# Argent Towers, a moment, please. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 13, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876 "2010-02-13T16:51:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/41 "2010-02-13T22:52:49Z")
An important question here is whether or not **lno** knows that they’re two different posters. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/42 "2010-02-13T23:27:52Z")
I just noticed that on **Argent’s** thread, the one wit’ legs, the confusion continued. In post #32 **KlondikeGeoff** addressed his post to “ **Agent** ”. . ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/43 "2010-02-13T23:32:11Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’m still looking forward to the day when **Cat Fight** will say something so egregious that I have to start a fight with her. 🙂 But we won’t hear your side of it. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/44 "2010-02-14T00:11:53Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > . . . SNIP . . . While we’re at it, please note that I am not KarlGrenze. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/45 "2010-02-14T00:20:58Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > As someone who spends much of his working day looking through a microscope at stuff, I’d say you’re both overrating the potential for a good time. Seconded. I use one all the time, and I have no idea of its brand or its quality. I just know our bench is too low and it hurts my neck after using it for too long. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/46 "2010-02-14T00:26:58Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > While we’re at it, please note that I am not KarlGrenze. 🙂 While we’re at it, please note that I am not Spartacus. [Spartacus](http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=8186) Last Activity: 09-24-2001 07:22 PM ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/47 "2010-02-14T00:32:50Z")
No, **I’M** not Spartacus! ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/48 "2010-02-14T00:49:41Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > While we’re at it, please note that I am not KarlGrenze. 🙂 Dammit! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/49 "2010-02-14T01:17:26Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > While we’re at it, please note that I am not KarlGrenze. 🙂 Similarities: We can use Dr.as a title. Differences: I’m shorter and cuter. 😃 But yea, I’ve ran into your posts and gone “I didn’t type that!!! Oh.. wait…” ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/50 "2010-02-14T01:38:09Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > Similarities: We can use Dr.as a title. > > Differences: I’m shorter and cuter. 😃 > > But yea, I’ve ran into your posts and gone “I didn’t type that!!! Oh.. wait…” I’m actually 4 foot ten and a _real_ knock-out! ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/51 "2010-02-14T08:44:48Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > 1. Dissecting microscope. > 2. Name Change ( **I’m not Argent Towers** might work) > 3. Hi Opal I thought it was: 1. Dissecting microscope 2. Name change ( **???** ) 3. Profit! ---
**Author:** ![dragoncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@dragoncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragoncat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/52 "2010-02-14T08:59:51Z")
**Argent** , I didn’t read either thread til your pit OP (cuz I don’t know anything about microscopes) but I have to say … yours is harder to read. It has a teensy bit more technical information (like single-lens and dual-lens) and uses syntax that is above the, let’s say, third-grade reading level. So if I had been confronted with both, I’d have read **Agent** ’s. But, as I mentioned before, I wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/53 "2010-02-14T09:21:43Z")
You’re getting our names mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/54 "2010-02-14T10:04:16Z")
I think **dragoncat** just wants in on the **cat whisperer/cat fight** throw-down. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/55 "2010-02-14T21:29:43Z")
I think it’s damn confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/56 "2010-02-14T21:56:48Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I think **dragoncat** just wants in on the **cat whisperer/cat fight** throw-down. It’s gonna be a helluva catfight. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/57 "2010-02-14T21:58:24Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > I’m actually 4 foot ten and a _real_ knock-out! You’re really **Wendell Wagner** ’s sock?!?! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![dragoncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@dragoncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragoncat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/58 "2010-02-15T02:22:12Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > You’re getting our names mixed up. Oopsie! Sorry about that. :o ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/59 "2010-02-15T09:39:51Z")
I just want to say - stereoscopic microscope. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876/60 "2010-02-15T15:24:02Z")
I really, really doubt that there was anything malicious about opening another thread about microscopes. Yes the posters names are similar, but what would **Argent** gain? I have had some really weird coincidences in my life, and they are best treated as just exactly that. I bet I have seen a thread just while I was passing though. And then, a few days later, something fires and I want more info about it. Completely forgetting that I say a title on some message board. Reflect. Say “That’s odd.” And move on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-please/528876.md?page=2)