> > > Probably one of the most famous and well known "nerd" out there is Bill Gates. Look where he is...One of the richest people in the world. So being a "nerd" isn't always a bad thing...
> > >
> > > ~x~Band-Aids~x~
> >
> > One of the richest? He IS the richest!
> >
> > MANGO
>
> No, I'm the richest. Unless Bill Gates has more than 35 cents.
>
> I've been trying for some time to earn the title of "Nerd" but no luck yet. Maybe after I learn how to turn on my computer without help.
>
> So what's a geek? Please don't look that up in the dictionary. I'm referring to a computer geek, whatever that is.
>
> I post on another forum where most of the posters are, shall we say, mature. On that forum, we refer to ourselves as "old coots" or "geezers" but never "nerds" for some reason.
> Howard

I think that a computer geek is someone who is good with computers, but not prominently good at much else, unless it be math. Or politics.

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