Five things you might not know about me

[Duke]

2) I have a major fear of heights (flying specifically)...

3) I’m an engineer specializing in orbital physics

It's funny. I'm also afraid of heights, to the point where a 15-foot ladder takes some real thought. But it's got nothing to do with altitude for me; the environment of an airplane cockpit around me makes all the difference in the world. I've been a passenger in 2-seat gliders where you're in a bubble surrounded by nothing but wind and sky. I've been in the back seat of a T-28 at 10,000 feet when the pilot told me "this is what we used to do in Nam", then proceeded to lay it on its back and dive straight down for 9,950 of those feet, pulling out right above our house. Nothing but fun as far as I'm concerned, but climbing a ladder onto the roof of a 2-story building takes an effort of will for me.

It's also odd that you're an orbital engineer with no hope of ever going to space, or enjoying it if you had to.

4) I’m a big fan of movie soundtracks. They represent some of the best music currently being made worldwide.

Minor peeve time: technically you're talking about the 'score', but absolutely everyone uses the term 'soundtrack'. The 'soundtrack' would include dialogue, sound fx, and music.

1) Unlike Duke, I’m a big fan of modern porn. I can’t watch the old stuff… too hairy. Not that hairless is my thing either, I just think it should be done tastefully.

The good thing about modern porn is that garter belts, fishnets, lacy frou-frou, and other stupid lingerie has gone out of fashion. The bad thing is that 'nature's lingerie' has also gone out of fashion.

I’m not scared of having a girlfriend – I just happen to be waiting for Ms. Perfect... o I’m very prudent, and I’m not going to enter into a relationship unless I’m positive there’s some long-term stability in it.

You'll know it when you find it, even if she's not Ms. Perfect. I still think my wife is perfect for me even though we fight like dingos at least once a month. There is plenty I would change about her - but every day, I'm grateful she's mine, even after spending more than half my life with her.

Excellent thread, buddy!

 

[Loon]

1. I failed the 7th grade due to complete laziness.

2. When I was about ten the ball joint on the end of my leg, the part that fits into your hip, started to deteriorate because veins leading to that area where cut off or pinched so no blood could flow through.

3. I worry alot. I'm very self conscience so I always worry what people will think if I do something. I've got plenty of friends so I don't want to do something stupid and end up a loner or outcast.

4. My first car was an '82 Chevy El Camino with a small block 350, I currently drive a '87 Ford Bronco.

5. I occasionally indulge in the smoking of marijuana.

 

[TB]

Sometimes it just drives me nuts!

*insert very obvious joke here*

Why put yourself through the agony of a breakup? Why spend time and money on a person whom you have no clue about your future with? Why worry if they're cheating and why be jealous because they get along so well with their guy friends?

Sometimes you need to step out and take a chance. That is what I did with my now wife. I had plenty of female and male friends, but none of the female ones were "special" by any means. Then I met her. My first thought was "So she is the girl dating James." Two days later she had broken up with him and we started seeing each other. (BTW, I used to work with James ) Six months later I proposed, she said yes and now 8 years later we are still very happy.

 

[Danoff]

It's also odd that you're an orbital engineer with no hope of ever going to space, or enjoying it if you had to.

I completely agree. I have a lot of interest in space, but not much interest in being there. My eduction in engineering may have something to do with my fear of flying though, as I spent years learning all the different ways aircraft fall apart in order to obtain my aero engineering degree.

I studied how cyclic loading of metals leads to fast fracture in great detail. The kind of cyclic loading the landing gear, pressurized fuselages, turbine blades, and airfoils all undergo each time an aircraft is flown.

Even more ironically, I know pretty well how to fly an aircraft and have logged time in several flight similuators including one used by lockheed to train fighter pilots. I don't have much interest in actually flying them though.

 

[Duke]

Sometimes it just drives me nuts!

*insert very obvious joke here*

A pirate walks into a bar. The bartender looks at him and says, "Excuse me, but did you know you had a ship's wheel stuck in your pants?" The pirate waves his hook and says, "Aye, and it's drivin' me...

Oh, skip it.

 

[TB]

A pirate walks into a bar. The bartender looks at him and says, "Excuse me, but did you know you had a ship's wheel stuck in your pants?" The pirate waves his hook and says, "Aye, and it's drivin' me...

That would be the one.

 

[Roo]

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[sn00pie]

1) I can't see **** at night. This very evening I was driving on a very dark road with my brother in the passenger's seat, arguing about my usage of the bright-over-bright headlights. I also constantly think oncoming traffic are using their large lights, I think my eyes are contrasting light and dark too strong.

2) I drive a racing line through traffic.

3) I'm not obsessed with typography, but I'm close. Example: I get mad at comic sans. I think Sage does this too.

4)

5) I've got a cool apartment. (Yes, indeed, anonymous editor, now even with a private beer-tap!)

 

[Danoff]

2). I'm slow - I find thinking tricky - and 3). hopelessly forgetful.

I hate making phone calls to people I don't know, particularly companies: I can't think fast enough to keep up with the conversation. I find I'll forget half the things I wanted to ask, and only remember after I've put the phone down. It makes me feel stupid, and that upsets me. If I'm taking a message for someone, I rarely think to ask who's calling until it's too late. If I do actually manage to ask, and write it down, I'll promptly forget to give the message to whoever the intended recipient is. I have post-it note pads everywhere - one by my bed, one in my car, one where I keep my wallet and keys, one by the PC - to catch the thoughts that suddenly arrive, otherwise they go and that's that for a week.

It always hurt me in exams; I'd revise, but not be able to think quickly enough to write eveything down. Occasionally I'll ask myself what I'm thinking, knowing that the answer is either is a. singing a song in my head or b. nothing. I find it hard to concentrate on things. I work in data entry, and after a minute or too my eyes and hands have a direct link, letting my mind drift off to think of other things. The only upshot of all this is it's rare for me to be bored.

I feel the same way you do. I find thinking to be very difficult, much more difficult than physical activity - which is why I consider a desk job to be far more difficult than operating a jackhammer. I also have trouble remembering things, but I have a trick. I move my wedding band to my other hand to help me remember. The sensation of the ring on the other hand really bugs me and keeps me thinking about whatever it is I have to remember.

 

[Roo]

I feel the same way you do. I find thinking to be very difficult, much more difficult than physical activity - which is why I consider a desk job to be far more difficult than operating a jackhammer. I also have trouble remembering things, but I have a trick. I move my wedding band to my other hand to help me remember. The sensation of the ring on the other hand really bugs me and keeps me thinking about whatever it is I have to remember.

Yep. A repetative process, once learned, is easy, and I know what to expect; but change worries me because I'm not sure how I'll be able to respond, if at all. Thus data entry is OK for me, as it's repetative and I'm not easily bored; but the thought of, say, working on a phone, dealing with real people, all requiring different things, really scares me.

Good idea with the ring, I'll try it with my watch. If I remember, of course.

 

[Keef]

2) I drive a racing line through traffic.

You do that too? Sweet! I actually watch out for apexes along the road as much as I watch everything else, which is probably bad, but fun.

Oh, and where is your #4? I know I read it, but then your picture popped up and #4 was gone.

 

[sn00pie]

You do that too? Sweet! I actually watch out for apexes along the road as much as I watch everything else, which is probably bad, but fun.

I also make up chicanes.

Oh, and who keeps editing your stuff?

I don't know.

 

[Dave A]

I feel the same way you do. I find thinking to be very difficult, much more difficult than physical activity

I'm completlely in agreement with that, though I'm suprised you find that, you come across as a very good thinker on here.

 

[RICHARDO]

I am a huge fan of "jerkin' the chicken."

I daydream a lot and I can be very dilusional.

I have a habit fo talking too much and not putting my foot in my mouth when I need to.

Sometimes I think I can control people. (Yeah, I'm nuts.)

 

[sn00pie]

I am a huge fan of "jerkin' the chicken."

Is that slang for masturbating?

[edit:] Sage, go make me a cool avatar!

 

[ExigeEvan]

Is that slang for masturbating?

[edit:] Sage, go make me a cool avatar!

I thought that was 'chokin' the chicken'?

 

[DuckRacer]

Hmm, good thread.

1. I have a very low tolerance of incompetence.

I cannot stand it. If someone cannot so something simple quickly, I just do it myself. It's also one of the biggest reasons why I always chose the dumbest kid in the class for "co-op" projects (so I could easily convince them to let me do everything). I could usually go much faster when I'm doing everything than if I'm relying on someone else to do some parts of whatever we're working on. And me being a control freak probably derives from this.

2. When the teacher randomly chose who would work with who on certain projects, most of the time I either got stuck with in an all-girl group (which wasn't all that bad, they're actually nice to work with), or with the class troublemakers. I think the thing that really just struck me as typical when we did two of these drawings on the last day of 5th Grade, and I got both troublemakers. At that point I was glad I was getting out of there.

3. I say "jacked up" way too much. In real life I say it roughly once every three sentences.

4. I am a tightwad. The only extravagant purchases I make are video game related, and even still, I shudder when I look at the receipt for them. I would never pay $70 for a pair of shoes or $20 for a game console face plate. Or even $30 for a haircut.

5. I lost my first tooth in a chicken nugget at McDonalds. It's an embarrassing but true fact.

 

[Zrow]

A pirate walks into a bar. The bartender looks at him and says, "Excuse me, but did you know you had a ship's wheel stuck in your pants?" The pirate waves his hook and says, "Aye, and it's drivin' me...

Oh, skip it.

More like:

The pirate replies, "Yarr, me ship wrecked in a terrible storm and my testicles swelled with an infection while I was knocked unconscious against the wheel. Can you please call a doctor?"

</famine>

 

[Keef]

Originally Posted by ExigeExcel
I thought that was 'chokin' the chicken'?

Chokin', jerkin', whatever, it's still crankin' the monkey.

 

[Danoff]

I'm completlely in agreement with that, though I'm suprised you find that, you come across as a very good thinker on here.

It comes from practice. I came close to failing multiple classes when I first arrived at college. I started my engineering major with a C average. By the time I got my degree I had pulled it up to a B average. Grad school was a 4.0 until almost the very end.

Also, I have a lot of trouble thinking on the spot. When I'm giving a technical presentation and I get a question I'm not expecting, my first response is "I don't know". It's not until after I'm finished with my presentation that I realize it was an easy question that I totally knew that answer to.

The same thing happens on GTPlanet in the opinions forum. I get hit with something I hadn't thought of by someone disagreeing with me, it takes me a minute to think about it, and then I'm able to figure out an appropriate response. In real life, it would look much weaker and I'd probably get pounded by someone who could think and respond quickly.

4. I am a tightwad. The only extravagant purchases I make are video game related, and even still, I shudder when I look at the receipt for them. I would never pay $70 for a pair of shoes or $20 for a game console face plate. Or even $30 for a haircut.

I made my wife learn how to cut my hair.

 

[jammyozzy]

1. After looking at Sage's post, I'm now starting to think I have Restless Leg Syndrome. I get a strange burning sensation in my legs almost every evening, especially if I'm sitting at my computer. I put it down to growing pains, and while the most severe pain does seem to coincide with a growth spurt (I'm 16 and pushing 6'3"), I do also have trouble keeping my legs still, and find the 'Sewing Machine Legs' movement or stretching my legs right out does relieve the pain temporarilary. Riding a bike seems to help too.

2. My hearing is very poor in my right ear, and so my left ear has to compensate, creating a 'mono' effect. If there's lots of background noise and someone's talking to me I'll often have trouble understanding what they're saying. I'll hear their voice, but I won't be able to understand the words. I guess it makes me seem dumb sometimes having to ask someone to repeat themselves over and over.

3. I've had 2 girlfriends, both of whom have since left the country. I gave up in the end.

4. When I'm in someone else's house, I have a strange compulsion to tidy everything away, and at school I often find myself arranging my folders, books and pencilcase so they all line up with the edges of the desk. Despite this my room is a complete tip.

5. I was once told by a teacher that I was 'special'.

 

[daan]

1). I'm a Scout Leader.

2). I'm slow - I find thinking tricky - and 3). hopelessly forgetful.

4). I have little interest in big things.

5). Misanthropy: thank you Wolfe, I wondered if there was a word for it. Is it the correct word for me? Possibly, but I'm not sure.

You've just described me too. (Except for the Scout Leader bit.)

So here is my 1)

I have a criminal record. Not Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by Timmy Mallet, or Agadoo by Black Lace, but a real bona fide criminal record (although it has elapsed by now). During my youth, I got caught "borrowing" 2 £3.99 Amstrad CPC 464 computer games from John Menzies (now WHSmiths). I was taken to the office to wait on the police. It was at this point that I noticed that I had picked up 2 the same! What a numptie! I hadn't realised, but they thought I was stealing to order and was going to sell them on! I was then taken the police station to wait for my dad to come and get me. After a swift battering when he got me home, via judicious use of his dreaded slipper, the outcome was a £14 fine which I paid.


And as an adendum to 2).

People will ask me what I think of something, I'll think, and then they'll say, "well?", and anything I had thought of goes right out my head. By the time I've thought of something, the conversation has moved on to something else.

And for 3).

Folk will phone up and say, "This is Bob, can I leave a message for Jim?" I'll take the message no problem, but then I'll have to ask who's calling again. (obviously this only happens if I don't know who it is!)

 

[Zrow]

I made my wife learn how to cut my hair.

Good idea! Even if you look like this.

 

[Keef]

daan, you just reminded me about my "delayed response". I often have to hear things at least twice before I understand what was said. This only happens when a person is talking to me. It could be anyone. It's like I'm always zoned out and daydreaming or not paying attention.

 

[Dave A]

You've just described me too. (Except for the Scout Leader bit.)

So here is my 1)

I have a criminal record. Not Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by Timmy Mallet, or Agadoo by Black Lace, but a real bona fide criminal record (although it has elapsed by now). During my youth, I got caught "borrowing" 2 £3.99 Amstrad CPC 464 computer games from John Menzies (now WHSmiths). I was taken to the office to wait on the police. It was at this point that I noticed that I had picked up 2 the same! What a numptie! I hadn't realised, but they thought I was stealing to order and was going to sell them on! I was then taken the police station to wait for my dad to come and get me. After a swift battering when he got me home, via judicious use of his dreaded slipper, the outcome was a £14 fine which I paid.

Oh you dirty convict you. That's me being a hypocrite. Incidentally I used to have an Amstrad CPC 464 when I was a kid as well, I don't think anyone on here knew that either.

 

[Vonie]

1. I have an addiction to crossing my eyes. If I see a circle, say, on a sign or something, I'll slightly cross my eyes to make it into an eight. Or if I see a rectangle I'll cross my eyes and tilt my head to make it appear as a square. Or, when looking at someone, in person or otherwise, I'll cross my eyes so that they have three eyes. It gets quite annoying when trying to talk to people and I am always playing with my eye's focus. I've become quite good at it, however, scaring my mom a little. It it also annoying when I'm riding in the passenger seat (of almost any car) I figured out that if I focus on the dashboard the double yellow becomes a triple yellow. Now, I can't stop doing it. Not good, especially when driving.

2. I can't, for the life of me, pick up driving a manual. I have tried numerous times on my dad's car and just can't do it. Once I get it rolling I'm fine. However, the few times that it doesn't stall, it's a jerky ride through first gear. One day, I will conquer the manual transmission.

3. I am too obsessive compulsive for my own good. Dust and fingerprints annoy me to no end (I spend hours wiping my iPod's backside) and all windows in a computer have to be maximized (why I'll never buy a Mac). Things have to be neat and organized on the computer (I make too many folders) and I can't delete old stuff (I have work from middle school somewhere). Also, when dark things are in my perihperal vision they piss me off. If I'm working at a table and there is a black peice of paper in the corner of my eye I have to move it; either into plain view or under something.

4. I hate people. I'm not a misanthrope, I have plenty of friends. I just can't stand 90% of people. Also, I'll judge people based on everything; their voice, their car, their clothes, if they have a RAZR (Sorry, Jon), their teeth, their facial hair, their whatever. Fake people, stupid people, too outgoing people, too shy people, annoying people, too mature people, too imature people, the strong majority of the people at school, etc... all piss me off indefinitely. I'm too nice about it, too. I'll still act nice to people I can't stand, it isn't healthy.

5. I'm left-handed, color-blind and Jewish.

I have never had a girlfriend.

Ditto. I&#8217;m not scared of having a girlfriend &#8211; I just happen to be waiting for Ms. Perfect.

Same here, bud.

But we probably shouldn't take this any farther on a pubic board.

HA! HooHoo!

 

[a112]

A slightly offtopic,sorry for that,but did you noticed that the thread is so popular that you can read the last post,refresh the page,and there will mostly be at least one more post. Anyway,it's good to know a few facts about you people,you can't find a thread like this on every forum,that's one of the reasons why GTplanet is such a good community, 👍 for Jordan.

 

[SkylineObsession]

Hmm, mayaswell join the bandwagon;

1. I'm 23 years old and have never had a girlfriend. Closest i've been to one is during compulsuary dancing in High School (about 1997 or so). Not terribly keen on having one because i've seen Dad's and my youngest brothers former girlfriends bludgeon money off them, argue with them and everything else which doesn't interest me.
Of course if the perfect girl came along it would be awesome, but i suspect that she will always be my 'dream' girl (i.e. not exist in real life). I'd rather meet someone who doesn't drink, party, has never had a boyfriend before and so on. Preferably someone who i find attractive (not supermodel attractive, just 'normal' so that every guy under the sun doesn't keep asking her out or whatever).

But yeah, even though i don't really want to be i could very likely just be by myself forever. :/

2. I am insanely obsessed with Nissan Skylines. Do a search for Nissan Skylines on NZ auction website, TradeMe. If i won Lotto i would, in all seriousness, go on a Skyline buying spree on that website and would likely end up buying 20 or more no matter what condition they're in (dependant on how much money i win though).
I definately have plans to buy two more Skylines to accompany my current R32 GTS-4 auto sedan. One being a R32 GTS-25 manual coupe, the other an R32 GT-R. I've also a secondary goal to buy one or more of every R32 model, so GXi, GTE, GTS and GTS-t as well as a track car R32. Have my own Skyline website and am a member of two NZ Skyline clubs, one of which i am the representative for the lower half of the South Island (if the island were split in two). Also have been changing my name from Mustang-man to SkylineObsession everywhere i can on the internet - it was the primary reason i wanted to upgrade to GTP Premium too (as wella s to support the site)!

3. I have big self confidence, confidence, self esteem and other such problems. For instance i sometimes choose not to go on a bike ride incase someone 'sees' me. I have a HUGE issue where i think that everyone is watching me, even if it is clear that i am alone (i.e in the country/at the beach etc) i still think that someone is watching me with binoculars or something. It sometimes makes me do stupid things to 'show off' when in reality i'm probably the only person on the planet who knew what i just did. Like maybe doing a wheelie or stoppie on my mountain bike if i actually ride it, or randomly planting it in whatever car i'm in because i think people might like to hear the sound of that car.

I'm also a worrywart. I'm seriously paranoid about my car - always park in car parks away from most other cars if i can, or in places where there is a wall or something on one side so that people won't hit the car. Even though it isn't worth anything much i'm paranoid that it could be nicked, getting a five star alarm installed tomorrow but i will still worry about it as though there isn't an alarm there at all.

I worry about family members when they are gone a long time or out driving a fair distance. I worry about what is going to happen at the end of my job contract (at the moment it ends at the end of January - but when i had a seven week contract in early November i started worrying on the first week about what i was going to do when it ended).

I have heaps of other problems too, so really need some sort of help but don't knew where to go.

4. I'm not terribly fond of violence of any sort - i even get angry with myself if i get angry! If i kill a spider or even a little ant or borer i feel sorry for it afterwards and think that i should have just tried to get rid of it instead. I don't like arguing or getting very angry at things, i like trying to calmly talk things over instead.

5. I'm the eighteenth registered member on GTPlanet!!!!!! (couldn't resist showing that off again ). Was actually registered in the old MSN chatroomy things before the forum existed, but only posted a couple of times i think. Spent most of my time over at the Granturismo.com forums (GTF) and my forums, which could explain why it took so long for me to register here.

 

[Danoff]

Hmm, mayaswell join the bandwagon;

1. I'm 23 years old and have never had a girlfriend.

I'm noticing a trend. To you guys who have never had a girlfriend, I've noticed that you all say things like "waiting for Miss Perfect" etc. First of all, how do you know if she's Miss Perfect if you don't go after her and find out? When I first met my wife I thought she was probably an airhead. Little did I know she was way smarter than I am.

Secondly, when you do meet Miss Right, how are you going to convince her that you're Mr. Right if you're making all the mistakes that everyone makes during their first few attempts at dating? Experience counts in this arena, and I recommend learning the ropes so that when you're playing for all the marbles, you've got a good fighting chance.

...and it's not like you can't get a girl. You just have to be agressive and give it a shot.

That's my 2 cents.

 

[a112]

2. My hearing is very poor in my right ear, and so my left ear has to compensate, creating a 'mono' effect. If there's lots of background noise and someone's talking to me I'll often have trouble understanding what they're saying. I'll hear their voice, but I won't be able to understand the words. I guess it makes me seem dumb sometimes having to ask someone to repeat themselves over and over.

I have simmilar problem, i can't hear so good sometimes,i think it's beacuse of my musical aspirations,i play drums,my bro plays guitar,when we play,we play loud.He has an 180W amp,in a very small room,then i play louder so i can hear myself.I always listen loud music.Sometimes when people say something,i hear something,than my brain process it a good minute or even more,so i can understand the word finally.
Also,i'm right handed and when i shoot with a rifle(air rifle of course) i'm left handed,my good ear is my left ear,and my good eye is my left eye.

4. When I'm in someone else's house, I have a strange compulsion to tidy everything away, and at school I often find myself arranging my folders, books and pencilcase so they all line up with the edges of the desk. Despite this my room is a complete tip.

Same here,but my room is a total disaster.

3. I am too obsessive compulsive for my own good. Dust and fingerprints annoy me to no end (I spend hours wiping my iPod's backside) and all windows in a computer have to be maximized (why I'll never buy a Mac). Things have to be neat and organized on the computer (I make too many folders) and I can't delete old stuff (I have work from middle school somewhere). Also, when dark things are in my perihperal vision they piss me off. If I'm working at a table and there is a black peice of paper in the corner of my eye I have to move it; either into plain view or under something.

I maximize all things except instant messengers.I also like to multitask things as much as possible,i always open things in new window.