When men give you too much attention at a range

[Kate]

Remember the finger command and .plan files? Ah the good old days.

Here's one: grep -x '[kate]\{4\}' /usr/dict/share/words
This command will show you all the words that can be spelled using the letters in your name.

I am not so sure those days were all that "Good" but when I moved to VAXen in the 80s, I did miss the Vi editor for many years...

As for your grep command, I am well and truly impressed!!

Katie

[HKAllTheThings]

Did you just assume their gender? Big mistake

[Gun Kraft]

I am not so sure those days were all that "Good" but when I moved to VAXen in the 80s, I did miss the Vi editor for many years...

I think the "good old days" were good not because of the specific activity, but because you were young, everything was new and the future had unknown potential.

Did you just assume their gender? Big mistake

Did you think I was trying to hit on Kate? Your mistake. On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog.

[Kate]

I think the "good old days" were good not because of the specific activity, but because you were young, everything was new and the future had unknown potential.

Did you think I was trying to hit on Kate? Your mistake. On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog.

I did not think that. Just to be clear.

In every case, I am way to old to be hit upon. I am NOT too old to enjoy fun Nerd banter! And, without giving away too much detail, having attended the University of California, who thinks they _invented_ UNIX, I DID have to implement all of UNIX as defined in the 1973 Bell Systems Technical Journal in assembly as part of a class in graduate school, just a couple of years after it was published...

But I think I have strayed so far, that I am in danger of this thread being moved to OT...



Katie

[PoorRichRichard]

OP- you obviously picked well you lucky bastard.

[hunterb]

GREAT STORY OP!! Love it! I can just imagine the ego’s deflating!
And, “I thought this was a high power match...”. Lolol.

[Gun Kraft]

I did not think that. Just to be clear.

Kinda sad we both have to clarify this to a third party, but it's easy to misinterpret stuff online.

I am NOT too old to enjoy fun Nerd banter!

Not nerd, geek! On the west coast computer geeks look down on nerds. On the east coast computer nerds scoff at geeks. I proudly self-identify as a computer geek. I went to Uncle Charley's Summer Camp.

Yes, we'll end the thread hijacking here.

[BadKitty]

Remember the finger command and .plan files? Ah the good old days.

Here's one: grep -x '[kate]\{4\}' /usr/dict/share/words
This command will show you all the words that can be spelled using the letters in your name.

And, without giving away too much detail, having attended the University of California, who thinks they _invented_ UNIX, I DID have to implement all of UNIX as defined in the 1973 Bell Systems Technical Journal in assembly as part of a class in graduate school, just a couple of years after it was published...

You two are obviously 31337

[CheapBloke]

Any time a female engages in a traditionally male dominated activity there will be guys attracted like moths to a flame..

[Gun Kraft]

Yea, I tried doing something in a female dominated activity...

Okay, I can't resist sharing this one. Back in the mid-90's I bought a sewing machine and learned how to sew clothes. So there I am a relatively young male sitting in a room full of middle aged women. We're all busy sewing away and they're chatting about using AOL and trying to log on/use the internet. I stay silent but it was a very surreal experience as a computer geek learning how to sew hearing a sewing circle talking about learning how to use computers.

[Kate]

Okay, I can't resist sharing this one. Back in the mid-90's I bought a sewing machine and learned how to sew clothes. So there I am a relatively young male sitting in a room full of middle aged women. We're all busy sewing away and they're chatting about using AOL and trying to log on/use the internet. I stay silent but it was a very surreal experience as a computer geek learning how to sew hearing a sewing circle talking about learning how to use computers.

Highly efficient: Learning two topics at one time!

[emtmark]

I did not think that. Just to be clear.



In every case, I am way to old to be hit upon. I am NOT too old to enjoy fun Nerd banter! And, without giving away too much detail, having attended the University of California, who thinks they _invented_ UNIX, I DID have to implement all of UNIX as defined in the 1973 Bell Systems Technical Journal in assembly as part of a class in graduate school, just a couple of years after it was published...



But I think I have strayed so far, that I am in danger of this thread being moved to OT...







Katie

You may have heard of my Uncle Bill, strange bird, was big in the BSD stuff and we had a Unix machine that he built in my grandpas garage. I remember swapping floppies like a mad dog trying to do stuff. The screeching death of a dot matrix printer ohhhhhh the horror


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[9mmrevolver]

Great story man.

[Kate]

You may have heard of my Uncle Bill, strange bird, was big in the BSD stuff and we had a Unix machine that he built in my grandpas garage. I remember swapping floppies like a mad dog trying to do stuff. The screeching death of a dot matrix printer ohhhhhh the horror


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I am old and my memory is terrible, but I don't recall Uncle Bob...



And, given the people doing UNIX at Berkeley in the 70s and early 80s, "strange bird" is nowhere close to an identifying characteristic...

[Rob454]

Yeah, it's typical. I went to a shooting competition and made a decent showing through the stages. As I was leaving, one of the parking lot volunteers urgently waved me down and intercepted my car. I rolled down my window to see what was the matter.

He wanted to invited me to an NRA "Women on Target" class.


A beginner's class for women.........where they shoot .22lr at paper plates.


He absolutely meant well and I politely said "no thank you". But still.....why would you offer a complete beginner's class to someone who is leaving a *shooting competition* as a *competitor*? Because I'm a female?


At a range out of state, I paid my fees and walked up to the line. Before I even took my weapon out of the case or fired a single round, the range safety officer walked up to me and started offering me advice on proper shooting technique.


At one of my local ranges, I went in on a weekday to run some drills. After I was finished, I came out to check out. The guys at the counter made some positive comments about my shooting technique and suggested one thing I could improve. I then realized that they had been watching me over the security camera. Not in a creepy sexual way, but still....


So, yeah. Not at all surprised that your wife encountered "surprise" for bringing a "real rifle" and "shooting well".