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Bar Buddy (Andrew)

PSC0311_H2_344 Sure you're good at math and building things — but how will these skills ever help you impress members of the opposite sex?

That is the burning question with which so many future Cal Tech students grapple before drifting off to sleep at night.

There is encouraging news.  As I learned in the course of reporting for a short piece for PopsSci's do-it-yourself building section.  There are a ton of adult, talented builders who also have a flair for creative design — and so have some one-of-a-kind props for interesting parties.

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3 responses to “Bar Buddy (Andrew)”

  1. Dean C. Rowan

    At least one male Caltech student ended up attracting members of the same sex, inasmuch as high-end audio lust is mostly, but not entirely, a guy thing. Bill Gross’s GNP stereo equipment store in Pasadena featured his own line of speakers, including the towering Valkyrie, designed by Gross while a student at Caltech to play during the annual ritual during finals week, when students woke each other in the mornings striving for the loudest Wagner. I was a regular GNP customer, and I think you know somebody, Andrew, who was also a fan of the store?

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  2. Norman Costa

    Bar Bot (drugs/alcohol)
    Juke Box (Rock ‘n Roll/lust/sex)
    Boxing arcade game (violence)
    “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

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  3. Andrew

    @Dean, excellent point — stereos are often a good way to impress the ladies, and always a good way to impress the guys. And @Norman, yes, thematically, these do re-invent the macho man wheel a bit.

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