st, feeling lucky! http://digthatbox.com/get_a_free_arcade_token_at_e3_or_by_mail.html

  21. Found a Genesis cart 'Tale Spin' in with a bag of VHS tapes. Don't rememer buying or playing it!

  22. Playing NES Xevious on FC Twin video game system. Not a bad version.

    1. GideonsDad

      GideonsDad

      NES version of Xevious is the best.

  23. Thinking about unpacking & setting up my 4 port 5200 system. It's been years.

    1. Grig

      Grig

      do it, you'll thank me later

  24. Happy Halloween to those who are happy & in good weather! So, who has their porch light off and doors locked tonight?

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    2. Fixitguy74

      Fixitguy74

      20ohm20, times are tough and if kids want a sugar fix on a budget then tonight was the night to stock up.

    3. atari2600land

      atari2600land

      The Halloween lights are plugged in, and no trick-or-treaters, as usual around here.

    4. Zedex

      Zedex

      I didn't have any lights to turn off :( Halloween here was cancelled and moved to November 5th or something like that. I may go now that I have more time to make a costume. I'm going to make a cardboard robot.

  25. Anyone else tired of that Forza Motorsport 4 commercial running every night?

    1. Fixitguy74

      Fixitguy74

      No, not really, but I would be tired if I were the one running every night.

    2. the.golden.ax

      the.golden.ax

      What are commercials? I only watch Netflix.

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