| Myself, I think I'm moving into a form of cryptology where I can't even decode myself. |
revision99 is 20
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I guess I should mention that this blog turned 20 years old last month.
It’s true that I haven’t been writing much for the past few years, but then
you hav...
1 month ago
Huh? I'm confused.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean moving? You been there a long time my friend!
ReplyDeleteMushy: I guess my brain was just slow to recognize it. It takes me half an hour just to get up from the computer and walk across the room to the doorway, so you see I take a while to get anywhere!
ReplyDeleteCricket: You're supposed to be. Why should it be just me?
Have a look at E-bay - they might have an old Enigma machine on offer.
ReplyDeleteTwilight: Do I have to put my hand in it?
ReplyDeleteOn it, not in it
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine
You're probably too young and on the wrong side of the Atlantic to remember. ;-)
I know what it was. I meant to say it as I said it, based on an assumption that less than half my readership was going to know what it was (the only reason I know is that I read a great deal of history), and also almost everything built has an inside, dammit! Even you. I liked the idea of picturing it as a sort of slice-and-dice machine on late-night TV.
ReplyDeleteVery creative! I don't have your poetic mind, sad to say. ;-)
ReplyDeleteTwilight: Yeah, you got nothing but that poetic smile! Just keep shining it on me!
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