Pelicanite demographics

[cantdrv55]

I think it'd be interesting to find out what a typical Pelicanite does for a living, educational background, political leanings, racial or ethnic history, religious beliefs, marital status, etc. Has anyone done a poll or taken a survey? I frequent the 914, Miata, S2000 and the Ferrari boards as well and have been surprised to learn about some of the folks there.

For instance, the majority of Miata posters are male but they do have a few female members and they seem to mod their own cars. The 914 members are much like us here but a few more strip their cars down to bare metal. I thought the Ferrari guys would be much older, more established and worldly, maybe better educated. They do have some MDs, JDs and PhDs but a few are enterpreneurs who made their fortune w/o the benefit of higher education! No surprises at the S2000 board though. Mostly young and Asian or Caucasian.

[VaSteve]

There has been a few such polls, including the "what do you look like" thread. While I have considered that I would like to read such information, I'm wary of contributing such information at risk of the information being used for no good purpose (ie. to further divide the populace of the board and especially OT based on these demographics.).

[Don 944 LA]

Unemployed ............

[Tishabet]

White
24 years old
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, Hamilton college
Been restoring antique cars since I was 14
Not married, but living with my GF
Lutheran
Registered republican, although I voted for Kerry
CTO of a specialty finance startup
Owned a 944 since I was 22

[84porsche]

My demographics -

Educational Background: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
Career: Accountant
Political: Middle of the Road
Ethnic History: Mixed (White Caucasian, Middle Eastern)
Marital Status: Single and Looking
Age: 24
Porsche Status: Owned my 911 since I was 22.

[Moneyguy1]

Older than dirt
Financial Planner (with credentials); former engineer-Mechanical
Masters from the University of Rochester NY
Married; kids grown and spread to the four winds
Cauc/American Indian
Political: Can't get into any extremist views; like to think for myself
Transplanted from upstate NY four years ago, haven't looked back even once
Like repairing my own cars, reading good books and building furniture

[cantdrv55]

I guess I should have started first. Better late than never.

40 y/o Asian guy
BS in information Systems
Married w/ 1 kid
Medical sales territory manager
Fiscal conservative, social intolerant
Wish I had more time to tinker but life happens
Not religious at all but baptized Catholic. Still voted against Kerry.

[bryanthompson]

20 year old oppressive hetero white male
working on my BS in IT from University of Phoenix
Not married, not living with girlfriend
Webmaster for network of agricultural radio stations
Half Catholic/Half Baptist
Registered Republican, Voted for Bush
Can't stand ranting liberals
Proud member of the vast right wing conspiracy.

[CamB]

Alright....

29yo Caucasian from NZ
Married, no offspring ('till wife finishes Med School)
"Boutique" Investment Bank (2 people, and I'm not the boss ), been to university (BCom, MCom)... worked in big bank.
Practicing Catholic
Neither as liberal nor as socialist as my posts here make me appear
Live close to the city centre (in apartment - not entirely common for NZ) in a city of 1m people
Like cars, bicycles, coffee.

[jyl]

Good topic. Puts some faces on the screen names.

- 41 y/o Asian-American male.
- Married, 2 kids.
- Buyside equity analyst, previously lawyer.
- BA (mathematics), JD, MBA, CFA. Proud product of public higher education.
- Born NYC, lived all over (Midwest, Pac NW, Canada, East Coast, Europe), but mostly a Californian since mid-70s.
- Agnostic (evolving), family is Catholic.
- Fiscal: conservative, increasingly so. Social: moderately liberal, environmentalist. Foreign affairs: realpolitik. Used to vote 70% Dem, 30% Rep; now voting almost all Dem given the parties' fiscal, environmental, social policies.
- Interests: fishing, cars, watches, cameras, music, travel. Used to be a computer geek, then got sick of it and went Mac.

[motion]

- 29 year old, I mean 41 year old, 2 time loser
- On a leash
- White as they come (Irish-French)
- Perpetual middle-age crisis (or Peter Pan Syndrome - braces, Just For Men on my chest hair, always have owned Guards Red 911s with WOOWHOO license plate)
- Unemployed
- Trying to be a landlord, but too paranoid to rent out my properties
- Motorcycle Slut
- Orange County Republican
- Recovering dating site addict

[Burnin' oil]

-Dating Mark Wilson. . .need I say more?

[AFJuvat]

35 Year old white male
USAF Veteran
BS in Computer science
Laid off network engineer, now a Porsche mechanic
Married, 2 Kids

AFJuvat

[einreb]

My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a 15 year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims, like he invented the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy - the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical: summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring, we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent, I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds. Pretty standard, really.

Bernie

[cantdrv55]

Originally posted by einreb
My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a 15 year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims, like he invented the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy - the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical: summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring, we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent, I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds. Pretty standard, really.

Bernie

Those are lines in a movie, I think.

[M.D. Holloway]

Age: 41
Ed: BA Philo, BS Chem, MS Chem Eng, PhD Cand Mat Sci (quit to pay child support)
Married, 2nd go round
3 kids - 17yr Girl, 5yr Boy, 2yr Girl
Born in Connecticut - livin in Texas
Card Carry'n Republican
2nd gen Irish American Catholic
Direct technical development & reliability for a chem co
Had the 77 Targa in grad school - sold it, but got it back!

[MikeCT]

it's from Austin Powers

21
Working on BS in Computer Science
Single
No Kids
Lived in CT all my life
Raised Roman Catholic
Left when it comes to most issues
Landscaping
944 is my first and only P-car

[DonDavis]

Raised in the hills of Tennessee, killed my first bug when I was only 3
U.S.Navy Weapon Systems Electronics trained
Diagnostic Imaging Engineer ( MRI ) private sector
Married, 2 young'uns
4T, and not happy about it.
Admitted NECKCAR fan, Go Tony, or Rusty
Christian
boxers

That's all I got to say about that.

[red-beard]

39
Married
Engineer - BSME
Now a Practioner of "The Black Arts" 6 Sigma. ("Hey, I'm an Internal Consultant!")
White (Texan & English)
Episcopalian
Moderate Repub (Fiscally very conservative, Morally conservative, responsibly pro environment)
Grew up in Chicago, Houston and Upstate NY.
Lived in India and Pakistan for almost 2 years. 1/2 a year in the Caribbean, and a whole lotta other places.
Addictions and former Addictions include: Porsches, Wine, Gormet Cooking, Homebrewing (beer), Snowboarding, skiing, hiking/camping (the backwoods kind), Speed/Distance Cycling, Video directing & broadcast, radio, acting
Presently trying to learn Spanish and screwing it up pretty well!

[tabs]

I have been around since the begining of time, my first literary appearence was in the Garden.

Occupation...None...agent Provocture....allthough I did have aspirations of becoming a Mens Room Attendent when I was young, but promptly had those notions beaten outa me...Mother always said I wouldn't amount to much and she was right..

Education..BA in Political Science or so they say from a university that was near the beach....thats all I can remember about the place..and 30 years on the road to put it all together...

Martial Status...None... I still have apples to hand out..

Dependents: I got 2 Airdales do they count?

Born in Detroit...lived in paradise (California) until thrown out...and now living in He11 or so it seems in the summer time...aka Las Vegas...

Religion...Don't need one...some say I am one...but I say belief in God is enough.

Income: Mana from heaven aka the Trust Fund...

Interests: Porsches since I was a lad of 18....Art...American Modernism and Impressionism, Guns, California Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver, Modernist Art Glass.. Italian and Scandinavian. Cooking, Movies, Music, History.... books...chasing the ball aka playing golf.

Political affliation: Machavellian leaning somewhat to the right of Atillia the Hun...and to the left of GW.

Hero: The ultimate outlaw....Keith Richards