am a quiet person. I just don’t have much to say. I can sit for hours without saying anything. If I have a question I will ask, but pointless conversation isn’t my thing. I am a little slow with the witty remarks, and if I am not 100% sure someone isn’t going to be offended I hold back. I won’t talk just to agree with someone in a group. If I have a different opinion then maybe I will say something. I like to think I am too polite. I will hold back, and see if someone else is going to say something, and the topic changes. Also my intrests are alot different than most of the people over here. So finding someone that can converse with me on topics I enjoy isn’t easy.
I am not interested in sports. Well not interested in the different players etc. I love playing a good game of football, or even watching a game. I reallly don’t care who is playing. Just watch the game. If someone asks “Did you see Soandso make that touchdown in the game the other day?” I have no clue who Soandso is, what possition he plays, or even what team he plays for.
I am not big into movies either. Unless it is one of my favorite actors I probably can’t place who you are talking about. I know the name, but don’t ask what movie they were in, or who they are dating, or whatever. Also quit looking so suprized when I haven’t seen some movie. If you don’t stop I am going to start looking suprized when you haven’t read some book.
I am not really a car guy. I know my diesel trucks, but that is about it. I don’t know the imports, muscle cars, etc. I couldn’t tell a 60s mustang from a 70s mustang. They look different, they are mustangs, but I wouldn’t be able to tell you what decade they were from.
When it comes to music I know the songs I like, but don’t ask me who sings them. I don’t know, or care, what songs someone has recorded. I don’t buy, or download music. I listen to the radio. I listen to classic rock, and country. I don’t care if some artist did something. I listen to the music. The rest of the stuff is irrelevant to me.
Now you want to talk computer networking? OK now you got me. I won’t shut up about computers/networking. The only problem is that most people around here don’t really understand it. They can put a computer together, install software, and connect themselves to the net. Someone says they know networking, and I start talking about TCP/IP, RAID levels, H.323, VoIP, etc I get blank looks. My wife and I were at dinner a few nights ago, and she is trying to learn more about networking. She asked me a question about firewall packet filtering. I was answering her question using our glasses, plates, silverware, and empty sugar packets to help. People at the next table kept giving us weird looks.
I just don’t talk about computers and networking. It is just that I want to learn something in a conversation. That something should be useful. I had a friend that had a degree in Astrophysics. I enjoyed talking to her about it. I learned alot about the solar system, how the sun works, interesting therioes on black holes, etc. That is why I love the SDMB. I learn alot about all kinds of different stuff.
This is probably my longest post ever.
-Otanx
