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Post by Larry Gene Pate on Sept 22, 2011 18:08:42 GMT -5
I almost blush when I ask this but why is it we all have colorful names,when if someone wants to know who we are all they have to do is look up the number to the computer where we are geographically located and they locate us.I mean I am totally cool but are we really hiding from who ever? I just always wondered why on all the forum I ever been on why we logged on as who we did,,but I am in business here so I want everyone to know I exist and that's why I own guns for protection,,lol,lol I am from the Viet-Nam days so I don't scare easy!
I am cool with everyone wanting to stay down and cool but I am not afraid of showing my name,maybe I am very wrong,I respect everyone's values and just a comment,Larry Gene Pate
Everyone that truly knows me,know I am highly respectable of everyone around me for fact! And I will not back when my neighbors need protecting,I am coming from OLD COUNTRY,just letting you know I am very cool on this!!
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Post by Law Dog on Sept 22, 2011 18:19:23 GMT -5
Same here Larry I put my name on everything I type but some people are on their parents puters and have rules to follow. Look up a speech by an Army Col called sheep, sheepdogs a wolves and it may put a better perspective on things! IMHO Just know if I'm not home the wife will take care of it too!
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Post by bigtwinhd on Sept 22, 2011 18:33:32 GMT -5
I don't think a handle is a show of cowardice, anyone with even slight computer skills can find out who is who easy enough. Plus 19.95.... I've had this name since the 90's when I got my first computer and email address. Big_twinhd@yahoo.com I do it since I have a hard time with too many names and passwords! We have a good group here, one I would feel safe allowing my kids to talk with. But lets face it whenever there is some freak who chops up kids in his basement the neighbors always say, "But he was such a nice man", or, "He was very quiet and kept a nice lawn." Like Whitey Bulger that they recently captured. I could care less who knows I trap. I mention it as often as possible to total strangers in conversation. I have two big ugly labs that look like they could eat you, but won't. I also have two barrels that look like they could kill you, and will.
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Post by ewoktrapper on Sept 22, 2011 18:59:36 GMT -5
There is a long story behide ewoktrapper LOL..Plus how can you ever forget a name like that LMAO...
I don't advertise...I don't have anything to sale...If you want to Pm me I'll give anyone my number that has been a member on here for awhile and B.S.If you want to go on the line with me better yet.I never thought of it as hide'n!!!!!!!!
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Post by Larry Gene Pate on Sept 22, 2011 19:03:18 GMT -5
LOL cool post guy,this is in fun but yeah I get so tickled on some names,but then I know its for the best!! Good to be here on here with you guys,yeah we do have a great group!! Don't mess with Trappers,that's for CERTAIN!!! Yeah!!!! Larry Gene Pate,from Texas and adores Traps and Snares and GUNS,and varmint shooting,,lol
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Post by sniperbbb on Sept 22, 2011 19:25:35 GMT -5
I use this handle for various sites that I visit and I dont really have any reason to change it. My Facebook has my real name and thats about the only place I will put it for public viewing, unless Facebook gets worse with its privacy problems.
Google my handle and I have a lot of hits lol.
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Post by ewoktrapper on Sept 22, 2011 19:41:37 GMT -5
See Larry this is all your fault..LMAO
The story behind Ewoktrapper.
When my second son started to talk it was a night mare. He sounded like a ewok off of starwars.He would say bla,bla,bla and my wife and I just looked at each other confused.His older brother could understand everything he said.He would say bla,bla bla and we would have to ask his brother what he said.To this day he is still Ewok at age 15.
Rest of the story.....
Off the back porch we had a large shade tree.I fenced it off and we put the kids in there to keep the critters in one spot.It was a big play area.On the back side of that fence my garden butted up to it.One morning I looked out a saw Mr possum in the garden.Time I got the 22 out,it was gone.Of course being a trapper I thought to myself I can fix that..LOL.I didn't have any box traps so I built a cubby out of fire wood by the fence (not thinking).I then went in the fur shed and looked for a trap.I just got all my good traps waxed and I wasn't gonna screw them up for a possum.I found an old #1 longspring on the wall and used that.I then baited the cubby with jelly and bedded the trap.Well we let the kids out to play.The wife and I were in the kitchen make'n burgers for the grill and we here WWAAAAAAA.I ran out and seen EWOK stuck his hand thru the fence to play in the fresh dirt.Well I caught an ewok...LMAO I'm glad all my k-9 traps where waxed...
I never claimed to be the brightest bulb in the box ..LMAO...
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Post by minifoxer on Sept 22, 2011 19:59:42 GMT -5
Same here Larry I put my name on everything I type L but some people are on their parents puters and have rules to follow. [/b]ook up a speech by an Army Col called sheep, sheepdogs a wolves and it may put a better perspective on things! IMHO Just know if I'm not home the wife will take care of it too! Yep! That speech, made for a good read!!! IMO. Had some great points, and I enjoyed it! Deff. worth the read! Ewoktrapper.....LMAO, thats a great story!!
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Post by cmr2 on Sept 22, 2011 20:02:08 GMT -5
i use my initals not really hideing ,but what I use on all the sites ,so it's my handle
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Post by dtraper on Sept 22, 2011 20:15:57 GMT -5
d-thats what my dad always called me[sure miss him].traper- everybody knows that,on the boats all the boys have to say is the trapper,yap know him-D-
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Post by toppredator on Sept 22, 2011 22:45:35 GMT -5
Just what I am TOP PREDATOR!
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Post by labdaddy on Sept 22, 2011 23:45:20 GMT -5
I use the handle labdaddy because im an avid waterfowl hunter and i have 4 labs ages 2yr to 13 yr old --- Mike
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Post by Nathany93 on Sept 23, 2011 5:43:08 GMT -5
nathan my name Y my last name starts with a Y and 93 the year i was born
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Post by lostlamb on Sept 23, 2011 6:16:08 GMT -5
I don't think it is as easy to trace an ip as you think. If it was a certain person who has the hots for me would know I don't live on the east coast. Besides I have no desire to advertise. I don't fear antis but I have dealt with them enough I see no need to encourage them. You all need to spend less time worried about the extremists who you will never change and instead concentrate on the ones in the middle who we can influence. Threats of violence toward the extremists(PETA and the like) does not improve our image where it matters and that is with the undecided majority.
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Post by cdr on Sept 23, 2011 6:44:51 GMT -5
I use CDR because I can type it and get the spelling correct.
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Post by Forrest on Sept 23, 2011 7:12:24 GMT -5
The definition of privacy changed when the mass public joined the internet. More personal info is out there for any to see than ever before! I have had run in's with Anti's and have received several death threats to my family. I can see how some might not want to be public with there name as there are eyes reading this forum that have no intention on trapping anything but us trappers.. Looking up someones IP address is not usually effective especially with Wi-Fi being used so much now.. When someone does a IP search it more times than not tells you what server/Provider they are running through and that is not necessarily even in the same state as the person.. I do not think anyone but moderators can see the IP address on this site? At least I have never seen IP addresses when I am not logged in as the admin....
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Post by lyonch on Sept 23, 2011 7:41:19 GMT -5
Well my last name is lyon and the first two letters of my first name is ch, so you get lyonch. This all started when my email in college was lyonch@............ then i thought i would be cool and chance all my other accounts to lyonch34@......... LOL. Gotta put your favorite number in there i guess. I have nothing to hide. Anyone wants to call, chat, harrass, or anything feel free to do it.
P.S. Forrest - i still love your avatar pic LOL!! I hope that coyote is leap frogging that sheep to get to your lure LOL!!
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Post by redrooster on Sept 23, 2011 7:46:24 GMT -5
Forrest is 100% correct on IP adresses. My IP comes back to a town in KS that does not exist. It is a building about the size of an average fur shed sitting in the middle of nowhere. I have no fear of using my real name, When I began using forums, everyone had a screen name, so that is what I used. It is the names of two of my horses combined. Being a retired Deputy Sheriff though, I see no reason to make it easy for someone to track you or your children down. I have no fear, but for my family, that is a different story
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Post by minnesotascott on Sept 23, 2011 8:06:04 GMT -5
Well, my handle does 2 things. It give the state I call home and my first name. If I put my last name in there with no spaces it would be 23 charters long.
I also think people find it fun to come up with a catchy nickname. Gee isn't minnesotascott original or what?!
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Post by Larry Gene Pate on Sept 23, 2011 8:35:59 GMT -5
Great read everyone!! Ewoktrapper. I am still laughin my tail off and yeah Forest the first time I ever saw that avatar,I thought how in tarnation did he ever get that one,lol,lol that's truly good!! Thank you guys,Larry
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Post by minifoxer on Sept 23, 2011 10:08:22 GMT -5
Myself, I don't have anything to hide. But I have rules to follow. So, I had to come up with a handle, that didn't have any name, or info on me.
How i came up with the handle minifoxer? When people looked at me, they thought I was skinny, scrawny, and short (little) I would get called "mini" or "shorty" or whatever. I love to fox trap, so I put 2 and 2 together!
(thank God I've hit my growth spurts!! ^^) LOL
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Post by Nathany93 on Sept 23, 2011 15:33:04 GMT -5
mini dont grow taller then your hair! You will gold bald like someone else we know LOL
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Post by cattrap on Sept 23, 2011 16:13:22 GMT -5
ewoktrapper, that is great...
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Post by ray12 on Sept 23, 2011 20:18:53 GMT -5
I picked ray12 beacuse at my middle name is ray and i was twelve when i started trapping
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Post by bobo on Sept 24, 2011 18:31:37 GMT -5
Bob O. is what they call me..My wife calls me everything else...LOL
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