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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 12/29/2004 : 09:21:25 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Fiat = Fix It Again, Tony.
A friend had an early '60s, Ford Pickup. He swapped around the 'F' and the 'D' on the front of the hood so that it spelled, "DORF."
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 12/29/2004 : 10:07:36 [Permalink]
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| I don't know if it's a regional thing or what, but lots of people around here paint over the "TO" and "TA" on the tailgate of their Toyota pickup trucks, leaving "YO". Been seeing that for years. Don't know if there's a deeper meaning to it. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2004 : 10:41:40 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
I don't know if it's a regional thing or what, but lots of people around here paint over the "TO" and "TA" on the tailgate of their Toyota pickup trucks, leaving "YO". Been seeing that for years. Don't know if there's a deeper meaning to it.
Indeed! Ya gotta love it even though it means only 'YO.'
As the letters are decals, they are removed with a hair dryer rather than painted over (except by the unhip).
Don't I know an incredable amount of utterly useless shit? I'm really not sure if a dustbin mind is an advantage or not.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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sweetmiracle
Skeptic Friend
USA
74 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2005 : 14:00:38 [Permalink]
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Thought I'd resurect an old thread (yesterday WAS Easter, after all, and this is as close to resurrection as we're gonna get!)I recently ran across bloody peasant, whose name comes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and that started me wondering about other's names, etc.
My name comes from a song by Rush (any connection there, Starman?) called (appropriately) "Sweet Miracle". After the drummer lost his wife and his only child within ten months of each other, he had to piece his life back together. The song was written as a chronicle of that time and as a thanks to his new wife.
"Sweet Miracle"
I wasn't walking on water
I was standing on a reef
When the tide came in
Swept beneath the surface
Lost without a trace
No hope at all
No hope at all
Oh, sweet miracle
Oh, sweet miracle
Of life
I wasn't walking with angels
I was talking to myself
Rising up to the surface
Raging against the night
Starless night
Oh, sweet miracle
Love's sweet miracle
Oh, sweet miracle
Of life
I wasn't praying for magic
I was hiding in plain sight
Rising up from the surface
To fly into the light
It fits many circumstances in my life...and is a song of hope...
So, for all of you who haven't shared, what's your story? |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2005 : 14:18:37 [Permalink]
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| Thanks for sharing, Sweet M. Indeed, I've noticed a few new "faces" here at SFN that are starting to post regularly. (Perhaps some were even lurkers who were reading this thread!) I'm sure all of us here would love to hear how some of these new user names came about! |
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bloody_peasant
Skeptic Friend
USA
139 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2005 : 06:46:24 [Permalink]
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Well guess I was an easy spot, but it kinda started at my last place of work where I was the recalcitrant developer always rebelling and causing problems with the powers that be >:-D.
We had a small IRC setup for the developers and were oft to quote Monty Python there. One of the devs there posted a daily word of the day, and one day the word was recalcitrant which everyone for some reason >:-D quickly applied to me. Finally at one point the head architect screamed at me, "Do you have to disagree with everything I say you damn recalcitrant bloody peasant" and from there forth the name has stuck and has become my moniker.
I also sympathize greatly with Dennis' diplomatic views >:-D, who elected you king, some watery tart slinging scimitars is no basis for a government >:-D
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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sweetmiracle
Skeptic Friend
USA
74 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2005 : 12:59:25 [Permalink]
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Thanks, Dave...you are definitely an info junkie....
And BP, being the Recalcitrant One is an honorable position!!! Do you think that our current election sytem, complete with Media Circus, is much more wise than having a moistened bink thrownig a sword?  |
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pfretzschner
Skeptic Friend
USA
67 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2005 : 13:19:28 [Permalink]
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I own a fine old double bass bow made by H.R. Pfretzschner of Markneukirchen, Germany. I also love sesquipedelian German words. Dampfschiffverbandgesellschaft!
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ljbrs
SFN Regular
USA
842 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2005 : 18:05:18 [Permalink]
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My user name - "LJBRS" consists of my legal initials (all five being displayed on my most recent Marriage Certificate).
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"Innumerable suns exist; innumerable earths revolve about these suns in a manner similar to the way the seven planets revolve around our sun. Living beings inhabit these worlds."
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furshur
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2005 : 08:01:35 [Permalink]
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My user name is nothing more than the utterance of a surfer dude. I absolutely loath this user name, it is an albatros that I have saddled myself with. 
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2005 : 13:02:13 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by furshur
My user name is nothing more than the utterance of a surfer dude. I absolutely loath this user name, it is an albatros that I have saddled myself with.
Well, you could always start a new username and somehow put in your sig that the new you is the old furshur. Maybe! |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 04/09/2005 : 15:18:14 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by furshur
My user name is nothing more than the utterance of a surfer dude. I absolutely loath this user name, it is an albatros that I have saddled myself with.
If you ask @tomic really nice, maybe he can change it for you. |
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furshur
SFN Regular
USA
1536 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2005 : 20:50:43 [Permalink]
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The skeptic formerly known as Furshur? 
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If I knew then what I know now then I would know more now than I know. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2005 : 02:29:23 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by furshur
The skeptic formerly known as Furshur?
I changed name from Mabuse in another forum in order to not get mixed up with someone else. During a transition-time the title (in you case SFN regular) was changed to "formerly Mabuse" so everyone knew about the change.
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
Collateralmurder. |
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