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07 Jan 2017
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I use the same ID when posting on this forum as I use on several others. I created it many years ago, a combination of my pet's name and my birth year. Never thought much about it but now it seems to be creating issues for me in some places- thankfully not here- yet.

Three times in the past couple months I have had other posters on some stamp discussion boards attack me, apparently because of my age. I was in one case called a stupid senile old man. That comment drew a reprimand from the board administrator but it still stings. Shouldn't, but it does. I won't even go into what happens when I post on general discussion boards, lots of 'crawl off and die, you're old' replies. I created a new Delphi account to get around this, so far that seems to work.

Not looking for sympathy, just suggesting that if anyone, like me, uses a screen name that could denote your age, maybe it's a good idea to change it. Society today is relentless with agism. One of those things you never think about until it hits you in the face. Just a word to the wise.
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07 Jan 2017
03:07:28pm
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I think it's fair to say you will never have comments like that on this board. There are all ages here - well, perhaps not so many in their 20s - including many who are older (and rather wiser) than me (I'm a 1947 man), and I've never come across the sort of ageism you mention. Stick with SOR, I should!

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07 Jan 2017
03:54:10pm
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Sorry you had to deal with that. Sometimes folks are simply cruel or looking to troll, so when there's anything out there visible, it's easy for them to jump on it. Again, you should never see that here, but it is good advice you offer. In general, the less people know about you in a public forum the better (probably), unless you are seeking the attention (good or bad) that it can bring.

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07 Jan 2017
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Can I add that as another 46'er who only retired this year, we ain't dead yet!
I would also suggest that you have a separate name and email account for your social media sites (Facebook etc).
I still have email accounts with a service provider in the UK which I change regularly and use for one time purchases and the like.

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07 Jan 2017
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Well for quite awhile I was being called Pedro, I've been called much worse, then a few guys in San Pedro where I lived offered to buy my screen name, Go FigureSurprise..Now I live in New Jersey but I'm sticking with Pedroguy of course when I hit 70 in March I may become "oldchiguy" I was raised in Chicago but I'm not chi. 46 was a Good Year my dad got discharged that year and he invented MERolling On The Floor Laughing

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07 Jan 2017
06:11:06pm

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Wow! I have the year 1902 in my name here and nobody has called me out yet! Big Grin

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07 Jan 2017
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...that's because everyone already KNOWS Ben Franklin is OLD!!


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07 Jan 2017
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Snick, tell them fools 1946 is your I.Q., it sounds to me like they're too stupid to know the difference anyway!


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07 Jan 2017
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"...that's because everyone already KNOWS Ben Franklin is OLD!!"



Sad part is that you could convince half the general public that Ben Franklin was born in 1902! Laughing

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07 Jan 2017
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"Sad part is that you could convince half the general public that Ben Franklin was born in 1902!"



...just half?
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08 Jan 2017
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Who's Franklin?Angel

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08 Jan 2017
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....Bonnie Franklin's father......


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08 Jan 2017
10:30:48am
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Tell them that you owned 1946 shares of Google before the split.

Cheers,

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09 Jan 2017
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re: What's in a Screen Name?

My username is based upon my name.

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02 Mar 2017
02:43:16pm
re: What's in a Screen Name?

Belated thanks to all who replied.

I have since created a new screen name for Disqus, the application I use for posting on some general discussion boards. This board is about the only one left where I use the old name.

My wife says that about the worst thing young people can envision is getting old. So when they get the chance they use that as a nasty zinger. It only happened on a stamp board to me the one time, that was on the Delphi Stamp Discussion board, I still go there st times but never have posted since and will not.

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02 Mar 2017
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My username is based on a cat I had several years ago.

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02 Mar 2017
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re: What's in a Screen Name?

I'm a 1943er and I am (was) a toolmaker /injection mold maker and I could care less what anyone thinks about my age. I'm too old to worry about that kind of stuff. I only worry about, When will my stamps get here.Happy

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02 Mar 2017
06:49:06pm

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My user name here is simply the stamp I collect! Nice and easy!

On model car boards, I was always Model Citizen and back when you could only have 10 digits in your email address I was ModlCitizn.


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03 Mar 2017
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I started using Winedrinker years ago, as a name for my avatar in World of Warcraft, Second Life, and other on-line games. And I drink wine. I still dabble in WoW, but stamps have taken over most of my spare time...as well as most of my spare change.

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03 Mar 2017
08:32:23am

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AMSD is merely an acronym for one of my favorite collecting areas: Air Mail Special Delivery, although I guess I might have had that Tsarist Tsounding TSOC: Tied Seals on Cover.

And I never use my birth year.... no one would believe some so old could be so dumb and someone so young could look so awful.

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re: What's in a Screen Name?

Mine is pretty self-explanatory.

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03 Mar 2017
10:43:45pm
re: What's in a Screen Name?

I'm the go-to person among family and friends for music trivia.....thus the name.


Many of my friends call me Musicman instead of my given name.


Also was a drummer in a band - many, many moons ago.


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04 Mar 2017
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My wife is Chinese, which sparked my interest in the stamps of that country.
Youpiao is the Chinese word for stamp.

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04 Mar 2017
06:27:14am
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Ni hao!

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04 Mar 2017
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Some members didn't know me so I turned into "2" for my sister.

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10 Mar 2017
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Mine is because my hair is silver the 12 isn't the amount of hair I have ,just snowy 1 to 11 had already be used Rolling On The Floor Laughing
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10 Mar 2017
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mine is my first name and the first 3 letters of my surname

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11 Mar 2017
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Mine is the low mileage car I purchased out of a 35 year storage from the original owner when he returned from being overseas. I campaigned it for two years in the Southeast US preparing it for the big event; driving it to the Studebaker Grand Nationals show. The avatar shows me in the show line in front of the Studebaker National Museum.
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Snick1946

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07 Jan 2017
02:56:43pm

I use the same ID when posting on this forum as I use on several others. I created it many years ago, a combination of my pet's name and my birth year. Never thought much about it but now it seems to be creating issues for me in some places- thankfully not here- yet.

Three times in the past couple months I have had other posters on some stamp discussion boards attack me, apparently because of my age. I was in one case called a stupid senile old man. That comment drew a reprimand from the board administrator but it still stings. Shouldn't, but it does. I won't even go into what happens when I post on general discussion boards, lots of 'crawl off and die, you're old' replies. I created a new Delphi account to get around this, so far that seems to work.

Not looking for sympathy, just suggesting that if anyone, like me, uses a screen name that could denote your age, maybe it's a good idea to change it. Society today is relentless with agism. One of those things you never think about until it hits you in the face. Just a word to the wise.

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Guthrum

07 Jan 2017
03:07:28pm

re: What's in a Screen Name?

I think it's fair to say you will never have comments like that on this board. There are all ages here - well, perhaps not so many in their 20s - including many who are older (and rather wiser) than me (I'm a 1947 man), and I've never come across the sort of ageism you mention. Stick with SOR, I should!

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07 Jan 2017
03:54:10pm

re: What's in a Screen Name?

Sorry you had to deal with that. Sometimes folks are simply cruel or looking to troll, so when there's anything out there visible, it's easy for them to jump on it. Again, you should never see that here, but it is good advice you offer. In general, the less people know about you in a public forum the better (probably), unless you are seeking the attention (good or bad) that it can bring.

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07 Jan 2017
04:33:15pm

re: What's in a Screen Name?

Can I add that as another 46'er who only retired this year, we ain't dead yet!
I would also suggest that you have a separate name and email account for your social media sites (Facebook etc).
I still have email accounts with a service provider in the UK which I change regularly and use for one time purchases and the like.

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07 Jan 2017
05:12:45pm

re: What's in a Screen Name?

Well for quite awhile I was being called Pedro, I've been called much worse, then a few guys in San Pedro where I lived offered to buy my screen name, Go FigureSurprise..Now I live in New Jersey but I'm sticking with Pedroguy of course when I hit 70 in March I may become "oldchiguy" I was raised in Chicago but I'm not chi. 46 was a Good Year my dad got discharged that year and he invented MERolling On The Floor Laughing

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07 Jan 2017
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Wow! I have the year 1902 in my name here and nobody has called me out yet! Big Grin

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07 Jan 2017
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...that's because everyone already KNOWS Ben Franklin is OLD!!


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Just teasin' Tom!







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07 Jan 2017
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Snick, tell them fools 1946 is your I.Q., it sounds to me like they're too stupid to know the difference anyway!


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07 Jan 2017
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"...that's because everyone already KNOWS Ben Franklin is OLD!!"



Sad part is that you could convince half the general public that Ben Franklin was born in 1902! Laughing

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07 Jan 2017
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"Sad part is that you could convince half the general public that Ben Franklin was born in 1902!"



...just half?
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08 Jan 2017
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Who's Franklin?Angel

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08 Jan 2017
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....Bonnie Franklin's father......


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08 Jan 2017
10:30:48am

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Tell them that you owned 1946 shares of Google before the split.

Cheers,

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09 Jan 2017
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My username is based upon my name.

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02 Mar 2017
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re: What's in a Screen Name?

Belated thanks to all who replied.

I have since created a new screen name for Disqus, the application I use for posting on some general discussion boards. This board is about the only one left where I use the old name.

My wife says that about the worst thing young people can envision is getting old. So when they get the chance they use that as a nasty zinger. It only happened on a stamp board to me the one time, that was on the Delphi Stamp Discussion board, I still go there st times but never have posted since and will not.

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02 Mar 2017
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My username is based on a cat I had several years ago.

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02 Mar 2017
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re: What's in a Screen Name?

I'm a 1943er and I am (was) a toolmaker /injection mold maker and I could care less what anyone thinks about my age. I'm too old to worry about that kind of stuff. I only worry about, When will my stamps get here.Happy

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02 Mar 2017
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My user name here is simply the stamp I collect! Nice and easy!

On model car boards, I was always Model Citizen and back when you could only have 10 digits in your email address I was ModlCitizn.


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03 Mar 2017
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I started using Winedrinker years ago, as a name for my avatar in World of Warcraft, Second Life, and other on-line games. And I drink wine. I still dabble in WoW, but stamps have taken over most of my spare time...as well as most of my spare change.

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AMSD is merely an acronym for one of my favorite collecting areas: Air Mail Special Delivery, although I guess I might have had that Tsarist Tsounding TSOC: Tied Seals on Cover.

And I never use my birth year.... no one would believe some so old could be so dumb and someone so young could look so awful.

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03 Mar 2017
10:43:45pm

re: What's in a Screen Name?

I'm the go-to person among family and friends for music trivia.....thus the name.


Many of my friends call me Musicman instead of my given name.


Also was a drummer in a band - many, many moons ago.


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04 Mar 2017
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My wife is Chinese, which sparked my interest in the stamps of that country.
Youpiao is the Chinese word for stamp.

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04 Mar 2017
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Ni hao!

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04 Mar 2017
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Some members didn't know me so I turned into "2" for my sister.

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Mine is because my hair is silver the 12 isn't the amount of hair I have ,just snowy 1 to 11 had already be used Rolling On The Floor Laughing
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10 Mar 2017
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mine is my first name and the first 3 letters of my surname

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Mine is the low mileage car I purchased out of a 35 year storage from the original owner when he returned from being overseas. I campaigned it for two years in the Southeast US preparing it for the big event; driving it to the Studebaker Grand Nationals show. The avatar shows me in the show line in front of the Studebaker National Museum.
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