I remember my father telling of being sent out to the docks in Oakland from the Teamsters hiring hall. And for a long time now people with what ought to be good jobs (e.g. government attorneys) can't find an affordable residence in Oakland. I remember when there were a lot of blue-collar jobs and neighborhoods in San Francisco, let alone nearby cities. Now it's a gilded ghetto. ----Alan
Chicago is a rail hub rather than a port city. If you look, you can see the effects of containerization. But thry are the opposite of what he depicts. Instead of two or three hundred diesel trucks plowing through the city, you have a single 100-car train running on defined tracks.
In one place where I worked the computer system was getting really old; the manufacturer wouldn't support it any more. Various keyboards had various keys that didn't work; disconnected, held under running water for a while and vigorously banged upside down on a handy workbench, they would often become functional again. I think they were the old IBM electromechanical keyboards. When the new system went live -----Alan
continued: When the new laboratory system went live everyone was apprehensive despite the considerable training we had had; in mid-morning the reporting system went down, and there was a collective groan throughout the lab----until someone realized and shouted out "It's the hospital system, not the lab system!" -----Alan
Susan, was there a good turnout?
ReplyDelete~Susan. Yes! 250+ I think. Lots of signs and very vocal.
DeleteProbably no tar and feathers, but a guy can dream. . .
DeleteHeaded to NH on Sunday to see Youngest, his sweet spouse, and 3 grands! Also getting my new computer loaded at last!
ReplyDeleteThose Green Mountain pansies must be tough!
ReplyDelete-----Alan
True Vermonters, they!
Delete‘This is not your grandmother’s Easter Egg Roll’: White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event
ReplyDeleteHmmm…commercialising Easter at the White House. Any ethical concerns there?
The future happens in Oakland first. That’s a cautionary tale for global cities [Click]
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I remember my father telling of being sent out to the docks in Oakland from the Teamsters hiring hall. And for a long time now people with what ought to be good jobs (e.g. government attorneys) can't find an affordable residence in Oakland. I remember when there were a lot of blue-collar jobs and neighborhoods in San Francisco, let alone nearby cities. Now it's a gilded ghetto.
Delete----Alan
I also remember ships being loaded and unloaded by stevedores in San Francisco. Guess I'm a fossil.
Delete----Alan
Well, what would I be but a fossil? I remember kerosene lanterns in houses, gas lights, outdoor plumbing and magneto telephones.
Delete----Alan
Chicago is a rail hub rather than a port city. If you look, you can see the effects of containerization. But thry are the opposite of what he depicts. Instead of two or three hundred diesel trucks plowing through the city, you have a single 100-car train running on defined tracks.
DeleteHaallllooooooo! I am typing to you on my new computer which is WONDERFUL!!! And!
ReplyDeleteALL THE KEYS WORK! Even these: ( 9 O o L l > .
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DeleteIn one place where I worked the computer system was getting really old; the manufacturer wouldn't support it any more. Various keyboards had various keys that didn't work; disconnected, held under running water for a while and vigorously banged upside down on a handy workbench, they would often become functional again. I think they were the old IBM electromechanical keyboards. When the new system went live
Delete-----Alan
continued: When the new laboratory system went live everyone was apprehensive despite the considerable training we had had; in mid-morning the reporting system went down, and there was a collective groan throughout the lab----until someone realized and shouted out "It's the hospital system, not the lab system!"
Delete-----Alan