>>>> I have also programmed in FORTRAN. That is a good tool to “crunch numbers” on a Mainframe. Now where did I put those pesky punched cards?
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>>>I think you'll find your punch card in the Simsonian somewhere. :)
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>>Smithsonian or Simpsonian?
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>>My roommate and I have once sent a bunch of punched cards as greeting cards for the New Year (Christmases were not in play back then, I think 1977) - just used thick marker for the address on the printed side, and a few kind words on the blank side, and applied proper postage. Several of our friends' parents thought it was a new electricity bill or something of the kind, and cursed like hell.
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>Apparently there will be punch cards available in Florida in the near future. Possibly from many other states too. My guess is that this is the last bastion of the punch card and they will truly be gone soon now.

Jim;

I heard (from a most reliable source) that the same cards will be used again and again until all the holes are punched out!

Tom