You say they're friends but you've never met?

Your on Joe. 2005 I will come to New York and catch up.

Joe- I am in Manhattan, once a year, usually in July. I will make it my business to connect with you, and some other A2Kers who live in the area!

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

I'm hoping for another NYC escape in January--but fact and fiction are easily confused.

Joe, I'll probably be in Woodstock, Vermont this September. That's pretty close. Maybe if we yell real loud we'll hear each other.

Hi Joe. Here's a story. My parents did not give me a middle name. Their reasoning was that I would grow up and get married and take my husband's name and so my last name would become my middle name.

Well, I didn't marry as early as they thought, and when I did marry, I didn't take his name. So I am still Blank Blank, same as always. When I went to see my dad's family not so long ago my grandmother asked me what my last name was. I told her Blank, which is her last name, and she just laughed and laughed. I should mention that I come from a pretty conservative family but that my grandmother was a very progressive person in the way that she lived. And in the way that she died. On her death bed she asked her oldest son to just hit her in the head with a piece of stove wood and get it over with.

So, now you know me.

What's the story behind the FreeDuck name? I'll have to say that's one of the coolest names on this site.

Is it French?

That's sweet gus. But if I tell you the story, won't it ruin the mystery?

Joe Nation - the most wonderful thing about internet friends is that when you meet them - you realize they really are friends. It's been the thing that keeps me going to get-togethers.

eh (marvelling at Joe Nation adopting TerryDoo's naming system) Beth


You can call me "ehBeth mrs. hamburger hamburger"

:wink:

I shall stumble throught the rest of my life wondering about the origin of the Freeduck name.

Such is my fate.

Hi Joe,
I'll be in town Jan. 5-8, that is just around the corner. And my name means 'Morning Star', from ancient Greek. Mata Hari means the same, in some other language. The story goes that I was supposed to be Hannelore or Laura, but my dead saw me as soon as I was born and said:"That's not Hannelore, look at her, that's Dagmar!"

Nice story, dag.

You think he'll buy it?

Isn't it a scary proposition to meet internet friends...i mean is Gus as funny in real life as he is on line...will letty, ehBeth eva's beauty of spirit really come through...will kicky be all over the women and slappy propositioning them? Will Joe stutter in real life...will we find that cav is really a busboy in some nice restaurant sending us pictures of epicurian delight via digital photography...I wish i could get over my agoraphobia to find out...

I guess I better brush up my "going unconscious" act.

Looks like more free dinners in the making!

Me too! I've never heard of this happening to anyone else before!

My parents didn't go the "take your husband's name" route, they wanted me to be able to choose my own middle name. I never did, until I got married... guess what my middle name is now? (My old last name.)

In case you don't believe me:

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=309771#309771

Holy cow! Well, at least your parents' motives were a little more, how to say, respectful of your individuality?

Only one of my sisters has a middle name. We've never been given a really good explanation for that. My husband also has no middle name (I think that's a cultural thing) so we didn't give either of our kids middle names either -- for consistency.

That is too much of a coincidence though.

Here is an absolutely fascinating anecdote about my name Joe....I once asked my mother how she chose the name Stephen for me and she replied "Because I like it".

Elvis Presley and my mother influenced my life more than anyone. I never had a chance to be anything but a rocker. Ever.

I was named after Synesthesia, goddess of concomitant senses, dooming me to a life of heightened awareness.

(Cool, FreeDuck!)

To answer Joe's question:

I wasn't named after anyone, my parents "made up" the name (though they weren't the first to make it up, nor the last to give a child that name -- many, many younger women/ girls with my name these days.) Perhaps it's influenced me in terms of I've always thought individuality was a good thing, something to aspire to.