In article , Bay Area Dave wrote:
Doug, thanks for taking the time to answer my long list of "nosy"
questions. g Not being creative is my biggest disappointment. Like
my folks I can't sing or paint, but I did have a blast playing guitar
(clumsily) in a "rock and roll" band in the 60's. We weren't well known
beyond our area, but we enjoyed the heck out of playing, even in our
somewhat inept manner.

You did better than I did. I tried learning to play guitar my sophomore year
of high school. The only thing that kept me from being a complete failure at
it was that eight years of piano lessons had taught me _real_ well how to read
music. To call me a clumsy, inept guitarist would be a kindness.

I can see why programming would be the logical choice for someone with
above average intelligence and a great grasp of logic.

The odd thing there is that I got started in it almost by chance. I took a
programming course my senior year of HS because a couple of friends had taken
it the year before and said it was fun. I thought so too, so I took more
programming classes in college, more for the fun of it than anything else. I
started college as a chemistry major, planning to be a chemist or chemical
engineer. Eventually it dawned on me that I was making better grades in the
math and computer science courses, working only a fourth as hard, and enjoying
it twice as much, so I changed majors. About six months after that, I realized
that I could actually get paid real money for writing software.

I've got an
adult son who is smarter than me; guess what field he gravitated to, by
age 8?

The same, I suppose? What exactly is he doing?

I'm impressed by anyone who has their act together and treats everyone
well, even when things aren't going their way.

I try. Don't always succeed.

table tennis, which I always called Ping Pong.

The difference is about 50 mph. :-)

I remember playing
on a regular dining table, which was way under regulation size. Trying
to keep the ball from sailing over the far edge was tough for an
uncoordinated kid of 11. I did better with bowling, although I whacked
my left shin at the foul line more than a couple of times with the ball.

Been there, done that. I bowl poorly (average around 100). Best game ever was
142.

I also launched it backwards once or twice. Breaking 200 was fun when
it happened. Played on a champion Little League team one year. We won
because we practiced SEVEN days a week for the entire season. That was a
memory to last me a lifetime. I recently ran across some of the
pictures of my team and our "World Series" game that my dad took back in
'61. Scanned in to my pc so I'll have my own copies to look at "whenever".

Cool. I've always enjoyed baseball, both as a participant and a spectator.
Don't play it real well, though, and never did. I used to be able to throw
hard, and I can still throw a curve, for whatever little that might be worth.
My older son shows some promise, though. Not yet sixteen, and he throws just a
squeak under 70mph, and pretty accurately, too. And two years ago in a Little
League game, he hit a home run to straightaway center field (320 ft) that
cleared the fence by a good 35 or 40 feet.

Sheesh, this is starting to smack of "diary" material! Forgive my
rambling...

No prob.

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I'll respond inline for a change...

Doug Miller wrote:

snip

I've got an
adult son who is smarter than me; guess what field he gravitated to, by
age 8?


The same, I suppose? What exactly is he doing?

He got interested in pc's when I began dabbling in them in 85. I used
my pc in my business from 85 to 88 and then brought it home when I sold
my business. My kid started tinkering on our AT&T 6300; no mouse; no
color; no Windoze...I could tell right away that he'd found his niche.
He's trying to get a consulting business off the ground, but I'd prefer
to see him go to work at a large or medium company first. He was
getting set to graduate with good grades when an illness set him back,
so he is in the process of thinking of rescheduling the last couple of
senior classes that he muffed so he can get his sheepskin. Whenever we
get together he talks WAY over my wife's and my head, but we nod
knowingly like we understand every word. g Wish he were more rounded;
ALL he talks about is technology. But he's my kid, so I love him!





I'm impressed by anyone who has their act together and treats everyone
well, even when things aren't going their way.


I try. Don't always succeed.

Me either g

table tennis, which I always called Ping Pong.


The difference is about 50 mph. :-)

Like in Forrest Gump?

I remember playing
on a regular dining table, which was way under regulation size. Trying
to keep the ball from sailing over the far edge was tough for an
uncoordinated kid of 11. I did better with bowling, although I whacked
my left shin at the foul line more than a couple of times with the ball.


Been there, done that. I bowl poorly (average around 100). Best game ever was
142.

My bowling days are over due to the same thing that forced me to sell my
business; a ruptured disk. Followed by another one 7 years later.
The worst position I can get into is putting my arms straight over my
head. Extending my arms straight out or up, with weight on them puts on
heck of a strain on my neck. Boy is 3/4" MDF a bear to work with!



Cool. I've always enjoyed baseball, both as a participant and a spectator.
Don't play it real well, though, and never did. I used to be able to throw
hard, and I can still throw a curve, for whatever little that might be worth.
My older son shows some promise, though. Not yet sixteen, and he throws just a
squeak under 70mph, and pretty accurately, too. And two years ago in a Little
League game, he hit a home run to straightaway center field (320 ft) that
cleared the fence by a good 35 or 40 feet.

There isn't much in sports I've played that is more satisfying than
connecting with a fast ball and watching it fly over the outfielders
heads! Bowling a bunch of strikes in a row is cool, but taking a good
cut with a WOODEN bat is something no kid forgets. Now they use those
silly sounding metal bats. Yecch!

Sheesh, this is starting to smack of "diary" material! Forgive my
rambling...


No prob.

Thanks for indulging me!

dave

you really have to wonder what goes through the mind of an idiot like this.
One things for sure - he's why incest is illegal
"Silvan" wrote in message
...
Ken in Canada wrote:

BTW.... who is this idiot that keeps mucking up the group with these
porn
crap headers? If i wanted to see this stuff I can go to any number of
newsgroups. Any way we can prevent or get rid of this junk?

No. Not unless we find him and kill him. No amount of abuse reporting
etc.
will get rid of him, because he always finds some new server somewhere
eventually. He has evidently changed ISPs at least twice as well. All
this for the express purpose of annoying this group. He really needs to
get a life. Maybe someone should teach him how to masturbate or
something,
so he has a better way to spend his time.

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I kind of wonder whether you are the troll dave
"Bay Area Dave" wrote in message
om...
I KNEW that would be your response, too. As soon as I wrote it, I
thought, "Doug is just going to tell me he was messin' with me." Was I
right, or was I right?

So do you find it frustrating to be smarter than most of humanity? Bet
you get sick of dealing with us dummies all the time. Is your family
and friends all on the brighter side? Ever met anyone who intimidated
you with their intelligence and knowledge? Have you ever patented
anything? Do you have artistic ability also? Sure wish I had some;
I've been struggling to get that darn quilt rack pattern finished so I
can start cutting up some oak... (I managed to get this sucker on
topic, FINALLY! )

dave

Doug Miller wrote:

In article , Bay Area
Dave wrote:

Doug, don't be so serious all the time. I was jerking your chain.
couldn't you tell by the "I couldn't resist..." comment?



And I was jerking your chain, Dave. Guess I should've put a smiley on
it, huh?


dave

Doug Miller wrote:


In article , Bay Area
Dave

wrote:

oh, kinda like YOU?? (I couldn't resist, Doug!)

But now I have an explanation for your superior attitude. Have you
ever
entered a conversation on ANY topic that you didn't know more about
than
anyone you've met?


It's really too bad that you envy me so much that the only way you can
build
yourself up is by tearing me down.


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To be more accurate, it means scoring better than or equal to 98 percent.

Glen

"Doug Miller" wrote


Scoring at the 98th percentile means outscoring 98 percent of your
fellows,

Damned if i know wrote:
I kind of wonder whether you are the troll dave

A couple of months back, there was a thread called "BAD is a troll."

Therefore, he must be. I read it on the Internet so it must be right.

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In article , Bay Area Dave wrote:
[snip]

table tennis, which I always called Ping Pong.

The difference is about 50 mph. :-)

Like in Forrest Gump?

Yep.

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gee, I "kind of wonder" whether your parents had any intelligent kids.

(don't bother to answer, as you wouldn't have the capability of
formulating a coherent answer. Go back to banging your head against a
brick wall until I tell you to stop.)

dave

Damned if i know wrote:

I kind of wonder whether you are the troll dave
"Bay Area Dave" wrote in message
om...

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:03:08 GMT, Tom Watson
wrote:

?

Exactly (and succintly put).

If it's "about one in 50", why raise the issue of one pass in many
tests ?

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 22:02:32 GMT, Dave in Fairfax
wrote:

It isn't any differrent. Only decent peson I met there was a mechanic.
the rest were a waste of skin.

_Nobody_ is a waste of skin.

Imagine the mess they'd make without it.

In article , Andy Dingley wrote:
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:03:08 GMT, Tom Watson
wrote:

?

Exactly (and succintly put).

If it's "about one in 50", why raise the issue of one pass in many
tests ?

The fact that one score at the 98th percentile, regardless of the number of
attempts, qualifies one, is the reason that the qualifiers are "about" one in
50 instead of *exactly* one in 50.

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Andy Dingley wrote:
_Nobody_ is a waste of skin.
Imagine the mess they'd make without it.

You forget, I'm a nurse. I've seen de-gloving and major burns. I've
worked ER and seen terminal road rash. They were a waste of skin.
Dave in Fairfax
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:27:25 -0500, Silvan wrote:

Ken in Canada wrote:

BTW.... who is this idiot that keeps mucking up the group with these porn
crap headers? If i wanted to see this stuff I can go to any number of
newsgroups. Any way we can prevent or get rid of this junk?

No. Not unless we find him and kill him. No amount of abuse reporting etc.
will get rid of him, because he always finds some new server somewhere
eventually. He has evidently changed ISPs at least twice as well.

One day he will post from an ISP where a regular reader of this ng
works or someone knows someone who works at the ISP. Then expect an
anonymous post giving the saddo's name and address

All
this for the express purpose of annoying this group. He really needs to
get a life. Maybe someone should teach him how to masturbate or something,
so he has a better way to spend his time.

He spends all his spare time choking the chicken, don't encourage it!
The only thing that surprises me is that with his blindness and hairy
palms he can still manage to post

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