OT: Geek Garb: Equalizer T-shirt

[Shannon Parks]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/8a5b/?cpg=cj

[TomMcNally]

There is a company here in New Jersey that makes
broadcast equipment - they had a console with a
set of 3 nice stereo LED VU Meters with orange - yellow - red
vertical bars (kinda like the TShirt)

At an NAB convention back in the 80's - they had
a huge plexiglass replica of the meter with the
bars painted on in black, with their logo, etc ...
the plexiglass was a huge bin with sections, about
6 feet wide and 2 feet high ... the colors were about
200 pounds of orange, yellow and red jelly beans.

Talk about a cool attraction.

[EWBrown]

Neat idea, but don't wear it out in the rain, or while working up a heavy duty sweat at the gym, could lead to a shocking surprise...

I dunno just how machine-washable these would be, but then a true-blue "geek" (like some of the software types I knew at DEC, some of those fine folks were straight off the Star Wars "Cantins" scene) usually doesn't let a little personal hygeine get in the way of a good time, anyhoo. Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_08 Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_02 Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_04 :o Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_09 :parp:

Don't wear one of these to a UFO convention, it could lead to being abducted and "probed" in a most unkind way :o Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_09

/ed B in NH

[Ty_Bower]

Probably not a good idea to wear it to the airport, either...

[Slartibartfast]

I dunno just how machine-washable these would be, but then a true-blue "geek" (like some of the software types I knew at DEC, some of those fine folks were straight off the Star Wars "Cantins" scene) usually doesn't let a little personal hygeine get in the way of a good time, anyhoo. Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_08 Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_02 Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_04 :o Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_09 :parp:



/ed B in NH

Speaking of malodorous coworkers, there was this programmer, older guy (in his 50s, not some college grad geek) who came in early and stayed late. Oh and he rarely bathed. This guy smelled bad. One day he smelled so bad, the manager told him to go home and not come back, until he had a bath! :o

[EWBrown]

We had one "software type" in my group at DEC, in the late 80s, early 90s, and , just for protection of his anonymity, I'll just refer to him as "Chuckie".

Chuckie was in his mid-20s, possessed an IQ at levels "off the scale", and probably could think most Mensans under the table. He had very long black hair, all the way down to his backside, and was as skinny as a toothpick, and had boundless "nervous energy" in the form of a very high metabolism . Never drank any "adult beverages", never smoked anything, legal or illegal, never did any other "recreational" substances. Never did any "mind altering" substances, and he definitely didn't need any to help him down life's rocky road... Lived on Coca-Cola, cheezeburgers, french fries and Hershey's bars, and the occasinal "garbage can" pizza, and his accelerated metabolism prevented accumulation of any discernable adipose tissue, the lucky bustard...
He was also never sick a day in his life, apparently no self-respecting bacteria or virus dared invade that particular body...

Even in the near-arctic winters of NH, Chuckie wore shorts and t-shirt, 365 days a year, and must have had the world's largest collection of black "concert" t-shirts. In a nutshell, Chuckie lived in his own universe and dimension, a galactic federation of one...

Only downside was Chuckie must have had a severe allergy to hot water and soap, he just plain stunk out loud, though he apparently did some mysterious form of cleansing on weekends, as mondays the BO wasn't too bad, but by friday, he could stink a buzzard off a gut wagon, and drive flies away :o Bigfoot / Sasquatch, AKA "the skunk ape" had nothin' on good ole Chuckie...

Since he spent about 99% of his workday squirreled away in some deep dark recess of the computer lab, far from mst folks' olfactory senses, his unique ripeness, which rivaled that of aged Limburger cheese, was somehow tolerated.

Yes, they walk the earth.... :o Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_07 Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_11

/ed B in NH