"ToolPackinMama" <philnblanc@comcast.net> wrote in message news:vvudnZwlA87BjVvVnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@comcast.com... I might as well admit at this point that I was a 12 year old girl when I first became a Star Trek fan. I had never read any Sci-fi. I knew nothing about Sci-fi before Star Trek. This (IMHO) was not my fault. No Sci-fi was required reading in my public ...

Wiseguy wrote: ToolPackinMama <philnblanc@comcast.net> wrote in news:mtCdnQGs4t6iz1_VnZ2dnUVZ_sLinZ2d@comcast.com: Wiseguy wrote: The way I remember it is sometime in the mid-seventies, either during or not long after the animated series, serious fans of Star Trek wanted to distance themselves from a) the fans (and not necessarily just children) who put on ...

Wiseguy wrote: ToolPackinMama <philnblanc@comcast.net> wrote in news:mtCdnQGs4t6iz1_VnZ2dnUVZ_sLinZ2d@comcast.com: Wiseguy wrote: The way I remember it is sometime in the mid-seventies, either during or not long after the animated series, serious fans of Star Trek wanted to distance themselves from a) the fans (and not necessarily just children) who put on ...

... <48c47fa2$0$26944$607ed4bc@cv.net>, "JKconey" <spam@aol.com> wrote: "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net> wrote in message news:ANIM8Rfsk-B420B5.09194406092008@news.west.cox.net... Here we vary. I'd say Trekkers rolled in the aisles and Trekkies didn't get it. ...

... <spam@aol.com> wrote: "ToolPackinMama" <philnblanc@comcast.net> wrote in message news:5-OdnXJqlIgsv13VnZ2dnUVZ_gSdnZ2d@comcast.com... JKconey wrote: Can't we all ...> I started this thread by pointing out that a guy who dubbed himself "Spocko" and who calls his website "Spocko's brain" is no doubt a Trekkie. He is not a Trekker. He's a Trekkie. I am not...

"Wickeddoll®" <wickeddollnofeckingspam1958@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:g9jmmb.7k.1@news.evilcabal.org... "JKconey" ... "Wickeddoll®" ... I heard some yutz (maybe at a convention) had the nerve to correct Gene Roddenberry on calling us Trekkies. Roddenberry told the ...

"Quadibloc" <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message news:e59373a1-60d9-420f-ad16-21c602cdaace@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... On Aug 28, 1:17 am, ToolPackinMama <philnbl...@comcast.net> wrote...com, I think it's clear enough that this newsmaker is a Trekkie. This reminds me of a news item I saw today about Barack Obama. While I think I prefer the competition for President, I did like all...

"ToolPackinMama" <philnblanc@comcast.net> wrote in message news:5-OdnXJqlIgsv13VnZ2dnUVZ_gSdnZ2d@comcast.com... JKconey wrote: Can't we all be good at the same ...is it? I started this thread by pointing out that a guy who dubbed himself "Spocko" and who calls his website "Spocko's brain" is no doubt a Trekkie. He is not a Trekker. He's a Trekkie. I am not a Trekker,...

"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net> wrote in message news:ANIM8Rfsk-B420B5.09194406092008@news.west.cox.net... Here we vary. I'd say Trekkers rolled in the aisles and Trekkies didn't get it. I'm a Trekker and laughed until I cried.... -- "When you win, nothing hurts".... Joe Namath JK www.MyConeyIslandMemories.com

"Wiseguy" <epwise@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Xns9B1129B36492Bepwiseyahoocom@66.175.223.2... ToolPackinMama <philnblanc@comcast.net> wrote in news:A9ednYdtPZhXsl_VnZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d@comcast.com: ToolPackinMama wrote: It seems that people here are telling me that "Trekker" was born ...