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What's The Story Behind Your FR Handle?
Free Republic ^ | 23 July 2017 | Windy

Posted on 07/23/2017 5:19:36 AM PDT by Windflier

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To: Windflier
"Hold muh beer and watch this" are often the last words of a person who dies a cartoon death while attempting an idiotic feat.

I'm getting on in years and was called an idiot by anti-Trumpers during the campaign, so I thought hold_muh_bier took care of the longevity portion and my tagline served dessert to the anti-Trump crowd.

401 posted on 07/23/2017 5:05:41 PM PDT by hold_muh_bier (and watch this: 8 years of a Trump Presidency followed by 8 years of a Pence Presidency!)
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To: trisham
No story here.

But your tagline is one of the best on Free Republic ;-)

402 posted on 07/23/2017 5:09:37 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: AlmaKing
People ask me if I’m the Alma King they knew in high school. They also assume I’m a woman

A boy named Sue, huh? Maybe try going by your initials, AK. Folks will assume you're either from Alaska, or you like badass Russian guns. Maybe both.

403 posted on 07/23/2017 5:16:05 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: tang-soo
I’ve wanted to change it over the years, but didn’t want to lose my FR history.

JimRob can change your handle and preserve your posting history. Just ask.

404 posted on 07/23/2017 5:41:39 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE
I used to fly co-pilot on one back 25 years ago.Still a highlight of my life.

Wow. I'd just like to take a ride on one before I die. I've got to see about booking an advance reservation for the next time one of those birds comes to DFW.

405 posted on 07/23/2017 5:46:26 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

...being of Scottish/Irish decent my last name begins with M....I had a crew chief in the USAF who couldn’t get it straight... kept calling me MacDougall... I also had a crew mate who reacted to my reaction to MacDougall with great glee....*smiles*...he made sure it stuck with tagging me “Doogle”


406 posted on 07/23/2017 5:51:30 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..enever store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Windflier

The first time I saw the word “zot” it was the sound lightning makes in the BC comic strip. In the late 1970’s I took it as my character name when my family was playing Dungeons and Dragons (the board game; the computer games came later). When I signed in to FR in 2003 I tried “zot” as my handle and was surprised when it worked. Later ZOT acquired its special meaning as the word for expulsion of someone from FR.


407 posted on 07/23/2017 6:28:26 PM PDT by zot
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To: Windflier

Very fun thread Windflier, and your back story is charming.

Mine was chosen after the barrycare disaster and I felt so strongly that nobody could force me to purchase anything, ever.

Born American and will die an American, love my country and thankful every day.


408 posted on 07/23/2017 6:33:37 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: AlmaKing

Just the person I want to ask.
Do these work?
The Himalayan natural rock salt lamps.
People have told me they do.

https://www.vitacost.com/ancient-secrets-himalayan-natural-rock-salt-lamp-large?csrc=BNR-gr-dynamic-079565016016&pcrid=161628339008|&gclid=CL6Tu9LnoNUCFYRufgodCMMIIQ


409 posted on 07/23/2017 6:54:58 PM PDT by sweetiepiezer (Winning is not getting old.)
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To: Windflier

When I was a teen, my two favorite book series were The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and The Stainless Steel Rat.
I chose Trillian from the HGTTG as my sn. Trillian was a nickname for the character Tricia McMillan.


410 posted on 07/23/2017 7:35:15 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: RitaOK

Thanks for chiming in, Rita. Love your explanation. I don’t know why I never realized you’re in Texas. Perhaps it’s because TX and OK are so closely related, I never noticed.


411 posted on 07/23/2017 8:34:52 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Doogle

Funny story. Thanks for sharing it!


412 posted on 07/23/2017 8:38:40 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: zot

I always think of that anteater in the BC comics when I see your handle. Yeah, I’m that old too.


413 posted on 07/23/2017 8:42:06 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

Pcpoet = personnel computer poet....not politically correct poet. A lot of people on line thought that it was that... I got that moniker 20 years ago because in chat rooms I would do poetry off the cuff when I was depressed and no one would chat with me in any meaningful way.


414 posted on 07/23/2017 8:48:53 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: Windflier

My husband and I were fooling around one night and he told me that I had better watch out or he’d put me outside and it’s cold down in that doorway. I responded,”especially if the little matchgirl has to use all her matches to keep warm.”


415 posted on 07/23/2017 9:35:24 PM PDT by matchgirl (Can you hear the people sing!)
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To: Windflier

My husband and I were fooling around one night and he told me that I had better watch out or he’d put me outside and it’s cold down in that doorway. I responded,”especially if the little matchgirl has to use all her matches to keep warm.”


416 posted on 07/23/2017 9:35:24 PM PDT by matchgirl (Can you hear the people sing!)
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To: Windflier

I picked mine because of my love of Star Trek and the USS Enterprise. It’s the neatest looking spaceship ever.


417 posted on 07/23/2017 9:43:56 PM PDT by NCC-1701 ((You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.))
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To: Windflier

cool. Thanks for the head’s up!


418 posted on 07/23/2017 9:57:58 PM PDT by tang-soo (Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
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To: NCC-1701
I picked mine because of my love of Star Trek and the USS Enterprise.

I know that tail number well, so I had that part figured out. I agree with you about the USS Enterprise. She's the most beautiful spaceship in sci-fi.

419 posted on 07/23/2017 10:01:10 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: PCPOET7
personnel computer

I think you meant, 'personal' computer.

I spent a lot of years writing poetry myself. Came in handy when I became a musician. I already had reams of lyrics at hand.

420 posted on 07/23/2017 10:07:24 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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