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Tomspur
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February 25th, 2014 at 9:49:20 PM permalink
Quote: geoff

Heck yeah. It's British Top Gear or none for me. The episode I got the name from (series 14 episode 2) where the build an electric car is pretty fun. Plus all the other ones (Building aquatic cars and the specials are my favorites)



I personally love the road tests. I remember one time, many season ago Jeremy was not very impressed with a Porsche so he drove it off a cliff.......

Funny stuff man!
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February 25th, 2014 at 9:49:23 PM permalink
Quote: reno

No need to apologize for resuscitating an old thread. If the thread sparks new discussion, it doesn't matter how old it is.

+1


The name that cracked me up right before I posted was 'Purcethehearse' in the Newest Members list. I got a kick out of that one. :D
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February 25th, 2014 at 10:41:54 PM permalink
Quote: Beethoven9th

+1


The name that cracked me up right before I posted was 'Purcethehearse' in the Newest Members list. I got a kick out of that one. :D

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February 26th, 2014 at 3:17:20 AM permalink
Quote: geoff

I was watching top gear and it was the episode with Geoff so I went with that.



XD

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February 26th, 2014 at 3:55:36 AM permalink
I remember this old thread, but it looks like I failed to participate [couldn't find it anyway].

My handle does come from chess, I was trying to improve my game by joining various online chess sites many moons ago. I grew to like it, wasn't much thinking about whether it was a good handle for here or not.

Now I'm wondering if people at WoV East/Appalachia want to meet an "odious" person or not [g]
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February 26th, 2014 at 4:17:49 AM permalink
Quote: odiousgambit

I remember this old thread, but it looks like I failed to participate [couldn't find it anyway].

My handle does come from chess, I was trying to improve my game by joining various online chess sites many moons ago. I grew to like it, wasn't much thinking about whether it was a good handle for here or not.

Now I'm wondering if people at WoV East/Appalachia want to meet an "odious" person or not [g]



lol I still don't know what your name means. I guess I will have to use my google machine.

So my name. On a lot of forums I used to use my last name. Then right before I started this one I figured I should stop using my last name. I couldn't think of anything creative.

I have had numerous PMs because people think my GWAE is from Dancer's show or that I am part of it. I laugh and say no of course. The real story is, I knew of the show. I figured I would put a spin on it because I am not very bright compared to most of you. The spin is I changed with to without. So my name means gambling without an edge. My dumbness once again prevailed because the initials for gambling with an edge and gambling without an edge are the same. dee da dee.
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February 26th, 2014 at 4:47:22 AM permalink
I joined this forum on July 13, 2010 under the name benbakdoff. I chose it to show my preference for blackjack and that I was more than a casual player. In September of 2011, after 448 posts I was unable to log on through no problem on my end. After three weeks of going through the proper channels and after over a dozen e-mails that went unacknowledged, I finally gave up.

On October 10, 2011 I rejoined under 1BB, the initials of benbakdoff. My real name is not Ben. I was sure that once I explained my predicament to the forum this would be an easy fix and benbakdoff would live on. Much to my disappointment, I was very wrong so I am now 1BB. My total posts to this forum are 448 more than the figure under my name and my four year anniversary will be this July.
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February 26th, 2014 at 5:49:57 AM permalink
SFB = Sh!t for Brains.

Works for me.

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February 26th, 2014 at 6:27:54 AM permalink
Quote: beachbumbabs

... We ran a very popular trivia room for a year or so, then FireTalk went Tango Uniform...



Is this proof you can take a babs out of the FAA, but you'll never take the FAA out of babs?

I'm assuming Tango Uniform is a euphemism, for the circumlocution 'boobies facing towards the stars' .

Not really the right usage for circumlocution, but I really wanted to use that word in a sentence.
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February 26th, 2014 at 6:34:18 AM permalink
DAMN. You mean you can choose your own name ? EvenBob got me again !
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February 26th, 2014 at 7:15:03 AM permalink
I explained it in another thread, sorry for the repetition.

My nephew was behaving as an @*** and I said jokingly he was a mongoloid (in French, there is a single word for Mongol and trisomic). So I called him Kubilai Khan, which, being 5 or 6, he transformed proudly in "I am Kubikulann". It remained in my mind as a symbol of when you say something erudite and hoi polloi don't know what you're talking about.
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February 26th, 2014 at 8:19:18 AM permalink
I just choose my favorite and the best hockey player of all time.
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February 26th, 2014 at 8:19:53 AM permalink
Back in the good old AOL Instant Messenger days, I broke up with a girlfriend who then decided to keep sending me harassing messages. She was.. uh.. not the top of the class.. when it came to grammar / spelling, and I would mock her for it. For example, she would send me a message stating "your dumb" and I would reply "yep, my dumb." This also included making "away" messages containing the stupid things she sent me, which only prompted her to threaten suing me for "liable."

Anyway, I ended up having to make a new screen name to avoid all this drama and was having trouble thinking of anything. One of my friends had commented about how well-adjusted I was being given all this nonsense that was occurring. That name was already taken, and I wanted something short anyway, so I made a "contraction" of sorts and came up with wudged.
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February 26th, 2014 at 8:43:06 AM permalink
Quote: wudged

Back in the good old AOL Instant Messenger days, I broke up with a girlfriend who then decided to keep sending me harassing messages. She was.. uh.. not the top of the class.. when it came to grammar / spelling, and I would mock her for it. For example, she would send me a message stating "your dumb" and I would reply "yep, my dumb." This also included making "away" messages containing the stupid things she sent me, which only prompted her to threaten suing me for "liable."

Anyway, I ended up having to make a new screen name to avoid all this drama and was having trouble thinking of anything. One of my friends had commented about how well-adjusted I was being given all this nonsense that was occurring. That name was already taken, and I wanted something short anyway, so I made a "contraction" of sorts and came up with wudged.


Ah, AIM relationship drama. Brings back the memories for me too :)
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February 26th, 2014 at 9:42:28 AM permalink
Stiff: to fail to tip when it is proper to do so. One who is mean, evil, vile and habitually broke.

Flea: a bettor who repeatedly makes the same low limit bet, never presses his luck and annoys the downwind crew members by failing to attend to matters of personal hygiene.
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February 26th, 2014 at 10:04:12 AM permalink
Quote: Face

XD

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This was actually my first choice, but Geoff was just a bit shorter.
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February 26th, 2014 at 10:22:38 AM permalink
Quote: FleaStiff

Stiff: to fail to tip when it is proper to do so. One who is mean, evil, vile and habitually broke.

Flea: a bettor who repeatedly makes the same low limit bet, never presses his luck and annoys the downwind crew members by failing to attend to matters of personal hygiene.


George: one who tips the crew frequently and generously

Whale: a high-roller who generally smells nice.
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February 26th, 2014 at 11:52:55 AM permalink
Quote: RaleighCraps

Is this proof you can take a babs out of the FAA, but you'll never take the FAA out of babs?

I'm assuming Tango Uniform is a euphemism, for the circumlocution 'boobies facing towards the stars' .

Not really the right usage for circumlocution, but I really wanted to use that word in a sentence.



That would be correct, Mr. RomeoCharlie! lol...
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February 26th, 2014 at 5:38:15 PM permalink
Quote: WhaleGeorge

Quote: FleaStiff

Stiff: to fail to tip when it is proper to do so. One who is mean, evil, vile and habitually broke.
Flea: a bettor who repeatedly makes the same low limit bet, never presses his luck and annoys the downwind crew members by failing to attend to matters of personal hygiene.


George: one who tips the crew frequently and generously
Whale: a high-roller who generally smells nice.


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February 26th, 2014 at 6:06:42 PM permalink
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February 26th, 2014 at 6:15:22 PM permalink
Quote: beachbumbabs

not sure I'd keep this name here if I had a do-over. .



Especially when there's an woman in her late
60's on Trip Advisor with the same name and
she posts there a lot. That two people came
up with this name is amazing.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/members-photos/beachbumbabs
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February 26th, 2014 at 8:50:34 PM permalink
Yeah, that's not me, but I've been using the name a decade longer than her, at least. So be it....
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February 26th, 2014 at 9:08:12 PM permalink
Where did that motherf*cker Richard Pryor go ?
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February 26th, 2014 at 9:08:39 PM permalink
Quote: beachbumbabs

not sure I'd keep this name here if I had a do-over. Don't really like the beach, .



I never liked the beach, even as a kid. Hot,
sandy, gritty, what's to like. I lived about
100 feet from the beach in Hawaii and didn't
like it. Yet they always show people getting
rich and sitting on a beach somewhere.

It has to harken back to a time when sunny
beaches weren't accessible like they are now
and only the rich and lucky could enjoy
them. The beach or property near a beach
is the last place I want to be.
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February 26th, 2014 at 9:20:58 PM permalink
I never wanted to live at the beach. But have fond memories of walking along the beach at daybreak. Watching the soft shell crabs
race back into the ocean, waves breaking on the sand, nobody else around. Some old timer would occasionally go by on this home
made contraption , bicycle wheels and a sail.
Always wanted build my own some day. Never happened. Sigh
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February 27th, 2014 at 12:15:35 AM permalink
Quote: Buzzard


Always wanted build my own some day. Never happened. Sigh



A prairie schooner. Those things actually work.
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February 27th, 2014 at 2:45:46 PM permalink
HollyWood Casino Columbus DEALER. Pretty boring, yes. When I leave, it will probably stand for, "Hey, Why Crappy Cards, DEALER?"
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February 27th, 2014 at 2:51:47 PM permalink
Quote: hwccdealer

HollyWood Casino Columbus DEALER. Pretty boring, yes. When I leave, it will probably stand for, "Hey, Why Crappy Cards, DEALER?"



Why don't you come to WoVCON East/Midwest/Appalachia at Meadows Casino in PA this Sunday? Are you scheduled to work?
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/gripes/11182-pet-peeves/120/#post815219
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February 27th, 2014 at 2:59:55 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

I never liked the beach, even as a kid. Hot,
sandy, gritty, what's to like. I lived about
100 feet from the beach in Hawaii and didn't
like it. Yet they always show people getting
rich and sitting on a beach somewhere.

It has to harken back to a time when sunny
beaches weren't accessible like they are now
and only the rich and lucky could enjoy
them. The beach or property near a beach
is the last place I want to be.



Yeah I'd rather sit by a pile of fresh water and hydroelectric power if I was rich. I guess Lake Mead or somewhere on the TVA system.
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February 27th, 2014 at 3:34:28 PM permalink
Quote: Mission146

Why don't you come to WoVCON East/Midwest/Appalachia at Meadows Casino in PA this Sunday? Are you scheduled to work?



I work Sundays. I'm off this particular Sunday but I have a major family crisis.
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February 27th, 2014 at 4:54:44 PM permalink
I'm sorry to hear that, it'd have been nice to have you there. I hope everything goes well.

Are you allowed to gamble in your own casino or in the state of Ohio at all?
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/gripes/11182-pet-peeves/120/#post815219
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