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1 year ago- Jim’s Big Ego
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Valen
Atheist. Retired science teacher and union president. Liberal. Boardgames. Rats make awesome pets. He/Him.
Incompatible with lever-pulling.
For I was born upon the fathoms, Neither harbor nor port have I known. The great universe is the ocean I travel, And the Earth is my blue boat home.
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Cake day: June 3rd, 2023
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2·1 year agoAhh, WordStar. That was a great editor. Keep in mind, at the time the control key on keyboards was where the caps lock key is now, and there weren’t arrow keys. So the left hand moved the cursor up/down/left/right by characters, words, or screens very easily. Once you used it for a while, it became second nature.
It was easier to write text in WordStar than in vi. That was a hard transition. But WordPerfect was a truly opaque piece of software until you had the ubiquitous templates for the function keys.
Messed up Hawkeye too.
I find Wikipedia invaluable. I’ve been donating $5/month for a number of years now.
It’s unusual to have pet rats. Most vets do cats and dogs, and anything else is an afterthought. While there are many vets within 5 miles of me (suburbia), we have to travel over 30 miles to get to a good rat vet. Vets for farmers know more animals, but I wouldn’t expect them to know rats very well.
One time when one of ours got an X-ray, the doctor was comparing to a photo in a large book of X-rays for various animals. I expect that’s an expensive book to buy.
Pet rats are awesome! They’re domesticated and used to interacting with people. They have distinct personalities and are very loving. Sadly, they only live about 2.5 to 3 years.
