THURSTON ACKERMAN wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

RJT>Jeez,  doesn't anybody fix this stuff any more?  (Feeling more and
RJT>more like this skillset I've been honing for decades now is 
RJT>completely obsolete...)

TA> It may not help much Roy, but you are not alone in your frustration
TA> (remember all the stuying we did about vacuum tube technology, only
TA> to having to start all over again when semi-conductor technology
TA> made the it obsolete ?-(

Yes,  I do indeed remember all of that stuff...!

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