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So here I am at my older son's house showing my grand daughter some stamps I brought along to give her and she ( Samantha Rene age 10, going on 21. ) asks a question.

"Where do you get all these stamps ?"
I explain that I trade duplicates with other collectors or buy them at the Stamp Club's on-line auction and approvals offered by other members.

"But where do you get the stamps ?"
Okay, I decide to open the computer and show her the auction pages.

Sammy notices someone's screen name, one of the cuter handles.
" Who is ******** ?{/i]
I click on the alias, one that I do not automatically recognize.

[i]"Why does he use a false name ?"
That is because he wants to conceal his identity.

" Do you use a screen name ?"
Yes, I use my initials and my birthday.

Long pause while I open an offered set of stamps.
" then how do you know who to pay ?"
I just click the screen name and it opens the seller's info page.
" Oh. "

" But, if you can click the alias and find the real name, why not just use his real name ?"
So non-members can't find his real name.

" Why ?"
They might be dishonest.

"But you said you typed in a password" ?
That was to keep non-members out.

" Hmmmm"

Okay, she saw a nice stamp with a Manatee on it and she had made a school report on endangered species so she was distracted, but from her expression, I am certain she will come back to the subject again because she did notice that while a couple of screen names appeared similar to street names, but some are downright silly.

 
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