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a geek named Bob

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44. My wife is cool with my experiments...

Sun Dec 9, 2012, 06:47 PM

Dec 2012

As long as I maintain safety protocols (no plastique in the house, etc...)

The hard part is one of the people on our block (WAY up the hill) feels that my experimenting "sets the wrong tone for the community." My neighbors, on the other hand, say I sound like Macgyver with a hipper sound track.

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The Planet Does Not Need More Successful People [View all] trailmonkee Dec 2012 OP

Arrrgh, can't I be both? Bicoastal Dec 2012 #1

Depends on your definition of successful AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #5

So... you're saying we need marching bands? a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #11

Trouble, oh we got trouble AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #13

Well said! a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #15

Planning to do that myself AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #16

Physics is a blast - literally, in some cases... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #17

My hat's off to engineers/physicists AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #18

Keep at it... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #19

About 9 hours AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #24

The new series works perfectly a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #26

I have a son who has returned to college SheilaT Dec 2012 #20

I'm thinking of getting that triple engineering, and then going for applied physics a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #22

Where are you? What university? SheilaT Dec 2012 #25

I'm in CT... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #27

Bleck Nanotech AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #29

remediation and re-use of pollution is my goal... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #30

No Doubt AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #35

At the very least... it gives us new puzzles! a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #36

You sound like Mr. Holmes! AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #40

Thank you for the compliment! a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #45

Christian Friedrich Schönbein's wife was also nervous about his home experiments FarCenter Dec 2012 #38

My wife is cool with my experiments... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #44

One of my favorite movies! Some of the best movie songs ever. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #21

Sure - but there's no need to be a pirate over it! n/t whopis01 Dec 2012 #51

K&R AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #2

I guess the Dalai Lama is my model for what a human can and should be. Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #3

One of my heros as well..... Magoo48 Dec 2012 #7

Yes, we need to view success as other than treestar Dec 2012 #4

I believe he would tell you that society wouldnt have failures if it didnt have successes. rhett o rick Dec 2012 #6

I wil ltry to make a hobbit of it! whistler162 Dec 2012 #58

Please explain. Is it a Harry Potter reference? nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #59

Success can be defined in many ways BainsBane Dec 2012 #8

We desperately need a redefinition of 'success'. gtar100 Dec 2012 #9

I hear you! defacto7 Dec 2012 #32

well said. XtopherXtopher Dec 2012 #46

Anyone who 'needs' material excess... pbrower2a Dec 2012 #53

+1 trailmonkee Dec 2012 #55

Very well said. You remind me of a quote from Obama's book: freshwest Dec 2012 #60

It would be easier to just adieu Dec 2012 #10

A Facebook world then? AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #14

Facebook? defacto7 Dec 2012 #31

"correct" definition? a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #34

Yep AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #37

I guess I too have a different definition of "successful," and "friends" a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #39

What's her number???? AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #42

The last I heard, she had "a change of mind,"... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #48

oh yes... handmade34 Dec 2012 #12

great man parisordi Dec 2012 #23

Successful man nt Xipe Totec Dec 2012 #28

Peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers ARE successful. progressoid Dec 2012 #33

Wouldn't being any of those things be successful? liberal N proud Dec 2012 #41

A google search attributes this to David Orr. What it the truth? Nt Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #43

A QUOTE WAS MISATTRIBUTED ON THE INTERNET?!? Bicoastal Dec 2012 #47

That such a thing could happen on the internet... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #49

The world needs more spectacularly wealthy spiritual leaders Orrex Dec 2012 #50

I guess I don't accept the implied definition of success enough to agree. TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #52

100 Rec's HCE SuiGeneris Dec 2012 #54

The Dali Lama's actual words used quatation marks around 'successful people' Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #56

K&R JDPriestly Dec 2012 #57

Peacemakers, healers, etc. are the most successful people...IMO. nt MADem Dec 2012 #61