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I spent days trying to come up with a name. Finally I signed up and sure enough that name was taken. Tried again, that name was taken, tried again, that name was taken. My husband is the drummer for Pure Prairie League, Thus Pure Lymie League. He now sings to me " Lymie, what you want a do" . Sara
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quote:Originally posted by Pure Lymie League: Is he ever in the Nashville area? Sara
no
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Jo = first two letters of my first name
Alo = first three letters of my last name.
I know boring as he**!!
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i use "randibear" because randi was the name of my beloved labrador who died two years.
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mine's pretty obvious I know...not terribly creative either
...but I feel like I've been 'hanging in there' waiting for some improvement for a veeerrrry long time!
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disturbedme
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Well, my favorite band EVER is Disturbed... and I just put me at the end. I thought it sounded clever as well, so I've kept it and used it for many things.
And I guess it worked out perfectly as a nickname since Lyme has literally disturbed my life in so many ways.
-------------------- One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. ~ Helen Keller
My Lyme Story Posts: 2965 | From Land of Confusion (bitten in KS, moved to PA, now living in MD) | Registered: Jun 2007
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I have a pathetic excuse for my name. When asked for a scren name I tried my first name - already taken- then I tried my nickname- Gigi-already
taken then i went to things I love dolphins-guess what- so i looked around the room and my husband was cleaning his blackpowder flintlock. Hah- I
thought I bet no one will have used that name so blackpowder
it is. I'm just glad I saw that first cause my daughter was cleaning the toilet and if I would have seen her first...God only knows
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merrygirl
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disturbedme- I love disturbed too!
My name is because I like christmas and it was christmas time when I made up this name.
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I looked it up....Heavy metal??! I'm married to a musician, but heavy metal is not quite my idea of music!!
I like just about ANY kind of music....and believe it or not I did enjoy the Rock music on that show that is designed like American Idol...but for rock music.
I actually watched that show...a shocker for hubby!!
If they got too carried away, I'd just change channels!!
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merrygirl
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Yes I like heavy metal!
It is kinda angry-
but hey- I like Christmas music..
Melissa
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disturbedme
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quote:Originally posted by Lymetoo: I looked it up....Heavy metal??! I'm married to a musician, but heavy metal is not quite my idea of music!!
I am almost obsessed with Disturbed and don't think their music is heavy metal. It's more, I guess, hard rock/rock. But no, I don't think it would fit heavy metal so much.
-------------------- One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. ~ Helen Keller
My Lyme Story Posts: 2965 | From Land of Confusion (bitten in KS, moved to PA, now living in MD) | Registered: Jun 2007
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Guess I'll have to listen to one of their songs on their website. The first one I went to I couldn't figure out how to get off the homepage!!!
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quote:Originally posted by Lymetoo: Guess I'll have to listen to one of their songs on their website. The first one I went to I couldn't figure out how to get off the homepage!!!
Improver= I tried several names and they were taken so heres the scoop. I was in the auto service field for most of my adult life both fixing cars and managing techs. Once I became infected with lyme I slowly started to lose the ability to work the hours required so I lost my job.
I started a home improvement company (Improver) so I could make my own hours. This past July I had to disolve the business since I couldn't do any physical work.
The only problem with the name is everyone is uncertain of my gender and assumes I am a woman..lol
I AM A 30 Y/O MAN!!
Silly name but I am used to it.
PS if anyone ever needs auto service advice feel free to ask...
I.E. do I really need a fuel injection service every 10k like the dealer says. Answer....NO, waste of money for you but commission for the svc advisor.
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Firecop1066....my husband is a fire fighter...i am a cop and my badge number is 1066....back in the day my job was my priority in life...now trying to save my family raise my 10 month old and go to work everyday while still trying to beat this bug....is my priority! Jill
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What a fun thread! My name isn't very inspired, I must admit. While registering here and trying to decide on a handle I was looking at my feet -- or, more accurately, what was ON my feet -- my favorite soft, big, fluffy, fuzzy pink slippers.
I was in such a bad way when I registered here -- couldn't hold a thought in my head, couldn't sequence things and had the 3-second memory of a goldfish. It's a miracle I was able to register.
You all have been incredibly kind and I'm so grateful to be here. I'm learning so very much!
Hugs, Fuzzy
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Wow, some of you have such interesting names and mine's a dud.
I've heard through the grapevine that I'm referred to as the "lyme lady" in my neighborhood and I live in New York.
So, lymeladyinny. I know - BORING!!
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Mushroomman06, the 06 is there because the name had been taken.
I made my name Mushroomman because that is probly one of the places I came in contact with the dreaded tick. The prime time for the Moral Mushroom is also the prime time for ticks.
The Morals are found in the woods and sometimes in thick brush and along deer trails.
I grow up hunting mushrooms and so did my family, my grandpa told me about the tick and to be watchful. He lived to be 99 and could still mushroom hunt. The type of tick and Lyme Disease at that time is not the same tick and Lyme Disease that we have today.
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disturbedme
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quote:Originally posted by Lymetoo: Disturbed....OK...I LISTENED to the second one. Couldn't WATCH that video!
It wasn't too bad....
OK...so I'm officially old now!!
LOL. How come you couldn't watch the video? Too much movement and stuff?
-------------------- One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. ~ Helen Keller
My Lyme Story Posts: 2965 | From Land of Confusion (bitten in KS, moved to PA, now living in MD) | Registered: Jun 2007
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Sorebear...I was kinda wondering about that one! Are you less sore now after going thru some treatment?
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disturbedme
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quote:Originally posted by Lymetoo:
quote:Originally posted by disturbedme: How come you couldn't watch the video? Too much movement and stuff?
Let's see....women as sexual objects, piercings in his chin and elsewhere....ugh.
The women as objects in the video is there to make a point about the world (women ARE sadly seen these way in society). Not for HIS video in particular.
-------------------- One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. ~ Helen Keller
My Lyme Story Posts: 2965 | From Land of Confusion (bitten in KS, moved to PA, now living in MD) | Registered: Jun 2007
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It's the name I use pretty much everywhere online, to the point that you get about three hits if you look up my real name on google, but you can research half of my life looking up Raiden Kitsune. =P
A kitsune is a Japanese fox spirit, something of a trickster spirit like the coyote in Native American folklore...definitely more complex than that, but I doubt anyone wants me to really get started. Suffice to say, out of all the myths and legends from around the world, they're my favorite.
Raiden Kitsune was originally just a kitsune character I came up with for an online role playing game many years back. "Raiden" loosely translates to "Thunder and Lighting" in Japanese, and since the character in the game was a lightning elemental mage, it fit.
Long story short, I played the character a lot, met a lot of friends through it who never really stopping thinking of me as "Rai", even after meeting in real life, so I started using the name everywhere.
Years later, I still use the character in games, but he's evolved a lot and usually goes by a different name (Rai Sakoshi now), after realizing how stupid it sounded to have your species in your name (hey, I was 15 when I came up with him!), but I'm still Raiden Kitsune everywhere online. At this point, too many people in too many places know me as that to change it.
...that really isn't interesting enough to deserve that long a post, but I'm bored out of my mind, on lunch break at work.
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Mine is pretty boring... I'm an echocardiographer and my name is Stefanie. So, instead of echo tech...echo stef
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quote:Originally posted by echostef: Mine is pretty boring... I'm an echocardiographer and my name is Stefanie. So, instead of echo tech...echo stef
That would be such an interesting thing to do! See hearts working every day. I've had two or so echocardiograms done -- due to palps and shortness of breath and tachycardia.
-------------------- One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. ~ Helen Keller
My Lyme Story Posts: 2965 | From Land of Confusion (bitten in KS, moved to PA, now living in MD) | Registered: Jun 2007
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My screen name came about in a sort of roundabout way.
I've been doing a lot of research to try to figure out what in the everlovin' blue-eyed world is going on with me, health-wise.
Every time something new pops up, I do more research. This has been going for a couple of years now.
So, I'm not just curious, I'm "curiouser".
Its also a from line in Alice in Wonderland. Alice says "Curiouser and Curiouser" after she drinks the potion and her body starts changing (growing).
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How's this: My husband's first wife was from another country, and english was her second language. One day she was mad at him and tried to call him a bad name. " You Snailhead" was what came out.
He said he laughed so hard; it just made her madder! So now I steal it for a screenname when necessary.
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Just thought of one of the things that make me smile.
that it Love the rain.. So much.. and Spring rain is the best...
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MDW005
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I have a boring name but its easy to remember
MDW: my initials
05: thats how many grandchildren I have
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Wonko the Sane is a character in a book who decides that the world is crazy, so he builds his house as an inside-out asylum.
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I love penguins!
Well my first love was music and playing classical music and surrounded by guys wearing tuxedos for concerts - made me think of penguins..
Then I started getting obsessed with them - going to aquariums a lot and watching movies with penguins.
I only have 3 stuffed penguins at home - which is pretty good considering I had more before (gave to my niece/nephew). I have to hand wash them a lot because I know they are dust magnets and I have dust allergies!
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If I'm at the end of my rope, I lay down, close my eyes and listen to Vivaldi's Four Seasons (or Pachebel's Canon in D, but that's a really strange name!)
Actually maybe I should change it to 3 Seasons, cuz I really don't like winter at all!!!
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James1979
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My screen name sucks.
I wish I could change it to something cool, like "EnemaCrusaderz", or something like that.
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James, I hear ya! My screen name really sucks!
I kind of get the "unsure" portion but I have no clue where I got "445"!
I am going to blame it on the bugs talking!
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Dogs and cats
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
One feral mean old fat cat
One wild and crazy springer spaniel who has advanced ADHD...I think, as from and old old Saturday night live skit, she needs a doggie downer....
But they are my buddies and love me when I can't shower, brush my teeth and even the meany comes up and comforts me when I need it. The were faithful when I got sick and many people bolted for parts unknown.
-------------------- God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there.
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There are 2 reasons behind my screen name: 1) I am a mom and I have 2 kids (biological).
2) I am a mom and all my kids' friends call me mom, so I am a mom 2 (all) kids, we call all these kids my non-biologicals.
It's nothing earth shattering or really clever like some of SN's I've seen.
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penguingirl, I have to share this story with you, you may not really care... but when I was a little girl, me and my little sister's absolute favorite movie was the Muppets Take Manhattan. (The penguins were both of our favorites in the movie). We probably watched it ten million times. I can still recite it word for word.
Anyways, at the end of the movie, Kermit and Piggy get married and all the muppets are there in the audience. Then the puppeteers threw the penguins into the air, and for some reason this was hilarious to both of us, with the penguins "jumping for joy". We promised each other if we ever got married, we would have the penguins at our wedding. we were just little kids at the time.
Flash forward to my wedding 5 years ago, with my baby sister as my maid of honor. I scoured the internet for penguins that resembled the ones from the muppets. I finally found them, and hid about 50 of them under the seats of the first few rows with very specific instructions to be shared with everyone in those rows but NOT my sister. So when we got to the part where we kissed in the wedding, the song from the movie was played, and everyone threw the penguins into the air. It was awesome!! She had no idea.
Anyways, it has nothing to do with this tread, but I wanted to share since you love penguins.
I guess I need to share my screen name, although it is probably obvious. There is so much confusion around Lyme, and around my illness for many years before finally getting the Lyme diagnosis, that I really feel like I am always having to search for the truth. It is actually quite sad, but true.
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Well, I started out as All4twc which simply meant that all my research was for my husband, his initials being twc. But, since I tested positive, i felt like it was my turn to get help. Of course, I have to help myself. Hence, It's my turn. Boring huh??? I should have thought of something prettier or more colorful.
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Searching - that is an awesome story! How cute!
I have to admit I can't remember much of the Muppets Take Manhattan movie - now you have inspired me to add that to my Netflix que. haha.
I've been kind of planning my dream wedding for awhile but ever since I got sick it has been on the backburner. Now, we just want to keep it small and simple - perhaps just a small ceremony at a church and a nice dinner with family and reaaaally close friends. But you know I still must include a penguin somewhere in the process.
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Thx for bringing up the thread again - a fun read -
Mine is from my upbringing - when my mom wanted to get the whole family out the door in a hurry, she'd say, "Ok, kids, quick like a bunny, 1-2-3!"
So when I found out I had Lyme, after searching for whatever was ailing me for 25 years, I felt ready to go with some activism! So I'm Robin123! Spoken low pitch 1, medium pitch 2, high pitch 3!
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Hi there, Silverwolf here,
My name actually is put together from a few screen names on other boards.
I've always tho't silver, white gold platinum etc. was really pretty.
And I find wolves beautiful animals,so here we are!!!
BBL TxC' has dinner waiting.
Okeydokey, Here I be, I was privileged to see some wolves up fairly close a few years ago. At the Grizzly Discovery Center in Montana.
They were beautiful, and the info' was informative!
Now putting parts of combos of my other screen names together maybe wasn't so great in that I tend to get it confused. But I still enjoy it being my screen name.
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My screen name is what all the 'ducks' I saw in Florida kept telling me despite an EM rash on my leg and a positive wb. I thought it was appropriate.
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22 is my lucky number. don't remember why. my screen name in lots of other places online is pianogirl, and it takes too long to type these days. love the penguin story, great thread, lymetoo.
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WAYNE IS MY REAL NAME... and pain is my friend it goes everywhere i go, it does everything i do,
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When I first came to Lymenet I was frantic and trying to secure help for my oh so sick daughter. I felt like a mom in deep sh**...but being a Christian I thought I better leave off the sh**. (although I know the Lord would totally understand if I hadn't.)
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When we got a swimming pool, I joked that my wife wanted a "pool boy" but instead got a pool dog. The 71 is not my age or my IQ.
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Scorpio my Zodiac sign. And I am girl... Not very original I know!
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Mine comes from a nonsense word (the rera part) that my badminton partner kept saying in 7th grade gym class. The numbers are birth dates of a couple of people.
It's a screen name that I have had since the early 1990s on VERY ancient/primitive bulletin board systems.
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