Official announcement...

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Okay, guess from one of the other threads, I need to officially announce
this... Thought everyone had figured it out, apologies!

For a number of reasons, some personal, I'm changing my usenet screen
name pretty much for good.

Om used to be Katra.

Thank you!

Now, if we could get Alley to fess up, I can sleep tonight.

nancy

In article <[email hidden]>,

Nancy Young said:

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Okay, guess from one of the other threads, I need to officially announce
this... Thought everyone had figured it out, apologies!

For a number of reasons, some personal, I'm changing my usenet screen
name pretty much for good.

Om used to be Katra.

Thank you!

Now, if we could get Alley to fess up, I can sleep tonight.

nancy

Who's Alley? <G>
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Okay, guess from one of the other threads, I need to officially announce
this... Thought everyone had figured it out, apologies!

For a number of reasons, some personal, I'm changing my usenet screen
name pretty much for good.

Om used to be Katra.

Cheers! :-) (and no more spam link to my ebay auctions except on
Austin.forsale)

So what are you changing your name to?

I don't understand having to change usenet nicks!!!

Is it a last chance relief effort to comply with court orders??? What?!!!

Please explain!

Andy
http://tinyurl.com/dzl7h

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Nancy Young said:

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Okay, guess from one of the other threads, I need to officially announce
this... Thought everyone had figured it out, apologies!

For a number of reasons, some personal, I'm changing my usenet screen
name pretty much for good.

Om used to be Katra.

Thank you!

Now, if we could get Alley to fess up, I can sleep tonight.

nancy

Who's Alley? <G>

Gator - that's the eternal mystery for me too. I bet he only *thinks*
he was a bad boy here in his past life.

Nancy Young said:

Now, if we could get Alley to fess up, I can sleep tonight.

I love you, Nancy <G>. Seriously, I only changed my name here after
telling everybody I was going to do it - it was sort of a mental
catharsis for me, as I was trying to clean my act up. (Bad grammer, I
know). I had a few backslides, but it's getting easier all the time
to act like a civil human. I'd been really sick and off on short-term
disability for several months, lots of unknowns looming ahead, and it
got the best of of me temporarily. I've been on lots of wicked meds
and have acted like a fool even fairly recently. I'm now back working
half-days for a few weeks and, God willing, I'll back to the normal
insane routine shortly. I got into some seriously foul posts with
Sheldon, and it was a really awful thing that I shouldn't have done.
I mean, come on, Sheldon is Sheldon, I've read his posts for years, I
ALWAYS read his posts, even when I don't answer and he's just part of
the life and color of RFC. He's allright, just like anybody else here
that I happen to not agree with sometimes. RFC is like a family
Thanksgiving out of town gathering. Someone is bound to get drunk,
someone is bound to get hell beat out of them. That doesn't mean ya
don't go back next year. Free entertainment is just a bonus.

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Who's Alley? <G>

That's me (ya jerk) <G>. Now wait a minute. Are you sayig that
you're Katra? I don't have a problem with it, of course, but I
thought that both ID's had been posting at the same time. Actually,
I've always wanted to ask how you came up with such an unusual posting
name. It's really different.

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.

"sf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Nancy Young said:

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote

> Okay, guess from one of the other threads, I need to officially

announce

Quoted message said:

> this... Thought everyone had figured it out, apologies!
>
> For a number of reasons, some personal, I'm changing my usenet

screen

Quoted message said:

> name pretty much for good.
>
> Om used to be Katra

I'm just not getting all the name changing. I'm probably missing something.

Elaine
(hmm.......I like the name maggie though!!)

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Okay, guess from one of the other threads, I need to officially announce
this... Thought everyone had figured it out, apologies!

For a number of reasons, some personal, I'm changing my usenet screen
name pretty much for good.

Om used to be Katra.

Just don't be like hahabogus, er - Mr. cheesy chicken, er - Mr. Libido
Incognito.... geeze, he changes his nick almost as often as he changes
his underwear!

"Andy" <q> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I don't understand having to change usenet nicks!!!

Is it a last chance relief effort to comply with court orders??? What?!!!

Please explain!

Could be outlaws on the run.

AlleyGator wrote:
Seriously, I only changed my name here after

Quoted message said:

telling everybody I was going to do it - it was sort of a mental
catharsis for me, as I was trying to clean my act up. (Bad grammer, I
know). I had a few backslides, but it's getting easier all the time
to act like a civil human. I'd been really sick and off on short-term
disability for several months, lots of unknowns looming ahead, and it
got the best of of me temporarily. I've been on lots of wicked meds
and have acted like a fool even fairly recently. I'm now back working
half-days for a few weeks and, God willing, I'll back to the normal
insane routine shortly. I got into some seriously foul posts with
Sheldon, and it was a really awful thing that I shouldn't have done.
I mean, come on, Sheldon is Sheldon, I've read his posts for years, I
ALWAYS read his posts, even when I don't answer and he's just part of
the life and color of RFC. He's allright, just like anybody else here
that I happen to not agree with sometimes. RFC is like a family
Thanksgiving out of town gathering. Someone is bound to get drunk,
someone is bound to get hell beat out of them. That doesn't mean ya
don't go back next year. Free entertainment is just a bonus.

Jeesuz... you and your dramas.. lol
But seriously.. who were you before you were "Alley" ?

Andy q said:

I don't understand having to change usenet nicks!!!

Is it a last chance relief effort to comply with court orders??? What?!!!

Please explain!

I don't know OMPO's reasoning, but I did it to go into hiding because
the NSA satellites are trying to penetrate my aluminum-foil hat with
thought-control rays. Scary, isn't it? Seriously, I'll tell you
what's really scary - I occasionally visit other groups where some
nutcase is actually posting this [censored] for real, along with the names,
phone numbers and addresses of people he believes to be NSA agentts
who have impanted a mind-control device in his brain. And they're not
nut-case groups, he has just chosen to post his bizzare stuff there.
Never underestimate the dangerous, illogical human mind <G>.

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.

sf said:

Gator - that's the eternal mystery for me too. I bet he only *thinks*
he was a bad boy here in his past life.

Aw, c'mon guys (girls). I've been a big enough jerk in recent months
without worrying about past years. I swear, I'm working on it really
hard. All it took was 50 visits to a psych and 30 shock treatments
(kidding - I'm just kidding). Although, seriously, I have been off
for some months on disability with a life-threatening illness - the
future is unsure, but I'm back to the insane schedule part-time and
all I can do is thank God for each day and just move on and do what I
can. Everybody has their problems, and I'm not special - just buck it
up and appreciate what you have, that's my opinion. If I live, I do
what I can to make things better. If I don't, a handfull of people
will miss me for a while and the world will go on, as always. That's
just the way life is, no big deal. Never over-estimate your
importance, but never under-estimate the effect you can have on a few
lives if you really try.

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.

Goomba38 said:

Jeesuz... you and your dramas.. lol
But seriously.. who were you before you were "Alley" ?

Hey, Goomba. I am "somewhat" offended by your "drama" comment, but
not really too much. I responded to an OT post with an OT comment and
you're certainly more than welcome to do the same, so I can't be TOO
offended <G>. I assume that means that either you're an incredibly
strong person, or you've been lucky enough that nothing really bad has
ever happened to you, or if it has you've been able to recover quite
well. IN any case, if any of the above is true, then I'm very happy
for you. Seriously. I always thought I was a strong person but after
20 years of unrelenting pain due to injuries from a car accident and
now the other stuff, I sometimes find myself running out of strength.
Yeah, I know, it makes you feel like a p***y but the body and mind can
only handle so much. Before I was Alley, I was "TheAlligator", and I
announced the change in great detail in RFC before I did it. It's not
like I'm trying to hide. Well, maybe sometimes I SHOULD try to hide
<G>. Best to ya.

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.

"AlleyGator" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Nancy Young said:

Now, if we could get Alley to fess up, I can sleep tonight.

I love you, Nancy <G>. Seriously, I only changed my name here after
telling everybody I was going to do it - it was sort of a mental
catharsis for me, as I was trying to clean my act up.

(laugh) Hey, look, it's your right, so every time I see you, I
think 'who was he???' My problem not yours.

Quoted message said:

to act like a civil human. I'd been really sick and off on short-term
disability for several months, lots of unknowns looming ahead, and it
got the best of of me temporarily.

Yeah, you mentioned that you were sick, I am hoping you're
getting well. Best of luck.

Quoted message said:

RFC is like a family
Thanksgiving out of town gathering. Someone is bound to get drunk,
someone is bound to get hell beat out of them. That doesn't mean ya
don't go back next year. Free entertainment is just a bonus.

Hey, nothing like a good dustup, tomorrow's another day. Whatever
it is you think you were like, that's long ago water under the proverbial
bridge.

nancy

AlleyGator" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Goomba38 said:

Jeesuz... you and your dramas.. lol
But seriously.. who were you before you were "Alley" ?

Hey, Goomba. I am "somewhat" offended by your "drama" comment, but
not really too much.

Hey Alley, Alligator (whatever) I doubt if you're really/even somewhat
offended - and not everyone has something bad happen to them ( that's
really good!).

"snipping stuff"

Quoted message said:

20 years of unrelenting pain due to injuries from a car accident and now
the other stuff, I sometimes find myself running out of strength.

20 years of pain sounds horrible. lately I've had different kind of pain -
emotionally draining, but maybe not as bad as physical pain........

Life sucks sometimes, congrats. for still being around............it's
amazing what the body and mind can do. You probably kow!

E.

Nancy Young said:

"AlleyGator" <[email hidden]> wrote

Hey, nothing like a good dustup, tomorrow's another day. Whatever
it is you think you were like, that's long ago water under the proverbial
bridge.

Thanks, Nancy. I guess the "I love you" comment wasn't really that
far off base. All the best to ya, and thanks.

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.

sf wrote on 9/24/2005:

<snip>

Quoted message said:

Just don't be like hahabogus, er - Mr. cheesy chicken, er - Mr. Libido
Incognito.... geeze, he changes his nick almost as often as he changes
his underwear!

Wow! Once a month? Just kidding.

Andy said:

I don't understand having to change usenet nicks!!!

Is it a last chance relief effort to comply with court orders???
What?!!!

Please explain!

I change mine every now & again when I get bored. It's usually just a
slight variation of the one before it, a play on words, a bit of fun.
Because I keep so closely to variations on my real name, nobody usually has
problems with the transition ( ie: I don't go from Katra to Omelette 😉))

Don't you feel sometimes like bing "Mr Sooper Dooper Man" instead of plain
ol' "Andy" ? <g>

( P.S. - you have my permission to take & use "Mr Sooper Dooper Man" if you
so wish ... )

--
aus.food passes 79:6 !