I just have this mental image of Tree standing on the ground and bending over to check the sand level in the long hood end of his Geeps.
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Not quiteā¦
At my age, though, I leave the climbing up to the long hood sandbox to the youngsters. Or mechanical, with their forkliftā¦
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3980 I agree. 528 in this day and age it seems, if you really really wanted to find out ANYTHING, you can. How can some nerd call you and your caller ID of HIM is your own number? endmrw0318251648
I here tree I think of a 7ft. skinny man or a 4ft. 3in. 300 pound man LOL
Chuck
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I understand some not wanting to use there first names. I like using first names it just seems more personable, donāt really care about last names , but I guess it is a matter of opinion .
Chuck
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Iāll meet you halfway and sign someone elseās name.
Joe.
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Been using my handle on these forums since 2003.
The handle is the job I worked for the last 20 years of my 51+ yeas of employment.
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Most likely laziness and many probably donāt even look at the various settings. But also, some clearly like to be anonymous so they can speak their mind or spew their nonsense (depending on how you look at it) without ever having to be held to account.
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Some of us just like our usernames, too. Kind of a persona we built up over the many years.
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Then we get into nicknames for the usernamesā¦
I am Negan. Weāre all Negan. Seriously though I just see it as a nickname. No need for formality.
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I am not a number! I am a man! And donāt you ever - oh wait, Iām number 5.
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Speaking as a younger individual, who grew up around the internet, we were always taught in school to be careful online, and never give a stranger your real name.
I typically sign with a nickname, and while I donāt go out of my way to state my real name, I also donāt go out of my way to hide it. It is true though, if someone on the internet develops a personal vendetta against you, you might be amazed by the kind of dirt theyāll be able to leverage against you. Hasnāt happened to me yet (hopefully never!) but Iām aware of plenty of horror stories. Iām sure someone could have a pretty good shot at ruining me if they really wanted to. Just the way they could nail anyone else who spends any significant amount of time online.
The fear is justified, especially for people who are at risk of being targeted by bigotry and racism. Regardless of how often it does happen, thereās still always that chance it could happen to you.
Now, all that aside, some people just might plain prefer not giving their name to a bunch of people they donāt know. And I can respect that too. Itās not that strange for me, having grown up in an age where the internet is everywhere, to know somebody for years simply by their username, and only find out their real name later (if at all). To me it is perfectly normal. But the internet has only been around for the last, what, 30+ years? And before the internet and usernames, somebodyās name was how you knew someone. I can understand how this creates a divide, between people who are accustomed to knowing people by name, and people who are used to going by an alias online.
-El
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Donāt forget - most radio personalities donāt go by their real name. Some do, but not all.
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I Am Not a Number!
Okay York 1
David
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Well ā¦ OK, Iām number one, but not any other number!
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The line is āI am a FREE man!ā
Too many people are prisoners of one sort or another on too many Amtrak trains!
No, my line was correct.
Zug.
I remembered him as Number Six, too. And what do you know!
