I'm so old I Remember when:

[jxp]

The one that I do remember is the degree symbol. It is currently 31°F.

Alt 0176 = °

A few others are:

Alt 0241 = ñ

Alt 0169 = ©

Alt 0178 = ²

Alt 0247 = ÷

Alt 0233 = é

Alt 0153 = ™

More 'splody head talk.
Another reason to just use your danged phone. On Android keyboard tap the number key, then from there the one that has =\< and you get all those wonderful symbols including ¢ ° § ™ and even π. Unless you like doing things the complicated way.
\rant off.

 

[jxp]

Here the penny has been removed from circulation. Costs are rounded up or down if it’s $5.03 then it’s $5.05. If it’s $5.02 then it’s $5.00.

Kids these days do not understand rounding up/down. They need a computerized till to do this.

This reminds me of a news article I read once of a fella who worked at a big bank or an investment firm or some such. At the end of every day the accounts that earned interest would round off to the nearest penny. He wrote a code where the partial cents from the thousands of accounts would all be deposited in an account he opened thus giving himself a steady stream of second income. The customers didn't lose any money and the bank never missed it because the individual amounts were so miniscule. This went on for a few years before he slipped up and told the wrong someone. I don't remember how much he 'earned' but the financial institution was not happy and he got convicted of theft. Some people are very inventive.

 

[jxp]

My mom worked as a switchboard operator when they still had to manually connect calls.

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Was her name Earnestine? One ringy dingy.

 

[Canadian Wind]

This reminds me of a news article I read once of a fella who worked at a big bank or an investment firm or some such. At the end of every day the accounts that earned interest would round off to the nearest penny. He wrote a code where the partial cents from the thousands of accounts would all be deposited in an account he opened thus giving himself a steady stream of second income. The customers didn't lose any money and the bank never missed it because the individual amounts were so miniscule. This went on for a few years before he slipped up and told the wrong someone. I don't remember how much he 'earned' but the financial institution was not happy and he got convicted of theft. Some people are very inventive.

Wasn't that the plot for a movie?

 

[R2elk]

I wish I could say one of my friends here on BYC didn't lose all her hens to avian influenza.

I don't think I've ever been sadder about someone else's loss of chickens .

Wrong thread.

Try here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/things-you-wish-you-could-say.1441513/

 

[notabitail]

Wrong thread.

Try here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/things-you-wish-you-could-say.1441513/

I'm so old I'm forgetting to read the title of the thread.

 

[jxp]

Wasn't that the plot for a movie?

If you saw a movie like that, I know where they got the idea.

 

[Nomadicus]

KFC was really good, but the last couple times I've had it (5+ years ago) it wasn't as crispy or good as I remembered it being.

I still eat peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwiches. They are delicious with a side of tortilla or potato chips.

Just had a peanut butter ad jelly sandwich to take my meds with. Had one for breakfast. What's a guy to do with a stash of peanut butter and 40 jars or more of fine homemade muscadine jelly. Even strawberry muscadine jelly and orange muscadine jelly and soon will have a few jars of PMS jelly.

 

[Nomadicus]

I know where I was when the moon landing occurred. I was at home with my wife and two young sons. Hard to believe it will not be many years before those guys can retire too.

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm so old I remember the day Gary Gilmore said, "Let's do it". January of '77.