The Nerd Pride Thread....

[cerving]

I think the fact that you're on TRF at all pretty much qualifies you...

 

[K'Tesh]

I think the fact that you're on TRF at all pretty much qualifies you...

That qualifies you... But how do you show your pride in it?

 

[Mugs914]

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"Wanna see my drawin of a cyclop gurl?"

I had a white Pinto too! (Didn't draw cyclop gurlz though; mostly designed race cars...)

 

[MadRocketer]

I had a white Pinto

cyclop gurl?

I will see your pintos and raise you one VW Thing.

(Not mine, but same color and extras.)
Wish I had never sold it.

 

[Sandy H.]

I had a white Pinto too! (Didn't draw cyclop gurlz though; mostly designed race cars...)

My brother had multiple street driven Pinto's over the years. He would buy another one today if it was the 1971 Fastback w/2000cc engine, if the price was reasonable. Note: The definition of reasonable varies quite a bit between people who have one vs. people who want to buy one. . . Similar for me regarding the 1966 Dodge Monaco 4 door with a 383.

Sandy.

 

[tsmith1315]

1966 Dodge Monaco 4 door with a 383.

Color?

 

[kuririn]

I had a white Pinto too!

Had a 1972 green sedan.
2.0 liter engine.
Points and condenser ignition.
Bias ply tires.
Vinyl seats.
Worked in a gas station so put a lot of loving care into that heap.
The honeymoon was over in '76 when I bought a Firebird.
Heh.

 

[Sandy H.]

Color?

Light Green Iridescent, black vinyl top.

Sandy.

 

[cerving]

I had a beat up Toyota Carina... does that count?

 

[Tobor]

I still have my Koh-I-Noor rapidograph set from from my high school days learning mechanical & architectural drafting 76'~79'

 

[PhilC]

No, but there's a noticeable effect if you're at Mile High Stadium.

You just have to Truist your judgment.
(Braves fan).

 

[Cape Byron]

I will see your pintos and raise you one VW Thing.

(Not mine, but same color and extras.)

Wish I had never sold it.

Trivia: the RHD version is the type 182, manufactured in Indonesia. Do I get my badge now?

 

[H_Rocket]

I drive a Subaru, and my Wife and I have had 8 total. I suppose the one with the Manual Trans doesn't count.

We are on #10 & #11

My Nerd Cred:



My wife bought me this AFTER we got married. I have kept it for 40+ years. It still works!

 

[Peartree]

I drive a Subaru, and my Wife and I have had 8 total. I suppose the one with the Manual Trans doesn't count.

Why wouldn't a manual transmission count? These days they're like geeky secret knowledge known only to the ancient shamans.

 

[PhilC]

Why wouldn't a manual transmission count? These days they're like geeky secret knowledge known only to the ancient shamans.

Woohoo! I'm an ancient shaman

 

[BEC]

I will see your pintos and raise you one VW Thing.

(Not mine, but same color and extras.)
Wish I had never sold it.

I had a beat up Toyota Carina... does that count?

How about a dark blue 1972 Mazda Rx-2 sedan? Very much like this coupe, but a four-door. I still miss it.

Why wouldn't a manual transmission count? These days they're like geeky secret knowledge known only to the ancient shamans.

Indeed. Our gas-burning car is a stick and we've managed to get four of the five kids to learn manual, and at least one of them still prefers them as my wife and I do.

I used to keep a slide rule in the glovebox of the Rx-2 to use to figure gas milage for my logbook. I still do the logbooks for all the cars (except our Soul EV) but use a calculator on my watch now to do the division for the gas milage entry.

 

[cerving]

Popular Mechanics used to have little stories in them (kinda like Reader's Digest, remember them?) One of them was about an Old Guy that used to keep meticulous records of his gas mileage, and bored his neighbors ad infinitum with tales of how smart he was. One day, a neighbor decided to mess with him, so he snuk into his driveway at night and put a gallon or two of gas in his car every day (it was 29.9 a gallon back then...) for awhile. The Old Guy kept raving about how great the gas mileage was on his car... then his neighbor snuk over and siphoned off a gallon or two each night for awhile. The Old Guy was totally confused... he took it to his mechanic because there HAD to be something wrong. Finally, the neighbor fessed up... and the Old Guy learned something about humility.

 

[dr wogz]

to 'one-up' some of you:

Twirling your pencil as you drafted
having a 'plug in' pencil eraser, and using the shield properly..

I have my drafting pens somewhere.. I was pretty good a cleaning them, so much so, that I was 'the' man to look after them (and this was on an HP multi-pen plotter.. 'D' size!)

 

[Alan15578]

I drive a Subaru, and my Wife and I have had 8 total. I suppose the one with the Manual Trans doesn't count.

Sure it does, but you get more nerd points for rebuilding an automatic than rebuilding an manual trans. I've done neither, but I have replaced a blown head gasket. Hmm, these are more geek points than nerd points.

 

[Peartree]

Sure it does, but you get more nerd points for rebuilding an automatic than rebuilding an manual trans. I've done neither, but I have replaced a blown head gasket. Hmm, these are more geek points than nerd points.

I once cracked a 1948 Farmall Cub in half, replaced the clutch, and put it back together. Is that worth any points?

 

[DigBaddy]

I once cracked a 1948 Farmall Cub in half, replaced the clutch, and put it back together. Is that worth any points?

I'd say so, since you would have had to make a time machine to go back to 1848 and make a Farmall Cub a hundred years before anyone else

I've split many John Deeres. Gets really interesting when after that you need to take off the axle housings!

 

[KevinT]

RPN - The only way to calc.

 

[kyle]

I drive a Subaru, and my Wife and I have had 8 total. I suppose the one with the Manual Trans doesn't count.

Yeah buddy! Thanks for contributing!

 

[Peartree]

I'd say so, since you would have had to make a time machine to go back to 1848 and make a Farmall Cub a hundred years before anyone else

I've split many John Deeres. Gets really interesting when after that you need to take off the axle housings!

Fat fingers and tiny buttons. Fixed it.

 

[The_Quacken]

On the subject of calculators here’s one of my all time favorites the ti-89 titanium. You may have had to learn to program and flip through a hundreds of page manual to learn the thing but still the most capable calculator I’ve ever had. It can even do three demonsions and parametrics which my nspire hates lol

 

[Doug Holverson]

My stepdad had VW Thing years before he was my stepdad. I think it reminded him of the Kubelwagens he enjoyed commandeering back during the occupation....

I have my Mars pens that I use in my art.

Taking about my art, letting my nerd flag fly in this project that didn't go anywhere.



With a name like Sci-Fi Guy! it naturally takes place in the suburbs... Of Iowa... During the Disco era....

 

[les]

RPN - The only way to calc.

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I still have a working HP15C (surprising as the batteries are 30+ years old).
Plus an HP15C app on my iPhone that I use almost daily...

 

[KevinT]

Man, I wish I had still had my 15C. I loved that thing.

I still have a working HP15C (surprising as the batteries are 30+ years old).
Plus an HP15C app on my iPhone that I use almost daily...

 

[Sandy H.]

On the subject of calculators here’s one of my all time favorites the ti-89 titanium. You may have had to learn to program and flip through a hundreds of page manual to learn the thing but still the most capable calculator I’ve ever had. It can even do three demonsions and parametrics which my nspire hates lolView attachment 523946

My generation had the TI-81, but the TI-85 came out right before I went to college and I bought one. About 15 years later, I went on ebay and bought 4 more, as I like everything about it. I have one at work, 2 in the shop and 1 in a drawer in the toolbox in case one of the other 2 shop calculators goes bad. There are newer/better ones, sure, but its kind of like the programmers who want legit old-school IBM click keyboards vs. copies. They swear they feel the difference and I believe they do. Same for the calculator for me, everything is in the right place, so I don't have to look at it often and the buttons are big enough to be sure I hit them correctly.

Sandy.

 

[tsmith1315]

Man, I wish I had still had my 15C. I loved that thing.

I loaned my 28C to a good friend and it was stolen from his car. He insisted he'd by me another one until he priced them.

Sure it does, but you get more nerd points for rebuilding an automatic than rebuilding an manual trans

Are there any points in fixing a hotel room telephone with a pocket knife and a bottle of shampoo? Didn't want to get a bill for that...