Come and fess up to the ways in which you are really square/bit of a nerd

Come come these are all just pats on the back disguised as nerd confessions...'my intimate knowledge of ancient aramaic and 16th century physics'. Here at last is a true geek:

When the going gets tough... I read Malory Towers....

I love this thread!! Passed the jigsaw entry test and can add cryptic crosswords, books, nature programmes, nature books, board games and a one time stamp collection to my geek credentials. Cant find anyone else who watches "all creatures great and small" on here though. I now have several series on DVD please tell me I am not alone in this bizarre obsession!

carve cross posted saying the same thing!

I love looking at maps. I could pour over o/s maps or road atlases all day.

I have listened to radio 4 since my teenage years

I am proud to be described as a geek squared.

LotR jigsaw is this one
tolkiengateway.net/wiki/MEP:_Map_of_Middle-earth

I love maps. My Dad bought me an OS map for Xmas. I poured over it. DH laughed.

I loved history at school and spent 3 hours looking at the Bayeux Tapestry on holiday in Normany (brother VERY bored).

JayVazzle & LittlePurplePrincess - am also an attachment theory geek. I'm doing some research with one of the AAI authors at the moment

I love weather. I classify clouds on any journey. I take barometer and temperature readings at home and I spend hours watching rainfall radar on the metoffice website.

I love a good map.

Can't go anywhere without reading up on the history of the area and spewing forth relevant facts as we visit.

I like to know the latin names of the plants I grow on my allotment.

I get childish amounts of excitement playing with bicarbonate of soda and vinegar when cleaning the sink/making hokey pokey.

I use a thermometer to make yoghurt - 48 degrees baby - all the way.

I love to drive at night and use the correct trucker language of light signals to converse with fellow drivers.

I read Pratchet, Eddings and anything else with a goblin, a sword and a girl with a frying pan in it.

I have a friend who, if you give him a postcode, can tell you exactly where in the UK it is for.

My husband once timed himself doing a rubiks cube with his feet.

A match made in heaven. I think so.

I'm so pleased to read that I am not alone!
Another Countryfile viewer, and University Challenge. Jigsaws are fab although I think mine and Dhs obsession with Scrabble may top it off for me, we have a book where we have kept the scores from the year dot and yes the scrabble even came on our honeymoon.
Have a spreadsheet for everything. All books in alphabetical order with individual series chronologically.
Grow all our own veg...R4 seems to have become the new R2 for me...
I'm finally happy to be a geek!

I have doffed my mantle of nerdness thanks to this thread.

I shall carry on with my Eddie Stobart name collection.

I have a very large collection of photographs of manhole covers I have seen in various countries I have visited.

Some have the name of their city cast into the ironwork.

Nerdy? Moi?

LeQueen did you see the poster upthread who has a Middle earth map jigsaw? That is geek squared.

Also, where is University Challenge in this thread? Am I the only one who has to shout out all the answers (that I know) out loud?

I feel like I have come home. This is even better than the Ordnance Survey thread. (sigh of deep satisfaction).

A roads. I mean, isn't it fascinating that you could be on the Euston Road in the heart of London, and you could carry on along that same road until you hit the sea in Pembrokeshire, and it would always, always be the A40?

Container ships. Winning prizes for my vegetables at village shows.

My particular historical obsession is D- Day.

I, also, have read the Silmarillion twice (dons the high- crowned winged helm of geekdom).

Lunatic one of my past jobs was importing garden equipment from France and the carrier was always Norbert.
I do cross stitch,patchwork and have done tapestry.I make jewellery.I will read anything except romance,chick lit or sci fi,but am especially partial to history and social history.DH rolls his eyes when he sees me reading Mayhew.

I like old agricultural machinery,the Archers,R4,Antiques Roadshow,I grow most of our veg,wear thermal underwear from Nov to March.I reguarly beat the WI at the village craft and produce show.DH and I love architecture and once had a happy holiday visiting Frank Lloyd Wright buildings.I like listening to Johnny Cash.

I would love to be a Registrar. All those lists and names; all that perfect organisation. Just thinking about it makes me happy.

And I thought everyone watched Countryfile?

I am a brown owl.

I like jigsaws, in fact puzzles of any kind
I read manuals for everything (even the hand blender which has but one button!)
I have a collection of interesting rocks I have collected from round the UK, and family holidays invariably involve a trip to a mine and a jaunt on a steam railway.
I have thousands of books on a variety of subjects, arranged by subject and author, with an "outsize" shelf for larger books.
I have several dictionaries, which I consult regularly.
When I went to the Dr Who experience, after exhibiting my encyclopaedic knowledge, I went to the gift shop. My face lit up when I saw a sonic screwdriver wii controller which I immediately bought
I have a physics BSc and an Early Years BA.
I do mad science experiments in school holidays.

Not only have I seen every episode, I own Babylon 5 on DVD. (This is nothing to my DH's Doctor Who obsession. He has an online shop selling gaming stuff based on DW and other scifi progrmas).

I can't wait for DD to be big enough so we can tackle my LotR map jigsaw together.

Knitting is a great way to spend time, and there's so much knitting-related stuff to buy.

University Challenge is the only program that I will specifically turn the TV on to watch.

I sent off for the latest Prima knitting patterns today - and I'm only 36 < wails>

Star trek isnt nerdy! How very dare you! snt nerdy!