apparently there are certain individuals who frequent this board under different names. This seems to be an internet phenomenon. In fact, I am pretty sure some wacko psychiatrist will come up with some name for it and call it the most threating illness known to man kind.

I, on the other hand, don't understand why someone would find the need to post here under different names. Perhaps I am really just too naiive.

Anyway, this is your chance to come clean. Open that closet. Come out into the world and stop pretending. We will greet you with open arms. It's now or never...

All is well...

Scott

Here's the real deal:

1) Quietly lose your other handles. Contact me and I will confidentially remove those handles from the list. Just pick who you really are and be that person.

- OR -

2) Keep it up and have others spoil it for you so much, you can't even dream about being part of the gang again, no matter how cool your next identity is.

This really isn't such a big deal, it's just that this kind of nonsense is really creepy and has the potential for destroying the solidarity of a GREAT community.

Thanks for reading.

PeterK

So, forget about Now or Never and just leave that closet very quietly. Tip, toe through the tulips...

Pssssst....

Scott

We are torn between two positions: Wanting to be liked and having the audacity to say whatever we damn well please. Sometimes, those positions aren't compatible.

The best solution is to be honest in your replies and have the integrity to say what you really believe, not just what will inflame, and stand by it. People will admire you more, even if they don't agree, if you have the integrity of your principles. Part of that integrity is letting people know who you are.

I've always gone by my name (at least in here). I've had problems on Usenet, so I don't use my real name (or email) there.

(If you don't want to say it out loud, email me)

Speaking of double identities, have you noticed how easy it is to spot
posts by writing style? I mean for some of you, I don’t have to look at
your name to know who is dictating on the keyboard. I find that
fascinating. For instance, H Rocco’s impeccable writing always has full
margins, and he ALWAYS capitalizes movies. (I’m too lazy.) And who can
miss Chris ERIC Kinsinger’s PASSIONATE style with its spaces, italics,
and bold print? And never tell this guy he misspells anything because he
dozent..ah doesn’t. Kind logied always has short margins and endearing
comma contractions. See the word, “Best,” and it’s gracious John
Winfrey. Lonely Guy has an exclamation point fetish!!!!!! (I’ll bet
you have a few others that I don’t want to know about. ) If I see the words
“car chase,” italics, and action music, it must be dantoris. If you spot a
Herculean, colossal, titanic, formidable vocabulary that is in-your-face
gutsy and candid, it is probably mlw. One would have to be bloody blind
on a Braille keyboard to miss our estimable vulcantouch’s style of writing
AND its variations. Still haven’t pegged Howard’s style except when
he is writing in 1776 King’s English. And so on and so on. I’m starting
to recognize others too.

Seems like our patterns of writing are almost as indelible as our patterns of
speech. So can those of you with several user names really hide?

NP The Omen: The Essential Jerry Goldsmith. See Shaun, I DO know the
King of Composers’ name better than all the guys on this board. They
keep forgetting.

quote:

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Originally posted by joan hue:
O.K. Nicolai, what I want to know is when you segue into Joan
Hue if you wear “my” high heels (ouch), skirt, pantyhose, and matching
undergarments? Fess UP big boy/girl,err whatever. I’ll bet you
just loved Me, Myself, and Irene.

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Hold on a second, let me remove my make-up so I can answer that question as the real man I am.

Nicolai, I want my identity back and my make up. I AM Board mommy.
You can be Board daddy if you want, but you’re probably too young.

I always thought you might be a relative of JNH.

You'll never catch me!!

Oh-oh!! They're here. I hear them. There they are!!

I AM SPARTACUS!

I'm ME!

-Kyp

FYI/BTW: The names of people might be nickanmes

quote:

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Originally posted by Chris Kinsinger:
I'm layin' [b]MY money on the table that I am the only one here who SAW IT IN THE THEATRE, therefore, by default:

I AM SPARTACUS!

NP: Cherry 2000 Poledouris. (With eternal thanks to Mark Hatfield!)[/B]

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Ya know what? I think I'll let Chris take this one, but I'm Sheriff Buford T. Justice of Texas!!!!

Geez, Boris, we ought to try finding our alter egos or opposite selves. You
should slip into the Board as a woman, and I’ll watch Boys Don’t Cry again and
enter as a guy. Now what should we name ourselves? Ah, I’d give myself away
with the moniker Cool Hand Luke
You should call yourself Rose because, "A rose by any other name is still a rose."