Parties? - Yes. Many. Nerd points lost.

Were they nerd parties? Because you could make up points there.

nerd-adjacent

There was a nerd quiz a while back, in which I scored as Nerd Friendly, with a good future as a translator between Nerds and Squares. "Tell the nerd we're going to need overtime this weekend." "Scotty, we need more power from the dilithium crystals!" "Och, I'm not a miracle worker!" "He'll do it, but he wants you to pay for the pizza."

I wonder what the criteria for nerd-adjacent would be?

Also, I love any article that mentions Encyclopedia Brown!

Hmmm, perhaps I have just answered my own question.

Special link for tommyrot: Neil Young converted his 1959 Lincoln Continental to run on electricity and natural gas. He's also created a business called LincVolt that will convert other cars.

Were they nerd parties? Because you could make up points there.

No, definitely not nerd parties, a good number who broken up by the police. But wait... I was a perennial designated driver and one time I helped a naked, drunk girl get all her clothes back and wrapped her in my coat so she could warm up.

Let's see:

Liked Computers - Big nerd points

Picked on by Jocks - A little. But then I ended up in a lot of college prep classes with a lot of Jocks, so they came to like me. Loss of points.

Picked on the nerdier - No. Score.

Athletic Teams - None. Nerd points scored.

Member of Math Club and College Bowl - We had no College Bowl. Was in Math Club, had the highest score in school in math competion, placed second amongs all middle-sized schools in Central Wisconsin - lots o' nerd points.

Parties? - No. One party, on graduation day. Lots of nerd points.

Played D&D - No. No nerd points.

Dates - Had steady girlfriend for year and a half. Nerd points lost.

Glasses - Yes. Small score.

Excellent Grades - Yes. Score.

What about band? Score a few nerd points there.

I think I fall pretty much in the middle of the nerd scale.

It's the locker kids argument.

Snacky's Law!!!

Special link for tommyrot: Neil Young converted his 1959 Lincoln Continental to run on electricity and natural gas.

Heh. I've heard about that a long time ago. Been waiting for him to finish it, so I could see pictures.

Young found himself behind the wheel of a 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV convertible. At 2 1/2 tons and 19 1/2 feet long, it was the longest car built in its era.

Bah. It's about 5400 lbs, so more than 2 1/2 tons. 18' 11' long (I know because I had a damn hard time finding a garage big enough. My current garage has about 1 1/2" to spare, when I park it with the tail fins touching the back wall.)

His car is in way-nice shape, but the non-original hubcaps bug me.

ita, Code-9 thread at TWOP. Apparently, it's more AU/scifi than regular spy stuff.

Not so important that I need to say it twice.

(I'm only update through season 4 of Spooks.)