SUBSIM: 20 years on the web & still no gold watch! - Page 19

Aktungbby · 02-19-17, 02:37 PM

Bradley_!

McBeck · 02-20-17, 02:57 PM

Show me the money!

Onkel Neal · 02-21-17, 07:18 AM

Nothing worked out on Monday,

JiMeS · 02-21-17, 07:20 AM

I was 10 years old and i had my first computer around 1997. Still no internet for us that time. 56kbps modem was bought a couple o years later. AoE was the game that i played. It was much later that i was introduced to silent hunter 3 and subsim around 19 years old

digital_pariah · 02-21-17, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Nothing worked out on Monday,

Nothing EVER works out on Monday.

Onkel Neal · 02-21-17, 09:50 PM

But it does on Tuesday!

300 --> Savvas Mavridis

Post here and PM me within 5 days to claim your 5th prize.

And with that, the Subsim 20th "What were you doing in 1997" contest comes to a close. Thanks for your participation!

Neal

McBeck · 02-22-17, 07:25 AM

Congrats to all the winners!

HW3 · 02-22-17, 11:53 AM

Congratulations to all the winners, and to SubSim!!!

propbeanie · 02-22-17, 01:34 PM

Congratulations one and all, especially SubSim ~and~ the Winners! What a blast! This is better than going to Bingo! with my grandma back in 1963!

digital_pariah · 02-22-17, 02:06 PM

Indeed, congrats to the winners. And happy birthday again to SubSim, here's to many more!

Aktungbby · 02-22-17, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

And with that, the Subsim 20th "What were you doing in 1997" contest comes to a close. Thanks for your participation!

Neal

JEEZE! What a contest ! So many newcomers in this thread !

dancerdolphin · 03-01-17, 07:07 PM

I had just moved to Sacramemto CA and my best friend, a union cement truck driver got me a referral to the Roofer's Union and I was accepted into the 3-year apprentice progam and was summarily dispatched to one of the WORST summer jobs ever; tearing off the OLD COAL TAR roof on one of the local High Schools..... I will NEVER forget that misery!

torpedobait · 03-02-17, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dancerdolphin

I had just moved to Sacramemto CA and my best friend, a union cement truck driver got me a referral to the Roofer's Union and I was accepted into the 3-year apprentice progam and was summarily dispatched to one of the WORST summer jobs ever; tearing off the OLD COAL TAR roof on one of the local High Schools..... I will NEVER forget that misery!

Interesting. I also had an outdoor summer job in Sacramento! In 1959 before starting my Jr. year in high school, I worked in the plumbing yard at Cut Rate Plumbing on North 12th Street, which was located right next to an iron foundry. Late in the afternoon they would pour the molten metal from a huge vessel, raising the surrounding air temperature. Besides the already normal hot days of 100-110 degrees, and the heat coming off the black and galvanized bundles of pipe in the plumbing yard, the foundry raised the air temp to something in excess of 120-130 degrees! It was good to be young and able to take it. I would end my work day by driving over to that little beach at Discovery Park and diving into the American River. Man that was refreshing! It would probably kill me today...

Able72 · 04-16-17, 10:42 PM

In 1997 I had just finished my first year back in college after having dropped out 3 years earlier. I had moved across the state and started going to one of the colleges that are a part of the big 12.

I started learning about computer hardware.

I didn't even know Sub Simulation games existed. In fact, the last sub game I had played was Sub Hunt on the Intellivision.

Since then I've built more desktop computers than I can remember. I've played a lot of different Simulation Games. Including Silent Hunter 3,4, and 5. IL-2 1946 and various versions since then. I've gotten married and had a successful career.

A lot's happened in 20 years.

Onkel Neal · 04-18-17, 06:06 AM

Nice post, Able

02-19-17, 02:37 PM	#271
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,051 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard! Bradley_! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

02-20-17, 02:57 PM	#272
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Show me the money! __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

02-21-17, 07:20 AM	#274
JiMeS Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 14 Downloads: 123 Uploads: 0	Life in 1997 I was 10 years old and i had my first computer around 1997. Still no internet for us that time. 56kbps modem was bought a couple o years later. AoE was the game that i played. It was much later that i was introduced to silent hunter 3 and subsim around 19 years old

02-22-17, 07:25 AM	#277
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Congrats to all the winners! __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

02-22-17, 11:53 AM	#278
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,579 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Congratulations to all the winners, and to SubSim!!! __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

02-22-17, 01:34 PM	#279
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,106 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	Congratulations one and all, especially SubSim ~and~ the Winners! What a blast! This is better than going to Bingo! with my grandma back in 1963! __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

02-22-17, 02:06 PM	#280
digital_pariah Nub Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Indeed, congrats to the winners. And happy birthday again to SubSim, here's to many more!

03-01-17, 07:07 PM	#282
dancerdolphin Nub Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	My 1997 memories.... I had just moved to Sacramemto CA and my best friend, a union cement truck driver got me a referral to the Roofer's Union and I was accepted into the 3-year apprentice progam and was summarily dispatched to one of the WORST summer jobs ever; tearing off the OLD COAL TAR roof on one of the local High Schools..... I will NEVER forget that misery!

04-16-17, 10:42 PM	#284
Able72 Captain Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Somewhere in the North Atlantic Posts: 343 Downloads: 299 Uploads: 0	1997. . . . In 1997 I had just finished my first year back in college after having dropped out 3 years earlier. I had moved across the state and started going to one of the colleges that are a part of the big 12. I started learning about computer hardware. I didn't even know Sub Simulation games existed. In fact, the last sub game I had played was Sub Hunt on the Intellivision. Since then I've built more desktop computers than I can remember. I've played a lot of different Simulation Games. Including Silent Hunter 3,4, and 5. IL-2 1946 and various versions since then. I've gotten married and had a successful career. A lot's happened in 20 years. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink, others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

04-18-17, 06:06 AM	#285
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Nice post, Able __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web