> "Anim8rFSK" cox.net> wrote in message
> news:ANIM8Rfsk-BE2C81.10322706092008@news.west.cox.net...

>> If you came across both terms together as I assume you did, that's
>> understandable. Since I was there before Trekker existed and know what
>> we used Trekkie for, and remember the TV Guide article coming out and my
>> telling my best friend that we were going to be living down the term
>> 'Trekkie' for the rest of our lives, I'm fairly hard and fast on this.

>
>
> No, I was there in pre-trekker days (NYC cons, 73-76).
> It's just that being called a trekkie never particularly
> bothered me, possibly because I never actually owned
> a pair of rubber ears (I wonder what an original set
> would worth on eBay if I had one now) . And I only
> went to one more con after getting out of school
> because I started working and saving up to buy my
> own basement. :)
>
> GeneK