Ivylass is married to Ivylad (did he ever actually post?) and is a breast cancer survivor. Lives outside the Orlando metro area, but close enough for government work. Is conservative. Is very nice.
Ludovic does something tech-y, and commutes to the coast. Makes a fine vehicle passenger. Is hilarious.
Acid Lamp and nashitashii are a (lovely) couple. She is a librarian and he’s a sculptor. She’s Icelandic. No idea where he is from. He’s into weapons and martial arts. And beards.
Hypno-Toad is into table top gaming and keeps boxes of miniatures in the trunk of his car. Actually, come to think of it, that was probably jus that one time. Has participated in bondage games both as the protagonist and… er… victim?
Blue Mood is from England and came all the way to Orlando for a Dopefest. Actually, to see her sister, but the other way sounds cooler. Very elegant.
Polycarp- Christian, generally well liked dhkendall- Christian, hates uncapitalized posts (but uncapitalized usernames are OK) FriarTed- also Christian. Inigo Montoya- writes surreal OP’s, and thread parodies. Once swallowed an expanding foam octopus in the name of science. Santo Rugger- still recovering. Quasimodem- has Alzheimers. Not to be confused with Quasimodal (which I do all the time). Freudian Slit- changed her name after she saw “Freudian slit” in a post. Clothahump- very right-wing Freekalette- lives in a full-time sub/dom relationship. Not to be confused with Freckafree.
Most of mine, but not all, come from sports threads.
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What Exit?** - fellow Yankee fan and Jersey boy Ellis Dee - NY Football Giants fan Kolga - as far as I know, the only other Carolina Panthers fan on the SDMB Omniscient - Da Bears Really Not All That Bright - thinks he’s good at Fantasy Football gonzomax - Detroit teams fan; not the greatest arguer RickJay - Blue Jays and all-around baseball fan ElvisL1ves - Red Sox fan and despiser of sabremetrics geeks Wordman - Very passionate/knowledgeable about music and guitars
**Marley23 **- Yankees and Allman Brothers fan (among others)
NinetyWt - I have lived half my life in MS and half in AL. I currently lay my head down at night in MS but will probably move back to AL in a couple years.
I can’t believe nobody knows that I am richer than Rand Rover and smarter than Marilyn vos Savant. I would have thought that it was clear from my 9 years here.
I thought of some more things I know about dopers:
Cowgirl Jules - water system operator who has forgotten more than I’ll ever know about the O & M of drinking water systems lieu - has posted a lot of poop threads Skald - lives near Memphis TN Santo Rugger - knows a lot about physics and is another explosives expert Quasimodem - was born in Germany but served the U.S. in Vietnam, loves beer, plays the guitar and lives in Georgia with his wife D. jayjay and SuperVenusFreak make a cute couple fervour - I think he and his partner live in a converted barn (maybe) garygnu - taught me a lot about photography GusNSpot - has a few motorcycles, dresses up as Santa and lives in Arkansas with LadyMack
Hey! I rated a mention beyond RNATB’s intial list!
[The Jerk]
The new phone books are here! The new phone books are here!!
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I find that many of these threads have a self-selecting bias - there are some Dopers who I expect to see on this type of IMHO thread, some I know I won’t see, and a bunch in a gray area - sometimes they post in this type of thread or contribute to a Doper pic thread, but often don’t. I sometimes do, sometimes don’t.
I have fallen into corresponding with a number of dopers intermittantly offline - no surprise, often about guitar geekiness, but not exclusively. Beyond that, I know the Big Voices out there on the Dope - folks like **Skald, Argent, Sampiro, MeanOldLady, Nzinga, Sleeps **(doesn’t start threads, but establishes her presence within them), **RNATB, LOUNE **- and countless others. I guess I group a bunch of you in a few ways:
**Big Voice on the SDMB **- start threads a lot, have an interesting/entertaining posting style, typically in on threads related to the actually Doper community (and almost always present in whacky / pile-on threads) - many of the names above fit in this category…**Shot From Guns **is moving in this direction with her wonderful contributions of late, especially in the “WTF is up with people who say “just kidding”?” thread…
**Expert on the SDMB **- folks like Qadgop, Bricker, Stranger on a Train, Colibri, CalMeacham and countless others - that have an established expertise IRL that informs their Doper reputation and/or posts
**Drive By’s **- folks who I don’t see often but pop up with a zinger of a line on threads.
**SDMB Regulars **- folks I see pretty regularly, but who don’t seem to go out of their way to establish a Big Presence on the SDMB. Other than geeking out about guitars, I would put myself in this category…
I am sure there are other categories I use, but you get the idea…
Oh - I forgot another mental grouping: Specific Issue Dopers. Where I tend to think of them as focused on, well, a specific issue. This is different than an Expert, because the issue may be more personal, or not about expertise, per se…**Equipoise’s **passion for Happy Rhodes, **Shayna’s **focus on Obama, some folks with strong political views and, yes, some gay folks…
Well, in the other thread I said I was probably quite recognizable (50+), because my name is long and therefore distinctive, and I post a lot, everywhere… but my name has only popped up two or three times in this thread, so I was starting to wonder.
Not that I’m a publicity whore or anything, of course. Really. I swear. I’m not.
Just be careful picking which exotic hobby to follow. Something like “tribal dance choreography” or “the history of gladiator movies” may not work that well.
(Please, God, let him understand that I really am just funning and not trying to pick a fight or anything.)
