"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 ...than you... loved sci-fi before Trek, loved the original series, and call myself a Trekker. If you'd just come out and admit you were wrong to call Trekkers snobs, this would be over Mama. Don't you see that you're the snob ...

GeneK wrote: "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net> wrote Here we vary. I'd say Trekkers rolled in the aisles and Trekkies didn't get it. I suppose one's perception is colored by which group one belongs to. My reaction to "trekker" vs "trekkie" is still, "ok, whatever," so I don't know which one best fits me. You are a Trekkie. Just go with it.

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 ...

...question a long long time ago here Mama. It's your belief that Trekkers are snobs, and came from TNG that's a bit insane. I'm...the 60's, but both my wife and I prefer the name "Trekker". Are you a bigger or better fan than we are? I doubt... inform them of that fact. But, as someone else said, Trekkie and Trekker seem to be interchangeable now. Non-fans tend to think we're *...

... wrote: Yes yes yes... I answered that question a long long time ago here Mama. It's your belief that Trekkers are snobs, and came from TNG that's a bit insane. I'm at least as old as you, an original fan from the 60's, but both my wife and I prefer the name "Trekker". Are you a bigger or better fan than we are? I doubt it. No one ever said either name was not ...

..." <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. I'm a Trekker and laughed until I cried.... There ya go. -- Multiple root ...

"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

...ToolPackinMama <philnblanc@comcast.net> wrote in news:A9ednYdtPZhXsl_VnZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d@comcast.com: ToolPackinMama wrote: ... people here are telling me that "Trekker" was born before TNG. Interesting. ... are ghey, let's call ourselves Trekkers" movement began BEFORE TNG? Interesting. ..., WHY some Trekkies felt the need to promote the word "Trekker" in...

...philnblanc@comcast.net> wrote in message news:A9ednYdtPZhXsl_VnZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d@comcast.com... ToolPackinMama wrote: ...people here are telling me that "Trekker" was born before TNG. Interesting. ...are ghey, let's call ourselves Trekkers" movement began BEFORE TNG? Interesting. ... term. I have to ask, WHY some Trekkies felt the need to promote the word "Trekker"...