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Originally Posted by pshrynk
I was just guessing, but guys tend to beat their heads against the computer. Gals tend to take a bat to them.
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ShortNCuddlyAm
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The car, maybe? 
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In 1995, when I had no clue that Astra means a Star, a friend of mine invited me to join him in the first text based
online LPmud game, Genesis. I didn't have computer, I never played computer games, let alone online where you can team up with people from all over the world! I didn't have even a remote idea of what is roleplaying, or what the word means
He told me I have to think a nickname for the game. The request nonplussed me. I asked him if I can use my RL name and got a weird look from him. So, at this moment in the back of my mind a line from TV show, book, movie, radio...whatever, I don't know, came up:
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Astra, Astra, Tulip listening
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Spies? Pilots? No clue. Both names are names of flowers in Russian. So, I choose Astra.
As I said, very earthbound origin
