tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post4151711442356844029..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: doctor's visit, coated fish, puffed upAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-52085067040421115462008-01-21T17:07:00.000+00:002008-01-21T17:07:00.000+00:00Thanks Barrett,I shall be careful in future wishin...Thanks Barrett,<BR/>I shall be careful in future wishing to give no offence to those who know than me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-17550771115477824142008-01-21T16:43:00.000+00:002008-01-21T16:43:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-28596577973926792172008-01-20T16:06:00.000+00:002008-01-20T16:06:00.000+00:00I'm told a geek may have wider horizons while a ne...I'm told a geek may have wider horizons while a nerd's are limited to the monitor. I am sure you didn't intend it but both words are used pejoratively in the public prints. Why? Hence the possibility of resentment. We recognise the skills of plumbers, brain surgeons and bosuns in the Royal Navy yet don't feel the need to apply belittling nicknames. Is youth an unacceptable repository of skill?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-83524048411108757322008-01-19T16:57:00.000+00:002008-01-19T16:57:00.000+00:00Ahoy, Barrett,I have been reluctant to use the wor...Ahoy, Barrett,<BR/>I have been reluctant to use the word geek and never used the word nerd. I'm not quite sure what either means. The young man who came to attend to my computer seemed to fit my approximate understanding of the first word pretty well, all the same. I certainly lack his skills, but I don't think I resent them. Most of us lack the skills of a brain surgeon but wouldn't describe one as a geek.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-26251587326523558862008-01-18T16:33:00.000+00:002008-01-18T16:33:00.000+00:00Would you agree that a geek (or more especially a ...Would you agree that a geek (or more especially a nerd) can be defined as someone who has skills we lack and that this is a state of affairs we resent?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-18534068093994451562008-01-14T21:26:00.000+00:002008-01-14T21:26:00.000+00:00Sorry to here your 'puter has not been well, glad ...Sorry to here your 'puter has not been well, glad to here it's on the mend!<BR/>I took a photo in Hongkong of a row of motorbikes in those things to protect against the sun. I titled it 'Moslem motorbikes' as it looked for all the world as though they were wearing burkahs!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com