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RE: Decided to hang it up

In the late 60s I worked for a power company and we sent out bills (special
designed 80 col card) and asked the customer to enter the meter reading on
the card and make any changes needed to the address on the card. One card
was received back in a mess and on the cad was written: I have bent, folded,
stapled and mutilated this dam card, now change my F..... address

I wonder if that is still pasted on the computer room bulletin board

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Lampert
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 7:37 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Decided to hang it up

jmmckee wrote:
Here is a picture of one. This happens to be a JCL card:

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/File:Punch-card-5081.jpg

And from that, you can presumably figure out what "face down, nine-edge
first" means. Along with "Do not fold, bend, spindle, or mutilate."

--
JHHL

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