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[Duleigh]

No, she hated my dog, she sent Sugar packing too. But she did keep my cat. I've never had a mouser quite that good since.

 

[MisterWildCard]

Got to the 8000 word mark today on my submission for this year, "An Ellwood College Story: Pixels & Pages". Feeling really good about it.

 

[MisterWildCard]

And while folks are talking about Discworld, I'll just cast my vote for THUD! as being my personal favorite out of that series.

 

[Duleigh]

And while folks are talking about Discworld, I'll just cast my vote for THUD! as being my personal favorite out of that series.

I love the early Guard stories and UU stories

 

[MisterWildCard]

I love the early Guard stories and UU stories

GUARDS! GUARDS! was the one that fully pulled me into the series, and keep going back and forth between Sam Vines and Granny Weatherwax as being my favorite overall Discworld character.

 

[Blind_Justice]

Not exactly a Discworld novel, but Good Omens is the book that I read at least once a year, still marvelling about how timeless some of the references are. Especially those in regards to corporate greed.

 

[Voboy]

Not exactly a Discworld novel, but Good Omens is the book that I read at least once a year, still marvelling about how timeless some of the references are. Especially those in regards to corporate greed.

It's a truly great book.

 

[Duleigh]

It's a very good book but every time I read it I can see PTerry's contribution and Guiman's contribution and I just like PTerry's prose better.
It must be from working around those nukes.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

It's a very good book but every time I read it I can see PTerry's contribution and Guiman's contribution and I just like PTerry's prose better.
It must be from working around those nukes.

That's impressive, given Pterry and Gaiman said they couldn't tell whose sentences were whose by the time they finished it, not to mention years later.

It'll be interesting to see how the sequel series compares, once Gaiman and friends get it released this summer. Brave guy - everyone's going to be comparing it to the original forever, no matter that most of the plot points were created with Pterry years ago.

 

[Voboy]

I read Good Omens before I'd even heard of Gaiman, so all his subsequent stuff has been a narrative disappointment to me. Good Omens strikes me as a VERY Pterry book, but I too am familiar with the quote saying they themselves couldn't tell the difference.

 

[MisterWildCard]

Not exactly a Discworld novel, but Good Omens is the book that I read at least once a year, still marvelling about how timeless some of the references are. Especially those in regards to corporate greed.

I consider myself deeply fortunate to own a first edition hardback of Good Omens that I was able to get personally signed by both Pratchett and Gaiman.

 

[gunhilltrain]

That's pretty much how mine went, we're still friends, but I really miss that truck.

Since you've mentioned it a couple of times, could you tell us what brand of truck it was?

A brief digression on marriages: I suppose I missed some red flags at the beginning, but I had some of my own. We all have them, I guess. Now I realize how far we've drifted from Geek Pride.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Got to the 8000 word mark today on my submission for this year, "An Ellwood College Story: Pixels & Pages". Feeling really good about it.

Okay, this is better; a chance for more self-promotion. I have finished a draft with about 11,500 words. Probably it's going to be close to the final story. I'm not going to give away the title or other details. I suppose I feel good about it because I had no idea of what to do until the end of February.

 

[Rustyoznail]

I've started on an idea. I have no idea where it's going, who's in it, or what category it will be in. I'm hoping to have it finished in time.

It does have a Haptic suit, an Omni-directional treadmill, and an open world game.

 

[Voboy]

Well, mine's got clones. Lots of clones.

Yay clones.

 

[Duleigh]

Since you've mentioned it a couple of times, could you tell us what brand of truck it was?

She was an immaculate 1978 GMC Sierra pickup, utility white with a camper style cap, a 250ci straight 6 engine and a three on the tree column shift transmission, factory AM radio with an FM converter. Not a speck of fabric in the cab, I could take the kids camping, hop in the cab and get mud every where then when we get home just open both doors and clean the cab out with a hose... a TRUCK! You can't get anything like that any more

She is an MC in We're a Wonderful Wife chapters 1 thru 14, her name was Gertie

 

[gunhilltrain]

She was an immaculate 1978 GMC Sierra pickup, utility white with a camper style cap, a 250ci straight 6 engine and a three on the tree column shift transmission, factory AM radio with an FM converter. Not a speck of fabric in the cab, I could take the kids camping, hop in the cab and get mud every where then when we get home just open both doors and clean the cab out with a hose... a TRUCK! You can't get anything like that any more

She is an MC in We're a Wonderful Wife chapters 1 thru 14, her name was Gertie

I've never owned a pickup, or even driven one. I guess it looked at bit like this, although this one seems to have cloth seats?

So Gertie was the truck, not your ex-wife. The only vehicle I ever named was my dad's 1974 Oldsmobile Delta 88, which I called The Blue Whale.

https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/features/car-of-the-week-1978-gmc-sierra-classic

 

[Duleigh]

Gertie (Gertrude) was my Grandmother's name, my kids named the GMC after her because it was the only name they liked that started with a G.
That truck is a short bed (6 foot) mine was full bed, big enough to haul a 4 X 8 sheet of plywood

This one is similar to my dad's truck but he didn't jack the wheels up. Mine would look the same but all white, it was built for "utilities" - companies that bought hundreds of trucks

(and yes, I proudly come from a very long line of New York rednecks)

 

[gunhilltrain]

Gertie (Gertrude) was my Grandmother's name, my kids named the GMC after her because it was the only name they liked that started with a G.
That truck is a short bed (6 foot) mine was full bed, big enough to haul a 4 X 8 sheet of plywood

This one is similar to my dad's truck but he didn't jack the wheels up. Mine would look the same but all white, it was built for "utilities" - companies that bought hundreds of trucks

(and yes, I proudly come from a very long line of New York rednecks)

Maybe AH should stand for Automotive Hangout. I was tempted to go on about this, but I should rein myself in. I guess there could be a Geek Pride story dealing with vehicles. Maybe we'll inspire somebody who is looking for an idea. I mean, camper type caps, camper trailers, motor homes - lots of possibilities there.

Since you mentioned it, you must mean New York State rednecks?

 

[Duleigh]

I guess there could be a Geek Pride story dealing with vehicles.

Good Idea, gear heads can be considered geeks by everyone but themselves

you must mean New York State rednecks?

No, New York Rednecks, as apposed to New York City Rednecks which I don't think exist. Don't forget, we have an NFL team up there that's pretty redneck. Sadly, New York City cheers on two teams in New Jersey.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Good Idea, gear heads can be considered geeks by everyone but themselves



No, New York Rednecks, as apposed to New York City Rednecks which I don't think exist. Don't forget, we have an NFL team up there that's pretty redneck. Sadly, New York City cheers on two teams in New Jersey.

Yes, I highly doubted that anybody in the city could be called a redneck. As for teams in New Jersey; baseball teams, football teams. etc - they move so often, change their names, that it's hard to care now or even keep track of them. It probably started when the Boston Braves moved to Milwaukee, but that wasn't good enough for them, so they went to Atlanta. Since then, it's been constant. I'd have to look up where the Raiders are now. Fortunately, cities are starting to wise up and now resist being blackmailed for whatever new venue a team wants.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Maybe AH should stand for Automotive Hangout. I was tempted to go on about this, but I should rein myself in. I guess there could be a Geek Pride story dealing with vehicles. Maybe we'll inspire somebody who is looking for an idea. I mean, camper type caps, camper trailers, motor homes - lots of possibilities there.

I don't know if working on a car is truly geeky - unless you're into tuning high tech turboed Japanese machines.

So far my stories have included a Plymouth Fury, a Morris Minor van, an early 80s Range Rover, and a Suzuki Sierra.

 

[Duleigh]

So far my stories have included a Plymouth Fury, a Morris Minor van, an early 80s Range Rover, and a Suzuki Sierra.

I haven't had the opportunity to deal with the Morris Minor, Range Rover, and didn't know that the Suzuki Sierra existed, but I have had intimate dealings with a 1970 Plymouth Fury III with the Police Interceptor package. It was the absolute worst car to allow a teenager to drive but my buddy Dago Steve not only drove one but he actually owned it. That thing wallowed like a lake freighter at anchor in a gale and was almost as big. It could easily handle 6 teenage boy and all the camping gear and beer they would need for a weekend in the woods.

The Mighty Mopar had an engine hood (bonnet?) that was big enough to land aircraft if we rigged an arresting cable.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I haven't had the opportunity to deal with the Morris Minor, Range Rover, and didn't know that the Suzuki Sierra existed, but I have had intimate dealings with a 1970 Plymouth Fury III with the Police Interceptor package. It was the absolute worst car to allow a teenager to drive but my buddy Dago Steve not only drove one but he actually owned it. That thing wallowed like a lake freighter at anchor in a gale and was almost as big. It could easily handle 6 teenage boy and all the camping gear and beer they would need for a weekend in the woods.

The Mighty Mopar had an engine hood (bonnet?) that was big enough to land aircraft if we rigged an arresting cable.

Merely having heard of defunct British brands, and certainly owning one today (repairing one must be a nightmare) is geeky. I can remember seeing Humbers and Hillmans when I was a kid, although I believe imports of them had already ended. There was a Rover sedan model around, plus MG and Triumph sports cars. I don't specifically remember a Morris Minor.

In one of my stories the MMC owns a 1973 Austin Marina in 1978 (it was so cheap to buy!) and his new girlfriend finds that quite amusing. In another story, set in 1974, a guy's girlfriend is swept away by an older guy who picks her off the street in his Triumph Stag convertible.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I haven't had the opportunity to deal with the Morris Minor, Range Rover, and didn't know that the Suzuki Sierra existed, but I have had intimate dealings with a 1970 Plymouth Fury III with the Police Interceptor package. It was the absolute worst car to allow a teenager to drive but my buddy Dago Steve not only drove one but he actually owned it. That thing wallowed like a lake freighter at anchor in a gale and was almost as big. It could easily handle 6 teenage boy and all the camping gear and beer they would need for a weekend in the woods.

The Mighty Mopar had an engine hood (bonnet?) that was big enough to land aircraft if we rigged an arresting cable.

The first car I ever drove was my dad's 1968 Pontiac Bonneville, which was probably about the size of a Fury. I was extremely wide and low, and thus difficult to maneuver in city streets. I then went to a driving school which had Dodge Dart sedans, which felt like a sports car compared to the Bonneville. Try driving the latter on the FDR/East River Drive.