You can make a UNIVERSE from duct tape!
I think my geekery is more nerdery. I don't know.
Actually, I think I'm just weird, and smart. Eclectery?
My god...he's gonna do the whole speech.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strix - May 28, 2010 5:13:44 pm PDT #2381 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
DavidS - May 28, 2010 5:13:48 pm PDT #2382 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But can you make a wallet out of Hello Kitty bandaid? I have two boxes!
You'd probably need about 10 boxes.
DavidS - May 28, 2010 5:14:40 pm PDT #2383 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think my geekery is more nerdery. I don't know.
You've got the scholarship working for you. Not everybody has a post-grad degree in medieval lit.
Strix - May 28, 2010 5:16:36 pm PDT #2384 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yep, nerd.
Ah, me. I accept it; nay, EMBRACE it.
§ ita § - May 28, 2010 5:17:30 pm PDT #2385 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, you have no geek cred...
Well, now that you've made me realise they must have Batman bandaids...but before that, I was just a dork.
Okay, maybe still dorky.
tommyrot - May 28, 2010 5:19:05 pm PDT #2386 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oooh! What is your narrow interest in WWII?
Pretty much the Guadalcanal campaign, and mostly the naval aspects of it. So you know, mid August 1942 to, say, mid January 1943.
I think I mostly find that so interesting was that the US and Japanese forces were so closely balanced (after the battles of Midway and The Coral Sea). After Guadalcanal, the US and Japanese navies were so exhausted they didn't fight another major battle for almost two years, and by then the US Navy had a huge advantage and victory was a forgone conclusion.
What's your WWI Interest? I read a book recently about the naval battles of WWI and found it very interesting.
Strix - May 28, 2010 5:30:12 pm PDT #2387 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Okay, maybe still dorky.
That's okay; we like you fine.
ION, I got a new phone today. First brand new phone I've ever had. Reception at our house with my old one on AT&T was so bad, every 8/10 calls/texts were dropped or cut off. I'd stopped trying to use my phone in the house.
My new phone has a slidey keyboard thingy! I feel like a teenager!
Steph L. - May 28, 2010 5:30:59 pm PDT #2388 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
now that you've made me realise they must have Batman bandaids
In my bathroom armoire, baby.
DavidS - May 28, 2010 5:57:21 pm PDT #2389 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Pretty much the Guadalcanal campaign, and mostly the naval aspects of it. So you know, mid August 1942 to, say, mid January 1943.
Curious. t /Spock In the Pacific I'm more interested in the Marine fighting up the chain of Islands leading to Okinawa. Also the supply flights over The Hump in China.
What's your WWI Interest?
Aviation, duh! I can still reel off the top Aces for most nations. Von Richthofen, Boelcke, Fonck, Bishop, Rickenbacker, Guynemer, Nungasser, Albert Ball, Frank Luke, Raoul Lufberry, Mike Mannock...
Also, I can explain the flight advantages for most planes - SE-5, Fokker Biplane (and Triplane), Albatross, Neuwirth, Spad. Also Fokker's key innovation that allowed for shooting through the prop.
tommyrot - May 28, 2010 6:05:38 pm PDT #2390 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, I can explain the flight advantages for most planes - SE-5, Fokker Biplane (and Triplane), Albatross, Neuwirth, Spad. Also Fokker's key innovation that allowed for shooting through the prop.
At one point I knew all that.
Fokker's key innovation that allowed for shooting through the prop.
Originally it was just metal things (eta: on the prop) that deflected the bullets. But then they improved it, and the Allies had their system. In one system, the machine guns were prevented from firing when the prop was in the way, and in another system the firing speed of the guns were varied to sync with the propeller speed. But I forget which country used what.