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crich70 · 01-26-2015, 03:36 PM

The Romans were the big ones for naming sons after fathers or so I have heard. It drives historians crazy trying to figure out which man of a given name is which I understand.

kindlekitten · 01-26-2015, 03:47 PM

Yep. .

Bilbo1967 · 01-26-2015, 03:47 PM

George Foreman has 5 sons, all called George!

pidgeon92 · 01-26-2015, 05:19 PM

Pidgeon was my cockatiel. We got him in 1973 when I was 5 years old. He died in 1992. When I started on AOL back in '95, I chose the username Pidgeon. When I got onto other internet forums after that, I found that the name Pidgeon was often taken, so I tacked the year of his death on the end. I use this username on every forum I'm a member of.

Solitaire1 · 01-27-2015, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by crich70

I agree it does have its moments as it spoofs SF and Star Wars in particular.

For me, the problem with Spaceballs is that it came out at the wrong time, long after the original release of the first-released Star Wars trilogy. It would have been better to release it when the first-released Star Wars trilogy was re-released at the theaters.

Concerning my username: I'm a fan of the Carpenters (they are my favorite group) and also single, so I chose a name based on one of their songs: Solitaire. The "1" was just to avoid duplication in case there was already a "Solitaire" as a member when I joined. BTW, although Karen Carpenter gives a great vocal performance of the song, "Solitaire" is not one of my favorite songs although it is part of their, in my opinion, best album: Horizon.

crich70 · 01-27-2015, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by pidgeon92

Pidgeon was my cockatiel. We got him in 1973 when I was 5 years old. He died in 1992. When I started on AOL back in '95, I chose the username Pidgeon. When I got onto other internet forums after that, I found that the name Pidgeon was often taken, so I tacked the year of his death on the end. I use this username on every forum I'm a member of.

Sounds like he was quite the elderly bird when he died. You must have taken excellent care of him.

pidgeon92 · 01-28-2015, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by crich70

Sounds like he was quite the elderly bird when he died. You must have taken excellent care of him.

He was a great bird. Sadly, the cockatiel that followed him didn't make it quite so long. I do have a Nanday Conure that I've owned since 2001, and that mean little bird is in excellent health.

howyoudoin · 01-28-2015, 02:09 PM

Wearever · 01-30-2015, 05:35 PM

I just thought "Whereever" looked really strange. So I changed it sound the same.

Axcbjlg · 01-30-2015, 06:05 PM

At the local middle school that I went to, there are the letters AXCBJLG glued to the ground on the corner of the gym floor. I think they were vinyl stickers, but I'm not certain.

Glorfindel · 02-12-2015, 11:29 AM

I'm a Lord of the Rings fanatic. Glorfindel is my first choice for any site.

orlok · 02-12-2015, 06:51 PM

I used to be a big fan of Judge Dredd, the 2000AD comic character (kind of still am, but don't read the comic anymore). Orlok the Assassin was possibly his most dangerous nemesis.

crich70 · 02-12-2015, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by orlok

I used to be a big fan of Judge Dredd, the 200AD comic character (kind of still am, but don't read the comic anymore). Orlok the Assassin was possibly his most dangerous nemesis.

It was also the name of Boris Karloff's character in one of his last movies (Targets 1968). He plays an elderly horror actor.

02-12-2015, 06:51 PM	#57
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	I used to be a big fan of Judge Dredd, the 2000AD comic character (kind of still am, but don't read the comic anymore). Orlok the Assassin was possibly his most dangerous nemesis. Last edited by orlok; 02-13-2015 at 03:39 AM. Reason: corrected 2000AD

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01-26-2015, 03:36 PM	#46
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	The Romans were the big ones for naming sons after fathers or so I have heard. It drives historians crazy trying to figure out which man of a given name is which I understand.

01-26-2015, 03:47 PM	#47
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	Yep. .

01-26-2015, 03:47 PM	#48
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	George Foreman has 5 sons, all called George!

01-26-2015, 05:19 PM	#49
pidgeon92 Wizard Posts: 3,144 Karma: 8426142 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD	Pidgeon was my cockatiel. We got him in 1973 when I was 5 years old. He died in 1992. When I started on AOL back in '95, I chose the username Pidgeon. When I got onto other internet forums after that, I found that the name Pidgeon was often taken, so I tacked the year of his death on the end. I use this username on every forum I'm a member of.

01-28-2015, 02:09 PM	#53
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Wearever Wizard Posts: 1,063 Karma: 10944084 Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: New England Device: Oasis 2,Voyage, Kindlle hdx 8.9, Ipad mini 4. Air 2	I just thought "Whereever" looked really strange. So I changed it sound the same.

01-30-2015, 06:05 PM	#55
Axcbjlg Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Kindle Keyboard 3 with 3G Firmware versiom 3.4.1	At the local middle school that I went to, there are the letters AXCBJLG glued to the ground on the corner of the gym floor. I think they were vinyl stickers, but I'm not certain.

02-12-2015, 11:29 AM	#56
Glorfindel Force-Aware Elf Posts: 4,757 Karma: 11557898 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Valinor Device: Kindle 4 w/SO	I'm a Lord of the Rings fanatic. Glorfindel is my first choice for any site.