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I washed the chim today and a bloke came up and started asking about her which is a regular occurence, it transpired that he owns a morgan which has an RV8 lump in apparently and we got on the subject of car weight. He told me the Morgan's exact weight, 985kg (can't remember if that is completely correct) and I instantly told him the weight of the chim.
I didn't think anything of it at the time but a few hours later I thought, what a fecking geek I am when it comes to cars! I mean how many people (non car forum users) know the exact weight of their car to the KG!?!
I didn't think anything of it at the time but a few hours later I thought, what a fecking geek I am when it comes to cars! I mean how many people (non car forum users) know the exact weight of their car to the KG!?!
On the subject of Geekness, the other day from the office window I heard a motor screaming up the road. The sound was very unique.
Without taking my eyes off the monitor, I instantly spontaneously just said out loud "Ferrari. Flat-plane crank V8".
I got some stares then and mutterings of "sad" and "pathetic" and "geek".
A dude came in 15 minutes later from lunch and said it was a 360.
Without taking my eyes off the monitor, I instantly spontaneously just said out loud "Ferrari. Flat-plane crank V8".
I got some stares then and mutterings of "sad" and "pathetic" and "geek".
A dude came in 15 minutes later from lunch and said it was a 360.
-DeaDLocK- said:
On the subject of Geekness, the other day from the office window I heard a motor screaming up the road. The sound was very unique.
Without taking my eyes off the monitor, I instantly spontaneously just said out loud "Ferrari. Flat-plane crank V8".
I got some stares then and mutterings of "sad" and "pathetic" and "geek".
I do that too 
minimax said:
On the subject of Geekness, the other day from the office window I heard a motor screaming up the road. The sound was very unique.
Without taking my eyes off the monitor, I instantly spontaneously just said out loud "Ferrari. Flat-plane crank V8".
I got some stares then and mutterings of "sad" and "pathetic" and "geek".
Code Monkey said:
On the subject of Geekness, the other day from the office window I heard a motor screaming up the road. The sound was very unique.
Without taking my eyes off the monitor, I instantly spontaneously just said out loud "Ferrari. Flat-plane crank V8".
I got some stares then and mutterings of "sad" and "pathetic" and "geek".
Much to my bird's disgust when we are in company Parrot of Doom said:
No no, you see Geeks are people like that but who are into computers - women are not turned on by computers.
On the other hand, women love being told about the V-angle of the RV8, and the maximum displacement of the shocks. Stuff like that makes us sex gods.
I'm not exactly sure you've got that quite right
My particular prize skills are;
1) being able to tell a car by only it's roof (I drive an Elise and it's very rarely the only view of cars I see through armco)
2) being able to tell a car purely by it's headlight shape at night
3) being able to tell a car from 400yds purely by it's profile
4) being able to specify the number of cylinders of an engine by the sound of it
and I'm sure there's loads more but, basically put, I have to now keep my mouth shut unless I'm out with my one car-geeky-friend!
1) being able to tell a car by only it's roof (I drive an Elise and it's very rarely the only view of cars I see through armco
) 2) being able to tell a car purely by it's headlight shape at night
3) being able to tell a car from 400yds purely by it's profile
4) being able to specify the number of cylinders of an engine by the sound of it
and I'm sure there's loads more but, basically put, I have to now keep my mouth shut unless I'm out with my one car-geeky-friend!
Ah now, men of a certain age I call you...
A while back there was a programme on TV, ITV on a Saturday IIRC, called You Bet (?).
One of the challenges was that a chap/kid/girl...cant remember....could tell any car from the sound of its door closing. They lined up 20 or so and let him prove it. Cant remember how many were right, but I seem to recall that they got the vast majority.
At the time I thought "what a saddo", but now Geek seems appropriate.
Can anyone else remember this? Or did I eat too much cheese?...
A while back there was a programme on TV, ITV on a Saturday IIRC, called You Bet (?).
One of the challenges was that a chap/kid/girl...cant remember....could tell any car from the sound of its door closing. They lined up 20 or so and let him prove it. Cant remember how many were right, but I seem to recall that they got the vast majority.
At the time I thought "what a saddo", but now Geek seems appropriate.
Can anyone else remember this? Or did I eat too much cheese?...
chicks like geeks, its true, honest........
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jacksdad said:
Ah now, men of a certain age I call you...
A while back there was a programme on TV, ITV on a Saturday IIRC, called You Bet (?).
One of the challenges was that a chap/kid/girl...cant remember....could tell any car from the sound of its door closing. They lined up 20 or so and let him prove it. Cant remember how many were right, but I seem to recall that they got the vast majority.
At the time I thought "what a saddo", but now Geek seems appropriate.
Can anyone else remember this? Or did I eat too much cheese?...
I remember this! It was two lads, one closing the doors and one guessing the car. I think they did manage to successfully complete the challenge.
nickjm said:
Ah now, men of a certain age I call you...
A while back there was a programme on TV, ITV on a Saturday IIRC, called You Bet (?).
One of the challenges was that a chap/kid/girl...cant remember....could tell any car from the sound of its door closing. They lined up 20 or so and let him prove it. Cant remember how many were right, but I seem to recall that they got the vast majority.
At the time I thought "what a saddo", but now Geek seems appropriate.
Can anyone else remember this? Or did I eat too much cheese?...
I remember this! It was two lads, one closing the doors and one guessing the car. I think they did manage to successfully complete the challenge.
thought I was losing for a minute there....thanks..JDjacksdad said:
Ah now, men of a certain age I call you...
A while back there was a programme on TV, ITV on a Saturday IIRC, called You Bet (?).
One of the challenges was that a chap/kid/girl...cant remember....could tell any car from the sound of its door closing. They lined up 20 or so and let him prove it. Cant remember how many were right, but I seem to recall that they got the vast majority.
At the time I thought "what a saddo", but now Geek seems appropriate.
Can anyone else remember this? Or did I eat too much cheese?...
I remember this! It was two lads, one closing the doors and one guessing the car. I think they did manage to successfully complete the challenge.
there was also another one where a bloke could name the car based only on the detachable headrest from the front seats, again, got almost all of them right
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