Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

I been lookin' fer one o' thems.

Found it on ebay the first day of April last year.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

'Course in yer part o' the country ya hafta be wary of the 'cow pi.'

Them's good fuel once they dry.

 

[PillO]

If someone was to ask me how to describe thread these days, I'd go:"picture Einstein eating watermelons while driving a convertible sports car with a TBird in the passenger seat".

This thread is unbelievable and as far as I can tell, unique on TB. Love it

 

[Miles_ONeal]

And did it on slide rules...

I started out on those. The first serious, hand-held scientific calculators came out around my freshman year in college. Mainly rich kids had them. The HP was around $800, the TI around $450. In 1973 collars. (Wikipedia claims they were more like $400 and $170, but they were more than that anywhere near Georgia Tech, possibly due to the high demand and lack of internet.) A good slide rule was $20-$30. Dad gave me his, complete with leather holster. That and pages and pages of log tables would help you do almost anything.

 

[TBird1958]

Thunderbird.....Not math.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I started out on those. The first serious, hand-held scientific calculators came out around my freshman year in college. Mainly rich kids had them. The HP was around $800, the TI around $450. In 1973 collars. (Wikipedia claims they were more like $400 and $170, but they were more than that anywhere near Georgia Tech, possibly due to the high demand and lack of internet.) A good slide rule was $20-$30. Dad gave me his, complete with leather holster. That and pages and pages of log tables would help you do almost anything.

Or maybe I'm remembering the metric prices.

 

[TerribleTim68]

Thunderbird.....Not math.

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Tell me more about this one. What is that beautiful wood?!?!?!

 

[fasterpussycat]

I started out on those. The first serious, hand-held scientific calculators came out around my freshman year in college. Mainly rich kids had them. The HP was around $800, the TI around $450, IIRC. In 1973 dollars. A good slide rule was $20-$30. Dad gave me his, complete with leather holster. That and pages and pages of log tables would help you do almost anything.

I won a TI (?) scientific calculator, with 'reverse Polish' notation in a national quiz competition and sold it for enough to buy two Altec 15" drivers (producing my patented 'sound of a thousand razor blades' = lawsuit Ric, valves, meaty MOSfet output stages, and -- I was young and stupid -- a fair bit of mid scoop).

 

[PillO]

Tell me more about this one. What is that beautiful wood?!?!?!

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[PillO]

I won a TI (?) scientific calculator, with 'reverse Polish' notation in a national quiz competition and sold it for enough to buy two Altec 15" drivers (producing my patented 'sound of a thousand razor blades' = lawsuit Ric, valves, meaty MOSfet output stages, and -- I was young and stupid -- a fair bit of mid scoop).

HP - their weird input thing...

 

[RedVee]

AF,s Ba,s bsf bsw KFC n BK
Prefer steak pie.

on March 17 I’ll be looking for a beef n Guinness pie... and a pint of Guinness (or 2)

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I started out on those. The first serious, hand-held scientific calculators came out around my freshman year in college. Mainly rich kids had them. The HP was around $800, the TI around $450. In 1973 collars. (Wikipedia claims they were more like $400 and $170, but they were more than that anywhere near Georgia Tech, possibly due to the high demand and lack of internet.) A good slide rule was $20-$30. Dad gave me his, complete with leather holster. That and pages and pages of log tables would help you do almost anything.

took me through college and still fires up every time...

 

[Nocturnal]

Yeah, I posted a NBD on the book of faces and it turned into a massive neck dive debate. Basically, my theory is, if it bothers you then move on. There’s zero reason to waste time and effort complaining about something you don’t like. Just move along. Alternatively, if you like it then feel free to say so. Personally I’m more of a “form over function” guy so looks are a driving factor in everything I do. I play basses with neck dive, I ride a Harley that has the front forks stretched out to ridiculous lengths, I’m building a Gremlin into a stock car. Sometime you just need to do what makes you smile and if others can’t figure that out then that’s sad for them.

I like the way you think

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Them's good fuel once they dry.

or for growing Psilocybe Mexicana....

 

[dagrev]

IDK, not being a fan of metricness.............

Thank goodness we (USA), didn't make the change we were promised in the '70s. We're safe. I knew metric was just plain dangerous.

 

[dagrev]

If someone was to ask me how to describe thread these days, I'd go:"picture Einstein eating wearing watermelons while driving a convertible sports car with a TBird in the passenger seat".

Now it's a little more accurate!

But great description!

 

[dagrev]

Found it on ebay the first day of April last year.

 

[Bassmike62]

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Now it's a little more accurate!

But great description!

Oh, you guys....

 

[Bassmike62]

Thunderbird.....Not math.

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As Jack Nicholson's Joker said about Michael Keaton's Batman gadgets, where do you get those wonderful toys ? As the one posted lasted week, this is a beaut !!

 

[MCF]

If someone was to ask me how to describe thread these days, I'd go:"picture Einstein eating watermelons while driving a convertible sports car with a TBird in the passenger seat".

This thread is unbelievable and as far as I can tell, unique on TB. Love it

Still miss Christine on here though.