Although I hate posts with over 100 peplies, I am trof: (Reply #173)

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173. Although I hate posts with over 100 peplies, I am trof:

Fri Feb 10, 2012, 09:05 PM

Feb 2012

the retired old fart.
Former fighter pilot
Former airline pilot.
And before and in between my chosen career path...

Former newspaper reporter
Former editor
Former realtor
Former real estate appraiser
Former bartender
Former trampoline instructor
really

Been on DU since God was in three cornered pants.
At least it seem that long.

I've met half a dozen DUers in the flesh and none of those meetings was a bad experience.
And I'm still here.

Currently I'm a husband, father, grandfather, and geezer.

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I've been here almost 10 years and I just realized [View all] graywarrior Feb 2012 OP

hi! irisblue Feb 2012 #1

Yes, I know you! graywarrior Feb 2012 #3

Hello graywarrior. I'm ohiosmith. Pleased to make your acquaintance. ohiosmith Feb 2012 #2

I remember you, too. graywarrior Feb 2012 #4

The name's daddy....geardaddy. geardaddy Feb 2012 #5

I know you graywarrior Feb 2012 #9

That makes two of us. Sky Masterson Feb 2012 #6

Maybe we're better of that way graywarrior Feb 2012 #11

I know who you are; weren't you GOPsucs? Or something like that siligut Feb 2012 #12

Where have you been, Sky? femmocrat Feb 2012 #95

Thanks, guys :) Sky Masterson Feb 2012 #165

rurallib here. Quiet guy from small-town Iowa rurallib Feb 2012 #7

Hey, rurallib! graywarrior Feb 2012 #13

Why do you want to know who we are? Wait Wut Feb 2012 #8

I see you around a lot graywarrior Feb 2012 #14

Even just a little? siligut Feb 2012 #10

Hmmmm, I seem to know all those weirdoes graywarrior Feb 2012 #15

Sorry, I just know those guys off the top of my head siligut Feb 2012 #19

Drunks and pot heads graywarrior Feb 2012 #23

Experts on what? siligut Feb 2012 #24

I don't know. graywarrior Feb 2012 #26

Some of them actually seem to go out of their way to make ya feel dumb siligut Feb 2012 #33

If I have to make more than two posts to make my point with someone, graywarrior Feb 2012 #40

Umm, you all ain't ghosts? denbot Feb 2012 #16

Shit! You mean we're not? graywarrior Feb 2012 #17

Sorry, I don't have time for gratuitous introductions gratuitous Feb 2012 #18

Yippee, another weirdo I know! graywarrior Feb 2012 #21

Hi drm604 Feb 2012 #20

Yes! graywarrior Feb 2012 #22

Do you really want to know most of these folks?!?!? bigwillq Feb 2012 #25

I want to know where they are so I can avoid them graywarrior Feb 2012 #28

I have an App for that. bigwillq Feb 2012 #29

Hahaha. graywarrior Feb 2012 #41

I am MiddleFingerMom. I am not a duck. That is all you need to know. MiddleFingerMom Feb 2012 #27

Who are you, again? graywarrior Feb 2012 #31

obviously not a duck ... zbdent Feb 2012 #68

I'm a Finnish cyborg opera singer in the MILF militia. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #30

See? graywarrior Feb 2012 #32

Hi libodem Feb 2012 #34

Are you really sure you'd want to? sarge43 Feb 2012 #35

I'm fond of cat ladies, for some reason... Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #37

Thank you, Mr Wayne. Very thoughtful n/t sarge43 Feb 2012 #38

That's quite a work of art graywarrior Feb 2012 #42

I have to say that isn't really me. sarge43 Feb 2012 #112

LOL! graywarrior Feb 2012 #117

Everybody knows me. I'm a millionaire playboy/philanthropist Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #36

Batman...lol graywarrior Feb 2012 #43

Um, no, although I do think he does good for our fair city. Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #49

I'm a dumbass taterguy Feb 2012 #39

Who? graywarrior Feb 2012 #44

There's one! Spank away taterguy Feb 2012 #110

Homage to one whose name must not be spoken siligut Feb 2012 #46

Since when can we not speak the name MaidInMaryland? taterguy Feb 2012 #56

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Stop making me crush on you! graywarrior Feb 2012 #59

Not much to know about me... one_voice Feb 2012 #45

! graywarrior Feb 2012 #51

We've met. yellerpup Feb 2012 #47

Oh yeah, I know you! graywarrior Feb 2012 #60

That's easy. I'm mysuzuki2. mysuzuki2 Feb 2012 #48

LOL! graywarrior Feb 2012 #52

Mr i2! irisblue Feb 2012 #109

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I've seen you around, Moondog! graywarrior Feb 2012 #53

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I've enjoyed your posts, Curmudgeoness graywarrior Feb 2012 #61

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You mean.... graywarrior Feb 2012 #64

Upside down Ptah Feb 2012 #131

Anyone you know try that? graywarrior Feb 2012 #140

that may be a good thing ... zbdent Feb 2012 #58

Yay, another oldie! graywarrior Feb 2012 #65

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Sometimes I don't even look to see who I'm responding to. graywarrior Feb 2012 #67

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Ummmmmm.... graywarrior Feb 2012 #77

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Gimme a hint graywarrior Feb 2012 #79

What's puzzling you Generic Brad Feb 2012 #83

I'm an idiot graywarrior Feb 2012 #84

Did you like my Keith Richards? Generic Brad Feb 2012 #87

I didn't know he was yours graywarrior Feb 2012 #88

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That about sums it up for me, too. graywarrior Feb 2012 #85

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Adores adoration graywarrior Feb 2012 #92

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Your post makes perfect sense to me graywarrior Feb 2012 #98

who the hell are you? fizzgig Feb 2012 #91

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What the hell? graywarrior Feb 2012 #129

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Coming back after a while is like starting at a new school graywarrior Feb 2012 #120

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Hi barbtries! graywarrior Feb 2012 #121

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Hi - I'm Avalux! Been here almost ten years too..... Avalux Feb 2012 #124

Hi, Avalux! graywarrior Feb 2012 #127

Hi Gray Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2012 #125

Did you stop taking photos of yourself after 82? graywarrior Feb 2012 #128

It's for your own safety. bikebloke Feb 2012 #130

! graywarrior Feb 2012 #134

I don't know who I am either. sibelian Feb 2012 #132

OK, you're insane graywarrior Feb 2012 #135

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Only if you promise to abuse him graywarrior Feb 2012 #136

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That's what I'm talking about graywarrior Feb 2012 #163

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He's got about 4 of them abusing him right now graywarrior Feb 2012 #166

: ( Dystopian Feb 2012 #167

He only wants one graywarrior Feb 2012 #169

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! graywarrior Feb 2012 #160

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I recognize your handle! graywarrior Feb 2012 #170

Will this thread never die? Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #162

No? graywarrior Feb 2012 #171

fairly new here unionworks Feb 2012 #168

Sure it does! graywarrior Feb 2012 #172

Although I hate posts with over 100 peplies, I am trof: trof Feb 2012 #173

I never knew any of this! graywarrior Feb 2012 #174

Herro! AsahinaKimi Feb 2012 #175

Very nice to meet you, too! graywarrior Feb 2012 #176

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? graywarrior Feb 2012 #187

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The Fourth Circle. evlbstrd Feb 2012 #181

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It's 18 degrees here now. evlbstrd Feb 2012 #189

OK, so now it's in the 20's here graywarrior Feb 2012 #190

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We're getting no inches graywarrior Feb 2012 #192

I'll be asleep. evlbstrd Feb 2012 #193

Inches is as inches does. graywarrior Feb 2012 #194

Fine. evlbstrd Feb 2012 #195

Don't talk to me til I'm fully awake graywarrior Feb 2012 #196

And not without coffee. evlbstrd Feb 2012 #197

Coffee turns me into a maniac graywarrior Feb 2012 #199

Coffee is my blood. evlbstrd Feb 2012 #200

I lace my beer with qualuuds graywarrior Feb 2012 #201

Now yer talkin'! evlbstrd Feb 2012 #204

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