[Steppes] a minor note

[shona haskins]

So what about those of us there _were_ the jocks in HS, are not geeks in any
real current or old definition of the word, and yet still dress in funny
clothes and hang out with those of you that are self-profesed geeks and
nerds? *lol*

-Annwn of the in-between!


On 4/17/07, Crandall <crandalltwo-scalists at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> E flat could be a minor note.
>
> I was on the 5th grade slide rule team. The
> principal was our coach, and we came in 3rd.
>
> We were not geeks. We were nerds! And proud of
> it.
> And the jocks beat us up on a regular basis. And
> so did the Science teacher, because he was the
> Jr. High coach.
>
> I do not consider myself to be technically
> superior, inferior or posterior.
> I simply am different.
>
> Oh, and I am 54 today. pbbbt!
>
> Crandall, Olde Phart
>
> --- Vicki Marsh <vmarsh at twmarsh.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Me, too!Me, too!!
> >
> > First, a music geek, then a computer geek, a
> > sci-fi book geek, a
> > Byzantine geek, and now, a fiber geek.
> >
> > It's all about the level of obsession and
> > inability to hold a
> > conversation of 5 minutes or more without
> > babbling about the current
> > subject du jour.
> >
> >
> > Xene
> > (who used to know how to work a slide-rule,
> > even)
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: steppes-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
> > [mailto:steppes-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On
> > Behalf Of mikaelc
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:33 PM
> > To: 'William Black Dragon'; 'Steppes Barony'
> > Subject: Re: [Steppes] a minor note
> >
> >
> > When someone accuses me of being a "geek", I
> > draw myself up to my full
> > height and proudly proclaim, "Yes, I am!"
> >
> >
> > Mikael
> >
> > --- Sir Morgan Buchanan
> > <morganbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > For anyone who was offended by my use of the
> > word
> > > "geek" I do apologize.  I was referring first
> > and
> > > foremost to myself and I can assure you
> > entirely
> > > that I didn't mean to slight myself or anyone
> > > else.  The term has changed a great deal over
> > the
> > > last 20-30 years, and to people in technical
> > > fields, it's really just a term that means
> > > "technical superiority and dedication to
> > > something that others might consider really
> > > dorky."  Our game, history, computers...these
> > all
> > > qualify.  But I assure you, it's used with
> > > affection, not derision.
> > > Morgan
>
> One's sense of honor is the only thing that does not grow old, and the
> last pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said,
> making money, but having the respect of one's fellow men.
> -Thucydides
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