Explain your username! (or not)

[ConcernedCanuk]

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Mine is pretty simple - joined DU during the buildup to the Invasion of Iraq,

And I'm Canadian.

Care to share?

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[evlbstrd]

1. um...

…er...

[hardcover]

7. The first edition of a book is in hardcover.

Some day I might change my name to Paperback.

[evlbstrd]

21. No!

That's the name of your first kid!

[shenmue]

2. Mine's from a video game

One of my favorites.

[Fearless]

3. In homage to FDR's famous quotation.

[ConcernedCanuk]

94. “Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”: FDR's First Inaugural Address

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confused me for awhile . .

good ole google!

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5057/

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[Fearless]

97. That's the one!

[muriel_volestrangler]

318. Did you know that's 390 years old?

See my sig.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

4. Besides matching the Avatar!

I was a big Democrat back in school. Was even the PR officer for the College Dems I am proud to say. If the Repukes was doing anything to protest right to choose or something against equal rights in any way. I was there.

[Jamaal510]

5. My first name and my area code.

[dtom67]

6. doubting thomas, 1967

Although that is not my REAL fake Name.

I usually go by Demuus Rex.

Been thinking about changing it......

[ConcernedCanuk]

274. a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience -

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Here's an appropriate avatar for ya



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubting_Thomas

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[applegrove]

8. I had done some genealogy. Seems all my ancestors either had an apple tree in their

backyards or their homes were built in old orchards. Thus applegrove.

[Tribalceltic]

18. Mine stems from geneology also

I have ancestors from ancient (prechristianized) Scotland. I also enjoy drum circles and history

[applegrove]

19. I have many scots in my ancient past too. Don't know if they had apple trees. Craig & Tuirc

is one of our battle cries.

[ConcernedCanuk]

20. Interesting - My grandparents immigrated from Scotland in 1910

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My father used to joke that he was illegal immigrant, as my grandmother was pregnant when she and my grandfather left Scotland, and Father was born here in Toronto in 1911.

AND

We had three apple trees at the home I grew up until the age of 15.

Father had 6 kids, 4 of us being only 3 years apart (one set of twins).

"apple fights" were not unusual - there were plenty to throw at each other.

We always had lots of applesauce that mother would make . . .

odd how a thread can morph into good memories.

Thanx

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[applegrove]

23. Our apple trees always had worms. And my parents didn't want to use pesticides. So we never ate the

apples at home or at the cottage. Too bad because there is nothing better than a fresh ripe apple off the tree. Yes there were four of us. Lots of tumbling around when you come from a big family.

[ConcernedCanuk]

24. Reminded me of a saying from decades ago

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HALF a worm . . .



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[applegrove]

29. LoL!

[Make7]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNCrsbI3Rrk

[steve2470]

138. you're a very clever fellow indeed !

Steps (in Opera 16):

1- Right click page
2- Select "View Page Source"
3- Scroll to Line 206
4- Copy url closest to your username (http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=434256)
5- Paste in address bar and hit enter
6- ORGIASTIC GEEK JOY

[NYC_SKP]

211. I dare you to do that again!

Hi!

Make7 Up Yours, I have never seen that before!

[Make7]

218.

Do what again?

http://www.youtube.com/embed/yNCrsbI3Rrk?rel=0&start=8&end=9&autoplay=1&autohide=1&fs=1

[NYC_SKP]

219.

hmmmm.

[NYC_SKP]

220.

This.

Nice job!

[antiquie]

221. ~

[walkerbait41]

10. Just a fan

Of the T.V. show The Walking Dead

[ZombieHorde]

226. Such a great show! nt

[a la izquierda]

11. Mine means "to the left" in Spanish.

I've got Spanish ancestry and I study Latin America.

[ConcernedCanuk]

16. how would one say "to the right" in Spanish

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I'll watch out for a member with that name . . .



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[a la izquierda]

17. A la derecha

Hopefully no one would be that thick, but you ever know these days

[Chellee]

184. hmmm....

At first, I thought, "Isn't that a horribly destructive storm?"

But I looked it up, no, that's a derecho.

And then, I thought, "The right, horrible, destructive...hmmm...I wonder how they name storms?"

[Aristus]

12. A Latinized version of 'Aristocles', which was Plato's real name.

Also, there are a few Catholic saints named Aristus.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. I live in California, and my name IS Peggy!

[ConcernedCanuk]

76. Lived in San Diego for 14 months 79 - 80

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loved Black's Beach! aka Glider's Point.



pondered something, which came first -

the gliders, or the nude people below . . . .



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[olddots]

14. you can google

jay smithline artist and get dot's work and I'm now older dots

[Demo_Chris]

15. My name is Chris, and I was feeling unimaginative. nt

[bobduca]

22. "My List of Ailments"

[NuclearDem]

25. I've had "Nuclear" in most of my online handles since I was 12.

And Dem because, well, I vote Dem. (Mostly)

[ConcernedCanuk]

231. Betcha NSA et al got a bead on ya . . .

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I suspect the use of the word nuclear raises flags all over the spy world . . .

just sayin'



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[SheilaT]

26. My first name and my middle initial.

When I first started posting here I used a different name, but it sort of made me seem like a doofus, so I changed it and started all over again.

[ConcernedCanuk]

28. Just a guess

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Theresa?

It just jumped into my head

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[SheilaT]

55. Yep, except I spell it without the h.

After I was grown I learned my paternal mother's middle name was also Teresa, same spelling. I asked my mom if that's where they'd gotten it from (by this time my dad was dead) and she said she didn't remember.

[ConcernedCanuk]

56. SEE??

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jus 'cause we are Canuks don't make us 'tupid.!

I expect you already know that.



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[HeiressofBickworth]

27. 14th Great Grandmother

born 1438

[ConcernedCanuk]

121. Quite the lineage!

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I only know back to my grandparents on one side of my family.

Neither of my parents were willing to discuss our lineage.

I found that weird as a teen, still do . . .

Both parents passed on now.

(sigh)

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[HeiressofBickworth]

122. It's a crap-shoot

Records stop on one line in 1854 Michigan. On another line, I'm back to the middle-ages. All depends on whether or not records were kept. For my Heiress of Bickworth, there is no record of her actual name, just that her husband married the Heiress of Bickworth. I've been playing with this hobby for about 40 years and haven't tired of it yet. I've always loved to read history and genealogy is just history personified.

If you are interested, Canada has lots of records on-line. Start with the known and work towards the unknown.

[AsahinaKimi]

30. Kimiko Asahina

That is me. Watashi wa AsahinaKimi desu. Hajimemashite! Dozo Yoroshiku!

[ConcernedCanuk]

57. That's a pretty name

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I like just saying it.

Yep - I pronounce it out loud.

I like foreign languages - just because English seems to be the dominant one nowadays,

does not mean it is the best.

I do speak a bit of French, and I like doing so - so cool to be able to converse with others that speak a different language - -

But you already know that.

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[AsahinaKimi]

58. I have a friend in France..

She had been born in Japan and her Parents moved to France when she was a kid, so she doesn't even speak Japanese, but French and English, (English she learned from college.) Its a kick teaching her some Japanese words.. and I am a bit surprised, that like both our parents, they never taught us Japanese.. (or in my case, Korean as my mom is half and half.) I had to learn Japanese on my own in College and I am still not fluent, but I try!!!

[ConcernedCanuk]

62. "There is no medicine to cure Stupidity" - that's for sure!

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I think part of the reason is that many decades ago they did not teach their children the native language was because of the fear of the USA.

Don't know if you know, or remember when the USA grabbed all the Japanese and Chinese that were already in the USA and put them in concentration camps during WW2.

Canada did it too - shame on us.

Parents are protective - and if they feel a certain "skill" will endanger their child - they will circumvent that.

So I do understand why many from other countries only speak English.

Sad that - I love to hear other people speak their native languages, even if I do not understand them. - some sound like music!

Offer a beer, some food, a cigarette - communication succeeds!



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[AsahinaKimi]

66. The internment camps, like where George Takei was sent

Were for Japanese Americans only. No Chinese or Korean ever went there. As for the reason, with my parents it was simple. My mother was an English Teacher. She felt that there was no real good reason for me to learn Japanese in an English speaking country. She had taught my father how to speak English, and for me it was easy, cause I would learn it growing up. She even had a kind of rule, for my Dad not to speak Japanese at home, though often I would over hear them speaking Japanese in the bed room, privately. When my Korean Grandmother came to live with us, She only spoke Korean. She did speak a little Japanese.. but she did not know English. My mother tried to teach her mother to speak English.. but my Grandmother refused to learn, saying it was too late for that.

My Grandmother often spoke to me in bits of Korean and Japanese..but I never knew what she was saying.. or if I did, it was kind of like learning gestures. You would think in time, she would learn some English. She knew how to say "Hello" on the phone but didn't go that much further. My mother ended up getting an answering machine, so my grandmother would not have to answer the phone.

[Jenoch]

128. I used to work with a guy who,

while in college, tagged along with a buddy on a trip to Japan. He stayed for several months sleeping on the floor of a closet. He met a girl there and they later married. He became fluent in Japanese and got a job teaching English to Japanese businessmen. Meanwhile, his wife got a job teaching Japanese at Harvard. They had a long-distance marriage for over a year. I have no idea if they are living in Japan or the U.S. now. (My co-worker was 6'4" so I never did figure out how he fit in that closet, I guess his legs were sticking out.)

[Art_from_Ark]

178. A Japanese cartoon character called Doraemon

is famous for sleeping in a closet

[sakabatou]

243. Morning sun empress/noble?

[Arcanetrance]

31. When I was in a band it was my stage name

[ConcernedCanuk]

77. Curious - what did you play?

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I own and play a 12-string Acoustic/Electric Eko Ranger - a rare breed it turns out.

Took 8 years piano lessons and once, my teacher who was an organist in our church let me play the church organ -

Ya know - the ones with them huge pipes decades ago?

That sure was a thrill!

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[Arcanetrance]

78. I always wanted to play a pipe organ

I did vocals and bass as well as some guitar work

[rrneck]

32. renaissance redneck nt

[struggle4progress]

33. ... Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress

of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. The conflict has been exciting, agitating, all-absorbing, and for the time being, putting all other tumults to silence. It must do this or it does nothing. If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress ...

Frederick Douglass
“West India Emancipation”
Canandaigua NY
3 August 1857

[ConcernedCanuk]

133. Effecting progress is a struggle for sure.

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I effected some progress in companies I worked for,

but being a Union man, and Health and Safety advocate for the employees,

it was indeed a struggle.

But I had successes.

It was worth it.

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[Lil Missy]

34. Lady I used to banter with used to say, "Listen here, Lil Missy!!"

And she wasn't always saying it in fun.

This is the same lady who used to tell me she prays for me. (Pray away teh gay). I'd say thank you, someone needs to pray for me.

[ConcernedCanuk]

88. Reminds of my youth

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When my mother called me by my full name -

like all 3 - first, middle and last . .

I knew I was in deep doo-doo.



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[denbot]

35. I was more of a gamer, and the computer generated opponents were known as bots.

I used to play on line as denbot, a combination of my first name, and bot, to represent my virtual presence.

I originally tried to registrar as democat (another of my gamer names), but it was already taken.

[ConcernedCanuk]

261. U related to DU's AdBot?

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[denbot]

263. I'm a shirt tail relative of DU's AdBot

I am more closely related to DU's GrovelBot.

[onestepforward]

36. My local message board was mostly hardcore right wing,

so I wanted a name that wasn't too intimidating, lol, but still saying that I'm a progressive/liberal. When I could take no more and left, I kept the same name so a handful of other Dems could find me if they wandered onto DU. I know it's a pretty dorky name, but can't change it now

[loli phabay]

37. aa family pet name for me that my kids etc still use.

[Callmecrazy]

38. Because sometimes I say and do dumb thangs. nt

[ConcernedCanuk]

259. Crazy and dumb ain't the same thing . . .

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I sorta get offended if someone calls me dumb . . .

But call me crazy? - I'll say "fuken right I am!" -

Cooter's of the same vent .

"Cooter was the talented mechanic in the fictional Hazzard County, in Georgia. He owned The Hazzard County Garage in Hazzard County Square, directly across from the Police Department and the County Bank - which gave ideal position for observing Boss Hogg's latest crooked schemes and relaying back to the Dukes. his CB handle was "Crazy Cooter" and he often started his CB transmissions with "Breaker one, Breaker one, I might be crazy but I ain't dumb, Craaaazy Cooter comin' atcha, any y'all Dukes out there on the Hazzard net? Come on"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooter_Davenport

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[Locut0s]

39. Star Trek The Next Generation....

The 2 part episode "The Best of Both Worlds" in which captain Picard is turned into a Borg. The name they give him, Locutus. I wanted to use this name on a discussion board many years ago but it was already registered. So I tried Locutos, but that was taken too so I replaced the o with a zero 0 and my nick was born

[PuffedMica]

40. I don't appreciate you brining my body weight into the argument

The other kids at school used to make fun of me because of my weight.

A lot of the taunts were about how I looked 'PUFFED UP'.

[ConcernedCanuk]

283. I once made a comment to my father about my mother's weight.

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He responded, "I don't think of your mother as fat,

just "pleasingly plump"".



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[Granny M]

41. Just a very happy grandmother. nt

[steve2470]

42. my name and street number of an old address, pretty boring nt

[hobbit709]

43. What's to explain?

[ConcernedCanuk]

51. the 709 . .

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[LiberalEsto]

44. My family came from Estonia, hence the Esto

and as far as I know, I'm one of the few Estonian-Americans who is not a right-wing Repuke.

[pinboy3niner]

45. Old Army radio callsign

Pinboy Three-Niner always sounded cooler than my previous callsign--Itchy Click One-Six.

[klook]

202. Cool. Have wondered about your handle.

[pinboy3niner]

205. It was my last callsign in Vietnam

In radio protocol, the military adds an 'r' to nine to better distinguish it from five.

Personally, I thought it was much cooler than my previous callsign: Itchy Click One-Six.

[femmocrat]

46. An homage to the original feminists.

I did my grad work in women's history. And I am a lifelong democrat.

[rug]

47. I thought carpet would be too formal.

[Martin Eden]

320. LOL

You were probably concerned someone would call you carpet licker

[In_The_Wind]

49. Changed my old username to match my current status.

I was going out in the wind away from DU.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

159. I can relate!

[Trailrider1951]

50. Mine is from my mountain bike racing days

I'm too old and slow to race these days, but I still love to ride.

[ConcernedCanuk]

98. Never raced, but biked quite a bit recently

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Lost my driver's licence 3 years back (got it now though) and necessity got me pedalling.

It was a ten kilometer trip to town and back - downhill to town, but uphill home.

Put 3 baskets from an old freezer on the back for groceries.

First few times, I'd have to walk it 5 or six times on the steeper hills.

Then I got it down to only walking it in 2 spots.

By the second year, I could pedal back uphill loaded with groceries without walking it.

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[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

52. Making fun of BushJr

choking on pretzels at The Ranch. I know it is not nice to laugh at someone choking, but I could not control myself when he did it.

[ConcernedCanuk]

85. I remember that . .

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"Pretzeldent!"

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[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

87. Pretzeldent... I like that!

[MrsBrady]

53. I was

and now I'm not.

no one plans a divorce...and I can't change my id now...
when they say plan your name carefully....boy they aren't kidding

but i don't want to give up my post count to get a new log in...some things are important.

[ConcernedCanuk]

160. I don't know how it works now, but in the past,

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You could change your username, but save all your post count and messages.

so if you changed your username to NOTMrsBradyanymore or something like that

it would be simple for people to find you if you wish.

As far as I'm aware, only if you delete/quit your account do you lose your history here.

I suggest asking the Admins in the forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1259

OR PMing Skinner if you want to keep it private.

Skinner pays attention - but remember - he's got over 200,000 members in here -

so it might be a few days before you get a response.

I've been here over ten years -

And he's always responded.

Give it a shot.

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[pipi_k]

54. totally random

choice of username I had on another site (for anxiety), liked it, so decided to use it here.

So basically, it's a shortened version of "Pipikaula", which is some kind of beef dish in Hawaii. I like the Hawaiian language...so melodic...

I should change it, since I haven't eaten beef in seven or eight years, but whatever...

[RiffRandell]

59. Ramones fan, and character from this movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079813/

[shanti]

60. It means "peace"

Don't we all want that?

[ConcernedCanuk]

80. good one!

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But apparently not "all" want peace - I sure do though.

Countries selling weapons to other countries want dollars, not peace.

Heck - how can they sell their weapons if there are no wars going on?

(sigh)

but yeah

to you too . .

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[KamaAina]

61. kama'aina = "local person" in Hawai'i

distinguished from malihini: visitor or foreigner. Literally, "child of the land".

When I delurked after Nineleven(tm), there were only a handful of other Hawai'i posters, so I took the name for myself.

The irony is that I've been back in Mainlandia for nearly four years.

[ConcernedCanuk]

270. So you lived in Hawai'i?

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I figure so because you say "been back in Mainlandia for nearly four years"

Curious - why in Mainlandia,

and do you PREFER the mainland to the island?

Were you born in Hawai'i ?

yep I'm a curious one.

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[KamaAina]

271. Came up here for a job.

The one I had on the island was circling the drain. Now this one is circling the drain.

The Bay Area does have its advantages, but few of them are available to me since I am down at the far end of it, over a two-hour journey each way from SF, Oakland, Berkeley, etc.

Born in Baltimore. Been around.

[raptor_rider]

63. I was a ATV freak then

Had a Yamaha 660 Raptor, and man, was it fast!!! Loved riding it when I could. Had to stop when I got pregnant with my first son, and after he was born, I lost my nerve. Knew I was going fast! In 5th gear, still more to give, however run out of road. I know I was going over 80mph!

[ConcernedCanuk]

96. ATV is on my menu!

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Never owned one, had no real desire . . .

But I just bought 28 acres with many old logging trails -

So - I'm gonna get me one soon!

Save beatin my 4x4 to death,

cuz I'm gonna be exploring one way or 't'other!

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[cleveramerican]

64. it comes from something my father used to say

My father used to say"I'd rather be clever than brilliant"

with the passing years I think this saying wiser and wiser.

So clever is what I aim for and seldom achieve

[fizzgig]

65. it's the little guy in my sig

favorite critter from my favorite movie

[ConcernedCanuk]

67. LOL! - "little guy"

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That's what I call my -

oh

nevermind . .



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[Grateful for Hope]

68. Mine is pretty obvious

I changed my username after the election, and I was very grateful.

[ConcernedCanuk]

162. "And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet"

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I do that! - even take short (very short) barefoot runs in the winter snow now and then.

Outdoors is where I wanna be.

So I do so.



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[Grateful for Hope]

171. I am with you, CC.

[polly7]

69. Polly is the name of my horse (no longer mine, I sold her)

and seven, the number of times she dumped me on my ass.

[ConcernedCanuk]

100. LOL re the "7"

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and I actually was living in Toronto the last time the leafs won the cup -

City went WILD!

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[CottonBear]

273. Cotton was the name of my Oldenburg filly! I had to sell her. :(

I kept my spare change in a bear-shaped jar (to fund the never ending horse care costs).
So, I called it the Cotton Bear!

[irisblue]

70. gardening

I have always thought iris were so pretty.

[ConcernedCanuk]

89. I have something growing in a garden that looks like an iris

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and it has orange petals with about a three foot stem.

The garden is sorta wild, I just bought the place recently and didn't know what was weeds and what was not.

So I just let it go and figure to weed out what has no flowers in the fall.

I'm good at growing veggies and identifying them, but not overly familiar with flowers.

got plenty of wildflowers I know here, daisies, buttercups, clover and so on (my resident Gopher loves the clover)

This be Gopher



took that right outside my living room window a week or so ago.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018419908

and for some strange reason - no dandelions that seem to invade many yards.

also got some yellow flower that looks like a buttercup from a distance, but only a few inches tall with much smaller petals.

Gotta get me a flower book to find out what is what.

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[narnian60]

71. Obviously a fan of the books.

60-my age.

[RushIsRot]

72. I saw some idiot tooling around in his Bubba-Mobile with a bumper sticker

proclaiming, "Rush is Right." I created my own version of the bumper sticker with "right" crossed out and "rot" substituted.

[Glorfindel]

73. After an elf I admired in "The Lord of the Rings"

[Kingofalldems]

74. Self explanatory

[janlyn]

75. A combination

of part my first name and part of my last name.
Thought about using the nickname I have had since I was 2. But didn't think people would take me seriously with a user name like Twiggy.

[grantcart]

95. same for me

[hopemountain]

79. it is the name of one of the shorter mountain peaks

in our valley. i was looking out the window when creating an account - and there it was.

[ConcernedCanuk]

84. You can see mountains from your window

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sounds like my kind of place!

I live in Northern Ontario on elevated land I just bought close to the Ottawa River.

I noticed in the spring I could see Quebec across the river (river being the border).

No longer can see it because the trees now have leaves on them.

Plan is - goodbye to the trees, hello firewood, and a permanent view of Quebec!



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[love_katz]

81. I do...

love cats!

Although, maybe I should petition Skinner to let me change it to Owned-by-cat.

[Taverner]

82. Flow my Tears the Policeman Said

[ConcernedCanuk]

179. I thought Taverner referred to hanging around bars a lot!

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So I got curious.

" The novel is set in a futuristic dystopia, where the United States has become a police state "

I get it now.

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[klook]

203. Cool - Love P.K. Dick! (n/t)

[mwdem]

83. Started in Kansas..

moved to Texas, not in SoCal. Never changed it.

[90-percent]

86. mine

maximum allowable percentage of nitromethane fuel for NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Fuel Funny Cars.

-90% Jimmy

[SwissTony]

90. SwissToni (with an "i")

was a character in the BBC comedy "The Fast Show" (renamed "Brilliant" in the US because of a name clash with an American show).

SwissToni compares EVERY activity to "making love to a beautiful woman".

[LWolf]

91. It's pretty self-explanatory.

When I registered, it wouldn't take "Lonewolf" or LoneWolf," so I went with just L.

That's pretty much what I am, politically, socially, and spiritually.

[ConcernedCanuk]

92. Ever check out the Loners group on DU?

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1237

Pretty much goes without saying it, but it's not real active in there



never seen a flame war there tho!

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[Jesus Malverde]

93. Jesús Malverde

Jesús Malverde, sometimes known as the generous bandit or angel of the poor is a folklore hero in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.

[Bertha Venation]

99. The name of a drag queen of Harvey Fierstein's imagination. n/t

[ConcernedCanuk]

101. Why that choice? - just curious.

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Charles Pierce (Bertha Venation was just one of the roles he played.)

His impersonation acts were at first mainly in gay clubs on the US West Coast and in Florida. He particularly made his name with the gay audience at San Francisco's Gilded Cage club. He did not regard the padding, the costumes, and make-up as the key to his performance, but rather it was accurate acting that he aimed for and was proud of. In fact, in some states it was illegal to cross dress, for example in Florida where he played in the Echo Club in Miami in the early 1960s. In these circumstances, instead of full drag he performed with props such as a silk scarf, a cigarette holder, and a hat.


His fame spread and he went onto the international cabaret circuit. In the 1970s he played at Country Cousin in Chelsea featuring impersonations of Tallulah Bankhead, Carol Channing, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, and Mae West.

In 1974 he started his one-man show in New York to rave reviews. He brought the show to the Fortune Theatre in London in 1975.
During the late 1970s and 1980s he was often a guest on television shows, including Fame, LaVerne, and Shirley and Love. He was also frequent guest on television chat shows. In 1988 he played the part of the drag queen Bertha Venation in the film version of Harvey Fierstein's play Torch Song Trilogy and he was briefly shown doing his Bette Davis impersonation.

http://www.circa-club.com/gallery/gay_history_icons_charles_pierce.php more at link



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[Bertha Venation]

104. chorus

I sang with the South Coast Chorale in Long Beach, CA, for seven years. One season the director had the bright idea of publishing in our programs the amounts of the donations we members made as our dues. His thought was that when the audience saw how generous we were, they'd open their wallets, too.

I objected strenuously. I am no pharisee. So I went to the person who put together the programs and asked him to replace my name with Bertha Venation. Torch Song Trilogy is one of my favorite movies; maybe I meant this as some kind of tribute to Harvey. Or maybe it was just because I like the name.

People deduced who I was and the name stuck. My nickname is now Bertha.

I don't know how many times I've explained this on DU, often when folks stopped just short of calling me a racist.

[ConcernedCanuk]

146. Interesting - I sang in 2 church choirs as a youth

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Would sing in the choir at the United Church at the 9am service, then in the choir at the 11am service at a nearby Anglican church.

With the practices during the week for the two services, I was singing quite a lot!

That was back in the early 60's.

In the mid-70's I sang for a few years with an amateur barbershop quartet.

I loved the harmony.

Yes, I like music - I play both the guitar and piano, even had a short spell with the harmonica -

Once - my music teacher (piano) let me play the church organ - ya know, the REAL church organ with those huge pipes.

That was an experience I'll never forget.



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[winter is coming]

102. Game of Thrones junkie.

Also, a reflection of my view of the way this country is headed.

[No Vested Interest]

103. Trying to to be objective in my opinions

and because I have no reason to expect to gain materially from my opinion.
Expect in the general sense, that as society improves, we each individually improve.

[life long demo]

105. life long demo

Just as the name indicates. I was born Democrat. Growing up my whole family was Democrat including aunts and uncles. FDR people. Almost all of us still are with the exception of one brother who values money above everything. My brothers and sisters (including me) are all pretty old now and being Democratic is a core value.

[ConcernedCanuk]

106. I have 3 brothers still living, 2 of them are $$ first, everyone/everthing else second.

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I'm in tune with the one who is NOT $$ crazy.

And I vote Liberal or NDP, never Conservative.

(Conservative = Republican IMO)

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[IrishEyes]

107. My grandmother use to play the song

"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" on the piano.

It is my favorite Irish song. Also, I'm Irish and I have pretty green eyes.

[ConcernedCanuk]

109. My father used to play that!

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Father could play anything on a sheet of music,

and I spent many an evening in my youth going to sleep as he played the piano after he returned from work.

Father was Scottish, and I was sweet on a cute (but feisty!) Irish girl in Grade school.

Never got past the holding hands thing tho . . .

'twas only grade 7.

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[madinmaryland]

108. It was the spring of 2004 when I joined and John Kerry was getting smeared by the

Swift-boat Liars and I was literally "mad in Maryland" about what was happening to John Kerry.

[Blue_In_AK]

110. I came here after the 2004 election.

I was a sad Democrat, so blue in two ways, and I'm in Alaska, thus Blue_in_AK.

[ConcernedCanuk]

112. "WAS a sad Democrat" ?

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I expect you may still be, as I am still concerned;

very much so.

(sigh)

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[Blue_In_AK]

115. Oh, yeah, I haven't gotten much happier

with the political aspects of my life. That's why I haven't changed my name.

[B Calm]

111. 40 years of driving 18 wheelers. It was something I would say to myself

to control my road rage!

[KamaAina]

114. kama'aina = local person (in Hawai'i)

literally "child of the land". Opposed to malihini, visitor or foreigner.

Now meaningless as I am no longer there.

[dawg]

116. Because I"m the one ...

with the waggedy tail.

[ConcernedCanuk]

158. I remember a song . .

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Patti Page (yep - I'm that old)

How much is that doggie in the window (arf, arf)
The one with the waggley tail
How much is that doggie in the window (arf, arf)
I do hope that doggie's for sale

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[bravenak]

117. It's easy to figure out.

B for black, cause I am.
Raven for my stage name, from the Stripclub days
Ak for Alaska, cause its the biggest, best state
I can't just be Bianca. That tech nine song ruined my name for me.
Look up Bianca's and Beatrice's by Tech Nine and you'll hate them with me. Oh I'll do it.
Don't click if you hate rap or nasty songs. No video.
http://m.

&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Ds3uIPDfoIEQ

[mike_c]

118. my name is Mike C.

eom

[ConcernedCanuk]

134. Luv ur sig line!

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[Duer 157099]

119. Guess!!! n/t

[ConcernedCanuk]

120. LOL - No need to guess - I'm one of the dinosaurs around here

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=157099

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[TexasTowelie]

123. South Park fans should get it immediately.

Do you wanna get high?

Then I was born, lived in and rarely ever left Texas.

[ConcernedCanuk]

125. How many times were you born? - lol

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"Hometown: George West, Georgetown, Austin and Irving, Texas "

I only got born once, that being Oakville, Ontario - but then again,

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[TexasTowelie]

127. Okay, get a laugh at my expense.

I was born in Corpus Christi, but each of those towns listed were considered "home" for significant portions of my life. I've been a few other places along the way, but never considered myself to be part of the community since I didn't participate in civic affairs or had fond memories in those locations.

[ConcernedCanuk]

130. Hell, I've lived in over 50 places in my 62 years . .

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That'd make quite a list.

San Diego was "home" for 14 months from '79 - 80.

Even then, "homes" around SanDee included Mission Valley, Chula Vista, Bonita and National City.

Beach Boys song comes to mind . . .

"I get around" . .

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[TexasTowelie]

131. I'm almost the exact opposite.

I was in George West from 4 to 18. Georgetown for four years of college. Austin for 13 years and Irving for 11 years. I had a couple of other stops along the way between college in Georgetown and getting my first real job in Austin. I really hate moving.

I'm closing in on two years in Brenham, but I don't really feel like this home--it's falls into the category of the place where both of my parents died. It looks like I'll only be here a few more months since my father's house is being put up for sale. I'll get my share of the equity, but haven't got a clue as to what's going to happen afterwards.

[NuclearDem]

168. Hey everyone, lets go to the lake!

...lets go swimming!

...lets take a shower!

[TexasTowelie]

169. Don't forget the infamous

"If you go to a hotel don't forget to bring a towel because you never know where hotel towels have been!"

The same advice also applies to hospitals--my brother swipes those from where he works and I'm adamant that they aren't used to clean the food preparation surfaces in the kitchen. Yeah, I'm anally retentive regarding food sanitation.

[Sugarcoated]

124. Aimee Mann song

off of I'm With Stupid

[Glassunion]

126. Mine is kinda stupid... Glassonion was taken. I like the Beatles.

[Bucky]

132. It's who I am. My friends all call me Bucky.

But is it short for "Vaquero"? Is it short for "Buckminster Fulleryourself"? Or is Bucky enough?

[pokerfan]

135. I'm a fan of fireplace implements

[ConcernedCanuk]

143. I think you fooled many people!

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[pokerfan]

144. Perish the thought!

[90-percent]

136. mine

Modern NHRA Top Fuel and Fuel Funny cars are limited to a maximum of 90% nitromethane. Used to be unlimited until Doug Herbert;s Larry Frazier tune-up resulted in his engine blowing up like a bomb during a burnout at the Winternationals in the late 90's. NHRA immediately mandated 85% max, but then bumped it to 90% max.

Which makes nostalgia nitro even cooler. They can still run 98%. And still run 1320 feet, a quarter mile. NHRA is now 1000 feet for pro nitro cars, as the speeds exceeded the safety of many shorter tracks, and drivers were dying from parachute failure or engine explosions that rendered braking useless, or knocked out the drivers, which prevented them slowing down their 300 mph race cars.


-jim

[Wounded Bear]

137. I posted it here....

http://sutz12.blogspot.com/2009/08/totem.html

In short...

I selected the title "The Wounded Bear" based on a totem I identified with many years ago, that of a wounded bear. The basic premise being that of my penchant for spending time "in the cave." I do hibernate at times, isolating myself from the world.

Well, perhaps it is springtime in August, as I have decided to emerge. The wounded part, I'll leave to the reader's imagination. Suffice it to say that your intrepid blogger has, at times, suffered the wounds associated with surviving in our modern society. Certainly, there is no blame to apply anywhere other than my own self, as I have come to accept my own weaknesses and the wounds that spring from that font.

And, since this was ongoing at the time...

Politically, I am a liberal. Progressive. Leftist. Whatever. I am so tired of the continual dragging of my country into a bizarre right wing country where religion and corporate interests reign supreme. It is far past time for a solid lurch back into democratic principles, based on the people's needs.

RIP Ted Kennedy. Watching RW idiots dancing on his grave has been disgusting to me. The man did more for this country than a dozen conservatives. He deserves far more recognition and respect than Ronnie Rayguns got. He certainly did more for America than that stuffed shirt ever did. But of course, he wanted to do something good for the country, unlike his conservative detractors. His lifetime and career have answered his brother's call to "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." RWers babble platitudes that they think approach the eloquence of that simple question. Teddy Kennedy made answering that question his life's work.

[PRETZEL]

139. nickname I've had since I was a little kid

it has stuck with til this day

[ConcernedCanuk]

140. LOL - one of my best friends is nicknamed "Fudge"

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Almost NOBODY calls him by his birth name.

He's almost 60 now, and he's still "da Fudge".



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ps: he loves fudge chocolate

go figure

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

141. It's the name of a Butch Walker album from 2002.

Unfortunately it's the last album of his that I liked, since he then changed from making rock music to awfully bland indie pop.

[Hobo]

142. Because of the amount I travel for I did work when I was younger

When I made an rare appearance in the office, the receptionist would say the hobo is back. Actually she would say the wandering hobo is back, but I thought it was a little redundant.

Hobo

[avebury]

145. From Wikipedia:

Avebury (/ˈeɪvbri/) is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. Unique amongst megalithic monuments, Avebury contains the largest stone circle in Europe, and is one of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain.

It is a cool little place that I have been fortunate enough to visit a few times.

[ConcernedCanuk]

149. Interesting place.

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http://www.avebury-web.co.uk/avebury_now.html

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[Danmel]

147. combo of my kid's names

Danny & Melanie

[qnr]

148. It's a communications code, meaning:

"I am approaching my point of no return."

[RainDog]

150. Tom Waits wrote Rain Dogs

a song about people who have can't find their way home, like dogs in a storm when rain washes away scent.

Inside a broken clock
Splashing the wine with all the rain dogs
Taxi, we’d rather walk
Huddle a doorway with the rain dogs
For I am a rain dog too

Me likey Tom Waits long time.

The cd was sitting near me when I had to choose a name.

and I'm sort of a Rain Dog myself, emotionally, since some bad things happened a while back.

and I couldn't see naming myself Jockey Full of Bourbon, Walking Spanish or Tango Till They're Sore, even tho I like those songs on that cd more than Rain Dogs.

[Make7]

174. 'Jockey Full Of Bourbon' is one of my favorite Tom Waits songs.

Usually makes me think of the movie Down By Law when I hear it.

Tom Waits - Jockey Full Of Bourbon (Down By Law Soundtrack)

If you haven't seen the movie yet, it's worth checking out (especially if you like Jim Jarmusch films) - if you have a Hulu Plus account you can stream it there.

[RainDog]

175. Yes. I love Jim Jarmusch

Dead Man is one of my favorite films, ever.

[hrmjustin]

151. his royal majesty justin

[ConcernedCanuk]

152. Hmm - we might get one of them

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"his royal majesty justin"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau

Justin Trudeau, son of one of our previous Prime Ministers, Pierre Trudeau,

is putting his foot in the race to be our next Prime Minister.

I'm not sure of Justin's intent for Canada's future -

but I'll vote for anyone except Harper!

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[hrmjustin]

153. I thought Harper was not running again.

[ConcernedCanuk]

156. Harper says he is, just over a week ago.

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He will be running in the next election, he says.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/08/22/f-vp-weston-harper-retire.html

One thing for sure, if Harper does not run, and a Conservative gov't gets in,

he'll be in the background and make sure his successor carries on the selling out of Canada.

Harper's goal was to weaken the Liberals, and he did so quite well.

I sure hope the Liberals have another crack at running Canada.

Conservatives are ruining it IMO.

We had a good World image and life under Chretien and Trudeau (both liberals).

It was the Conservatives in the early 90's that cut our social Assistance to the bones,

both our Welfare and Health Care benefits have declined, and still are declining.

I'll be voting Liberal, definitely for Justin if he gets a nomination.

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[Recursion]

154. Recursion: (n) see "Recursion"

It's also my favorite software programming structure.

[GeorgeGist]

155. A picture's worth something ...

[IdaBriggs]

157. Lack of imagination - its my "real" name.

Great thread - thank you!

[ConcernedCanuk]

161. "Great thread - thank you!" - ur welcome.

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I didn't really expect it to last this long,

or expect as many views as it has.

Heck - this thread is way up there with the CAT threads!

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[kentauros]

163. I'll let the Online Etymology Dictionary do that for me:

centaur (n.)
late 14c., from Latin centaurus, from Greek Kentauros, origin disputed. In early Greek literature they were a savage, horse-riding tribe from Thessaly; later they were monsters half horse, half man. The southern constellation of Centaurus is attested in English from 1550s but was known by that name to the Romans and known as a centaur to the Greeks. It has often been confused since classical times with Sagittarius.

Also from Theoi.com - Kentauroi Thesselioi

And if you need to know even more than that, here's my blog

[ConcernedCanuk]

189. I prefer the Centauride

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[kentauros]

191. I prefer them, too!

But I can't spell my username that way

[cynatnite]

164. cyn at nite. That's how I picked it. n/t

[IDemo]

165. Idaho + Demo

Although I see that there's also a band with that name from Yugoslavia or some other country.

[bif]

166. I thought I had to enter my user name and password every time...

So I picked a short user name. bif. This was in 2001. Little did I know. I would have picked a different name had I known. Oh well.

[av8rdave]

167. Anyone that needs mine explained could be a GOP candidate

[ConcernedCanuk]

187. My father was a Navigational Instructor with the Air Force in WW2

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[cliffordu]

170. Clifford is my first name, the 'u' is the first letter of my middle name.

Someone - no longer here - scolded me for calling myself cliffordu to ingratiate myself to the admins.

Been my email handle since 2001.

[NYC_SKP]

207. Uvula?

Umberto?

[cliffordu]

208. Uhura

[mwdem]

172. Easy...lived in Kansas when I joined.

Since lived in Texas, and now in SoCal!

[Callmecrazy]

173. Because I can be...

And because I sometimes do dumb thangs

[mrdmk]

176. Well, this is not the most creative name

Mister + initials of my full name!

When ever I setting a e-mail package for another person and they need a name, for professional reasons, I use mr or ms and their initials. It generally works!!!

[Mellow Drama]

177. I'm Mellow, and I like a little Drama... ;)

[ConcernedCanuk]

198. CA is a good place for both . . .

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Lived in SanDee for over a year, visited LA and San Fran while I was there.

nice state!



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[Zavulon]

180. Mine is the name of a villain in a popular Russian movie.

[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403358/[/url]

[DFW]

181. Simple: the airport I fly out of when I'm home (Dallas-Fort Worth)

(Which is almost never)

[ConcernedCanuk]

182. "(Which is almost never)" - umm - TSA/NSA got that . . .

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[DFW]

188. The TSA got me a long time ago. Once I did this, there was no turning back:

And anyway, I'm stationed overseas, and the nearest intercontinental airport to me has no direct flights to Dallas or Houston.

[LeftishBrit]

183. I'm British and left-wing and, when I joined in 2004, wanted a username that would indicate that I

was on the side of my Bush-hating Democratic allies, but was a foreigner not involved in the contentious primaries of the time.

I used the slightly vague term 'leftish' not to imply limitations to the leftism (as a few people have thought), but because in 2004 I had no party, as my natural home, the Labour Party, had been taken over by Blair et al. I nearly called myself 'BritAgainstBush' but decided on a username based more on what I was for than against.

[Initech]

185. Mine comes from the fake company in the movie Office Space.

[ConcernedCanuk]

194. Being a curious person, I googled the movie

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Most interesting thing I found was this quote from one of the actors' bios:

"The most unconditional love that you can encounter is with a dog. They're excited the minute you come home, and they show the same amount of excitement everyday. They're loyal and they're always, always faithful."

Just google "The most unconditional love that you can encounter is with a dog" -

I expect you will be surprised who said that.

I am!

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[Chellee]

186. It's a diminutive/nickname of my actual name.

[ConcernedCanuk]

190. My youngest brother had a wife named Shelly

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am I close?

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[Chellee]

193. Michelle

nt

[CJCRANE]

192. Based on the character CJ Gregg in West Wing

but I misheard it.

[devils chaplain]

195. It's from a quote by Charles Darwin...

"What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!"

Richard Dawkins also used it as the title of his autobiography.

[ConcernedCanuk]

199. Charles Darwin - brilliant man that . . .

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Sure shook up the way of thinking . . .

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[yuiyoshida]

196. Its my name.

yui yoshida.

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu! Nice to meet you.

[ConcernedCanuk]

197. Hello Yui.

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English is my native language, but I also speak French, and can understand a fair bit of reading as well.

I have good linguistic (verbal) skills, and can pronounce most other languages as they are meant to be.

Had a German girlfriend way back, and she was amazed I pronounced her name properly.

English language sucks - doesn't sound very nice, and much of it,

is pure horseshit.

like that's news.

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[yuiyoshida]

246. There is a famous singer named Yui ..

[jmowreader]

200. My username predates my ever having anything to do with a computer

If you use computers at work and have to log in, you probably have at least one username like the one I use here...first initial, last name spelled out. I started signing 7th-grade shop drawings that way in 1975.

[klook]

201. Kenny Clarke, great jazz drummer

Of the three great African American drummers whose work in the early and mid 1940s shaped the contours of bop—Kenny Clarke, Max Roach and Art Blakey—it was "Klook" Clarke who lit the first and fattest fuse: taking timekeeping away from the bass drum and onto the ride cymbal, freeing up bass and snare drums for dialogue with soloists and establishing a paradigm which became one of the new music's defining characteristics.

Roach developed the new style, and Blakey and others recalibrated it for hard bop, but history relates that Clarke made the first moves. In Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff's Hear Me Talkin' To Ya (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1955), Clarke says he began the process in the Teddy Hill band "about 1937," and that it reached full flower when he was playing with Roy Eldridge "around 1940." Whatever the precise dates, by the time he was recorded at New York's Minton's Playhouse in 1941, with fellow bop pioneers guitarist Charlie Christian and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, Clarke had the key elements of the style fully down.
- more at AllAboutJazz.com

Here's the original Klook with an all-star group including, if I'm not mistaken, Sonny Stitt on alto, J.J. Johnson on trombone, and Howard McGhee on trumpet. One YouTube commenter identifies the pianist as Walter Bishop, Jr., and the drummer as Tommy Potter -- entirely plausible:

I love much of today's jazz and other music, but the bebop innovators were really something special. Kenny "Klook" Clarke was one of the true heroes of bop. After he emigrated to France in 1956, many Americans lost track of him, but he lived and worked in Paris until his death in 1985.

I'm proud to honor this great musician with my DU username!

[ConcernedCanuk]

268. "I'm proud to honor this great musician with my DU username!"

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Personally, I wouldn't know where to start.

I love all sorts of music from classical to rap, some more than others.

My first record?

Was a 33LP - "Mozart in Prague" I bought in my early teens in the 60's.

Then collected music from Air Supply to Zeppelin, as well as more classical - including the complete works of Beethoven.

Other music includes Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and Louis Armstrong.

I likes music!

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[petronius]

204. I didn't have anything specifically in mind when I first found DU, and really

didn't have any expectation of sticking around, so I just looked for inspiration on the desk next the the computer...

[pinboy3niner]

206. I love it! It's a good name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronius

[tavernier]

209. Tavernier is a town in the Florida Keys

and where I live on my boat.

Not to be confused with Taverner, another DU member, but unlike myself, with outdoor plumbing.

[MissHoneychurch]

210. Miss Honeychurch is a character in a book

by E.M. Forster "Room with a View". Also made into a movie with Helena Bonham-Carter as Lucy Honeychurch and Julian Sands as George.

Love both the book and the movie. So there is my user name explained

[IBEWVET]

212. Pretty self explanatory

Union member, army vet.

[ConcernedCanuk]

260. I wonder if anyone has that for a personalized licence plate.

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You can make these images at http://acme.com/licensemaker/

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[Vashta Nerada]

213. Vashta Nerada are microscopic creatures that live in swarms and in the shadows.

In large swarms, they can tear off the flesh on bones.

They are first seen in the Doctor Who episode Silence in the Library. I absolutely love the show and I wanted a screen name based on it.

[JohnBenn]

214. Jeez..

You guys are making me feel so unoriginal for just using my name..

[tenderfoot]

215. I'm always new to everything so I go by tenderfoot

BTW, l'm a longtime DU - new username with permission from Skinner.

[nykiera]

216. State that I live in + my dog's name. :)

[1-Old-Man]

217. I think its self explanatory. I'm as old as dirt.

[ConcernedCanuk]

222. How old is old?

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When my father was alive, HE was old (passed away in 2007 @ 95)

I am now 62 - creeping up to 63.

It's in the eye of the beholder.

At ten years old,

15 was OLD!

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[1-Old-Man]

223. How old? Well, the day you were born I could have driven your mother to the hospital.

[ConcernedCanuk]

225. Got it.

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[ashling]

224. ashling -

variant of Irish Gaelic for dream

[Pholus]

227. One of the only two civilized centaurs...

Of course, he also poisoned himself with one of his own arrows but hey that might be apt too...

[ConcernedCanuk]

234. oops -ole brain thought phallus . . .

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[Pholus]

235. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar... ;)

[ConcernedCanuk]

237. OK

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[Burma Jones]

228. A Character from John Kennedy Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces"

[ConcernedCanuk]

230. Interesting choice from the list of characters available.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Confederacy_of_Dunces

"Burma Jones, porter/janitor for the "Night Of Joy" who holds on to his job only to avoid being arrested for vagrancy"

I wonder why the author committed suicide a few years after writing the manuscript?

Heck, he was only 31 years old . . .

Interesting that he began the book years before JFK's assassination, yet didn't complete the book until afterwards.

Curious that, JK Toole's name was from previous family members, not because of the famous John Kennedy.

More on the author - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kennedy_Toole

I was an avid reader as a child - still am now and then.

Web makes it easy to research this stuff,

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[MrMickeysMom]

232. Ah, now I remember!

What a great read... I knew I had heard this name somewhere... I borrowed that book from someone and never gave it back!

[bench scientist]

286. that is one of my favorite books :)

[greatauntoftriplets]

229. They're not almost 13 years old...collectively, about to be 39.

I am now also the greataunt of twins and four others.

[MrMickeysMom]

233. Now who wouldn't wish to be this boy's mother, I tell you?

[Xipe Totec]

236. Our Lord the Flayed One

life-death-rebirth deity, god of agriculture, vegetation, the east, disease, spring, goldsmiths, silversmiths and the seasons

[ConcernedCanuk]

238. Ever find Xilonen-Chicomecoatl ??

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[Xipe Totec]

241. Lol! Same diety, different gender.

[Vanje]

239. Its a variation of my dog's name.

She cant type because she doesn't have the right sort of fingers. So I type for her.

[Volaris]

240. Mine's the name of an old D&D character,

which I recycled for my first EQ Rogue.

It came from a fantasy short story one of my bored cousins wrote when she was about 10 years old.

[ConcernedCanuk]

247. Like ur sig line

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"Its a good thing I'm not an elected official; I would wander the Capitol and find people to hit with a stick."

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[Volaris]

257. No, me either.

I'd start with comittee appointments that truly don't belong there...

"Whats the square root of 16?"
"Figures are of the DEVIL!!!"
"Then why are you on my fucking Math Comittee?" SMACK!!!!!
Rinse, Repeat.

Except, with the current crop of Idiots in DC, that alone would be a 40/hour a week job...

[sakabatou]

242. Name of Kenshin Himura's sword

[Tracyjo]

244. my sister named me...

Tracyjo.

[madrchsod]

245. i added mad to rchsod after kerry lost

rchsod is the combo of my first and last name

[ConcernedCanuk]

248. I'm curious. - When you change you username,

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does it affect your post count, profile, transparency or anything?

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[madrchsod]

249. if i remember correctly ...

the guys who run this site decided we could change our username around that time. nothing was effected.

[Hardlyaround]

250. Long haul trucker for J.B. Hunt Transport,

hence, I'm hardly around any one place for any amount of time.

[ConcernedCanuk]

251. Was that your idea, or a Significant Other's?

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[Hardlyaround]

253. Finally, some down time, just dropped a load in Portland, OR.

now I'm at the T/A Truck stop just south of Portland waiting for dispatch to get me a load.

The idea was mine, my wife passed 12 years ago and I couldn't stay in the house we bought together for any amount of time, so I quit my boring 9-5 job, got my CDL, my DOT medical card, got hired on to J.B. Hunt, and away I went.

Haven't regretted it yet.
I kept the house in Austin, but I only get back there 4-5 times a year.

The great thing about this job is that I get paid to see our country in all it's glorious beauty.

This is what I operate, Freightliner Century Class hauling 53' dry van trailers.
I don't do reefers or flatbed.



99% of my loads are no touch loads, I back up into the loading/unloading dock and the shipper/receiver does the loading/unloading, I just sit in my sleeper and watch TV or get on the computer.
It's a great life if you don't mind the nomadic type of life.

[ConcernedCanuk]

258. I used to work on them rigs, retired now.

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Started rebuilding diesels in my second year of apprenticeship - first was a 250 Cummins in 1973.

Got my InterProvincial Mechanic licences for both Automotive, and Heavy Duty (now called Truck and Coach) in 75.

I have a few friends who are truckers, and it's definitely the long-haulers who are generally the happier ones.

Those working in and around the tar-sands - not so much;

go figure.

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ps: Happy motoring - be safe - watch out for the other guy - but you know that I'm sure.

[dipsydoodle]

252. Dance track.

e.g.

[4_TN_TITANS]

254. This should be obvious enough...

Because our Titans need all the help they can get?

[2ndAmForComputers]

255. I believe unrestricted access to computers is more important for the preservation of freedom...

...than unrestricted access to guns.

See signature below.

[ConcernedCanuk]

272. "Legal Hacks" ??

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[kwassa]

256. Kwassa Kwassa! Quoi ca?

What's that?

for those who like soukous, long before Vampire Weekend stole the name for a song:

[CTyankee]

262. Ct cuz I live here and yankee cuz I was at the time mad at my Texas people, but

my real name is Marie of Romania.

[ConcernedCanuk]

265. Been thru there a few times.

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Came across to the East Coast from Toronto, thru Rochester, Albany way - then thru New Haven, NYC down the coast to Florida.

Glad I did it way back in the mid-70's when gas prices were not an issue - never consider doing a drive like that today.

Been down the West Coast by bus from Vancouver to San Diego, then cross-country (driving) thru Nevada and such back to Toronto Ontario. (lost $20 at the Sands in Las Vegas to a one-armed bandit in 2 minutes - 1st and last time I gambled in a casino).

Fond memories of my trips thru the USA -

Nice people I met down there . .

too bad ur government sucks,

as does mine.

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[rppper]

264. Rppper=first two initials + pper

My family nickname is rip.....

[ConcernedCanuk]

266. Curious - what is the "pper" for?

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Anything to do with your career as a submariner?

Yeah, I read profiles - especially if I'm responding.

I am also a very Curious Canuck!

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[rppper]

267. Nothing to do with subs...

...just crazy phonetics for ripper....like girl spelled out as grrrl....

Btw I enjoyed the time I spent in Halifax back in the 90's....had a great time and met some truely wonderful, friendly people there!

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

269. Very simple

"Fortinbras" means "Strong arm".

[sl8]

306. It reminds me of Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time"

Fortinbras was the dog's name.

I'm guessing the author was inspired by Hamlet.

[uriel1972]

275. Uriel was considered an archangel for many years...

He was supposed to have the keenest eye of all the angels. Then the Catholic Church decided that there wasn't enough scriptural evidence to support his existence.

Funnily enough about that time Saint Uriel appeared with much of the symbolic trappings of the aforementioned archangel. You gotta love that crazy church.

Oh yeah, I have never been christian and I am now an atheist. My interest in angels is pure curiosity about human belief systems.

[randr]

276. Sex, Drugs, and randr

[ConcernedCanuk]

280. OK - enlighten me, and others that may peek in

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Rock and Roll I get - but did you give up/never indulge in "S" and "D" - ????

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[randr]

281. Still waving my freak flag high

Are you "experienced"?

[ConcernedCanuk]

282. if that "Are you "experienced"? is a question for me,

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answer is yep.

if that "Are you "experienced"? is NOT a question for me,

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[Miles Archer]

277. Until 2 or 3 weeks ago, I was "Amerigo Vespucci."

My computer died...either as the result of hard drive failure, motherboard failure, virus, or some combination of the above. Lost everything including passwords.

Couldn't do the "forgot your pasword" thing because I don't even remember the email address I used to sign up for DU previously. Based on that, I didn't approach Skinner and ask him to help with the "A.V." thing because DU doesn't have a "security question" for moments like this, so I can't "prove" I'm me. However, he COULD probably look at his IP address filters and see that I'm posting from the same IP block. I might ask him in the future, right now it's at the bottom of my priority list.

So...like Amerigo Vespucci...I picked the name of a famous figure, this time fictional, that would be immediately recognizable to some while a "who's that" to others.

[Make7]

278. How can that be?

Amerigo Vespucci is/was one of my sock puppet accounts - you must have hacked it to change the password because I haven't been able to log in with it for the last five days.

Nice try claiming you're someone else though, Newbie!

[Miles Archer]

279. Yeah, I'm sure that's what happened.

[ghostsofgiants]

284. Picked two words that sounded cool together and slapped a preposition in there for good measure

No deeper meaning.

[Zavulon]

285. Mine comes from a Russian movie.

It's called "Night Watch," and my username is the name of the bad guy.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403358/

[bench scientist]

292. nightwatch and daywatch are great movies. very inventive!

i always wanted to read the books.

[bench scientist]

287. working on getting my PhD in infectious diseases..

a bench scientist performs experimental lab work as opposed to solely theoretical work or a statistician who analyzes data.

[Skip Intro]

288. I started as nu_duer.

In 04, DU allowed users to change usernames. That's when, at the last minute, I chose Skip Intro. At the time, I started a thread about it, asking for input on what new name I should choose. It is on DU2. Poll feature no longer works, but here's what's left of that thread:

http://election.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2063799

[Crewleader]

289. I worked has a Crewleader for the Census 2000

Last edited Mon Feb 3, 2014, 09:24 PM - Edit history (1)

I came by DU the very first day it opened on January 20, 2001. Two days later I signed on January 22, 2001 to be a member. I did the duty has a Moderator from time to time and welcomed many DUers here.

I was the first Moderator to open the doors to the Lounge and throw the first party with many awesome friends. I see there are still many awesome friends here and I'm truly enjoying meeting the new ones.

[NMDemDist2]

290. duh!

and before the name change amnesty i was AZDemDist6

[NMDemDist2]

294. ROFL!!!

[ConcernedCanuk]

296. Good one!

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[meti57b]

293. meti57b: "messaging extra-terrestrial intelligence", by unit "57b", which comes after "57a", etc.

[Rebellious Republican]

295. Just because your canadian, we will not hold that against you...

Mine is long and involved, do not wish to bore everyone. It is what it is, I have been around for a few days here at DU. I have never been tomb stoned, and out of three shades of dogs, Red, Blue and Yellow. I am a die hard unrepentant Yellow dog Democrat and forever will be. Back during DU II, there was an amnesty offered for anyone that wanted to change their handle an still keep their post count. Many did, I did not, I kept mine for many reasons.

[ConcernedCanuk]

310. Just because you are USAmerican - I will not hold that against you

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but I ain't too fond of your government . . .

(or my own at the moment)

(sigh)

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[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

297. My U/N characterizes...

...my mood, attitudes and demeanor.

Now......

[southerncrone]

298. Self-descriptive.

[Skyray]

299. Explain your user name

I am an antique airplane driver and the airplane was called the Skyray, so I named myself after it.

[gopiscrap]

300. welcome to DU

[ConcernedCanuk]

308. "antique airplane driver" - doing Mach 1!?

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"The Skyray was designed exclusively for the high-altitude interception role with a spectacular rate and angle of climb. The Skyray set a new time to altitude record flying from a standing start to 49,221 ft (15,000 m) in 2 minutes and 36 seconds, all while flying at a 70° pitch angle"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_F4D_Skyray
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It may be old, and retired, but when I think of "antique" I thiink of the Wright bros and ww1 style planes.

Welcome to DU Skyray - we drive a wee bit slower than ur used to . . .

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[Old and In the Way]

301. I happened to be listening to this song on the night I logged on for the 1st time.

Oddly, the band's name as well. Lyrics explain it best.

[ConcernedCanuk]

309. Didja know

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the released a reunion album in 2002, called Old and in the Gray?




I digress

Thought that your username was how you perceived yourself -

I have felt like that on occasion, but it's not a lasting feeling.

Been to a few Bluegrass Festivals;

they party!!



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ps: I play piano, organ and guitar - luv music of all sorts - jammin' with violins, banjos, harmonicas and all is just great!

[spiderpig]

302. From The Simpsons Movie

[Pseudononymous]

303. Fake Anonymous Person

Yep, Pseudononymous. I pretty much LOVE making up new words. :I

[gopiscrap]

305. welcome to DU

[Skidmore]

304. The first name of a distant relative in one of the family lines I researched

as part of my hobby of genealogy. His name was Skidmore Muncy. Just a funky sounding name. Sounds like a good name for a band. It was also a male sounding name and when I started interacting with people on the internet, I was concerned about being readily identifed as a female and it felt safer to adopt a male sounding name.

[ConcernedCanuk]

311. Skidmore - happens every year to me first snowfall or two.

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[TBF]

307. Some people think it's "to be fair" -

because I moderated a couple of other political forums at times.

But that's not it. Years ago I watched American Idol and the very first internet forum I ever joined was a Bo Bice fan forum to read about his background. Typing "TexasBoFan" takes a long time and eventually others shortened it to "TBF".

[B Calm]

312. Something I use to say to myself when driving an 18 wheeler

to control my road rage!

[ConcernedCanuk]

313. I guess it worked - ur still here.

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BTW - "18-wheeler" is sorta not accurate anymore.

I'd say the average rig has about 26 wheels now, some, much more (think "trains&quot .

But I suspect "18-wheeler" will be the trucker's ID forever.

My small town is on a corner of the Trans-Canada Highway - used to work at a gas station right on the side of the TC - seen thousands of trucks in my day pass by.

Truckers don't much like driving through my town - only place they have to slow down, sometimes stop (there's a roundabout they have to navigate) from coast to coast.

But someone got clever, they put a 24 hour Tim Horton's right on the Hwy - It's booming!

be calm - there are still aggravating drivers out there for us 4 wheelers.

(like that is news . . . . )

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[Spitfire of ATJ]

314. Mine goes back to the old usenet flame wars....

My sig line was "You done yet?"

[DFW]

315. No imagination at all

Just the code for my hometown airport.

[IrishAyes]

316. At first I wondered whether this thread was still viable, until I saw the date of the last few

responses. So at the risk of boring everyone to death (no harm intended), I'll toss in my 2 cents. Which is slightly overvalued.

It should come as no surprise that my username reflects my heritage, with which I'm inordinately pleased. As most of us are. I wonder if that's genetic? Anyway, the nautical spelling of Ayes is meant to acknowledge a generally positive outlook on life, in addition to a love of seafaring stories. It's simple, like I am, though not in the way detractors mean.

[ConcernedCanuk]

322. I always think of the song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"

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when I see your posts.

Reminds of long ago when I used to sing in a barbershop quartet (just for fun, not for money).

I loved singing that song in harmony.

Also, reminds me of a feisty girl I was sweet on in Grade 7.

She Irish, me Scottish - no dull moments there!



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[pinboy3niner]

323. I like your nautical angle

My great grandfather in County Cork was first mate on a steamer that plied the British Isles. His two eldest daughters (of 12 kids) came to the U.S. via Canada in 1900 after a long sea voyage.

While the other Irish lines of our family were named O'Connell and Dempsey, our County Cork sailor was named White--which I never thought of as an Irish name.

[tina tron]

317. The B-52's

considered calling themselves "Tina Tron" before they picked the name B-52's

[Martin Eden]

319. My parents named me after the title character in a Jack London novel

My **real** first name is Martin. DU was the first online forum I joined (11 years ago), so I chose Martin Eden as my username.

[ConcernedCanuk]

321. Wow - a blast from the past! Jack London was one of my favorite authors as a youth.

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I remember well some of his books, including The Call of the Wild and White Fang.

Loved his books!

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