11-04-2010, 10:45 PM
Puddlejumper Wrote:Randy,
That's fine. My main reason is for those of us that do not type our name each time we post, therefore I am stuck replying to "rrinker", which is fine if that is what you like, but to me is somewhat impersonal.
You know, I am pretty sure that there actually is a person behind each and every post in this forum, whether there is a personal name at the bottom of the post of not :-)
If you need to refer to another poster, you can always refer to their forum nick/handle (or if you feel a need to shorten it, some variety thereof - like MM instead of MountainMan, P5 instead of "P5se Camelback", Tinny instead of "Tin Goat", PJ instead of "Puddlejumper" or whatever your imagination can come up with).
To me, Puddlejumper, BR60103, Tin Goat, MountainMan, Selector or doctorwayne are a lot more distinct "names" than e.g. Dave or Bill. I know (and know of) lots of guys named Dave. As far as I can recall, I only know of one person who goes by Puddlejumper.
So if someone writes "Dave said that ..." or "Bill wrote ..." I won't necessarily know which Dave or Bill he is talking about. If the same person writes "As Puddlejumper wrote ..." then it is pretty clear to me who he is referring to.
Btw - notice that even though I didn't start my reply by "Hi Dave --", there still is no doubt whatsoever that I am responding directly to your post :-)
Grin,
Stein (which actually is a personal name in my language - it's been used for more than 1000 years, and means "Rock" or "Stone")