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by firestar1

If you do decide to change your alias,you'll have to let us know. How else would I know I'm talking to you?

by firestar1

I decided to change my name ever so slightly. Still firestar, though. I've been meaning to do that. Also, I realized the us was "us" as in "we". But, if you feel better changing it, do what you feel.

by stargazerr

but how in the whole wide world am I going to let everyone know ...

I know ... can I put "formerly us_geeks_rule" in brackets??

jd ... you forgot to tell me HOW to change my username ...

]:)

by stargazerr

This is the new Me .. I have stopped being a lazy bum ... I went into my profile and found out how to change my alias ...

]:)

by old guy

Do we know you??? Just kidding Stargazer. Does this mean you're like "what's his name formerly known as Prince"? :)

by jdclyde

all of your old posts reflect the new name now.

That is how people know who you are when you change.

AttaGirl!

by old guy

You know how hard it is for us Old Guys to learn something new. Now I'm going to be discombobulated all day :(

by stargazerr

Forgive the shouting ... I am just tryng to see if my new alias will work ...

It worked .. It worked ... .. everyone .. say hello to stargazer .. oops ..

]:)

by jdclyde

and welcome all over again!

So, in a day or so, you will drop the "formerly"?

Told you it could change. It is a burden, always being right. But that is ok, because I have gotten used to it! :^O

by m_a_r_k

Since about the first day I set up my account. M_a_r_k is a dumb name. And all those underscores are hard to type. But I have no imagination. I can't think of anything to change it to. ?:|

by stargazerr

As soon as everyone knows that stargazer is actually me ... I am going to drop the title Formerly .. (hm... maybe I will adopt the title "Princess" .. oh my gosh..did I say that out loud?? )

]:)

by m_a_r_k

I like that idea, firestar. Snowboarding will give me fewer pieces of equipment to keep up with when I inevitably take a vicious fall down one of the many frighteningly steep slopes. With snowboarding, I'll only have two pieces of equipment--a snowboard and me. With skiing, I'd have five--two skis, two poles and me. I know all too well how a bad ski fall can scatter your equipment. There's been times in the past when I looked was a suicide bomber who blew himself to smithereens in the middle of the ski run. Gloves, poles, skis, ski boots and jock strap scattered all over the slope.

"[b]Funniest[/b] Home Videos"? I'm offended! How about "Fear Factor", instead? :D

by stargazerr

When you tumble down the steeeeeep ski slope, couldnt your clothes and boots go flying too?? Ahhh... lemme guess, you are planning to snowboard naked?? ..............

]:)

by m_a_r_k

I am probably going to have to fire my co-author. :O For failure to meet deadlines. Gosh that's too bad. It would have been a good book that would [i]rocket[/i] to the top of the best-seller list.

by m_a_r_k

... in the old replies to her old posts, people refer to her as "us_geeks_rule". It will be confusing for someone to read old discussions.

by stargazerr

I have been a little too busy star gazing .. your Markship sir ... I will get right to work :D

]:)

by stargazerr

Thats what I thought of first .... but then I thought, that would be something to amuse my kids (whenever I have them) :D

]:)

by firestar1

I think Rocket Man would be a great name! That's something for you to decide of course, but I think maybe you should consider going with that one. Good name.

by old guy

It means thrown into chaos. Man, talk about having to explain jokes...:)

BTW, I do like your new name.

by old guy

Mark, you sure sloughed that dug hole off. I think that Firestar should have made you squirm longer. :)

by stargazerr

Maybe we could take a trampoline with us .. and propel us back .. we could use my skirt and veil and your tux as a parachute ...

]:)

by old guy

I may have been a little weird as a kid. I used to read the dictionary. Of course, that was before TV was big or easy to get. We didn't have a TV until I was about 9 or 10 so we read a lot. Told you guys I was old! I loved the dictionary so I my vocabulary really expanded. That was about the best thing I had going for me at the time. :)

You can also use http://dictionary.reference.com/ for info.

by old guy

Uh oh, my daughter's (who is home from college) boyfriend is coming in today to spend a couple of days with us today. Now we have to go back to Mississippi to take him with us. The good thing though is that her uncles down there are just waiting for him (as in laying in wait!). This could be good. :) It's hard to find bodies in Mississippi. LOL HaHaHa (diabolicly)

Actually, this guys is so nice it's hard to be mean to him. Oh well, if my baby girl likes him he's got to be ok.

by stargazerr

To your daughter's boy friend .. I know how fathers can get ...

You should see the steam coming out of my dad's nostrils whenever he sees my boy friend :^O

]:)

by m_a_r_k

rolling your kids up into a tight little ball and blasting them out of a cannon.

by jdclyde

K_R_A_M? It fits with your personality! :D

"Now, I don't care who you are. Thats funny!"

by m_a_r_k

Well, I wanna get rid of the underscores. So it would have to be Kram. Pardon my ignorance, but what in the world is a kram and how does it fit with my personality? This must be another reference to a TV show that I've never watched. ?:|

by jdclyde

It isn't what you are, it is what you do!

Kram that up your a$$ sideways and see how you like it! :^O

[i]
looooooser!

by stargazerr

Yep ... and you could sit at the sun with a trampoline and propel them back so that we can do it all over again ... Psst .. I hope the Human Rights people dont stumble on this discussion ... ;)

]:)

P.S Be sure to sit on the pink fuzzy slippers .. Dont want to scald your bottom, do we?? :p

by m_a_r_k

because it was my idea. mwaah! (I'm such a spoiled brat) :| You can launch them back from the sun with the trampoline. And that way I can also avoid having to use those fuzzy pink slippers.

And this discussion officially doesn't exist so we can deny everything to the Human Rights people when they come around asking stupid questions about why a bunch of kids are ricocheting across the sky.

by stargazerr

You can tell the kids that you are sending them to their mommy, if they cry too much ... I can propel them back just for the fun of it ... maybe some day I will use the trampoline myself and go to Jupiter for a vacation ...

Will send you astroids when I come across them..

]:)

by firestar1

I was so looking forward to reading it. Now what is Stargazer going to to do? I guess she will have to write her own book. She is your co-author, was/is? You do realize you will have to compensate her for all of the work she put into it, I don't think a pair of Reeboks would be sufficient.

by firestar1

If he's going to go snowboarding down Mt.Everest in the buff, I don't think it would be appropriate to send the video to "America's Funniest Home Videos" or "Fear Factor". I'd have to send it to MTV, for sure. On second thought, maybe I will just market that one myself, bet I could make a bundle off that one. :) And, of course with the profits I would buy Mark a nice warm snowsuit.

by firestar1

You're probably right. Maybe I should have made him squirm a bit longer, but stargazer and I are having a bit of fun making up for that. :)

by stargazerr

All I need to do now .. is drop the formerly and adopt the title "Princess" ... Grapes Kram ...

]:)

by stargazerr

What a Gem you are??

Mark ... that'll be a pair of reeboks, a tiara and Levis jeans (dont even think about black)

]:)

by jdclyde

this could take a while! :D

Better make yourself comfortable!

Besides, your just upset because :

1) you didn't "get it" (doh!)
2) you didn't think of it first!

Just stand back and bask in my brilliance! B-)

by firestar1

You're underselling the value of your work. You should at the very least demand a six month lease on a Lexus on top of that. I could be your negotiator if you like. :)

by stargazerr

It sounds like something out of a comic book ... hmm, but then Mark too has jumped straight out of Cartoon Network ...

I eat my words Mark ... Rocket Man rocks

]:)

by stargazerr

Firestar ... I hereby appoint you my negotiator ... KILL HIM :p (now where's my popcorn??)

]:)

by m_a_r_k

The U.S. is still trying to perfect the Strategic Defense Initiative. Stupid idea if you wanna know the truth but let's leave that for another discussion. Maybe I can get a SDI contract. I'll use the asteroids that you send back as projectiles for my cannon. I'm going to try to blast you out of the heavens as you zoom towards Jupiter. :^O Then I'm going to aim my cannon at those kids that are still bouncing back and forth between earth and the sun. :^O

by m_a_r_k

It wouldn't be appropriate for me to allow you to use your skirt and veil as a parachute. I am full of hot air, though. I'll huff and puff and blow out a few well-timed gusts of hot air to serve as reverse rocket thrusters to slow our descent.

by m_a_r_k

You've cracked the top 100 in the infamous Site Activity Rating. I was trying to drop below #50. But all my horsing around in this illegitimate discussion has boosted my rating through the roof. I'm up to something like #18. :O

by aaronpctech

Thats why I started this thread, to help boost all of your activity ratings!!!! :)

Not really, but it sounded good eh?

by stargazerr

I am still stuck on #7 ... I have been trying to slip down a bit ... Believe it or not, I do have a life outside TR .... Have I offended the TR guys in some way? :p

]:)

by firestar1

And I'm pretty new here. Um.. what do I get? A free vacation somewhere? A plaque? A pair of Reeboks? I'd rather have the Levi's, blue of course like Stargazer.

by stargazerr

Maybe we can play DodgeAstroid ... that would be fun ... I should remember to pack my helmet and knee pads

]:)

by firestar1

I'm sure they'll understand. I was wondering what it would be like up at the top. I heard it's lonely, but actually, I can't tell any difference. Maybe I'm not high enough up there yet. :) How high up there do I have to go before I get a company car?

by stargazerr

We are still trying to coax the TR guys into opening up a shop for TR products here in the UK ...

Right now they are talking about having one exclusively for the US ... now where's my anger emoticon??

]:)

by stargazerr

He's the one providing the blue Levis ... which reminds me ... he has been keeping real quite lately ... and here I am ... planning how best to bully him into hiring me as his co-author again

]:)

by firestar1

He may be busy soliciting for a new co-author. He couldn't possibly do such a thing, could he? Maybe we should interrogate him.

by m_a_r_k

How did I miss so much activity around here yesterday? I'm sorry I missed it all, especially b/c my name came up in so many conversations. :O I left work yesterday at 5:00 PM US Central time, spent the evening at happy hour and this morning I wake up to see that TR was a blurry of activity in my absence. There's never much activity in the evening, let alone a Friday. Am I accessing a TR server that wasn't being replicated yesterday during the day? Or did everyone spend Friday evening TR-hopping instead of bar-hopping?

OK, now to more important matters... This "Jump on Mark" post caught my attention immediately. I wonder why. Unfortunately it's a bit tamer than my gutterific mind first assumed. So now I have TWO lovely ladies who want my jeans? ]:)

stargazer aka us_g, tell me again what I get in return for giving you Reeboks, Levi's, a Lexus AND a return to full co-authorship? Seems like I'm getting the short end of the deal here.

by stargazerr

Dont want everyone knowing about our little trip to the sun now, do we??

Its new year's eve today .... Get ready for the trip Mark ... the word here is "HOT" ;)

]:)

by stargazerr

Where is everyone ... ??

I know its saturday and new year's eve ... But someone needs to amuse me too ...

]:)

by firestar1

Happy New Year! And you are amusing, to say the very least. :) Is this where the party is?

by firestar1

Hi Stargazer! How are you? I'm just trying to get the house rearranged the way I want it. It's a project I've been working on now for a couple of weeks. My son moved out a few weeks ago and that prompted me to make a few changes here. I guess that's how I will be spending my New Year's Eve. Taking a coffee break right now, but it's really shaping up around here. I wonder how my son will feel about my turning his old bedroom into an office? :) Oh, and Happy New Year!

by stargazerr

What a great way to celeberate ... changing the way the house looks ... It is First of Jan here in UK now .. and I have woken up after a fitful night of sleep ... all my friends in India forgot about the time difference again ...

A very Happy New Year to you Firestar

]:)

by m_a_r_k

To all the disregarded regulars Aaron, firestar, stargazer, The Old Guy and to everyone else who happens upon this illegitimate discussion that, like a bastard child, isn't supposed to exist.

My only resolution for 2006 is to keep this discussion going all year. Think we can do it? :D

by stargazerr

Lets round everyone up and give them good solid marching orders ...

Where is everyone when you need them ??

]:)

by m_a_r_k

I think that was a compliment, you calling me amusing... ?:| I hope you took a break during your house rearranging to drink a bottle or two of champagne at the stroke of midnight. My New Years Eve was pretty good and I even had the good fortune of being able to celebrate it [u]twice[/u] with two different sets of good friends. :)

by firestar1

Wow! That's great! Sounds like you had a wonderful time. And of course amusing is a compliment. Wouldn't want to be boring. :) I did take that break, got a lot done, too. That was one of my resolutions. When my son moved out I made a resolution to get this house back the way I wanted it.

by firestar1

I hope the day goes well for you as with the rest of 2006. I know you must miss your friends in India, I'm sure they miss you just as much. I got a lot accomplished last night/early this morning. I am feeling better about it. My son had just moved out and still hasn't had a chance to get all of his stuff, so I took the liberty of putting it in the closet and am changing his old room into an office. Rearranged the living room, and on and on ... Have a great day!

by stargazerr

Lemme send him a peer mail ... find out where he is hiding ...

I hope he hasnt gone back to missisippi to flog his daughter's boy friend :^O

]:)

by aaronpctech

Im still here , havent checked in over the holidays, I was too busy being bored with m girlfriend lol

I'm back now, glad to see everyone well and alive.

by stargazerr

I was so happy to see 2 posts added ...

But its the freakin' double post again :^O

Hello Aaron .. Mark's new year resolution is to keep the discussion going for the rest of 2006 .. Are you up to the challenge??

]:)

by aaronpctech

Im still here , havent checked in over the holidays, I was too busy being bored with m girlfriend lol

I'm back now, glad to see everyone well and alive.

by firestar1

I think what really happened, Dad didn't want to loan me his car keys. I think maybe he did something to his own Dad's car when he was younger and the bible passage that kept haunting him was,"You reep what you sow". (Now he will have to come back and defend himself). :)

by firestar1

I think what really happened, Dad didn't want to loan me his car keys. I think maybe he did something to his own Dad's car when he was younger and the bible passage that kept haunting him was,"You reep what you sow". (Now he will have to come back and defend himself). :)

by stargazerr

But he really seems to have taken flight ... I hope he took his cane with him .. It might be strenous to walk on the wind without a cane

]:)

P.S Maybe we can keep the discussion going by posting quadruple (???) posts

by m_a_r_k

Word of the trip leaked out. It could have turned into a public relations nightmare. Good thing we stamped out those rumors before too many people found out.

Damn... I forgot to blast off yesterday! I was preoccupied with other important matters. Did you forget to remind me?

by stargazerr

Oh well ... you can always blast off today .... The day I build a time machine I will change everything back to show that today was new year's eve ..

Although, how I will do that .. I dont know ...

Oh well, If I can build a time machine, I can figure something like that out ...

]:)

P.S .. Did I succeed in confusing everybody about the blast off and our little time machine project?? (I sure did confuse me)

by m_a_r_k

If it confuses the confuser then it certainly confuses the confusee. It sure as hell confused me because I didn't even know that we had a time machine project in the offing. We'll need to read H.G. Wells' book before we design the thing. I'm already having to redesign the rocket.

No need to build a time machine to correct the tardy blastoff though. If I start walking west right now, and if I walk fast enough and far enough, I will eventually get someplace where it is still yesterday. ;) I love how these time zone things work. But it always confuses me what happens when you get to the international date line. (This is turning into a very confusing post). How can it be night on one side of the line and day on the other side?

by stargazerr

But after we get back from the sun .. we can make it a project to solve the dateline mystery ... while we are at it, we can solve the Bermuda Triangle mystery as well ....

Before we start walking west .. Have you tried the info God .. wikipedia??

]:)

P.S Not to worry abot the H.G Wells book .. I know it off by heart

by m_a_r_k

I'd like to solve the Bermuda Triangle mystery first. Bermuda is a great vacation spot. And we can search for lost city of Atlantis while we're there. I don't know much about Atlantis as a vacation spot though. Probably not much to do there but go deep sea diving and look at wierd sea creatures with no eyes and big heads.

< slaps hand on forehead > I forgot about wikipedia. How'd I do that? Probably too upset that I missed the launch date. Not thinking right.

I'm glad you know H.G. Wells' book backwards and forwards. I started reading it and gave up after after about four chapters. I was not amused at the thought of trying to read the damn thing again.

BTW, wikipedia has some cool info on the Bermuda Triangle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_triangle

by m_a_r_k

while I rush over to the camera store to buy that digital camera I've been promising to buy. :D

by firestar1

If he's going to try and keep this post going, he's probably got his work cut out for him, lol. Everyone seems pretty well to have abandoned. But, if you're up to it as well, I suppose I can make an attempt. It really wouldn't be too much of an effort, and I am sure we can always come up with things to talk about. After all, we have been adopted into the same family. :)

by old guy

Hey guys. Yes, I took my cane with me because I wouldn't be able to use the jet pack.

We went back out of town last weekend (even went shopping with my wife for about 7 hours Monday--and I lived through it :) ) Went with another couple so it helped to have another guy to suffer quietly with. Actually had fun though.

Since I was off for about a week and a half during Christmas I was really busy yesterday trying to catch up.

Anyway, I'm still with you AND we won't talk about what I might or might not have done with my Dad's car....

by firestar1

I thought you had deserted us. Welcome home, hope you brought us something nice, I mean 7 hours of shopping, ... surely you must have gotten us something too.