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Thats why I always use my user name. Who would want to sue me? I’ve bribed all the Judges in Russia anyway!
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After all the talk about our posts showing up in the magazine and the stories about some of you getting in trouble for stuff you've said here, I've decided that I'm giving too much info about who I am.
I've trashed my clients here, openly discussed business practices, even given away secrets. To protect the innocent (or guilty - me) I'm changing my login from "Ryan Cruzan" to just "Ryan C." My by-line will change too, no need for everybody to be able to figure out who I am.
Just wanted you to know that you're still talking to the same guy.
*Ha! Nice try. I saw Invasion of the Body Snatchers...Yet another imposter trying to pass him/herself off as a regular...
*I've got dibbs on "Paddy O'Door", Irish (I was a) Carpenter, unless someone else has beaten me to it! Eric
*.as my daddy uster say... "Don't let O'Door hit ya in the ass on the way out"
*Actually, it may indeed be Ryan...he just wanted to join the latest fad of incorporating a "." into his user name.
*Why else do you think I only use my initials? ;-)
*Now I've got to check my birth certificate...near the stream,aj
*Good point Mongo - how do we know it's really Ryan? At least with Fred's posts it was unmistakable - one thing many of us probably agree on.
*So...just how much is your anonimity worth?
*Da, Da,Thats why I always use my user name. Who would want to sue me? I've bribed all the Judges in Russia anyway!
*I'm going the opposite route in using this form of free advertisement. I'm going to steal the identy of my most feared competitor! This man is pure genius, and skilled in the ways of construction to the extent I have never seen. Damn good looking fellow too! I shall now be know as "Jeff Buck". I'm sure he has enough satisfied clientele, that he'll never miss my thievery! The only hard part will be adopting his wonderful business practices, so that the stolen clients are none the wiser! now known as...Jeff J. Buck!
*I'm going to be brazen and use my full name and try to behave in a way that I won't be ashamed of. Accountability isn't a bad thing.Steve
*Mongo... think we should "out" her?
*Boris! Turn that big red bulb in this direction... I need a little more light in the corner... and you're dimming... check the Stoli-meter.
*In that case I should've stuck with "Mongoose". Dang...Gaby
*Okay , I'm selling out. I'm now Adrian Wilson, e-cabinetmaker.
*Don't ya mean b excabinetmaker???
*Been there done that.joe d
*why worry, Fast Fred L. Just made the last time magazine. Watch for his signature in glossy print.Cheers, Pat
*Pat, scan that and post it please. : )
*I will have to agree with Steve on this one. Although I could really care less if people use their real names or not.
*I've seen several warnings in the past, most of which seem to have gone unheeded. WATCH WHAT YOU SAY! The eyes of the world (literally) are upon you.I have been known to sling a few choice words a time or two, but always included an apology. I prefer to use my own name. That way people know who they are talking to.Keeping my posts as clean as possible...James DuHamel
*I'll just keep using my name. Being in the magazine really has kickstarted my business for the year, too much work though.Mad DogMad Dog ConstructionMad Dog, PA.
*Oh, hell! I forgot! Hmmm - let's see, your wife already cooks, so I can't bribe you with food. I'm really not good at anything but baking, Mongo. I guess I'll just have to rely on your decency as a human being! i[Are you gonna buy that?]
*George, she's already survived that from some wacko on the CT board. Still, I wouldn't press your luck. Private e-mail to you revealing a person's real name should be considered private, until they give you permission to share that info. IMHO, that's just common courtesy. Of course, I'm old-fashioned in that way. (A g/f, of very little brain or common sense, recently forwarded a message I sent to her and a few others, to some guy she just met. The fact that my mail was moving to the point that it made him cry is still no reason that she should have sent it to some freakin stranger (to me). She, in her own "special" way, thought it would be a compliment to me that it moved him so. Well, that's just a lesson for me. That's all.)
*Wait, a man cried? Why, did he crash his truck? ;)
*Never say anything in e-mail or here that you wouldn't say in person, or in public. Because this IS public.I realize for some of you, that means no restraint whatsoever...
*Never say anything in e-mail or here that you wouldn't say in person, or in public.I might add, this is akin to "putting it in writing," and am reminded that there must be a good reason for us to be given just one mouth, but two ears.
*(ROFL) That's sounds like something my DH would say...
*You already did, Georgie my-friend, and don't think I didn't notice, nor that I will forget it, nor that I'm not planning retribution - Love & kisses, CLS
*E-mail is discoverable material, even "personal" e-mail.
*Maybe Nutcakes husband read what she wrote!
*Good thing I seem to lose everything.
*Andrew, Did you get that hole in your roof closed up yet?
*Kai, Don't sweat it. It's an inside joke that I think you may have missed out on.M...M-a...M-a-r...oh, heck, CLS's "secret" identity is safe with George and me.
*Oh, that secret identity. Now I get it :)
*P.S. I'm not talking about the M-A-R...thing, either.
*Uh oh, someone else did...
*Well, now, there wasn't a "hole" -- there was no roof! It has gone through phases of less and less temporary coverage (tarps, plywood) as I've chased other distractions. The final set of rafters and sheets for the easy part should go up tomorrow.
*CLS, You're safe...for the time being... From me, anyway! I promise not to disclose any of your four personalities that I've come to know and cherish.Now, about that offer to bake...Post-scriptoronio: re: your last email, I'll try to get some decent pics (rare in my household) together over the next few weeks and get them off to you.
*He's certainly decent; as for human being, we only have his word on that. Has anyone seen Mongo?
*Shhhhh! She still believes! Don't blow my cover!AD, since you mentioned it, I've got a good Groom Lake story to tell you as well.
*Dang! Mongo is married w/a wonderful wife, and still gets CLS? Woo hoo! CLS, you are one finebabe/cook/gardener/name-it child! That, and you have a perfect husband? Get cloning ASAP!
*AD, short memory? When Gaby asked about video at PeteFest... Mongo's reply was: "No Photos? Nope, wasn't Me! Wasn't there, didn't do it!"So... my guess is, if you've seen Mongo... are you sure?
*Well, Rebecca is wonderful, and so, by association, I'm assuming Mongo is wonderful. See how having a terrific, intelligent wife really does wonders for your image? ;-)
*I don't suppose you've shared that thought "in-house" per se?Re: Outting you: Connecticut Loves Stewar...A bit smarmy... but not over the top for you M.!
*i "I don't suppose you've shared that thought "in-house" per se? "Of course! Only in my case it's the reverse. DH makes me look good. He's the one with the looks and the brains. ;-)
*Caught your eye, and smart enough to marry you?
*I suppose that's one way of looking at it!
*You folks are concerned about your identities? How about someone whose id is only one letter from the source of much controversy?As the French say: "Viva la difference!" Or, somesuch.
*see that FredB, you miss him as much as i do.... come on .... admit it.....
*I fully agree with Steve Zerby's post.In addition ,I would say that in general---If you are afraid to sign your real name to something you have written here----maybe you shouldn't have written it in the first place.Also,suffering from "posters remorse" and deleting posts you have second thoughts about is for "nancy boys".If some one has second thoughts about something they posted then they should just 'fess up and post an apology like an adult.To delete a post and pretend it never happened seems a little childishBut what do I know,I've been plenty wrong before...Good Luck All,Stephen