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Larry Kroeger Premium

retired comm. tech, now part time sailor.

Recent Comments

  1. 3 months ago on Arlo and Janis

    My favorite Jazz Christmas song is “I Bought You A Plastic Star For Your Aluminum Tree” by Michael Franks on the 1997 – Warner Bros. Jazz Christmas Party.

  2. 6 months ago on Arlo and Janis

    Jimmy Buffett – Equal Strain On All Parts (Release Day delivery Friday, November 3)

  3. 8 months ago on Crankshaft

    Actinic keratosis can lead to a skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma. Basal cell carcinoma is more common and you need minor surgery from a dermatologist. As a sun worshiper back in the 80’s, I have multiple scars from too much sun.

  4. 9 months ago on Frazz

    Steely Dan is the opening act for the Eagles Final Tour.

  5. 11 months ago on La Cucaracha

    Friday will be our 50th wedding anniversary.

  6. over 1 year ago on Working Daze

    That reminds me of scenes from Dune or Flesh Gordon.

  7. over 1 year ago on Frazz

    1964 Volkswagen Beetle (current price anywhere from $9,500 – $35,000)

  8. almost 2 years ago on The Meaning of Lila

    Maybe Ted is up for a Menage A Trois.

  9. about 2 years ago on Working Daze

    Back in August 1970 I went to work for Ma Bell. Five months later I was promoted into the Electronic Switching System #1. We didn’t have hard disks back then, semi-permanent memory was stored on 6.5"X11.5" aluminum cards with tiny magnets welded to it. Each card held 320 bytes of information. There were 9,216 cards duplicated in active/standby configuration. Ram or what we called “Call Store” held call processing info. There were a little over 50 frames that held a one cubic foot core of 8K memory. The CPU was about 8’w x 6’h x 1.5’d divided into three frames, again duplicated in active/standby.

  10. about 2 years ago on Peanuts

    I’ve been sleeping on a waterbed for 48 years now. Sleeping is great, sex not so great, probably why they fell out of popularity. I dread trying to sleep on a regular bed whenever we travel.