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Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 12:19 pm
by RSmith
Is it possible? I was hoping to recover my former glory, whilst not disassociating my account from the posts I've made under this name.

I checked the control panel, and don't see the option. That probably answers my question, but I guess I'll post it anyhow; blast this damn keyboard with no delete key... ;-)

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:03 pm
by Sabo
That's something that Shirley - who is the admin for the site - will need to handle. I don't see a way I can change usernames as a moderator.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:06 pm
by RSmith
Sabo wrote: Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:03 pm That's something that Shirley - who is the admin for the site - will need to handle. I don't see a way I can change usernames as a moderator.
Cheers anyhow. :)

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 3:33 pm
by Shirley
Oh, maybe I can do it. Let me see...

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 3:33 pm
by Shirley
Yes, it looks like I can change it. What do you want? RSmith?

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 3:45 pm
by RSmith
Shirley wrote: Mon Jul 02, 2018 3:33 pm Yes, it looks like I can change it. What do you want? RSmith?
Yes, please. Thanks Shirley.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:12 pm
by Shirley
Done. Today's not blue.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:19 pm
by mister d
Can I change mine to "Turd Ferguson", after the SNL skit?

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:32 pm
by rass
Better than “Dave”.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:34 pm
by RSmith
Shirley wrote: Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:12 pm Done. Today's not blue.
Ah! That feels...right. :)

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:37 pm
by RSmith
rass wrote: Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:32 pm Better than “Dave”.
Mister D is Dave? Nice.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 5:19 pm
by mister d
Not where the D comes from (wink) but also yes. Lots of Daves here.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 5:38 pm
by rass
That was a Shirley joke.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 7:57 pm
by A_B
Actually the underscore in my name stands for David.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:36 am
by GoodKarma
...my middle name as well

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:39 am
by BSF21
x3 :)

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:39 am
by A_B
GoodKarma wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:36 am ...my middle name as well
Goo Karma.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:50 am
by mister d
Since we've now gone in this direction, does anyone know any Davids under the age of ~10? Neither of my kids have been in school with one yet.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:56 am
by Ryan
Yes, there was one on my baseball team last spring. Total douche

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:57 am
by Sabo
mister d wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:50 am Since we've now gone in this direction, does anyone know any Davids under the age of ~10? Neither of my kids have been in school with one yet.
Seems like every boy is named Conner these days, which sucks because every Conner I've ever met has been a complete shithead.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:10 am
by A_B
Wife's cousin's kid is David. Named after his grandfather.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:21 am
by Johnny Carwash
Saying this as a(nother) Dave: Don't trust any adult who goes by "David" instead of the short form.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:27 am
by L-Jam3
With the exception of my neighbor who is the salt of the earth, I’ve never met a “Todd” who isn’t an asshole.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:38 am
by A_B
I can refute those last two with the aforementioned grandfather and the other as one of my closest friends.

But the other Todd I know is a total douchenozzle for certain.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:41 am
by RSmith
Sabo wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:57 am
mister d wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:50 am Since we've now gone in this direction, does anyone know any Davids under the age of ~10? Neither of my kids have been in school with one yet.
Seems like every boy is named Conner these days, which sucks because every Conner I've ever met has been a complete shithead.
Lots of Liams, too. My nephew is one, plus three in my six year old daughter's class.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:42 am
by RSmith
L-Jam3 wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:27 am With the exception of my neighbor who is the salt of the earth, I’ve never met a “Todd” who isn’t an asshole.
I would say the same of "Jeffrey"s.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:50 am
by Ryan
That's every single person in the South under 40 now. Raymond. Phillip. William.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:36 am
by Shirley
mister d wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:50 am Since we've now gone in this direction, does anyone know any Davids under the age of ~10? Neither of my kids have been in school with one yet.
You know, come to think of it, I can't think of a single David who was a friend of my boys or played on a team with them. And my boys are now 17 and 14. I had never noticed that.

In contrast, at work (and at Swamp), I'm surrounded by other Daves.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 2:15 pm
by Moreta
Johnny Carwash wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:21 am Saying this as a(nother) Dave: Don't trust any adult who goes by "David" instead of the short form.
Chief of my department insists on the full David. I still call him Dave. Definitely don’t trust him.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 2:42 pm
by sancarlos
Seems like all kids nowadays go by the formal versions of their names. When I was a kid, there were Billys, Pats, Andys and Dannys. Now they would be called William, Patrick, Andrew and Daniel.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 2:56 pm
by RSmith
sancarlos wrote: Wed Jul 04, 2018 2:42 pm Seems like all kids nowadays go by the formal versions of their names. When I was a kid, there were Billys, Pats, Andys and Dannys. Now they would be called William, Patrick, Andrew and Daniel.
Or by different short forms, like Drew for Andrew. That's what my brother-in-law (who is literally half my age) does...

ETA: I was very confused by short forms as a child. My name, legally, is Johannes, but my Mum (English through-and-through) called me "Jack," whilst my Dad (an Afrikaner who immigrated in his 20s) called me "Hans." And my wife calls me "Johnny." So I suppose I'm still confused. ;-)

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:58 pm
by Moreta
I have a Keith and a Noah (no readily available diminutive). I also have a Madeline who insists on the full name (“I am NOT Maddy!”). Benjamin is Ben to his family and Bench to his friends and Elizabeth is sometimes Beth to her family and Lizzy (heaven help her) to her friends.

My oldest was Joey to his grandparents when he was small and Siah to his siblings, but he insisted on the full Josiah by the time he was 10.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 6:38 pm
by Pruitt
I chose my user name as a tribute to 2 of my favourite Cleveland Browns from way back in the day.

But with this asshole at the EPA, I was thinking I should change it...

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 6:44 pm
by RSmith
Moreta wrote: Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:58 pm Elizabeth is sometimes Beth to her family and Lizzy (heaven help her) to her friends.
Call it a tribute to Phil Lynott. :)

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:00 am
by sancarlos
RSmith wrote: Wed Jul 04, 2018 6:44 pm
Moreta wrote: Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:58 pm Elizabeth is sometimes Beth to her family and Lizzy (heaven help her) to her friends.
Call it a tribute to Phil Lynott. :)
Phil Lynott deserves any and all tributes. Did you know he was slated to play Jimi Hendrix in a movie, but died before it was made?

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:17 am
by TT2.0
Moreta wrote: Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:58 pm I have a Keith and a Noah (no readily available diminutive). I also have a Madeline who insists on the full name (“I am NOT Maddy!”). Benjamin is Ben to his family and Bench to his friends and Elizabeth is sometimes Beth to her family and Lizzy (heaven help her) to her friends.

My oldest was Joey to his grandparents when he was small and Siah to his siblings, but he insisted on the full Josiah by the time he was 10.
i am ben to my family and benjiels to my friends, and DB to my work associates. my sister is Elizabeth at work, Liz to her friends and Lizzy to the family

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:51 am
by Moreta
RSmith wrote: Wed Jul 04, 2018 6:44 pm
Moreta wrote: Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:58 pm Elizabeth is sometimes Beth to her family and Lizzy (heaven help her) to her friends.
Call it a tribute to Phil Lynott. :)
Her 17 year old brother would appreciate that. He’s got odd taste in music.

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:01 am
by RSmith
sancarlos wrote: Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:00 am
RSmith wrote: Wed Jul 04, 2018 6:44 pm
Moreta wrote: Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:58 pm Elizabeth is sometimes Beth to her family and Lizzy (heaven help her) to her friends.
Call it a tribute to Phil Lynott. :)
Phil Lynott deserves any and all tributes. Did you know he was slated to play Jimi Hendrix in a movie, but died before it was made?
Absolutely. And I'd forgotten it, but now that you mention, I do recall reading that...

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:01 am
by RSmith
Moreta wrote: Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:51 am
RSmith wrote: Wed Jul 04, 2018 6:44 pm
Moreta wrote: Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:58 pm Elizabeth is sometimes Beth to her family and Lizzy (heaven help her) to her friends.
Call it a tribute to Phil Lynott. :)
Her 17 year old brother would appreciate that. He’s got odd taste in music.
Odd meaning incredibly good, if he likes Thin Lizzy? :)

Re: Changing user name?

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:18 am
by Moreta
RSmith wrote: Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:01 am Odd meaning incredibly good, if he likes Thin Lizzy? :)
Damn good, especially for a 17 year old! We took a short road trip yesterday and he managed the playlist. We had Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Dire Straits, and a lot of Dave Brubeck. I think I’ll keep him, even if he did throw Despacito in there.