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Mack

Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 09:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My screen name is really my middle name. My real name, which I use normally, was taken, or something, the day I signed up here. Nothing very original to my screen name other than the origin. Mack was the name of a guy in POW camp in WWII with my father. When my father got sick Mack shared his ration of food to get my dad healthy and he always credited Mack with saving his life. So the name isn't all that special but the source of it is. My father passed away early this year but if he's "watching" I wanted him to know I haven't forgotten.

Whoami

Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 09:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Of course! You could put it in your personal quote! Good idea.

Except, would everyone do it? And some people have other things in their personal quote. Hmmmmm...

Sia

Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 08:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Who, a while back some members started pasting a link to their Message Folders, too, in their profiles to make posting easier and quicker for everyone else. That way, for example, I can click on your name beside your post, look at your profile and then click one time to go straight to your Message Folder to leave you a note. Not very many people did it, however. It does make things MUCH easier than clicking back and forth from the list of Members' names and into their folders. I wish everyone would post a link to his/her Message Folder in the "URL" or Homepage item in his/her profile.

Whoami

Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 09:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great idea Sia! I just went in and did it. I also saw a "make your own field" area at the bottom of the profile page. So I did a "What does my screen name entry there. That way, I could still put in my personal quote (also new to my profile now). Also filled in a few humorous things like what you'll find in my bedroom and stuff.

Sia

Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 04:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That's great, Who. That would work really well if everyone does that. People listen to you, so you might post a request for this in the "Messages to Everyone" folder.

Ginger1218

Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 06:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ginger (because I have red hair and I am spicy)
1218 because it my anniversary with my boyfriend.

Beagle

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 05:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm the Beagle because I own a beagle. Yup, it's just that short and sweet of an explaination lol

Bastable

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 07:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bastable!

That's because my favorite writer is E. Nesbit, who was the J.K. Rowling/Roald Dahl of Victorian times, and she singlehandedly created the kids-and-magic genre. One of her groups of characters was a family of kids called The Bastables ("The Story of the Treasure Seekers," 1899, was their first book, another was "The Wouldbegoods.") The Bastables (plus her founding membership in the socialist group the Fabian Society) made her famous. Her first name was Edith, which she didn't use since it's a sexist world and she knew she'd get farther if people thought she was a man.

Another of her characters was a cranky wish-giver called The Psammead, pronounced Sammy-add. But that was just too hard for people to remember. So I'm Bastable.

No, it has nothing to do with the word "b**tard".

Abbynormal

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 09:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Now see Bastable, I always thought you were just baste-able, you know, like a turkey or ham! Which btw, I consider you neither.

Bigd

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 09:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought I had posted in here before, but I looked and didn't see it. I will post again and if this is the second time, maybe we'll change my name.
Anyway, BigD, is the only nickname I have ever had, and it was never used by anyone but my softball buddies, until now. I played competitive softball most all of my life, with most of the same girls, and then "young adult women". There were two Dianne's on the team and I was the taller of the two and so they nicknamed me Big D and the other Dianne got stuck with Little D. (I think I got the better of the two nicknames since I am not even "big", although I did bat clean-up). Anyway, to those of you who "wonder" (Merlin) I am a female and when I needed to enter a screen name, this was all I could think of. I previously wanted to change my screen name to TennisBum, but now I don't want to confuse anyone.

Merrywidow

Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 10:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was widowed several years ago & I've adjusted to living alone very happily...so, merrywidow.

Twinkie

Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 12:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Merrywidow, I can't even imagine life without my Darling Hubby. I love him more than I love my own life.

Merrywidow

Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 03:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ah, Twinkie, that's sweet. It's not easy to make the adjustments needed but I wasn't going to go thro life wringing my hands & feeling sorry for myself (ala a Flo!). You do what you have to do & accept what can't be changed.

Squaredsc

Friday, January 03, 2003 - 12:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
bumpity bump for our newest members and those out of lurk mode.

Karuuna

Friday, January 03, 2003 - 12:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm an old member, but since it's been a long time: Karu' una is a Sanskrit term which means "compassion". Not just a feeling you have for someone or a certain situation, but the empathy/conviction that motivates you to act to relieve their suffering.

Squaredsc

Friday, January 03, 2003 - 12:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
karuuna, is that why you pfffttt people? lol

Dmarcomb

Friday, January 03, 2003 - 01:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My screen name is boring: First initial, Last name. I started using it before I had actually legally changed my last name to Marcomb. That's a whole other story!

Karuuna

Friday, January 03, 2003 - 01:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Square - the wise teacher who gave me that name would insist that sometimes an appropriately timed pfffttt is the most compassionate act possible.

Squaredsc

Friday, January 03, 2003 - 01:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
lol karuuna i totally understand. dm, welcome.

Sadiesmom

Friday, January 03, 2003 - 04:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I can't believe I read the WHOLE thread!

OK, I am a quiet shy person (in real life) when I had to face living alone for the first time ever, I got a dog. Well, I work, so I got a dog walker. I started working long hours and love my dog, so I got another dog walker. Well afer liveing in my town over 10 years then, I hardly knew anyone, but on weekends when I would walk to the park, store owners would come out and say - Are you Sadie's Mom?, Children would come up to me in the park, then adults and they would all ask the same question. See, they would all see the dog walkers walking my dog and learned her name, but no one knew who I was. To this day, some people only refer to me as Sadie's Mom. But it is nice to have friends.

So My screen name on other sites and here is Sadiesmom, over and over.

Zeno39

Friday, January 03, 2003 - 05:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mine is part of my middle name, Zenobia, and the 39 is the year I was born.

Kristylovesbb

Friday, January 03, 2003 - 05:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mine means Kristy loves big brother!

Lizadee

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 08:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Lizadee means Liza being my name and dee cause my last name is Diaz
My Dh nickname is Double D
and our friends call me Lizadee
maybe I should have just been Lizad
Butt then that would have been to obvious LOL

Essence

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 01:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My screen name is simple. Essence magazine is one of my favorites, so I thought why not?

Ruditoo

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 11:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bump