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Hello, OK, OK, I'm a LOT older than most of you, LOL! In fact, when I went to High School, the History book only had ONE PAGE, it was only half written on, LOL! Over the years, the terms Nerd and Geek have become synonymous. However, they are vastly different. Much to my chagrin, I have always BEEN and STILL AM a NERD. I will be a nerd until the day I die. :-) Many years ago, the 1880s or so, a geek was a freak in the sideshow of the circus or county fair. Usually the geek was male and severely mentally deranged. They were kept in cages like an animal. They were shown off to the crowds for small sums of money (5 or 10 cents). The Geeks attraction was that it would bite off the heads of live chickens, as a stunt. (See? Ozzi *#@&!! Osborne didn't originate that, LOL!) In the 1960s the term, Nerd was meant to mean: Any guy with black, thick-lensed glasses, taped nose piece (to hold them together), a vinyl pocket-protector full of pens and usually a *slide rule* in there as well. (I know, some of you are looking oddly and asking, "What the hell is a slide rule?" LOL!) Girls were not usually considered a nerd, unless they were REALLY smart and sort of plain looking. (Notice: I avoided the word ugly? Some of my girl nerd "friends" later developed into gorgeous beauties after graduation. Nerds were always awkward, non-athletic, but very smart. While imparting some bit of gleaned knowledge from reading, most were made fun of by the less informed of their classmates. Most lacked the confidence in social situations, so they tended to sit out dances at parties. Nerds always ran the school film projectors and were in the Chess Club, LOL! Well, that's enough background on the words Nerd & Geek. By now, you may have surmized that I was an English and Science major, LOL! Cap'n Buck --part1_18.2d48a5af.2b8e7e08_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SERIF" FACE=3D"= Batang" LANG=3D"0">Hello,<BR> <BR> OK, OK, I'm a <B><U>LOT</B></U> older than most of you, LOL! In fact,=20= when I went to High School, the History book only had ONE PAGE, it was only=20= <B><U>half</B></U> written on, LOL!<BR> <BR> Over the years, the terms <I>Nerd</I> and <I>Geek</I> have become synonymous= . However, they are vastly different. Much to my chagrin, I have= always BEEN and STILL AM a <I>NERD</I>. I will be a nerd until the da= y I die. :-)<BR> <BR> Many years ago, the 1880s or so, a geek was a freak in the sideshow of the c= ircus or county fair. Usually the geek was male and severely mentally=20= deranged. They were kept in cages like an animal. They were show= n off to the crowds for small sums of money (5 or 10 cents). The Geeks= <I>attraction</I> was that it would bite off the heads of live chickens, as= a stunt. (See? Ozzi <B><I>*#@&!!</B></I> Osborne didn't originate= that, LOL!)<BR> <BR> In the 1960s the term, <I>Nerd</I> was meant to mean: Any guy with black, th= ick-lensed glasses, taped nose piece (to hold them together), a vinyl=20= <I>pocket-protector</I> full of pens and usually a *slide rule* in there as=20= well. (I know, some of you are looking oddly and asking, "What the hel= l is a slide rule?" LOL!)<BR> <BR> Girls were not usually considered a nerd, unless they were REALLY smart and=20= sort of <I>plain</I> looking. (Notice: I avoided the word <I>ugl= y</I>? Some of my girl nerd "friends" later developed into gorgeous be= auties after graduation.<BR> <BR> Nerds were <U>always</U> awkward, non-athletic, but very smart. While=20= imparting some bit of gleaned knowledge from reading, most were made fun of=20= by the <I><U>less informed</I></U> of their classmates. Most lacked th= e confidence in social situations, so they tended to sit out dances at parti= es. Nerds always ran the school film projectors and were in the Chess=20= Club, LOL!<BR> <BR> Well, that's enough background on the words <B><I>Nerd</B></I> & <B><I>G= eek</B></I>. By now, you may have surmized that I was an English and S= cience major, LOL!<BR> <BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3= FACE=3D"Black Chancery" LANG=3D"0"><I>Cap'n Buck</I></FONT></HTML> --part1_18.2d48a5af.2b8e7e08_boundary--
