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Scooterrific
Member
07-07-2005
| Friday, October 14, 2022 - 6:23 am 
I use my first name, I like my name. I'm named after my oldest half-sister, my first name is her middle name, and my Granny, my middle name is her middle name, but she used her middle name as her first name.
My daughter goes by a shortened version of her first name, she is named after my father in law who passed before she was born. It's a variation of his first name, but it's kind of cool, because the shortened version she goes by is what he went by.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, October 14, 2022 - 7:45 am
I always found my first name Joyce to be pretty, but curt and cold. Among friends I've softened it to Joycie which is much warmer and fairly unique.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, October 14, 2022 - 9:05 pm
You are the only Joycie I know, MB, and it does suit you.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, October 15, 2022 - 1:50 am
💋
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, October 17, 2022 - 6:56 pm
Mame - I worked with a Joyce for years, and she is definitely a Joyce, not a Joycie! LOL YOU, however, are definitely a warm and wonderful Joycie!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - 8:00 am
💋
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Saturday, October 22, 2022 - 5:14 pm
I like my given name which is (LOL not surprisingly) James. It was cool when I was a kid because it was associated with James T. Kirk and James Bond (both childhood heroes with my friends).
I wasn’t named after anyone. My Dad just liked the name. 
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Monday, October 24, 2022 - 7:40 am
New Question: Have you ever wanted to do something silly, naughty and possibly illegal?
I of course have not done this silly, naughty probably illegal thing and will not as it is indeed a silly, naughty and most likely illegal and dangerous thing.
When there is construction on the interstate and no traffic as far as the eye can see, I want to drive/ weave thru the orange cones.
I have not done so, will not do so, but kinda want to. I have no idea why. I have a big SUV not a sporty little car. I don't want to race thru the cones, just weave my way.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, October 24, 2022 - 4:18 pm
I accidentally had to weave through ONE set of cones whilst in Scotland! They were doing construction where we were coming out of a distillery (friend had grabbed a gift- we didn't even do a tour or tasting!). We couldn't see the light and it was one lane. It looked like we were being waved through, so we went.....only to see oncoming traffic about 100 yards down the road! I went between the cones into the other lane (it at least had pavement) and waited until we could see cars coming behind us! LOL
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, October 24, 2022 - 9:00 pm
Probably, but I am so old now and so law abiding, nothing comes to mind.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Wednesday, October 26, 2022 - 1:40 pm
Not I !
I have led a life of obedience.
I don't like to challenge authority.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, October 26, 2022 - 2:27 pm
LOL, same .... I imagine I have done something but heck if I can remember.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Wednesday, October 26, 2022 - 2:42 pm
I think this is the wrong board for that question. 
I've been trying to think of something.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, October 26, 2022 - 3:05 pm
I tried pot a couple of times over the years, (and didn't really like it anyways,) but since it's legal now, it doesn't interest me in the slightest. Lol. I think the naughty feeling I had at the time, was the fun part.
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Thursday, October 27, 2022 - 11:47 pm
OH heck. Started to tell some stories.... realized I do not know how long I can be charged for certain things.....
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Friday, October 28, 2022 - 6:06 pm
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, October 28, 2022 - 9:26 pm
Bwahahahaha, Christy358!!!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, October 29, 2022 - 6:31 am
Lol!
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Saturday, October 29, 2022 - 5:21 pm
I remember tearing off the mattress tag then immediately hiding under the bed in terror of the police coming to get me when I was kid.
Apparently I was much too young to know that I should have fled the scene of the crime.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Tuesday, November 01, 2022 - 1:29 pm
New Question:
Strategist posted about how the Government of Canada has implemented a national handgun freeze. Effective a few days ago, individuals can no longer buy, sell or transfer handguns anywhere in Canada.
So that got me thinking. How many people do you know personally that you know own a handgun?
(Of course, there are some who could have one but you just don't know.)
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Tuesday, November 01, 2022 - 1:32 pm
I don't personally know anyone that owns a handgun.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, November 01, 2022 - 1:50 pm
I don't either.
My sister had one a long time ago that she found when she cleaned a hoarder house but she turned that in to the police.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, November 01, 2022 - 1:51 pm
Other than my brother having my dad's WWII service revolver (and I took all the ammo for that to surrender at the police station after my dad died), I don't KNOW of anyone, but it would be difficult to imagine that I don't know anyone who has a handgun (not counting those in law enforcement).
Definitely people on NextDoor indicate that they have guns, but no one I know personally or have met in person. Same with neighbors.
I have never owned any gun and only got to shoot a handgun once when I went through Community Police academy years ago, which was really fun and we learned about everything at our PD. I had a hard time using the revolver but I did hit the target in the heart and I have that big silhouette hung on the wall in my garage. Hey, I figure that someone who got into my garage might see that and decide it would be best to not continue across my patio and try to enter my home.. maybe someone inside IS armed..
Great question, Jimmer! And good move, Canada!
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, November 01, 2022 - 3:56 pm
Funny you should ask this question. Last night during our cul-de-sac Halloween Potluck, the conversation turned towards the firearms a few of our neighbors have. There are 2 couples in law enforcement and 1 other neighbor who is also in law enforcement. They have firearms of different types. So now I feel completely safe when the end of the world starts to happen, lol.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, November 01, 2022 - 5:08 pm
I believe an Indigenous acquaintance of ours is a hunter. He lives part of the time, in the far North of Canada, and hunts and fishes with his elderly father, for food. I presume they use rifles but truly have no idea what kind of firearms they possess.
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