Love it, timber. So original, too -- I've never, ever seen another boat with that name.
Welcome to A2K Vietnamnurse, it's great to see you!
I suppose you could always place an "aka" after your name so people would know you.
Choosing screen names and developing a character (speaking style, personality type) has been a blast for me the past three years. I'm almost tempted to share, but I love a degree of anonymity (sp?).
I have minor fictional characters from movies and film, patriotic names, and sounds I like that evoke an attitude.
When I first saw the 1st Raven's Realm, of course, it evokes a bit of fantasy and a shade of dark ( for me at least.)
Goth came to mind and I settled on Lash as a first name.
Of course, the fantasy here is gone. I decided to be myself. (BUT I'M KEEPING THE NAME for now.)
Like Vietnamnurse - I sort of wish I'd gone somewhere else for my screen name. It was given me by my older daughter - I am indisputably a mama (and an abuela - which is grandma) and my name is Jane. So...mamajuana. Which leant itself to a lot of miscalculations on abuzz, which is one of the things that lead me here. Now my screen name and I have gotten used to each other.
LASH! You're durn tootin' you're keeping that name for a while. Did you think changing it was an option?
The real mystery is how did you create such a whimsical, enigmatic moniker such as "Roger"?
PS-- Your weasel is sexy.
To the first - I was feeling really creative that day. Oh, I wanted some continuity with my Abuzz persona, akaRoger.
Secondly, that is not a weasel. It is a RAT. I picked him for the friendly, but not especially focused enthusiasm he projects.
roger- I am crazy about rats. When I took a psych research course in college, we each had a white rat with whom we conducted our experiments. At the end of the course, we were told that the lab animals were going to be "sacrificed" (GRRRR - Killed they meant). No collegue of mine was going to be murdered after we had been through so much together.
Anyhow, after hours, I snuck into the lab with a shoebox under my coat, and "liberated" Englebert. He was the joy of my life, that little critter. I would walk around the house with him on my shoulder, with his pretty pink tail wrapped around my neck. He lived out his life with love and comfort!
Any person who would lavish affection on a rodent is my kind'a gal!
I was too late to save my rat - -well, the tumbrils left early, actually....I was devastated!
how did you choose your screen name
On another site I had chosen bobsmyth. My real name is Robert E. Smith. It was chosen to mean Bob's story. A later site had bobsmyth taken so I added hawk because during the fall migration I band hawks in my free time for U. S. Fish and Wildlife.
How did you choose your screen name
Hey Phoenix
Loved your story re friend rat. Most people don't realize how bright they are. My ex-wife actually has a story about rats in the Smithonian Institute. a friend who works for them was told the story by me and requested it for their files.
The story:
Right after World War II the ex was living with her family in Finland. They were better off than most because they had a small farm. A problem arose when it was noticed that eggs had begun disappearing. So Solveig and her brother Borje hid in the barn one night to find out how it was being done.
She had almost dozed off when her brother nudged her. Into the barn came three rats. One climber to where the chickens were roosting. Pushing a chicken aside the rat then rolled an egg over to the edge. The largest rat positioned itseld underneath on it's back. The rat above rolled it over the edge. The rat below caught the egg on it's belly cradling it with with it's legs. The third rat then took it's tail in it's mouth and dragged it out the door. They had done this for some time attested to by the fact the hair along the back had been worn away.
That required thinking and a plan to be accompished. Amazing critters.
Great story, bsmythawk!!!
That shows not only an amazing amount of intelligence but confirms that animals can communicate on a much higher level than most people think. I mean, they had to plan this together. Maybe those squeaks actually constitute a sort of "language". Or there's a serious amount of telepathy going on.
timber, having outbuildings stocked with grain and sileage, has great respect, but little affecton, for rats. The barn cats are valuable allies in the ongoing struggle. Rats are formidable, resourceful opponents.
timber
bobhawk, Many scientists in the field of primates didn't believe Jane Goodall until her husband filmed what she claimed. I'm not suggesting that your story is "made up," but it would have been fantastic if they could have filmed the event for posterity. c.i.
Thanks for the note, Phoenix. We met on Abuzz when I was Robert Smith. Oh, that's right. I still am. Good to talk to you again.
Hi Cicerone. Remenber you from Abuzz. Filming was not as important as eating at that time. Different times. My friend at the Smithsonian had heard of behavior like this about rats before but had never found anyone who had witnessed it. His expertise was animals both mythical and real. Hence his excitement at being able to record it.
