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GimpyJoe

Thu Mar 16 2006, 01:43AM

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Nice, EVR. The reason I started playing guitar was because I couldn't skate and guitar was the only other way to get the girls

Tipp

Thu Mar 16 2006, 01:58AM

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^^ I played Blackbird [by the Beetles] in front of a huge crowd last year at a music fest at school. Scary?! YEAH!!! Specially cause I was on acoustic and I kept 'thinking' I messed up when in fact I didn't...ah....totally wild...Feels so weird hearing yourself through a set of speakers instead of the little hole in your guitar

People said I sounded awesome, though

. It's all in the fingers... Now I'm sitting here playing Pirates of the Caribbean on my guitar...Addictive

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And I'm 14 and 15 In 3 days, suprised how much 'genius' 15-16-17 Y olds are here.

"Its better then being drunk and smoking pot" <-- My dad after I bought 80$ worth of stuff at surplus store

I'd much rather be doing this stuff then wasting my life away, which is what I tell my parents when they tell me 'No! You can't buy that 50$ thingamabob!!'

Sam

Thu Mar 16 2006, 02:36AM

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'No! You can't buy that 50$ thingamabob!!'

HAHAHAHAHA! I hear that soo much!

ragnar

Thu Mar 16 2006, 08:19AM

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Simon wrote ...

BP, a fascinating hobby for the analytical, technical mind on a public toilet seat is to work out how to remove the toilet rolls from their holders. Sometimes it's straightforward but other holders are really elaborate and tools are sometimes required, to stop idiots stealing the paper I suppose. Of course, anyone intelligent enough to work out how to remove the paper probably won't want to keep it.

Public toilet? No thanks! :P

Michael W.

Thu Mar 16 2006, 04:02PM

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How many people (probably people in highschool) actually have a friend or firends that like HV or electronics? It seems that people like us are hard to come across....I've never met anyone that shares my intrests in person...

HV Enthusiast

Thu Mar 16 2006, 04:21PM

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i have two friends that live close by interested in hv and tesla coils . . .

Alfons

Thu Mar 16 2006, 07:14PM

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Ok; I'll also introduce myself...

I'm Alfons, 17 years old (becoming 18 in May) and I'm living in Flanders, Belgium.

I have been interested in 'devices' since I was 5 or 6 years old (used to try to open every electronic device I came accross), but real interest in electronics didn't show up untill I was 13 or 14 years old.
I have been fascinated by computers since I was 14 too, so that's another thing I like to play with.

I have played the guitar for about 3 years, but I stopped taking courses a year ago. I still play, though.

I'm also a member of VVKSM ("Vlaams Verbond voor Katholieke Scouts en Meisjesgidsen"="Flemish Union of Catholic Scouts and Female Guides", although the organisation will stop being officially catholic in 2007), the Flemish form of scouting, (both for males and females) and I am "leader" (don't know how such a thing is called in English) of the 8- to 11-year olds. (called "Welpen" = Cubs)

So basically my main interests include various sciences including Biology and Physics, Computer stuff, Music and Scouting. Oh yes, and I enjoy reading too.

uzzors2k

Thu Mar 16 2006, 08:22PM

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ForceLabs wrote ...

How many people (probably people in highschool) actually have a friend or firends that like HV or electronics? It seems that people like us are hard to come across....I've never met anyone that shares my intrests in person...

I haven't come across anyone either, but then again I've never gone "public" with my electronics addiction. Who knows, maybe there are some closer than I think!

Hazmatt_(The Underdog)

Thu Mar 16 2006, 09:18PM

Registered Member #135 Joined: Sat Feb 11 2006, 12:06AM
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ForceLabs,

When I was in highschool way back when ('94-'97) I knew maybe 100 other students and had maybe 6 close friends but nobody was really interested to the point where they had any insights or suggestions on improvements. They were more interested in themselves/college plans/ and my friends for the most part just got together and played some DnD. I wasn't really into it as far as making characters and stories or whatnot, I just didn't want to be left out as usual.

When I got into EE at college I started to find how little everyone knew in comparison. Now this isn't the case for everyone, most of the guys who are really into EE at college are really into digital. So in that regard, my experience in comparison to their expertise in digital is a level playing field, or they have the advantage.
What I'm trying to say is that playing with HV is rare too where I'm at. I'm probably the only one at CSULB that does this at a research level, or at all. Most other students I'm pretty sure work with 110 topps.
I think this is really unfortunate too because I'm finializing the design on a 1KW coil and they could get some real practical experience.

I guess I'm just an oddball, and everyone says I'm crazy, which I guess is partly true. The best proof of that I could give you is that I should be a power engineer playing with the power toys and big arcs, but insted I'm going for controls. It's sorta like living a double life.

Steve Conner

Fri Mar 17 2006, 11:22AM

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My electronics addiction

I wish people would stop talking about this like it was something bad they should be trying to hide. Being good at engineering and building things is a talent that you should be proud of. Our whole modern society runs on electronics and clever machines, and if it wasn't for people like us, we would still be walking to work, washing our clothes in the river, and watching TV in the dark because we had no electricity. People like to have their XBoxes and video mobile phones, but they don't appreciate the people who actually make them and write the programs for them, which I think is sad. Organisations like 4hv and the Geek Group are a big step in the right direction IMO.

I only knew one or two people who were interested in electronics the whole time I was at high school and university. I met most of them through the ham radio club I went to at school. Most of the EE students at uni weren't actually that interested on a practical level, although I knew a couple who actually liked building things. As far as I know, neither ended up actually working as an EE.

Since I got into HV, I have got to meet a bunch more people like Alan Sharp, Richie Burnett, and Finn Hammer, who are just as mad about it as me if not more.

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