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Old 20 August 2014, 08:42 AM   #1
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Show and Tell: Grady's Big Adventure

Every Tuesday, I get together with a group of guys for breakfast. Over the years, we've had big crowds and sometimes there's only just a few of us.

Currently, we're down to just three, so a few weeks ago one member suggested that we have breakfast in Old Town and go see the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Technology.

The other guy and me looked at each other, shrugged and said, "Why not?"

So, today we met at the Church Street Cafe in Old Town, had breakfast, then we headed over to the museum for a walk around.

They let us all get in free today because Bob and I are veterans and they let Mark, the non-veteran, in free, too, just because, I guess. I wasn't arguing.

So here's some pictures of three old men's trip to the museum.

Warning: These are smartphone pictures.


It's off the breakfast with the obligatory steering wheel and wrist shot. Honda and Rolex--a match made in heaven.


Inside the Church Street Cafe. The building has been dated to the early 19th century. The windows are artwork. They actually look pretty good in the picture--almost real.





Keepers of the gate at the museum entrance.



I think this was the first hard drive and held something like 2MB. In front of it is a 2GB thumb drive, which is small by today's standards. I have a 128GB micro SD card in my phone.


The Altair 8800--the affordable computer that couldn't do much, but got the nerds excited enough to get started on the PC era, or something like that.


This is a replica of first mouse. Isn't it a beauty? Surely someone out there must be making walnut mice today.



I went back in time to get a picture of the Microsoft gang back in the 1970s. It's a cutout in the middle of one of the rooms. There are videos on both large screens and small screens throughout the exhibit. You can see one in the background.


A business card from one of Bill Gates early companies.




Animated dinosaurs


In this room you can look into a camera and see yourself and your friends in devices on the wall. Look closely, and you can see all three of us in this picture.

There are also three stations where you can take a video of yourself saying something and it will record your video and show on a large screen in front of you and then it plays in a loop, until someone comes along and puts theirs over yours, I think. I recited some lines from the poem, "High Flight."


On the way home, as I was exiting I-40, I wound up behind a real Mini Cooper. It's the first one I've ever seen.

And that my fellow WISes, was Grady and his friend's big adventure for the day. Next week we decided to do something different, but I have to figure out what it will be.
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Old 20 August 2014, 09:25 AM   #2
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Thanks for the pics Grady, good to get together with friends. Was thinking of going to our natural history museum in London with nephews this week. Cool Mini too.
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Old 20 August 2014, 09:33 AM   #3
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Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
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Old 20 August 2014, 09:46 AM   #4
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Old 20 August 2014, 09:56 AM   #5
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Wow, look fun
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Old 20 August 2014, 11:11 AM   #6
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Looks like a great adventure Grady, thanks for sharing!
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Old 20 August 2014, 11:45 AM   #7
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Only thing missing are the obligatory food shots. Oh, wait a minute. Maybe that's someone else.
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Old 20 August 2014, 11:59 AM   #8
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Great pictorial review, Grady. Thanks for posting them.
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Old 20 August 2014, 11:43 AM   #9
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Sat in many a traffic jam at that light.
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Old 20 August 2014, 01:39 PM   #10
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Sat in many a traffic jam at that light.
I know what you're talking about, but when those jams happen, I'm far, far away.

And thanks to everyone for the good words.
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Old 21 August 2014, 02:46 AM   #11
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I know what you're talking about, but when those jams happen, I'm far, far away.

And thanks to everyone for the good words.
Back before they lengthened the right lane on i25 past the Big I, those were some legendary traffic jams.
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Old 20 August 2014, 12:21 PM   #12
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Old 20 August 2014, 12:24 PM   #13
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Grady what an awesome day!! Really enjoyed that! Thanks for sharing it with us!
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Old 20 August 2014, 01:14 PM   #14
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Great share , I could use a day like that
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Old 20 August 2014, 01:15 PM   #15
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Awesome Grady thx for sharing
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Old 20 August 2014, 01:30 PM   #16
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Cool pics Grady, love these sorts of threads. Thanks for sharing.
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Old 20 August 2014, 01:42 PM   #17
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I enjoyed it. Thanks.
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Old 20 August 2014, 08:51 PM   #18
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What an entertaining journey. Thanks Grady.
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Old 20 August 2014, 09:17 PM   #19
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Old 20 August 2014, 11:54 PM   #20
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Wow, very nice adventure, thanks for taking us along, Grady!👍
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Old 21 August 2014, 12:03 AM   #21
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very nice, thanks for sharing your day!
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Old 21 August 2014, 01:08 AM   #23
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Great pics! Thanks for sharing!

At my first computer job as a tech at a mom & pop store, the owner had an altair 8800 on display out in the showroom.. he had a little museum of computing history in a corner of the store.
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Old 21 August 2014, 02:32 AM   #25
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I do remember some of those things like traffic tapes and toggle switch programming. Now that makes me officially history

Nice trip. And pics too. I
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What a great day Grady. There are some really cool things there! Thank you for sharing!
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Just a few pics for ya Grady, from my trip to our natural history museum yesterday. Guess the creatures.






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Old 23 August 2014, 01:43 AM   #28
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Great pics Grady...:-)

I think you should make this a weekly post. :-)
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thanks for sharing grady.
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