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#280617 29-Dec-2020 14:22

Hi everyone,

I'm a long term lurker and have found some rather helpful threads here, so I thought it was about time I signed up and contribute my 10 cents :)

I'm a Wellingtonian born and raised. I like working on cars and pretending I know what I'm doing haha. I also like to think I'm tech savvy, having built all of my own pc's since the late 90s, but at the rate technology is progressing I do feel like I'm falling behind the times

Aside from that, I have 2 cats, a fiancé, and a 4 year old son. We've just bought our first house at a very inflated price, but just so glad to finally be on the ladder

Cheers all,
Chris / Wom

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#2627777 29-Dec-2020 14:22

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#2627784 29-Dec-2020 14:31

Welcome to Geekzone, Wom.

I miss my Wellington days... studied at CIT and then commuted into the CBD from my flat in Seddon St, Upper Hutt. After studying, I was a sparky's labourer for a bit when the Queens Wharf Event Centre was being built. After working on the carpark lights for three weeks, I was cured of wanting to ever work with my arms above my head ever again. 😂

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#2627792 29-Dec-2020 14:44

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#2627803 29-Dec-2020 15:25

thanks for the welcomes :)

Dynamic:

Welcome to Geekzone, Wom.

I miss my Wellington days... studied at CIT and then commuted into the CBD from my flat in Seddon St, Upper Hutt.

I studied at CIT too, what a pity that campus was shut down, I liked that school

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#2627820 29-Dec-2020 16:29

Yes, I agree it was a fantastic campus, and I was disappointed to hear it was being closed. Did I read in the last year or so it is finally being properly re-used? (If you have heard anything.)

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#2627920 29-Dec-2020 18:32

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#2627934 29-Dec-2020 19:37

Dynamic:

Yes, I agree it was a fantastic campus, and I was disappointed to hear it was being closed. Did I read in the last year or so it is finally being properly re-used? (If you have heard anything.)

not sure how Covid has affected this, but there is a sports institute that is / was supposed to be moving in

I believe it has been labelled earthquake prone (as is everything in Wellington)

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#2627940 29-Dec-2020 20:10

Did my trade block courses there in the late 70's.

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#2627953 29-Dec-2020 21:05

Welcome.

I’m ex cit as well (92-94) for business computing

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#2627961 29-Dec-2020 21:39

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#2628010 30-Dec-2020 07:04

davidcole: Welcome.

I’m ex cit as well (92-94) for business computing

@davidcole we probably passed each other... I was there 93-94 for NZCE in Electronic Engineering, which had a computing component. My memories include....

Hugh with his long hair.... I can't remember his position... head of IT?
Henk Lazet (?) and his 'innit' space fillers in his sentences. In one of my classes we clocked him at 73 'innit's per hour' 😂
Being closed in the anechoic chamber (voluntarily) for a minute. That was eerie.
The coax network that occasionally went down.
Using the Sparc workstations.
The chronic internet lag that popped up occasionally.
Being introduced to newsgroups and MUD talkers. I met a lovely girl from Otago University via her cousin in the UK on Crossroads. I met her for dinner once. (You met someone from the internet? Woah!)

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#2628064 30-Dec-2020 11:38

Welcome Wom.

Hope you are stayin warm these days? 😆

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