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I having the last name Newton have been called Newt or cookie all my life and when i signed up here i decided Newt would be best since lonesome dove i have used Newt more than cookie hahahahahaha
Now explain why your first name is "Myke" instead of "Mike."  
Yeah "Myke"! I mean it's not like you're from that little island off the coast of Europe where they misspell the word "tire" all the time too, ya know!!! 
(...yep, and here all this time I always thought you were a good ol' American boy, newt!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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The problem there Dwight is they have used the language long before we began as a nation . So who is in fact misspelling words here?
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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The problem there Dwight is they have used the language before we . So who is in fact misspelling words here?
Slight "correction" to here, Chad! We Americans "perfected" the Language!
(...yep, and some might even say that it was a "labor of love"!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I'm sorry sir, but I must disagree. The 'merican language is truly the abuse of several languages.
Those fellows "across the pond" merely abuse there own.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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I must agree with Chad here, we not only destroy the English Language in the US but parts of several others too. The younger generation to the worst degree I have seen yet.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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I must agree with Chad here, we not only destroy the English Language in the US but parts of several others too. The younger generation to the worst degree I have seen yet.
Now WAIT a second here, Ian!!! Is THIS coming from the very same guy who I'm presently talkin' to in my "Indian or Norton" thread and who wants to "destroy" a perfectly good looking and handling new "BRITISH Cafe Racer-ish" Norton motorcycle and then "chop" or "customize" it so that it looks more "AMERICAN Cruiser-ish"?????
(...kinda talkin' outta both sides of your mouth here, ain't ya bro???!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I'm sorry sir, but I must disagree. The 'merican language is truly the abuse of several languages.
Those fellows "across the pond" merely abuse there own.
Well, as you probably know, Chad, the English Language is one of the few languages which has been and continues to be in constant flux, adding words from other languages and other cultures throughout its history, and thus is why it is a language with few absolute "rules" regarding its spelling and structure.
(...and which makes my constant little "ribbing" about it, most often directed toward our British "cousins" over there, so much fun for me)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Yep Dwight not only do we infuse words from other languages. We adulterate them as well. I really am curious as to how the 'merican language is going to transform between now and when I'm an old dinosaur shaking my cane at people on the street. I wonder if I'll be that guy who says back in my day we called that .............
And we had ...................... it was tougher, hotter, colder, and better.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Yep Dwight not only do we infuse words from other languages. We adulterate them as well. I really am curious as to how the 'merican language is going to transform between now and when I'm an old dinosaur shaking my cane at people on the street. I wonder if I'll be that guy who says back in my day we called that .............
And we had ...................... it was tougher, hotter, colder, and better.
What the heck do ya MEAN "ya wonder if"??? 
(...heck, you're already a cranky YOUNG man, dude!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I'm just practicing for when I'm old. I'm gonna look for an apartment on a busy street so I can yell at the cars to slow down, and yell at yutes. "Hey! Cut your hair, pull your pants up, and get a job you lazy bum!"
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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I already yell at people to get off my lawn!
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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I can't remember exactly, but it has something to do with my initials and last name... 
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I already yell at people to get off my lawn!
Do you do it with a loaded M1 pointed in their face?
NOW THAT movie was great!
Mal: "Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun?{ref, Jayne} Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really, it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting."
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That was a good movie. I don't have my M1 carbine anymore but I could do it with my SKS, even have a bayonet then.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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Ren And Stimpy gave me my name. I couldn't deny it.
Cut it up.
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An SKS would DEFINATLY get the point across! this is probably you and Chad too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM8iT1UHnjI"you ever notice how once in a while you come across somebody you shouldnt have fu@*ed with?"
Mal: "Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun?{ref, Jayne} Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really, it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting."
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Mal: "Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun?{ref, Jayne} Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really, it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting."
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Chad is my brothers name and until this thread never heard of another person with the same. My dad spent most of his impressionable years in TX and I remember once he metioned something about Chad Everett.
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So why did you change your name from Toughluck55? Didn't want to explain what that was about?
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So why did you change your name from Toughluck55? Didn't want to explain what that was about?
Oh yea..ToughLuck55 was because of Derrick Brooks of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Number#55 (great guy) I did meet him a couple of times and I thought Tampa Bay give him a bad deal so came up with ToughLuck55..BUT now All is foregiven and thought its was time for a change so "JasonSonOfEd" well because my name is Jason I am the son Of Ed..nothing to it!!
http://www.db55.org/
Now I just gotta come up with a new gamer name! 
Are we there YET? I gotta go pee!!
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'Gran Torino' , thats a great movie. With me its a lever action Winchester 30-30, or the ole Remington 870 wingmaster.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Clint lowered that rifle a bit early there though. Those punks could have hopped in the car and had guns in the car then opened fire before Clint could have brought the rifle back up.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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well FJ since you asked and if you must know, my mother came up with the spelling as Mykel when i was born but the hospital wouldnt do it that way and told her she was spelling it wrong. she put up a good fight but lost in the end, so on paper its correct Michael, but to my mother it will always be Mykel. my mother has always been a bit ahead of the curve or some would say progressive not in a political way but just in a sensical sort of way. she has always excepted the ways of my childhood and understood the experimenting that a child or teen might live thru and accepted it. my teachers in school for the most part let me spell it that way, oh there were some that barked but when i would tell them its what my mother wants they would usually let it go. funny thing is, her mother came here from Ireland and always called me Mickey hahahaha and some people wonder whats wrong with me hahahahahaha i only use the "correct" spelling on important documents but have used my mothers spelling for just about everything else. hope that clears that up for you and Dwight
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Hmmmm..."Ireland" ya say, huh Myke! Well, ya see, I was RIGHT, wasn't I?!  Yep, I KNEW there had to be some sort of British Isles connection there. (...and yep folks, the Republic of Ireland IS geographically part of the British Isles, but is NOT part of the U.K.)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Name...Bike...year...pretty simple
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Name...Bike...year...pretty simple
Yep, that certainly sounds "reasonable", oh Mr. "Voice of Reason"!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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well FJ since you asked and if you must know, my mother came up with the spelling as Mykel when i was born but the hospital wouldnt do it that way and told her she was spelling it wrong. she put up a good fight but lost in the end, so on paper its correct Michael, but to my mother it will always be Mykel. my mother has always been a bit ahead of the curve or some would say progressive not in a political way but just in a sensical sort of way. she has always excepted the ways of my childhood and understood the experimenting that a child or teen might live thru and accepted it. my teachers in school for the most part let me spell it that way, oh there were some that barked but when i would tell them its what my mother wants they would usually let it go. funny thing is, her mother came here from Ireland and always called me Mickey hahahaha and some people wonder whats wrong with me hahahahahaha i only use the "correct" spelling on important documents but have used my mothers spelling for just about everything else. hope that clears that up for you and Dwight
Yeah, but why? Why Mykel? Why saddle you with that odd spelling for your entire life? I don't get it. Every single time you give someone your name you have to spell it for them. It's bad enough most of us have spell our last names all the time. I guess the fragmentation of the namescape is a pet peeve of mine. Pretentious parents trying to make their little bundle of joy special or different out of the gate, I suppose. Last year I met a Mechille (yes, pronounced "Michelle") and I wanted to hunt her parents down and smack them.
Oh, oh, OH! Then there's my friend Michael, who, upon hearing that his wife gave birth to a daughter rather than a son, added an A to his name (I sh*t you not) and christened her "Michaela" pronounced Mikayla (or one of the other gajillion spellings of THAT name). He was adamant that he didn't just add the a to his own name but I think he's full of crap. Narcissism.
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YEAH John?! Well how the heck ya think I FEEL every freakin' time I have to tell some kid that..."No, it's NOT spelled D-W-I-T-E"! It's spelled just like Dwight Eisenhower spelled HIS first name! WHAT?! You say you've never heard of DWIGHT EISENHOWER??? WHAT the HELL do they TEACH you friggin' kids in school nowadays ANYWAY, HUH?!" 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Well, if we're going onto real names, I get annoyed when people assume that I can't spell Bryan  And then there's all the variations that people make when attempting to spell my name, even when copying it off a form I've filled in  There is a few people who get my name, and I tell which ones they are cos they usually say something aling the lines of "Oh, you're Welsh then" to which I reply "No"  As for narcissism, you could say that I took my name and mixed it up and stuck an 'o' in it to get my daughters name Robyn
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@Smokey3214...I go to Tsali Rec area all the time to ride my mtn. bike...if ya ever want a ridin buddy let me know that place is WORLD CLASS!!  "Tsali" is how we pronounce "Charlie" in our language. We don't have the J sound, so we use the TS sound. Oh yeah, you never explained your name haha is the 3214 your EMT number? Lee
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SBS is the 3 letter designator for my employer and 287 is my badge number.
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Back in the late 80's and early 90's, I played for a fast-pitch softball team in Thomasville. I always wore my SF Giants hat instead of the team's hat during games as my own little rebellion (and to piss off all the Braves fans around here), so some of my teammates started calling me Will the Thrill (after Will "the Thrill" Clark, the Giants' sweet-swinging first baseman back then). The name's stuck, and some people still call me that. When I signed up on here, I thought the name fit pretty good for a motorcycle site. By the way Lee, we used to play a few times a year in Cherokee, as well as in Morganton and Shelby. There were some good players on those teams, and those road trips were always a good time.  Will
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P.S Two days following my visits to the Bedouins, I got held up and the sh!t beaten out of me by a group of Touaregs ... but that's a story for another time.
It would be interesting if you had marked on the map where you caught your beat down.
Why, you thinking of passing through that way? (just kidding! )
It was in the border area just beyond Zagora (see circle) going into Algeria. The border was unmarked in those days (late '88) so I couldn't very much tell if I had crossed it but probably had.
The Touaregs were apparently patrolling the area (there were many territorial disputes back then) and were pretty far from their normal settlements.
The locals called them "pirates of the desert" as I later was told.
I had already pretty much figured that out as they had taken my 2 cameras (one cheapo and one good one).
It was one of the few times on my travels I have gotten into such a jam and have said (and believed it) that "Thanassis, this is your last day on this earth".
Oh, and by the way, I was aiming for "Interstate nr 2 - " as marked on the map, which headed more or less due south.
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Big Texases is the name of my fantasy football team. I've been in a league with friends for about 8 years... and the name has always stuck.
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Names Mike, '57 the year I was born. unfortunately my second choice.
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