GEEK - a loaded term?

[tom406]

I was just catching up on this week's postings when I reviewed a post I made where I talked about "originality geeks", which seemed to have been taken as a personal smack by BKH. Several years ago I referred to some of the Poncho faithful as "Pontiac geeks", which inspired similar ire. Coincidentally, I was reading a Rolling Stone article on Rush which talked about their rock-geek-ness, and the writer pointed out that they had that tag back when the term "geek" had bite (a world prior to uber-geek Bill Gates having more money than anyone).

I'm realizing that there is a generational issue with this word, and I should probably refrain from using it in web posts here in Yenko-world. I never use it with malice, and often refer to myself as a car-geek.

I will say this however. If you think that when you're among non-car folk and you start forcibly arguing about differences in build details among plants, or any of what makes up 90% of this boards postings, and you don't think that they put you on a similar plane with the guys who speak Klingon at Trek conventions , you're in denial.

BKH, no offense! Please come to Seattle, where I will buy you a beer, we can go look at my friends 9000 original mile '63 R-code 500XL, and you can merely marvel at its originality if you are not comfortable "getting your geek on".

Peace all.