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An answer to Jannaan letter of October 17, 2008 addressed to me:
Your article claims that 70 Million Turks are insulted for being blamed for the Armenian Genocide. Actually they should feel guilty rather than feel insulted in front of the overwhelming evidence of the massacres that Turkey committed against the Armenians. I am sure you know that these well-documented barbaric acts committed by Turkey against Armenians are recognized by an overwhelming number of countries around the world.
I would also like to mention that modern day Turks should feel even more guilty for the fact that to this day, Turkey continues to impose an almost two decades long complete blockade against landlocked Armenia in concert with its surrogate puppet, Azerbaijan. By Turkey's own admission, the intention of this blockade is to coerce Armenians to stop making any references or claims related to the massacres committed by Turkey against Armenians.
This is "State Terrorism" exercised openly by Turkey against Armenia. It is an intimidation by Turkey to force Armenia to stop telling the truth; which is why I find it amusing that your letter advocates the right of "free speech" for the Turks. How about the right of "free speech" for the Armenians? Turks should have that right, while Armenians do not? If this is not intimidation on the part of Turkey with the intention of stifling the Armenians right for "free speech", I don't know what is.
Another striking example of "free speech" - or the lack of it - in Turkey is the case of Hrant Dink. Hrant Dink wanted to exercise his peaceful right for free speech but was killed in cold blood under the watchful eyes of the Turkish police. In addition, Turkish intellectuals like Orhan Pamuk, Taner Akçam and others who have the wisdom and the enlightenment to advocate that Turkey should admit its guilt for its acts gainst the Armenians, are constantly harassed by the Turkish government and thrown in jail. Is this what you mean when you refer to "free speech" in Turkey?
Also, in your same letter, your sarcastic remark about Armenians arriving in Cadillac to Asia Minor shows your total ignorance of history. Unlike nomadic Turks who arrived from Central Asia to Asia Minor on horseback or on foot, Armenians did not have to arrive from anywhere. Armenians were born on the land of their forefathers and lived on their ancestral lands for thousands of years before even the word Turkey was invented.
Another correction to your same letter. You mention that the diaspora is "pushing" for the recognition of Turkey of its guilt while the Armenians of Armenia are against that. I don't know from were you get your facts but this is another example of falsehood and misinformation that is being spread by Turkey to drive a wedge between the Diasporan Armenians and Armenians in Armenia. No Armenian can and will ever forget the massacres and the lands stolen by the Turks. Our forefathers' massacred bones will not rest in peace until a just settlement is achieved. It is our duty to see that happen.
I yearn for the day when Turkey will admit its guilt and accept its responsibilities for the inhumane acts that it committed and continues to commit against the Armenians not because it is "forced" to do so, but rather because it "wants" to do so. This will be the only way that Turkey will be admitted to the community of civilized nations.
Four Turkish denyers of Armenian Genocide have been just condemned in Switzerland by the Swiss Justice court.Slowakia is preparing a new law penalyzing the denyial of Armenian Genocide.So converted muhajir-devshirme pici,jannan are you still continuing ?your mental masturbation by denying THE HISTORICAL FACT by trying to convince yourself with falsyfied stupid lies.
va21 falsely claims (a)the "war" is waged by the central government towards its own minority
The central government was busy defending its innocent civilians from the British, French, and Russian invasion. World War I was fought over the land of the Ottoman Empire ranging from North Africa, the Balkans, to the Caucasus. The minority Armenians of the Ottoman Empire took advantage of this weakened occasion to ethnically clear off Eastern Anatolia for a future autonomous state for themelves. They were the minority - below 16% of the population. The Central Government had an obligation to protect innocent Muslim civilians from ruthless killing of the warring Armenians. The central government had no intention or any soldier to spare to relocate the Armenians if they remained peaceful. Armenians were definitely not an innocent mass of people as you prefer to portray them. The UN convention of genocide excludes warring parties.
va21 also falsely claims (b) the victims were women, children and elderly [Armenian] people
Due to treason of the Dashnak Armenians, the Central Government was weakened. They had no bread to feed their soldiers or the peaceful Muslims who were victimized by Armenians. There was no time to separate the warring Armenian from his peaceful younger brother. So the whole family were moved away from the war zone where the Armenians posed great danger. Large number of Armenians collaborated with the invading Russian forces. Garegin Pastermadjeyan - aka Armen Garo wrote in his book of 1918, printed in Boston, that 200,000 armed Armenians volunteered in the Russian army to fight the Turks. This is a large chunk of the 1,200,000 total Armenian population living in the Turkish Empire at the time.
In spite of the harsh war conditions, Turks made a humane effort during relocation by allocating soldiers to protect the convoys from Kurdish insurgents as much as they could. Many soldiers shared their food ration with the deportees on the way. If they wished to do away with the Armenian population, killing would have been easier. Instead, they spent a good proportion of their budget on this relocation. Armenians were given two weeks time to prepare for the relocation. This is more than what the Muslim Turks got while escaping from the Balkans on the sword's edge.
If the relocation order was based on ethnic hatred, they would not leave intact the Armenians living in the capital Istanbul. War was definitely waged by Armenian minority on Turkish majority and Turks defended their borders.
How many Muslims are left in the Balkans today? At the turn of the 20th Century two thirds of the Balkan population was Muslim Turks. Were those people transported into Anatolia in protected convoys? How many days notice were they given? Who is tilling their land now? Be prepared to pay compensation to their descendants. You keep counting only the Christian losses. Are Muslim Turks less human?
Only a brainwashed, ultra nationalist, racist, fascist could defend the Armenian line of taught. Overall it is true that "any war sounds like a genocide if the dead of only one side is counted and inflated 100 times to its size".
the author clearly hasn't done his homework...
A couple of examples:
- Ter-Petrosian has NEVER been a "member of the Soviet politburo"
- Heidar Aliyev (he actually was the member of Soviet Politburo from 1982) was president of Azerbaijan not from 1994 but from 1993. And he was running Azerbaijan much longer than 1993-2003 - as First Secretary of the Central Committee of Azerbaijan Communist Party he was leading Azrebaijan from 1969 up until his forceful retirement by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 on corruption charges
- "...rivalry between the Armenian and the Georgian Orthodox churches over which is older" - well, it's perhaps a rivalry b/w uneducated/uninformed people; a minimal investigation shows Armenian Kingdom accepted Christianity in 301AD, while Georgia in 337AD (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country) for example)
Not that all the above is absolutely essential, but since the magazine prouds itself of being a shining example of professional journalism, one would expect at least the facts to be correct...
to Jannaan's "Any war sounds like a genocide, if the dead of only one side is counted and inflated 100 times to its size.". I'd say - any "war" sounds like a genocide if a) the "war" is waged by the central government towards its own minority and b) the victims are women, children and elderly people. The entire minority which had lived Anatolia for 3000 years got wiped off by the central government - in a matter of weeks. If this is not a Genocide for somebody - I am afraid that's not entirely a normal person (to say the least), sorry. BTW - here's an excellent independent and professional review of the Turkish sick denial: http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=935.
First; It is more insulting to over 70 million Turks to be blamed with 'genocide' while their basic right to self defense is forbidden, than the Armenians sulking when people do not take their 'say so' at face value. Stop intimidating free speech. Any war sounds like a genocide, if the dead of only one side is counted and inflated 100 times to its size.
Preaching the Armenian thesis like a word of Gospel is threatening peace and prosperity in the Caucasus. Vote hungry politicians' say so is not convincing enough to gag free speech.
Second; For a minute let us take your word that 'nomad' Turks 'occupied' on horseback and assume Armenians arrived in Cadillac, what logic gives ownership of Anatolia to a pure Armenian population forever? Just that there is no record on who lived, before the Armenians occupied Eastern Anatolia does not make them natives there. With the same token, no one but the Red Indians deserve to live in the American Continent. So be prepared to leave your homes in Glendale.
Third; Yerevan population was majority Muslim Turkish until World War I. Is Armenia prepared to pay retributions with interest for those lost lives and their land?
Fourth; Diaspora should understand that no lies can be accepted by honest peace brokers, and they should stop holding the Republic of Armenia hostage to their ego centric dreams of vengeance created in the minds of only the third generation diaspora. No deal accepting only UNREALISTIC Armenian demands can bring peace or prosperity to Armenia, the Caucasus or the World.
Dear Haym Cybop;
May I ask why you refer to supporters of Muslim leaders as herds, but not the Christians or Europeans with similar superlatives? Does the Bible decree that it is "oppression" when Christians lose a war, but "liberation" when they force their beastly wills on Muslim women and children or you are one biased "pseudo-historian"?
Here are your words to prove how pathetic you are:
"Islamic Tamerlane and his Hordes", "Turkish Islamic oppression", "Russia's liberation (from Islamic Turkey) of Rumania, Bulgaria, Serbia and the Balkans (1877-78)", "decrepit Turkey as a bulwark"
Armenian defendants have used other similar words like; Armenians ha[ve] "got[ten] rid of" azeri-tatar "para[sitic]" "occupation" and "liber[a]ted" their "historical land" of Artzhakh-Kharabagh
The Hitler quote was placed on the wall if Washingron Genocide Memorial Center for a fee of 10 million dollars, so it cannot be proof in a court of law.
If the infamous Hitler quotation was true, then why was it not accepted by the prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials? Further, where is the proof that Hitler used it as his inspiration for the Holocaust.
For years before the Holocaust, Jewish doctors were denied to cure Arian German patients, Jewish lawyers could not represent Arian Germans. But, in Eastern Turkey, it was the other way around. The Armenians treated the Turkish amjority as sub-human. This can be verified with the poetry of the time.
Armenians sided with invading Russian armies against the Turks, leaving the Turks no other humane choice but to deport them from the zone they posed danger to security of majority population. Imagine how badly they would be decimated if left to run into Russian territoty in front of receeding Russian army as was the case for the Turks.
Overall, there is no resemblance of Armenian war effort during World War I and demise of Gypsies, Homosexuals and Jews, all of who were considered sub-human by teh Arian Germans. And guess who helped the Nazis, but Arian Armenians under the leadership of their General Dro!
"Who after all, speaks today of the annihliation of the Armenians?" is a rhetorical question Hitler posed in a speech he gave to his military commanders on 22 August, 1939 in which he dealt mainly with his immediate plans for Poland.Within three days, on August,1939, a short account of the speech, smugled out of the meeting, was transmitted to the British governement by the British embassy in Berlin.(see-Documents on British Foreign Policy,edited by E.L.Woodward and Rohan Butler,Third Series,vol.vii 1939,London,1954,p.257.)The same document was made public in the United States on 17 October,1942, and THE NEW YORK TIMES reported the story and excerpts from the document on the following day.(see The New York Times,October 18,1942,p.6)A little later in the same month ,the entire text appeared in a book entitled "What About Germany?".(see, Lochner,Louis P.New York;Dodd,Mead&Co,1942,pp.1-4)The US Department of Justice acquired a copy of the original in early 1944.By the summer of 1945 the document was in the possession of the prosecution at Nuremberg, and by late November of the same year it made the the headlines in the contemporary press and appeared in many books.(see.Testimony of Mr.Louis P.Lochner,taken at Berlin,Germany,on 25 July 1945,by Colonel John H.Amen,IGD",The National Archives,Record Group no,238,pp.12-17.
Well, the aricle, among interesting things, shows as well clearly that the author lacks information and in depth analysis regarding the processes taking place in the Caucasus and key actors/persons involved in that. Particularly, writing about Armenia. Levon Ter-Petrossian has never been a communist, moreover member of Politburo. He has been one of the two president of former USSR countries (second one was Lithuania) that came to power on the wave of popular democratic movement. And the sentence "he can hardly play a big role in future politics" makes me smile.An advice to you guys: to write an article about Caucasus or any Caucasian state you need to live there at least 3 months and not visit for a day or two, rushing from one meeting/interview to another. That may work in Europe or US but never in the Caucasus. It's not professional :)Kindly
@lordsako, see you still cannot prove or provide a reference for the FAKE hitler quote! I want to know the date, day, to whom and by whom this has been reported, I want to see the original document!just because someone say, I heard Hitler said does not prove anything. Let us not be unscientific here. Let the historians decide on this, not politicians.just keep repeating that it has been said does not make it truth or fact! So what if it is in Washington, since when washington politicians tell people the truth! :) just look at Iraq war. :)Cheers again"The Hitler Quote on Armenians is well documented and inscribed on the Walls of the Holocaust Memorial in Washington."
Yes this is an historical area, but to understand it in today's context one must go back to the time that the Cesars decided to divide the Roman Empire into East & West. Constantine's E.Roman Empire established Christian Orthodoxy in the 4th cent.and ever since, the competition with West Roman Catholicism in various forms has remained with us to this day. The division is clear in Poland, W.Ukraine and the Balkans. Russia opted for Orthodoxy and its founder's Scandinavian Rurik descendants (the last dying after 22 generations, in 1717)established Russia's towns and cities. Russia, in spite of many who cannot look further back than 1917 and the Lenin/Stalin period that died in 1991, has always been, in the past and the future, over 1100 years, part of Europe. In every century it has been attacked from south, east, west and north, and, in accord with the simple law that for every Action there is an equal and opposite Reaction, its rebirth every time has been characterised as "Expansionism". Mongols 1224-41, Islamic Tamerlane and his Hordes, Islamic Turks, Poles (1610/13), Swedes (Charles XII,Poltava,1708), French (Napoleon I, 1812), English & French, (-Palmerston, Napoleon III,Crimea 1854-56), Germans (1914-1918,Kaiser William), Germans in WW2, have all contributed to shape the instinctive thinking of all Russia's rulers of whatever stripe. It is part of policy of Russian leaders since the weak days after dec.1991 when Yeltsin split the USSR and seceded. He split it along the strange lines that Stalin drew on the map. Nothing more strange than the gift of Russian Crimea (and other territories) by Krushchev in 1953 to the Ukrainian Socialist Republic as a posthumous gift to Bogdan Xmelnitski who decided in 1653 that his Orthodox Cossacks needed protection from Polish Catholic oppression.In 1801 Georgia bcame part of Russia as it implored protection from Turkish Islamic oppression. Today's Georgian episode, colouring the minds of many, stems from the manipulations of borders by the Soviet Coucils who thought the USSR would never split. "Territorial integrity" has no real meaning in recognizing the rights of many different peoples in this region (Caucasus & Transcaucasia). I have roamed the streets of Cairo, Moscow & Paris, totally alone & in impunity,and thanks to authentic accent, have been taken for granted by their respective citizens as one of their own. This has allowed me in my sojourn in Abkhazia, to understand the Abkhazians long history, (part of Mingrelia,) and a strong desire not to be under a Georgia, who in their historical mindset, should really be part of Greater Armenia as it was in Constantine's era. Space precludes me from describing Russia in the 19th century, the Crimean war (to protect British India), Russia's liberation (from Islamic Turkey) of Rumania, Bulgaria, Serbia and the Balkans (1877-78) in spite of England's Disraeli, again trying to prop up a decrepit Turkey as a bulwark to protect "The Jewel of the Crown", which was to split with huge loss of life in 1947. Its northern end harbors today's Taliban and El Qua'eda. History and the geography that shapes it, must be studied in detail to understand policy with regards to Russia and the "West's" desire to control Energy. (Postscript: As with India, in 50 years the West will not need OIL & GAS which is what Georgia is really all about)
I would agree Russia will remain a historical enemy to the west. Russia sees the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline as an important source of energy to Europe. It's not enough that Russia has oil reserves in the Caspian Basin, Azerbaijan is one of the most important spots in the world with their oil reserves. The U.S. government has bilateral trade agreements, investement treaties, provides HA to AZ's displaced persons, and provides financial education in order to open opportunities for economic growth. Russia looks at the USG as being in their way.
Every time that "Economist"is talking about Armenian Genocide or Armenia, its way of describing the facts are distorted or untrue.Why that one-sided approach of "Economist" concerning Armenians issues?.The Explanation result from the fact that Turkey is an important ally of the West a member of NATO.So it is important to not upset such an important ally, by defending justified historical Armenians claims.Instead of encouriging turkish denyers "Economist"had better to publish Robert Fisk's(British journalist who has written very serious articles in British press) articles about Armenian Holocoust in order to educate turkish denyers.
As a fellow traveler I really enjoy this journal. It's fascinating to hear of this correspondent's experience, and exciting to think that one can travel for one's work and meet all sorts of heads of state AND ordinary people. It's also comforting to know some one else is at least conceivably having problems similar to mine and is managing to write a pretty damn good article anyway. Every time I log on everything seems a little easier and a lot more exciting.I also understand the difficulty of finding out exactly what is going on in a place and so I am a little exasperated by the reaction further down on this page. The situation is always more complicated than a traveler really has time to figure out and the article is short. One talks to people, hears their opinions, tries to do background research and then to synthesize all that he's heard and read into a simple, accurate, direct message for the the audience back home. Inevitably something is lost, and on a subject as contentious as the Armenian genocide that loss leads to disagreement.I suppose the debate below is an indication of just how contentious the subject really is. Unfortunately all this talking is ultimately just so much hot air, steaming up the windows so to speak and making it difficult to see what is really going on. If you really believe something to be a historical fact and actually want to convince somebody of anything, produce primary sources and give them some context. As it is I'm going to trust the correspondent.I look forward to the next article.
keep screaming at the top of your lungs, nobody hears you and nobody gives cares what you have to say. The Hitler Quote on Armenians is well documented and inscribed on the Walls of the Holocaust Memorial in Washington.
its alright though, you keep studying the nazis, im sure in turkey, where hitlers "mein kampf" is a bestseller, quoting nazis is a surefire way to make friends
ohh forgot, since it is mentioned in the article, fake Hitler quote, here is another one from a Nazi - Joseph Goebbels once said: "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."Cheers! ;)
In the last paragraph of your article you say and I quote "The Armenian government no longer insists on Turkey recognizing what it calls the genocide as a precondition for better relations."
I do not know where you get your information from, but you – knowingly or out of ignorance - are spreading misinformation. Let me explain to you some rudimentary facts:
First: It is very insulting to any Armenian when you talk about the Armenian Genocide in terms of a "so-called" event rather than a "well established" fact. When you mention "what Armenia calls genocide" it shows your ignorance of historical facts. Today, the Armenian Genocide is a very well established fact that is officially accepted by close to thirty countries around the world, including France, Germany, Italy, Canada, etc. Yet Turkey still denies this fact. Turkey massacred the Armenians during WWI and annihilated 1.5 million of the Armenian population inhabiting their lands and unashamedly continues to occupy the Eastern Armenian territories to this day while denying that it committed these criminal and despicable acts.
Second: The Eastern Armenian territories that are presently occupied by Turkey were and are part of the Armenian ancestral lands that belonged to the Armenian people much before nomad Turks arrived to Asia Minor from Central Asia on horsebacks and on foot. Armenians were there first. Any serious history book will vouch for that. I suggest you check it out.
Third: The same goes for Artsakh (Known as Nagorno Karabagh by its former Azerbaijani occupiers). Again, it is a well established historical fact that a dictator by the name of Stalin "gave" these lands to Azerbaijan as a "gift" in the early 1920s to appease Azerbaijan's mentor, Turkey. He also gave Nakhichevan to Azerbaijan as a gift around the same time for the same reason. At that time, the Armenians represented 96% of the population in Nakhichevan but the Azerbaijanis ethnically cleansed Nakhichevan from all its Armenian population and replaced them by Azerbaijanis while the whole world looked the other way. Azerbaijan had started to do exactly the same by starting to ethnically cleanse Artsakh (Known as Nagorno Karabakh to its former occupiers). Have we had waited a bit longer to liberate Artsakh (Known as Nagorno Karabagh to its former occupiers) these lands would have suffered exactly the same fate as Nakhichevan. Again the whole world and specially the Weat would have looked the other way.
Fourth: Turkey and Azerbaijan should understand that NO Armenian government can stop from insisting that Turkey recognizes the Armenian Genocide. This is only a wishful thinking and misinformation on the part of Turkey that is still living in the middle ages as far as democracy is concerned and continues to deny all facts all around her. Also NO Armenian government can even contemplate returning Artsakh (formerly Nagorno Karabagh) to its former occupied status by returning it to its former occupiers, Azerbaijan. These lands belong to the Armenian people. They do not belong to any Armenian government and hence it is not theirs to give away. Everyone should be very clear on this fact.
Fifth: The sooner Turkey and Azerbaijan accept the above mentioned facts, the sooner a solution will be found for peace in the Caucasus. In addition, it is very important that a comprehensive approach be used in the negotiations rather than a "piece-meal" approach. By comprehensive I mean that negotiations should take into consideration the situation not only in Artsakh, but also in Nakhichevan and in the Eastern Armenian occupied territories. Otherwise unfortunately and to my great chagrin, there will not be peace in the Caucasus for generations to come.
This below Lie, why do you keep repeating it? where is the source? I want to know where, when and by whom this is reported? you cannot prove it.If you repeat a lie hundred times it becomes the truth in peoples eye, is that the kind of journalism you run your "tabloid" magazine? give me a break!Ohh by the way instead of talkng about others history, look at what you did in Dresden and ten of thousands of women, children killed by your honorable Churchill and such. - Cheers."it certainly negates Hitler's remark, as he planned the Holocaust in the 1930s: "Who now remembers the Armenians?" The answer, thankfully, is that we all do."
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More than 200,000 people gathered outside Lisbon's Finance Ministry on Saturday to protest against austerity measures demanded by the nation's international creditors. It was the biggest show of disconnect since demonstrations in September forced Portugal to adjust its fiscal policy.
Protesters carried placards reading "Austerity kills" and "Power to the people!" in reference to the so-called troika of international lenders behind Portugal's financial bailout.
Others chanted the lyrics of a 40-year-old song linked to the 1974 "Carnation Revolution" that overthrew the fascist dictatorship of Antonio Salazar.
Protesters also marched in the northern city of Porto and more than a dozen other towns and cities. The latest movement, organized by a group of activists known as Que Se Lixe a Troika, or Screw the Troika, followed the introduction of the biggest tax hikes in living memory.
They were the latest in a series of tax increases and welfare cuts demanded by the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission in exchange for the 78 billion euro ($102 billion) rescue package agreed in 2011.
The government must make another 4 billion euros worth of cuts over the next two years, in a move likely to further deepen the nation's worst recession since the 1970s. The health service, education, pensioners and government workers are expected to be the hardest hit.
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Stupid poll of the day - User names?
Where did you get your user name from? I have always been curious about this.
The name "sugarbreak" is actually what our twins call kisses in our house. If we say sugarbreak or they do we have to stop what we are doing and kiss.
There you have it...completely useless trivia.
My is simple. One of my dogs is Bessie.
Here is a link that might be useful: Bessiedawg
Several years ago I was looking for a new screen name (not just for this forum) and coincidently found one of those square "word a day" desk calendars in my computer desk drawer. I started going through it and found "uxorial" on the page for March 5. It's an adjective meaning "of, relating to, or characteristic of a wife." I thought it was appropriate for me. Not so much the sentence on the calendar page in which the word is used: "At the wedding, Ella's mother cooed, 'She just exudes uxorial beauty--that indescribable aura of confidence and loveliness one sees in an adored and capable wife.'"
Other words I considered:
"wddershins"--in a left-handed, wrong, or contrary direction
"daedal"--skillful, artistic; intricate; adorned with many things
"rantipole"--characterized by a wild unruly manner or attitude; rakish
There was a time in my life when "rantipole" would have been more appropriate as my screen name. Guess I've settled down!
lowspark of highheeled boys
that's the name of a song by Traffic (this dates me, I know) which happened to be playing in the background a long time ago when I was first asked to come up with a username, on some website, who knows where. I just sort of stuck with it, i like the way it sounds.
How cool & how funny! Skivino, I always thought that was your last name :-).
When I first started scouting the kitchen forum for advice & ideas the whole project was so daunting that I'd think kitchen and sigh, either in frustration or out of wistfulness. So there you have it.
I always sign with my real name, though. But we break ground for the addition on Monday, after more than two years of planning, plotting & hoop jumping. And it's going to be another 6 months before the kitchen is done. So maybe I should change my screen name to "shriek", "groan" or "whimper"?
I guess mine is one of those that speaks for itself :) On other (parenting) forums, I've been candygirl (first initial is C, last name starts with 'and', not to mention my penchant for sweets) and cherizbaby but those didn't seem to express my kitchen personality.
I really am "at home in 1914." We're in a 1914 Craftsman bungalow & we work hard to keep every inch "athomein1914." Thought it was obvious but maybe not.
We're not keeping a museum but certainly our house is full of pushbuttons & original wood & art glass & our kitchen is so close to the original a visitor recently asked me how I could stand not having a fridge in my kitchen. It's great fun to care for a house so little touched -- we're the third family to live here, and it's our forever home.
Lowspark-- I always wondered about that!! I'm a big Stevie Winwood fan, and even have the Traffic CD with that title track (my fifth copy, after 3 cassetes, and one 8 track tape!)!
bessiedawg-- your dog looks like she has a heck of a personality!! Reminds me alot of Gizmo from the movie Gremlins!! LOL
Cupofkindness? Well, I suppose I like to think of myself as a kind person. Kindness is just about up there with faith, hope, and love in the virtues department. HOWEVER, I guess if I had to pick a name that really expressed who I am it would be:
But I think that's too many characters. So what about this name:
Wait, that's even more characters! Alright, I'll streamline here:
or my favorite drink and past time:
or, if I was to use our pet chinchillas names:
or geography:
I guess I stick with cupofkindness. It's more of a goal for me than the other possibilities, some of which are very incriminating. Thanks for asking!
Wait, jerzeegirl- so you're not really from Jerzee? I did figure out Skivino- but not before I'd wondered- hm, is that Italian or is it Polish?
Sugarbreak- this post was a great idea! I'd wondered about many of these screen names! My all-time favorite is "Weeznuts."
Great thread! I had always wondered where some folks had gotten their unusual names.
It's hard to believe but I've been starpooh for almost 9 years!
It started when we were looking for a distinctive email address for our family. So we took a family vote.
My vote was for "tearose" because I love the smell of roses. DH and my then 8-year-old DS voted for "roadkill" because they're both jokesters. My youngest DS voted for "no_nap" because he was still in the "terrible-two's".
So I suggested "starpooh", named after a gorgeous desktop wallpaper that I had found. After much discussion (and whining from you-know-who), we decided that starpooh fit our family.
So... how does it fit with the family today, now that the kids are older? Well my 16 yr old uses my starpooh domain for his Boy Scout troop. All the boys laugh hysterically when he says "starpooh.com". (So do you think he'd spring for a cheap domain name of his own? Nope! Hey.... maybe he likes all the teasing. tee hee).
DH just explains to everyone that I'm nuts.
But my youngest was so cute... he had to create a new username in computer camp last year. He couldn't think of anything else.. except for "starpooh"! But the funny thing is that I'm not a big fan of the Disney pooh. I much prefer the Classic pooh.
Here is a link that might be useful:
When I found this forum we were smack dab in the middle of renovating our whole 2500 sq ft house. Walls gutted to the studs. That was 2 years ago and my husband and I were only 27 years old and our kids were 7 and 10. We didnt know what we were getting in to,but anyways it always helped to remind myself that no matter whats going on in life to always try to smile. Hence smile247. Now Im about to hit the BIG 30 in July (my now pre-teen 12 yr old daughter says Im geting OLD!!) and were STILL working on the remodel,but its nice to have a place where I can find a smile when I need it. :0)
Interesting poll!
Cupofkindess - I should have chosen a goal, like you, instead of a self-fulfilling prophecy!!
I picked this name because it seemed like our house, yard, etc... were NEVER done. Since we've been doing major renovations for the last year it has never felt more true!
Maybe I should at least change it to "almostdone"! It sounds more positive. Need to install pulls and backsplash and I can post my DONE kitchen. Hooray!
I prefer the classic Pooh, too, Starpooh!
msrevise is my 'new' name, and probably more appropriate than my original name. When I joined in dec. 2003, i was 'toomuch' as in doing too much research and being too detail-oriented (which i still am...).
Anyway, 'msrevise' is because i'm a writer, so ms = manuscript, and revise is what i'm always doing (to my kitchen plan as well!). I used to have a cockatiel, and i taught him to say "revise," too.
How fun!
Many times I have tried to figure out where people came up with their names.
Here's mine: My husband's older brother's name is Bill E---. When he was in school, his buddies started calling him Bill E--- Goodman. (I'm not totally sure why.) They then shortened it to BEG, (he is still called that). My hubby came along and was called little BEG for awhile and then MEG for Mike E--- Goodman. (They also have a younger brother Steve who is called SEG.) Weird. Anyhow, when I was looking for an online name years ago, so many were taken. I figured there wouldn't be much of a run on "Meggswife", so that's what I chose. I have used that name in every imaginable place and it has never been taken. Go figure! *smile* I always wonder what people think it means.
By the way, my name is Stacie, so I'd be SEG too... no thanks! I'm happy to be Meggswife!
Have a wonderful day!
LOL Stacie, I thought you were in a domestic partnership situation.
We have a kooky name thing in our family too. My father and his 5 brothers all have the same first name with different middle names. I just found out this year, at age 43, when DM mentioned it in passing (joking about his rural Arkansas roots). Of course I know my DF's first name but it never crossed my mind that Uncles J-P, J-dubya(W), J-aura(R) etc carried the same name. Seems I inherited my lack of imagination from Grandmother!
Great thread -- I've been wondering about some of those -- Thanks Sugarbreak!
Mine's a contraction of my first (Susan, used to go by Sue) and maiden names. An old boyfriend in college coined the term, and it kinda stuck.
My DH's entire family also goes by their middle names, so last night our 10-year-old son decided he wanted to do that too. He must have been learning about behavior modification in school, because he announced that every time we called him Douglas instead of John, that he would give us a kiss and a fruit snack. DH, who chose 'John', wouldn't play along, but since I was the one that chose 'Douglas', I just loaded up ;-)
great post, I've wondered about some of these...
I've had lots of people ask about mine, and it's simple really.
I have 4 names and when I first got online, my email was my 4 initials--nmbf. I always had people asking if the bf meant black female or bi female...LOL!
so I added the second letter of each of my 4 names Na_Ma_Ba_Fo.
What a fun thread! I love reading about people's username stories. Wish I had a more original name.
sweeby, my dd (age 5) recently decided she did not want to be Alex any more. She told me she wanted me to call her something else, so I told her to think of a name she liked and I'd call her that all day. She chose Carmen Aloha, lol! Every now and then she has a Carmen Aloha day. I have no idea where she got it.
What a great thread!
Mine's from my DH...I'm afraid it's what you get for a last name when you marry a Lithuanian.
We got one of those "we found your family crest" advertisements years ago...it had a picture of a cow on the shield...as in Mis-cows-kas..the way our name is pronounced. Everyone in the family got one..we still laugh about it.
Marita was a nickname given me by my mother when I was young (a combination of Mary + Rita). I HATED it and began to refuse to respond when I was preteen. I'm actually somewhat fond of it now--at least it is a handle I can remember! Oh, and 40 is just a nice round number :)
When my boys (twins) were 8 mo old we had a house fire caused by an explosion in my basement. I grabbed my boys and we got out by the skin of our teeth. My boys happened to be downstairs with me. If they had been upstairs napping, I would have never been able to get them and get us all out of the house.
The fire was caused by a buildup of fumes from an adhesive. The fire investigator said that if it had blown 15 minutes later, instead of when it did, that it would have blown the roof off of the house and we would have all perished.
My sis said that I had an angel on my shoulder looking out for us--so I feel like I am a blessed gal.
bmore = baltimore, md. Now the sixth most dangerous place in the usa! We moved up from 15th last year. I was jokin with someone who used to live in colorado that there, all of the road signs out in the country side had bullet holes. Here, the street signs in the city have the bullet holes.
panic = feelings at the thought of having to do cabinets yet again!
Mine's not terribly original or exciting, but it's a great job to have(and at times the most under-appreciated and difficult one I've ever had).
In my twenties and thirties I didn't want/couldn't imagine myself having children. My mother was totally amazed and confused when I told her I was going to be a father. She was beside herself(but ultimately very supportive), when I told her I was planning to stay home with my son. When he was two months old I took over full time responsibility for his care.
Nearly three years later,when my wife told me she was pregnant with our second child, in a panicky voice she said to me "What are we going to do now? I told her "no problem-you had a great first pregnancy, and this one should be too. And once the baby comes, You'll go back to work and I'll take ever. "Oh yah" she said, "this'll be great"(and it has been).
I guess I'll soon need to change my user name, as I hope to return to work full time before my younger son starts second grade in September. Can't imagine what tuition will cost in seven years.
If anyone has career advice, I'm all ears!
If anyone has
I haven't been here for a while and yet most of the names are so familiar! Hi Stacie (Meggswife) and Kathy (uxorial)!
When my boys were in HS, they made up pet names for each other. My oldest sons last name started with Hop and he managed to get his ears pierced (without my approval) and wore small silver hoops. So Hoopy became his nickname, and still is after 10 yrs! Hence, all his buddies called me Hoopys mom!
My name is Elizabeth. My younger brothers couldn't say "Elizabeth" -- it came out "BizBiz"... then shortend to Biz... then as they got a bit older (less cute and more pesky) it morphed to Bizzo. Now my family calls me Biz or Bizzo...
and until my mother asked my sister to teach her children to call me "Aunt Elizabeth" and not Bizzo since, as mom claimed, Elizabeth is what she named me and it is such a beautiful name, all my sister's friends knew me as Bizzo, too (since that's how she referred to me)!
Another self-explanatory name. Introducing Blitzen and Voldemort...
When we went to see the greyhounds available for adoption, Blitzen (brindle) through his "arms" around me in a bear hug. When I stopped laughing, I figured I had been adopted.
Note to Bizzo: I am also Elisabeth and when my younger brother couldn't say Elisabeth, it came out "bibbuh", which later became Beeba. (Or really, Beeeeba) I am still Aunt Beeba and my cousins and childhood friends still call me Beeba.
OMG, they are gorgeous! I love greyhounds, such noble dogs & they come in so many flavors! Rotties just come the standard black & tan version (with an occasional red). Look at those faces!
Your story of how Blitzen chose you reminds me of how I found my first rottie, Smidgen. I had been researching the breed & checking out litters for awhile. I went to look at a litter where the mother had refused to nurse her puppies (all 11 of them!) and so they had been hand fed. I put a hand into the box & a wave of black & tan bodies engulfed it. One little bundle didn't follow the crowd but wiggled down along the side so that she could get right to the questing hand. I was delighted! This puppy chose me, bulled past 10 of her brothers & sister to get to me!
It was only later that I realized that in this litter's eyes hand=food and this dog was a little glutton. But it was too late, she came home with me & was my partner in crime for nearly 12 years. She was also a glutton for attention & for meeting people and so a delightful dog to have. The perfect introduction to rottweilers.
But I'm fond of dogs in all shapes & sizes.
I would have preferred Bizzo. My little bro couldn't say Cheri (pronounced like sherry) so he called me Furry. Unfortunately, it stuck and there are still times when my family uses it, sigh. It's one that tends to raise eyebrows.
sugarbreak, I just love yours!!!
Lowspark and Bill Vincent, I not only have that LP (that *really* dates me!) and most of his others, but saw Steve Winwood perform it live (at two shows, one at the suddenly-famous Patriot Center at George Mason U. Plus, I bought an expensive electronic keyboard in part because Steve endorsed it.
My userID combines my last name and a random number to get it past the required five characters. Lee666 may have been more fitting....
OMG, you guys are scaring me! I have a daughter with a lovely name.....that we've never used. She's always gone by "Beanie". EVERYONE calls her Beanie. I have visions of her wedding....
"Do you, Beanie, take this man...."
Is there any way to undo a nickname? LOL!
Mine is another self-explanatory name (to me, at least). I love to renovate things. But for the longest time, I would get emails asking me about what stores were good in the Reno area!
finally... as in finally remodelling, finally deciding on x-y-or-z, finallly unpacking those boxes (haven't made that post yet!)
I am however, finally finished with the building part of the remodel, just not the "sewing of the curtains" part, or the "covering of the chairs" part. Hmmmm, I guess a house is never really finally finished!
~finally (aka Dolores)
This was such a great thread! I don't participate as much in kitchens because everytime I think I will redo mine somthing happens and I don't! I LOVE seeing everyone's finished kitchens though and I do read the posts whenever I can. I got my name from my oldest cat. I made up the name for him and it stuck.
Hi Ivette,
You got me curious, so I browsed on Google and found that "pirula" can mean "pearl." The word is possibly derived from the Latin word "pirum" for "little pear," which is named for the tip of the nose (because of the shape resemblance). There was also a great Spanish flamenco dancer known as "La Pirula."
So I guess your dad thought you were as precious as a pearl, as sweet and curvy as a pear, as graceful as a dancer, or as cute as the tip of your nose!
I was going to ask this and was looking for something else and found it had already been asked ! LOL . I have been a runner since 1978 in SLC at Sugarhouse park. I started trail running in 1997 with a best friend in Tuskegee Natl. Forest...10 miles from my current home. I have never run on roads again if I could help it. I love being outside no matter the weather. I have done 24 ultramarathons all over the US and Canada. I can't travel like that at present but still get on the trails several times a week.
Anyone else not already on this thread?? Caroline
sort of a double pun and I started it while looking for an unused name for ebay a few years ago
Yarn over is a knitting stitch (also called yo)(I am a prolific knitter) the board part is for boating- we have a summer house on the lower potomac river near the chesapeake bay.
My boat was almost called yarnoverboard ie- knitting while boating-two of my favorite things. However the boat ended up being called Medusa. No explanation necessary!
My cats are my babies, hence---cat_mom! Love them!
renofan--OMG! One of my nieces is Beanie! Her name is Jessica, and they started by calling her Jelly bean when she was quite young, and that morphed into Beanie! She's 10 now and is still called that!
I think I win for the most boring name here. I just used the name of the town and state where I live. Aptos, CA. I picked that when I did lots of trades on the Garden side of these forums. It helped people decide weather the plants I had to trade would work in their climate right from the get go so they wouldn't have to ask. Or at least that was the reason behind it.
Oh my gosh, I did so need this! Just watched Nightline and started to post a serious poll about Iraq policies - maybe tomorrow, but hey it is tomorrow.
Jubilee is a term from the Pentateuch (first 5 books of the Old Testament)referring to the Hebrew practice of cancelling debt and setting slaves free every seven years.
Jubilee has spiritual implications of the New Testament message of God's grace given thru His Son, cancelling debt to the wages of sin and setting free from its burden, so I love that word! I used to be the original "jubilee" on fastdial. Now there are so many, and juliesjubilee was too long, and reminded people of cherries jubilee.
Uxorial, it is so funny - I saw that word on an online word of the day recently, only it said that it was used to describe a husband who is completely content with his wife, so got a bit confused there -
Cupofkindness, you are a riot! I love your alternative monnikers!
Sugarbush, you must be from Texas (or Tennessee)- thanks for posting this!
sugarbreak, are you still around? I just wanted to let you know that I borrowed your username after reading this thread. I just realized we've been using it for almost a year now!
I read about your twins and the kisses and thought that was so cute. My 3 girls were 3 (twins) and 5 when I first saw this post. They would fight in the car something fierce, and I was at my wit's end. Then one day I called out, "Hey, who wants a sugar break?" They all fell silent to hear what great thing that was going to be. Since I couldn't have them kiss while all separated in their car seats, we began the practice of taking turns describing what the best "sugar break" in the world would be. They LOVED it. There were white cakes with pink icing and ice cream, banana splits with cookies, etc etc. They don't fight in the car very often anymore, but when it happens, one of them will suddenly pop out with "Time for a sugar break!"
So, thanks VERY much :)
I love to quilt and I professionally train dogs. My husband and I used to joke that we should open a quilt shop and a doggie day care. Then we used to laugh that we would call it Quiltdog!
I don't think the quilt customers would like the dog hairs on their new fabric, though!
I came up with my name after I stumbled onto this site. I was in tears, broke and totally stumped. I just couldn't think of a fix for the mess I'd made of the kitchen. I feel really silly using the name whenever I want to post in the bath or garden forums now.
Yeah, kitchen stumpt (you had to be a 2?), I here you. I cannot believe how naively I went into the planning phase of kitchen (burned out because of all the personal research on mold remediation and structural repair, I guess). Wish I had found this site first, but - no matter - I am lovin many, if not most of my decisions and livin with the rest! (though I wouldn't mind winning the lottery!)
dancefit - I had trouble finding a user name when I first started using a computer. I kept typing in names and they were rejected. At that time you did not use any part of your real name. Different now. So as a last shot i typed in dancingfit and they shortened it to dancefit. When my second daughter was getting married I had to lose about 30 pounds. I could not stick with any program long enough before I would gain weight again. One day I took an aerobic class at a gym and I had a great time. The weight just fell off. Of course after 10 years of step and aerobics my 50 year old joints started to show the effects. I eventually stopped and now I still struggle with those same pounds. My third daughter is getting married in November maybe I should start dancing again.
O.K. here's my story. GW is the first forum I've ever joined. I didn't know anything about choosing forum names. I tried to use my real name and the computer said it was already taken. The computer suggested organic_donna. I couldn't believe they chose that name for me. I am an all organic girl!! I eat organic food, Whole Foods girl all the way. I only use natural cleaning products, nothing with chemicals in my house. I read every label and it better be all natural ingredients. I lead a very holistic lifestyle. organic_donna was a perfect name, so I chose it.
I live in San Jose and my name is Erin. Prettttty dull. First time on a forum for me too and my older kids had a great time warning me about unsavory people one might meet on the internet. Hmm, do as I say....? At least they only talk on Facebook right now.
How ya feelin' Donna? Some of your posts today were darn funny. A little loopy?? Hope you're feelling better tomorrow.
I need to chime in. This web has given me so much info and helped me in my re-hab. Many thanks to all of you posters..Some day I will post the entire story - very long. I picked my name "shequit" at the time I retired. I am way older than most of you, I think, (63), and love all your energy. Also, it was the same time I started the house demo and re-do. I have been my own GC and it has not been pretty. In fact, have probably worked harder in the last year than when I was actually "employed". I received a paycheck then and now all I do is pay out!!
You made me laugh. A little loopy? I'm a LOT loopy and it's getting worse. I think I'm involved in too many posts and I'm getting my answers all mixed up. I should just read and not answer for a while. I'm still sick, I've been sick for a week. You guy's will have to ignore me when I say something about the wrong topic.
By the way, where is the spell check on my laptop?
Well, I'm not really thrilled with my user name, but I tried for over an hour and everything I thought of was already used. I knew that our kitchen reno would have to make do for the next 20 years, so every decision was weighed very carefully. I found I had to be a real discriminating shopper to find the best values for my dollar...but discriminatingshopper was too long, so I just went with pickyshopper!
Aw, Donna, I'm sorry. I wasn't making fun of you; I just know that when I'm sick I get a little "goofy" and I noticed that in one of your posts you thought you were on another question. I was thinking, I know just how she feels. My turn is coming; every year I get sick in the late winter/early spring. I do hope you improve soon. Isn't GW wonderful??
I am sure you have all guessed "just a dancer". I love to do any dancing and as much as I can but this kitchen remodel slowed me down. My Dh and I swing dance, tango, ballroom and salsa. I line dance when he is busy. We are not really good but I call it our couple therapy where we hold each other and laugh!!
I go by lanstan on ikeafans which is the first half of my name and the first half of my hubbys.
I really feel like I know you all just a little more. Thanks for sharing
I always assumed skivino and aptosca were last names. This is ridiculous considering I have relatives in Aptos, CA!
And I am another one who thought that reno fan was a big gambler.
My story... Before I married, I nicknamed my future sister-in-law "Mango". In turn she stated calling me Nigel - I have no idea why. Her then BF (now DH), can get very silly and he started calling me Nigel Bigel. It stuck.
It sounds kind of loopy, but at least I am confident there isn't anyone else using that name anywhere!
Seven or eight years ago...dang it's been that long! I was paid a great deal of money to move to the God Forsaken Far North. I had to change my internet service, so a few friends of mine got together and decided to have a contest to pick my new name before I left. "Igloochic" seemed perfect, aside from the fact that there aren't igloo's in Alaska (they're Canadian Eskimo properties, not Alaskan) but heck, I was not quite so knowledgable then. I use the name for everything.
I suppose as we begin this whole house remodel I should change it to something more fitting like "DHblowsBudget" or "IwannaNewStove" or "ContractorWantedDeadorAlive" but Igloochic is so much easier to spell...
I did consider PinotEnvy...but even some wine drinkers aren't smart enough to figure it out, and would think I was envious of another sex's body part...so I skipped that one :p (But we will use it as the name of our boat) :)
I'm pretty new here and just discovered the "Off-Topic Conversations" (never thought to click on this link before!) I've enjoyed reading this thread, many interesting stories here!
Anyway, mine's quite boring but it must be very original because I've never had problems with it being taken. When my DH (Bob) and I (Leilani) got married, I registered for a hotmail account and chose "bobleilani" and that has been my username ever since.
When I was trying out names for an email address many many moons ago, I wanted to use "Red" in the name, (because some people call me that for the usual reason) but found that many things I thought of were taken. Then, I thought of "Redbazel". The "Bazel" part came from a girl I worked with years ago who assigned random nicknames to everyone and had dubbed me, Bazel. So, Redbazel was born.
Interestingly enough, that old co-worker came into my office a few months ago as my new manager. Just this past week she slipped and called me "Bazel" a couple of times. You should have seen the weird looks we got. And then, someone who knew I posted on ebay as Redbazel, suddenly understood everything! It was kinda funny to see light dawn on his face.
Glad I stumbled onto this thread, Have only been around for a couple of months but have rolled many of the names over and over in my mind to playing the name game. Had some figured out Bmorepanic -live there no brainer for me, others not so easy.The names fascinate me, flyleft, cloud_swift, trailrunner, igloochik- what interesting lives they must lead! Some do'oh moments here- I really thought MTnester was in an idyllic setting in the mountains somewhere! And I always would hear the refrain of Lowspark of high heeled boys - yeah I'm up there too. hear it now too!
In any case let me introduce myself. My name is Sue and I am totally in love with two golden retrievers, Cooper- male 2 yrs and Bailey -female 3 years. So it's cooperbailey- it just gives me a smile when I type in their names.
My name also came years ago when I was trying to sign on to my first email account. The names I wanted were taken.
I was reading a science fiction/fantasy book at the time, that had very large cats with telepathic abilities that were called "ghattens". Since I have way too many cats, and love my scifi/fantasy ... became "pamghatten" ever since.
Boy, if I had known I would become a frequent GW poster, I would have put a bit of thought into my username. Could I have come up with anything more unattractive and boring than budge?!
I'd love something whimsical and optimistic. Daisychain, sunbeam, ...
...but something more realistic would also work - procrastinator, stuckathecomputer, can'tmakedecisions,...
Budge was my daughter's nickname so even though it's boring and stodgy it still makes me smile :-)
I was married at the Villa Cimbrone in Ravello, Italy and I'm a Mom of two little ones (2.5 years and 9 months). So... CimbroneMamma. I *always* have a hard time coming up with a fun username.
Here is a link that might be useful: Villa Cimbrone
Adoptedbygreyhounds: I loved your name the minute I saw it!
Annaleef: YouÂve given me wonderful inspiration! I will do that, too.
Lowspark: John Barleycorn was among the first 10 CDs we bought when we got our first CD player!
So many of your names are wonderfully creative or touchingly tender. Mine is sort of a proud affirmation. Growing up in an Italian-American household we heard lots of phrases -- in dialect, not the true Italian. "Fa Napoli" insultingly meant go to Naples; "ooh fa" was an abbreviated derivative of the same, usually muttered in exasperation. Some time ago when one of my cousins was separating from her husband, they had an argument where he dismissed her by referring to her as "You and your Âoofa family." That raised my hackles, boy, and in loyalty we other cousins dubbed ourselves the "oofa sisterhood." (Definitely, HIS loss!)
Kompy has been my nickname since I was born 42 yrs ago. My real name is Kelly and my sister (who wasn't even one when I was born) couldn't pronounce my name. She called me Kompy and it's stuck all these years. Even my DH calls me Kompy or Komps or Kompsalicous....or Camp Director Kompy (when I get bossy!)
My other nick is Petsike (pete-cee-keh), it's Hungarian for little one, I think. I'm 1/2 Hungarian, 1/4 Norwegian and 1/4 Irish.
Gosh, this is fun! I never saw this thread when it started. I need to spend more time in Conversations!
Emmie is my nickname from college; it morphed from my full name, Mary Ellen, into M.E., into a name. 9999 is something iVillage tacked on ages ago because there were already so many Emmie's registered. iVillage membership transferred me here, and voila!
Wish I'd found the Conversations section, too, a lot earlier than this!
DonnaR57 - first name, last initial, year on birth certificate (just turned 50).
DonnaR/CA - first name, last initial, state of residence. GW didn't let me use this for a name, and DonnaRCA (no /) was already taken!
I am new to the GW forums in the last few months, when I stumbled in to look for good ideas for building our house. I used to use guamquilter on all my forums, because my first forum was a quilting forum and at the time, we were living in Guam. I am not in Guam anymore and we are building a house in Minnesota. My first name is Teresa, so MinnT is what I am trying to use on any new forums I join. It was kind of strange to sign in on some non-quilting forums and have a quilting in my user name. People think Grandma when they see quilts, even though it is not like that anymore, necessarily.
Here is a link that might be useful: My house building blog
Honestly I wish I had picked a different one. I didn't know when I signed up that I'd become loyal and addicted to GW. I made up this name long ago so I wouldn't have to worry about having a different name on every board I joined. Since it's long, made up, and has double consonants that don't occur in naturally in English it's never taken by someone else. However, here I feel like I'm too anonymous when I post. I forget to sign my posts: Jim
I thought I posted on this a long time ago. :-/ Like Sue36, I lack originality when it comes to monikers. lol Someone told me they thought I liked to gamble and it was "all is on 07 & 04." But the truth is I hate to throw away money when in Vegas and never put more than $5 in the nickel slot machines. If I start wining, I walk away. :D
Hope everyone is enjoying a nice spring day. Best regards,
Allison, whose birthday is the 4th of July (7th month).
What a fun thread! I stumbled across this looking for something else entirely, but thought it would be nice to revive it. Conversations moves so much slower than Discussions so maybe this will stick around for a while and have even more additions.
My screen name does not refer to any delusions of grandeur. I'm a SAHM and am always class mom / room mom / team mom, etc. One of DS1's coaches for football and lacrosse is the type of coach who gives nicknames to everyone. All of the kids are "the Bull" or "Wheels" or some permutation of their last name "Gatesy" etc. He calls me Supermom. It's been over 3 years and I've never heard him refer to me by my actual name even though his wife and I socialize frequently. The lax is because that is the sport that DS1 plays most often. Dec-Mar in a dome, Apr-Jun one week off then Jun-Aug.
laxsupermom - I thought you were a lasped supermom!
My username is a combination of the nickname my Dad gave me when I was a kid and my favourite colour (yellow not lemon really). Lots of people know the lululemon line of products, and I was honestly surprised I was able to use it as a user name but it was late so I just went with it. Usually I have really boring variations of my first and/or last names and my birth year (1967). And my password is always the same so I never forget it.
I've used the screen name Idietolive for over a decade. The first board I ever joined was a Christian one and I wanted to have a name that spoke to me. It really means 'I die in the flesh, so i may live in the spirit. Only problem is that people ask me all of the time if it means 'i diet to live' or 'i diet olives'. So I decided to simplify it for gardenweb.
Ok, lots of names were taken. Hestia is the goddess of the hearth. I like my names on different forums to relate to the forum so that I remember my "name" after an absence. Hestia was also taken, so Hestia is also the keeper of the home flame, thus Hestia_flames.
I like being "goddess of the hearth" but I'd prefer being "goddess of the finished kitchen!"
Obviously, my first and middle names and the year I discovered this wonderful cyber-heaven. Now, that's a good name: is it too late to change?? I didn't realize how many clever post-ers there would be, or I would've found a cuter, or sillier, or more descriptive name: historyteacher! choirsinger! impatientkitchenredoer!
Fun thread! Mine was given to me by a slightly off-balanced boy in my class when I was about 13. One day he saw me and started into a rant something like, "Donna, Donka, Donka, Donna" and he wouldn't stop. It pretty much stuck with friends after that and even to this day someone from back in the day will pull out the 'Donka' nickname.
He also nicknamed my friend Karen "Carrot" in much the same manner, and we still use that too :)
When I posted to this thread over 2 years ago, I think I assumed everyone would understand the quick explanation I provided. That is, that my handle is meant to be a sarcastic comment on my interior design and general contracting skills (or lack thereof). Since then, though, I've learned that some of you -- especially the "younguns" -- might miss the sarcasm. :-) As such, here's a fuller explanation:
Like many here,I am constantly initiating, and then struggling with, home improvement/interior design challenges. So, the "Martha" in my handle refers to Martha Stewart. But, the "Vila" part is not a misspelled reference to some lovely vacation home! In fact it's a reference to Bob Vila, the highly savvy general contractor who was the original host of the PBS show, "This Old House" (from 1979-1989). In short, as a lover of old houses (and an owner of century old townhouse in NYC), I think I ought to be a Martha Stewart and/or a Bob Vila. Hah! Still, here on the GW, I can fantasize about having the talents of both. So, when here, I get to be MarthaVila!
Came across this thread today after clicking on 'Conversations' at the top
of the page, hoping it would lead to lost threads, which it did. Thought it
might be fun to revive, considering the lack of threads to peruse at the
moment, and the number of new members since this thread was started.
I'm a percussionist, particularly of Middle Eastern drums. Darbuka is the
Hebrew word for doumbek, or goblet shaped drum.
Here is a link that might be useful: Goblet drum: wiki
My "name" is from when I first needed an email address that I didn't want to use my real email for. Since I was researching timberframe homes at the time, I used timber as part of my email address.
I like to use it, as it is still our dream to build a timber framed home someday. I'm sure as soon as we finish remodeling this home from one end to the other, we will have to find a new project, LOL.
Happened upon this while searching out fire and ice kitchens. It was an interesting read. Gotta love those greyhounds!! Chris is short for Christine, 45 is the year I was born, and I live in NY. Not too original compared to some I've just finished reading about. A great thread!!
I always thought that "mtnester" was Mtn Ester or Ester who lived on a mountain. Abbreviations are never a "no-brainer", especially when my brain is involved!
My name is the company name I had when I was doing web design with my brother, and I took "Publick" from Publick Rage (one of my clothing design names) and "Man" from "Manley Child", referring to Gerard Manley Hopkin's poem, "The Child is Father to the Man", a poem my brother liked.


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The Pine Tree ISD School Board named Vanessa Robinson as principal of Pine Tree Junior High School in a special board meeting, May 20, 2013. Robinson, is a native of Longview and completed her Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies and Master of Education in Leadership from University of Texas at Tyler. "I am honored …
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I wish the mascara formula was as nice as the packaging. I have decent volume and length in my lashes but this mascara is very odd. I felt like it made my lashes look shorter...and all it did was make them blacker
on 2/21/2015 9:57:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Okay, so I bought this mascara a while back and didn't think it'd be fair to write a review for it after a few weeks of trying it out. It does clump together which really disappointed me given the name. It flakes and smudges a lot: after half an hour of applying it, I had gotten unattractive black splotched under my eyes. It's a dry formula so it's not buildable. It doesn't give much volume or length either, but it's fairly pigmented. This isn't my favourite but it's decent overall.
on 2/17/2015 7:18:00 PM
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I bought this a few years ago. It worked very well for the first two weeks and then it started flaking. Would not buy it ever again.
on 2/17/2015 7:06:00 PM
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Ive used this mascara for a long time because it does a good job but im just so tired of it flaking. Its pretty bad. Anyhoo I switched to loreal sensational lashes and its my hg
on 2/15/2015 2:23:00 PM
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My all time favourite mascara, been using it since forever. Though I would like to try something new.
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This is the first rubber-type wand mascara I've ever actually liked. And I like it quite a bit!
I have been disappointed with every single rubber-want I've tried until now. Something about that type of wand just generally doesn't agree with my lashes (I'm looking at you, cover girl lash blasts). As a reference - my lashes are long, very curly, and fairly thin. I usually require something that both lengthens and thickens and is buildable. L'oreal Voluminous Carbon Black, Lancome Hypnose and Diorshow blackout are in my regular rotation.
- good thickening and lengthening and definition
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Although I prefer the regular Voluminous formula and the traditional brush to this one, I really like how I can get good thickness and definition quite quickly and easily with the Million Lashes. It's not as buildable as it dries a bit harder, but if I see it on sale I will definitely buy it again.
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I have been looking for a decent mascara for years and I'm very picky about it. I have thin blondish lashes so its hard to build them properly without making them look over done and ridiculous. I've paid up to $30 for mascaras. Some of which were very nice, however, when I read reviews somewhere else on this mascara, I figured I'd give it a try. Wow... it does exactly what I've been wanting mascara to do for me for years! It lengthens, builds and separates beautifully. And I don't have to put multiple coats on for it to do what I want it to do. I'm so glad I don't have to spend $25-$30 on mascara anymore. This does the trick!
on 1/25/2015 4:01:00 PM
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This is my fave d/s mascara. I have purchased it several times in black and black brown and had similar results with each (minus the color, of course). It gives a bit of volume plus lengthens and separates wonderfully. I usually use 2 coats (though I do this with every mascara). I have not had any issues of spider lashes or flakes. I can't help but wonder if the at least some of the bad reviews might refer to the waterproof version by mistake. I accidentally purchased the waterproof version once, and it was awful. It didn't separate well, and it did indeed flake. My hairdresser said she had the exact same experience with the regular vs. waterproof versions. I did take off one lippie as I feel the product seems to dry out fairly quickly in the container. However, I have bought multiple times and will continue to do so.
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I just tried it and it's amazing!!!!! It really defines and separates, but most of all gives amazing length!!!!
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installing recessed lights with no access from above?
HI, we are planning to install ceiling recessed lights in the living room that does not have access from above. We have a second floor above that room. Can anyone outline the procedure, on how to install 8 recessed lights with minimal damage to the ceiling? We would appreciate any links to the how-to, or books that cover this particular situation. Whill we need any special tools? The biggest problem is not in the electrical part, but in the process that leads up to the electrical parts.
Thank you.
use remodel lights, they go in from below.
if possible set up the layout so that you can run the wiring in joist bays.
if this is not possible, you will need to drill across the joists. a long greenlee bit is perfect for the job. cut out for one light and then start drilling to the next light. when the bit gets to teh next cutout, leave it inteh hole, remove it from teh drill, tie the wiring to the end of the bit, and pull it thru. you may need a couple of extentions, depending on how far apart the lights are.
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Comforting thought
Yesterday I was thinking about my parents house. My mom is totally born organized and their house is always perfect - and I mean PERFECT. Better Homes and Gardens could show up unannounced and do a photo shoot with no prep work. For most of my adult years this has been a source of angst for me because I just can't seem to be it together like my mom.
Well, my folks are getting older. Mom had cancer earlier this year with surgery and radiation treatment. She's doing fantastic and the house is still perfect. She's 76 but you'd think she was 50 if you met her. Just last weekend she told me that she is having knee replacement surgery on Aug 20.
All these health issues have helped me frame the angst into something much more constructive. I now cherish the though hat there's a place on Earth that is so clean, perfect and peaceful. Pretty much all of my friends are like me - getting by with a lick and a promise and trying to clean the house around work and kids activities. I don't know another place that is as perfect as my folks house.
I just wanted to share how I was able to turn a negative "I'm not good enough" thought into something positive.
What about you? Do you have "comfort spots" like this?
Mommabird,I'm wondering if that feeling you get in your parents house is the comfort of seeing that your mom, even with all her health problems. is still able to take care of things the way she always has. As our parents age, and lose some of their abilities there is a certain amount of role reversal; the child becomes the parent. This happened with my in-laws, and it was very hard on my husband. The fact that your mom's house is still perfect is proof that she is still your same ol' mom. and that is very comforting.
I often have thoughts of "I wish I could have a do-over" with my mom. I certainly have much more appreciation for her cleanliness and organization all while dealing with a job and 5 kids. I look back and think WOW! How did she do it. I remember us (her children) rolling eyes and teasing her about "washing" her garbage. Well, I now do the same thing because her rational made sense--so my garbage doesn't smell and bugs stay away.
All I can offer you is to continue with the positive thoughts, actions, and words as there are NO DO-OVERS after she is gone.
Every day I try to think of something I'm grateful for. My parents are both gone. So I'm happy my kids have jobs and attend college and are not drug addicts or worse. I have enough money to "get by". My house is p[aid off. I have a wonderful dog and cat. Oh and there's my darling husband. We should all count our blessings. Then there's my KT friends...


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... it quite hard to see the animal eyes due to the raindrops shining in the light. The group before us had seen allsorts including a sloth but it wasn't there when we went. We saw a fox and stood for a while watching the bats going to drink from the hummingbird feeder.
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Updated: June 17, 2012, 7:00 PM ETBy Kevin Seifert | ESPN.com
The agent for Green Bay Packers defensive end Anthony Hargrove issued an extensive statement Sunday questioning the NFL's investigation into allegations of Hargrove's role in the New Orleans Saints' bounty program.
Referring to it as "Semantics-Gate," agent Phil Williams questioned the 200 pages of evidence league officials provided the NFL Players Association on Friday, three days before commissioner Roger Goodell is to hear the appeal of all four current and former Saints players who ...
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