The Nerd Pride Thread....

Fishhead · Feb 3, 2023

MALBAR 70 said:
Ummm....I fly model rockets, isn't that enough to qualify for supreme nerd status?

Sadly, no. I took a quiz several years back and did poorly on it. The quiz concluded that I was probably cool. I do remember not noticing that the girl in one of the pics had Spock ears and had little or no knowledge of programming language.

MALBAR 70 · Feb 3, 2023

Fishhead said:
Sadly, no. I took a quiz several years back and did poorly on it. The quiz concluded that I was probably cool. I do remember not noticing that the girl in one of the pics had Spock ears and had little or no knowledge of programming language.

Yeah, since I posted that, I realized I was one of the cool guys. (NOT!!!)
Just don't touch my Spock ears.

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hartlch · Feb 11, 2023

prfesser said:
During junior high I made alcohol lamps, a simple scale, flasks from old light bulbs, an electrolysis apparatus, a carbon-arc "furnace" (I'm surprised I survived childhood!) and other sciencey stuff from "700 Science Experiments for Everyone". Great book! Really wanted to make the ammonium dichromate+magnesium volcano(!!!) described in the book but couldn't get the chemicals...undoubtedly a good thing. They took that experiment and the carbon-arc-furnace out of the newer edition that I now have. Also probably a good thing.

I remember that book too. I so wanted to make that volcano and the arc furnace. As I recall the arc furnace used a glass pie plate with a couple electrodes in salt water to control the current flow. Like you, I couldn't find the chems for the volcano but I did start the arc furnace. Not sure why I didn't fire it up, but probably just as well. These days the books say to use baking soda and vinegar with red food coloring - lame.

I remember another chemistry experiment book from that time that had more advanced stuff in it. All I can remember now is that it showed how to make synthetic rubber.

K'Tesh · Feb 13, 2023

.......................NERD STYLE

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Let's Do The Time Warp Again!!!

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boatgeek · Feb 28, 2023

K'Tesh said:
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Just one more question, Mr. Darvin...

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Grog6 · Mar 12, 2023

I have a circular slide rule that calculates nuclear blast radius and fallout for various nuclear weapons. It camein a book I bought off ebay.

Cape Byron · Mar 12, 2023

Grog6 said:
I have a circular slide rule that calculates nuclear blast radius and fallout for various nuclear weapons. It camein a book I bought off ebay.

Handy for calculating just how screwed you are...

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Blast it Tom! · Apr 14, 2023

hartlch said:
I remember that book too. I so wanted to make that volcano and the arc furnace. As I recall the arc furnace used a glass pie plate with a couple electrodes in salt water to control the current flow. Like you, I couldn't find the chems for the volcano but I did start the arc furnace. Not sure why I didn't fire it up, but probably just as well. These days the books say to use baking soda and vinegar with red food coloring - lame.

I remember another chemistry experiment book from that time that had more advanced stuff in it. All I can remember now is that it showed how to make synthetic rubber.

https://archive.org/details/700scienceexperi00unes
You're welcome... that's from 1964
Blast it, you have to sign up for a free account to see it all.

Edited again: I LOVE THIS BOOK! Just looking through the materials list would be enough to make a science teacher from this "Bubble Wrap" generation wig out into a screaming panic! This must be preserved!

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