# Nerdy Things You Admit to Doing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-things-you-admit-to-doing/198878>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 1, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-things-you-admit-to-doing/198878 "2003-09-01T00:10:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-things-you-admit-to-doing/198878/161 "2003-09-11T21:05:35Z")

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I used duct tape to repair a pair of expensive headphones.

I also salvaged a pole lamp that had been thrown out. The pole itself was broken, but the lamp still worked. So I duct taped the pole back together. I also salvaged a 60s Westinghouse desk fan someone put out by the dumpster.

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