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Over on the AACA Forums humanpotatohybrid posted under this Forum/User name:




Later another AACA Forum member posted this:




Followed by humanpotatohybrid responding with this:



I'm intrigued to know what humanpotatohybrid means? humanpotatohybrid can you enlighten us?

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Good question Mal. It's a joke relating to the phrase "couch potato". I believe the first place I used this name on the internet was on Wikipedia. (Could you guess by how often I tend to hyperlink to posts?)

In case you're curious, here's some of my most significant Wikipedia activity. I added quite a bit to the articles regarding holonomic systems:
- Nonholonomic system
- Holonomic constraints
- Pfaffian constraint

I created at least these two articles:
- LCE
- Connor Hotel

And discovered a notable case of "citogenesis". (Look/search most of the way down the page for "Zimbabwe".)

Ok, now I'm curious the origin of others' unusual/random names on here (sorry kevinpackard, Packard Don, BlakesPackards, et al.).

HPH, more than I ever needed to know.

Lol, yeah nothing interesting in my username. Always been a fan of your username HPH. Still can't get over the fact that you are 25. I thought I was on the younger end when I got my Packard in my mid 30's. Had hopes to get into it long before that but had to wait my turn.

-Kevin

I bought my first Packard, a 1939 Six, when I was 16 but that was a long, long (, long, long) time ago before it was even an antique! Now I am. I had to really laugh the first time I saw humanpotatohybrid abbreviated as Spud. My own user name, of course, is straightforward but less obvious is PCHome that I often use in technical programming forums which comes from one of my many domain names, pchome.us, even though I have no site there. I use the domain primarily for email addresses.

HPH, all I got to say is 25 sure sounds like a nice age.

I got my introduction to Packard when the folks purchased a 23rd Series in the summer of 1949, I would have been 6, this became my car in 1960 [high school] and much of my hands on Packard knowledge comes from that time. After a time, the Packard got traded on a Triumph TR3 which didn't stay with me too long before being replaced by another Packard and a girl who has kept me around all these years. Still a couple of Packard's in the carport, but not much energy to devote to them these days. Jim, in Boone, NC

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Thanks for the good wishes and stories everyone. Yeah, with the state of the market these days you can get into a project with only a couple grand in your pocket. As long as ya' got a place to put it. Or (like my first) just buy one rough enough that you don't care if it gets some outdoor air.

I'm sure mid-30's is still on the younger end though it's surprising how many younger people do somehow find this hobby. I know a number of the old heads on here got an early start though obviously starting working on Packards in your teens or 20's is a bit different half a century ago than now. One might say: since even professional mechanics hate working on cheap BMW's, I figured I'd find something easier...