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Re: What do you remember- seems impossible now
« Reply #99 on: Saturday 25 June 11 10:45 BST (UK) »

 All you could see as it was printing would be a series of X's with occasional other letters but when the message finished the paper would be held up lengthways to see Santa and his reindeer and under neath would be the message "Greetings from ......(name of the sigcen who sent it)

Jean


That reminds me of a school fair in the early 1970s when you could go into the computer room (only one computer in there that filled the entire room, loads of huge cabinets and only teachers or sixth formers allowed in normally) and buy a three page print-out of a picture of either Snoopy or Andy Capp made up of mainly X's.  It's called ASCII Art  :)

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Re: What do you remember- seems impossible now
« Reply #100 on: Saturday 25 June 11 11:25 BST (UK) »
Big clunky glass type needle delivering a very painful dose of penicillin in the backside where the large lump left remained hard and painful, it seemed for ever.

When I worked in a bank, females were not allowed to be tellers or ledger keepers, only typists.  Because there was a shortage of males ( they could earn double the money working for the mines) I was allowed to be a ledgerkeeper ( I had a high school matriculation, the only one on the staff).  I was not allowed to sit down but had to stand at a high desk (all day) with pen and nib and inkwell and blotter and huge ledgers.  Ball point pens were coming on the market but could not be used in the bank, so they reckon, because they smudged in the hot weather.  We had an adding machine which could not be trusted as it often threw the total out by 10/-.

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Re: What do you remember- seems impossible now
« Reply #101 on: Saturday 25 June 11 11:53 BST (UK) »
I didn't have to resign when I got married, but I got sacked when I was 4 months pregnant. No reason given.
That's impossible now.
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Re: What do you remember- seems impossible now
« Reply #102 on: Saturday 25 June 11 12:36 BST (UK) »

 All you could see as it was printing would be a series of X's with occasional other letters but when the message finished the paper would be held up lengthways to see Santa and his reindeer and under neath would be the message "Greetings from ......(name of the sigcen who sent it)

Jean


That reminds me of a school fair in the early 1970s when you could go into the computer room (only one computer in there that filled the entire room, loads of huge cabinets and only teachers or sixth formers allowed in normally) and buy a three page print-out of a picture of either Snoopy or Andy Capp made up of mainly X's. It's called ASCII Art :)

Heather

I thought it had a name. I do remember there was one piucture of Abraham Lincioln which was quite good although I couldn't think how the X's for beard was darker than all the others. Must have taken ages to do these pictures especially the ones that went sideways on the sheet.

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Re: What do you remember- seems impossible now
« Reply #103 on: Saturday 25 June 11 14:57 BST (UK) »
Could anyone ever draw anything half decent with one of these.
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Re: What do you remember- seems impossible now
« Reply #104 on: Saturday 25 June 11 15:40 BST (UK) »
I left school in 1962 - What was a computer.  They even waited 2 years after I left school to get a TV in.  How dare they lol!!!!!!!!!! 
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Re: What do you remember- seems impossible now
« Reply #105 on: Saturday 25 June 11 17:10 BST (UK) »
I was absolutely useless with Etch-a-sketch!  Couldn't master Spirograph either  ;D  :D   ::)
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Re: What do you remember- seems impossible now
« Reply #106 on: Saturday 25 June 11 17:16 BST (UK) »
Oooh spirograph I loved that, in fact I'm fairly sure we still have some miniature ones kicking around as we included them in our wedding favours.
I don't recall ever being able to draw anything decent with my Etch-a-sketch, still kept me busy for hours though. Both my dad and his younger brother were pretty dab hands with it, I just didn't have the patience to go slowly enough.
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Re: What do you remember- seems impossible now
« Reply #107 on: Sunday 26 June 11 00:10 BST (UK) »
When I worked in the bank in the 1960's, male staff were able to get a mortgage loan on their home.  Currrent bank interest rates at the time were 7%.  Staff rates 4%!!  My husband and myself were buying our first property!  Was I permitted to have a staff rate mortgage??  NO!!!   Not for females!!  I had worked there for 10 years and had a good position!!! And my husband had his own successful business!! But no - nuffin!! 

(Interesting that mortage rates at that time in NZ were going between 6-1/2% & 8%, depending on the amount borrowed, and the amount of deposit was quite high. 2nd mortgages were very popular in those days, shorter terms and higher interest, but most people required them, as the cap on the first mortgages didn't usually cut it for first home buyers.

Higher positions for women were just starting but still battling to be accepted, although salaries were still abysmally lower than those of the men.

Pregnancy wasn't a problem (as long as one was married of course  ::), and I continued to work up until 1 month before my 1st child was due.  (And I wasn't a back room gal)  ;D ;D so didn't have to stay hidden!

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