Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:36:45 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:

rbowman <bowman@montana.com> writes:

On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:56:17 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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On 2025-03-12, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
 

On 12/03/2025 08:47, c186282 wrote:
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   Americans are practical ...   :-)
 
   Pronounce it straight-up and simply.

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Segue = Seeg

 
No, "Segway".  :-)

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Wasn't that a suicidal two wheel device? Are they still around?

 
My dad and I rented one in San Diego a decade ago - the were a lot of
fun and easy to use.

There were a couple in town about 20 years ago but I haven't seen one in
years, just the various suicide machines the kids have. Those electric
scooters with the tiny wheels look particularly deadly. Vespas and the
like were hip when I was a kid but my father put his foot down on that
idea. He hated things with small wheels. No problem when I bought a Harley
at a police auction. That had real wheels.

'Don't Come Knocking' from 2005 had a nerd film director scurrying around
the set on a Segway before the main character Spence (Sam Shepard) quits
in disgust. Product placement?

Much of it was filmed in Butte. In one scene a character throws her
boyfriend's stuff out the window. They were worried about leaving the
props strewn around the street overnight. No problem, just another day in
Butte.