A true sign of getting old? - Page 2

Stan_Lite · 02-10-2009, 15:55

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Originally Posted by Justsomebloke

I'm with Stan, We did Wood work or Metal work, I Loved them both but much mischief was had.

It's amazing how much fun you can have with a hacksaw, a 1/2" spanner and a can of WD40 when you're an adolescent boy

Grandad · 02-10-2009, 16:23

certainly remember WD40 flamethrowers

Fayshun · 02-10-2009, 17:04

The day the metalwork teacher went off sick and the woodwork teacher said "I'll trust you lot to work unsupervised" was the most productive one ever. Shuriken, throwing knives......

Jonny69 · 02-10-2009, 18:42

The freshers at university with me were born in 1991

Nobody had mobile phones when I was a fresher...

I had, like, a grant and stuff.

Nutcase · 02-10-2009, 19:26

Nimbus' were modern, BBC B's and Masters here (still got 2 and 1 respectively

).

I popped to the local to work snooker club for lunch today with a friend (I lost 2 nil at pool, but not touched a cue since Nov last year...).

There was a class of year 8 or 9 kids in playing snooker. It's a lesson apparently

Feek · 02-10-2009, 19:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutcase

Nimbus' were modern, BBC B's and Masters here (still got 2 and 1 respectively

)

We had a Commodore PET and some old thing that filled a room and ran on a very archaic version of BASIC with a terminal and tape reader.

Oly-593 · 02-10-2009, 20:17

Ha yeah. I remember the maths teacher had a Commodore Pet in his classroom and used to act like a King sat in front of his wee little green screen.

Couple of years later we got a few BBC Micros' in with those 5 1/4 inch floppy drives and the 'Computer Studies' lesson was born.

All a bit late for me though, as I left school shortly after and discovered alcohol and girls were far more interesting.

By the time I kinda got back into computers my brain was well pickled and it was all about this 'PC' stuff and Windows 98!

Mark · 02-10-2009, 20:58

We had a Commodore Pet at my first boarding school. At my second boarding school, we had about 4 BBC Model Bs.

We then became the first (or at least one of the first) schools in the country to get the entire school wired up with a network of Nimbus PCs (the original model - the one linked above is a newer design). I volunteered to help with setting it all up and keeping it running (with another pupil and our Physics teacher). Even got a trip to RM headquarters out of it.

In the process, I learned enough to know how to bring down an entire network in about 5 seconds (mentioned it to a tech at a show and he asked for a demo - so I did

). I like to think I did a good job on the network. I didn't do so good at my grades.

Nutcase · 02-10-2009, 21:49

I got hauled up in front of the head of IT in my first week of secondary school for changing "Welcome to the Boswells School network" to "Welcome to the ****hole School network"

Darrin · 02-10-2009, 23:18

Woodwork Class - a place to laminate oak and teak together and spin it up on a lathe to make a multi-colored attitude adjuster (ie - baseball bat)

Metal Shop - a place to make plate steel Damascus style, then cut out throwing stars and see how far we could embed them in the cinder block wall. Also a place to watch a 50lb cylinder of acetylene come out of its mounting and fall on the floor - valve first. Quite the rocket show out of that one!!

02-10-2009, 17:04	#13
Fayshun Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Adrift in the Orca Posts: 6,845	The day the metalwork teacher went off sick and the woodwork teacher said "I'll trust you lot to work unsupervised" was the most productive one ever. Shuriken, throwing knives...... __________________ We must move forward not backward, upwards not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling...

02-10-2009, 18:42	#14
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	The freshers at university with me were born in 1991 Nobody had mobile phones when I was a fresher... I had, like, a grant and stuff. __________________

02-10-2009, 23:18	#20
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	Woodwork Class - a place to laminate oak and teak together and spin it up on a lathe to make a multi-colored attitude adjuster (ie - baseball bat) Metal Shop - a place to make plate steel Damascus style, then cut out throwing stars and see how far we could embed them in the cinder block wall. Also a place to watch a 50lb cylinder of acetylene come out of its mounting and fall on the floor - valve first. Quite the rocket show out of that one!! __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

02-10-2009, 16:23	#12
Grandad Old Git Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,016	certainly remember WD40 flamethrowers

02-10-2009, 19:26	#15
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Nimbus' were modern, BBC B's and Masters here (still got 2 and 1 respectively ). I popped to the local to work snooker club for lunch today with a friend (I lost 2 nil at pool, but not touched a cue since Nov last year...). There was a class of year 8 or 9 kids in playing snooker. It's a lesson apparently

02-10-2009, 20:17	#17
Oly-593 Nice weak cup of Earl Grey Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 29	Ha yeah. I remember the maths teacher had a Commodore Pet in his classroom and used to act like a King sat in front of his wee little green screen. Couple of years later we got a few BBC Micros' in with those 5 1/4 inch floppy drives and the 'Computer Studies' lesson was born. All a bit late for me though, as I left school shortly after and discovered alcohol and girls were far more interesting. By the time I kinda got back into computers my brain was well pickled and it was all about this 'PC' stuff and Windows 98!

02-10-2009, 20:58	#18
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	We had a Commodore Pet at my first boarding school. At my second boarding school, we had about 4 BBC Model Bs. We then became the first (or at least one of the first) schools in the country to get the entire school wired up with a network of Nimbus PCs (the original model - the one linked above is a newer design). I volunteered to help with setting it all up and keeping it running (with another pupil and our Physics teacher). Even got a trip to RM headquarters out of it. In the process, I learned enough to know how to bring down an entire network in about 5 seconds (mentioned it to a tech at a show and he asked for a demo - so I did ). I like to think I did a good job on the network. I didn't do so good at my grades.

02-10-2009, 21:49	#19
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	I got hauled up in front of the head of IT in my first week of secondary school for changing "Welcome to the Boswells School network" to "Welcome to the ****hole School network"