# Your location...up there, by your name. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546 "2005-06-02T13:36:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/21 "2005-06-02T19:46:40Z")
When I first signed up, I wanted to put something witty. I had three choices: [ul] [li]Gyring in the wabe[/li][li]NW Fort Dearborn[/li][li]Within Skin[/li][/ul] I hated all of them. So, I got specific. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/22 "2005-06-02T19:49:30Z")
I used to have ‘Islets of Langerhans’. I’ve noticed someone else using it. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/23 "2005-06-02T19:51:43Z")
I probably should change mine. It’s boring, but I never forget that the Internet is like the Greyhound bus station at 0400. So, I stay vague. I would like to be pithy and smart, but nothing springs to mind–maybe Strawberry Fields, but with the name and all, I really don’t want to Beatle myself to death. I do look at the locations and sometimes it helps to explain a post (usually foreign). Is it raining up in AH? It looks stormy down here, **Cemetary**. No rain as yet. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/24 "2005-06-02T20:04:34Z")
[NAC: 8104J PWQ7X explained](http://www.nacgeo.com/nacsite/). ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/25 "2005-06-02T20:35:38Z")
At least for me, anonymity is a big reason why I feel free to express myself on these boards without restraint. That’s why my location is correct, but not exact. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/26 "2005-06-02T20:38:39Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > I can’t think of who the doper is, but he/she has _Location: Location: Location!_. That cracks me up. There’s at least two who use that. Maybe they’re neighbors? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/27 "2005-06-02T20:40:31Z")
I sort of wish mine was properly specific, because I keep having to explain that I’m from the UK, but I’m not going to change it, as it’s a tribute to a fallen comrade. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/28 "2005-06-02T20:45:50Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Very accurate, last time I checked. I’m currently at -77.052605, 38.847488. My stated location is more fitting for my Dopername. ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/29 "2005-06-02T20:47:20Z")
…or maybe it’s cheesy UFOs… ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/30 "2005-06-02T21:05:26Z")
> [@nivlac](#): > > At least for me, anonymity is a big reason why I feel free to express myself on these boards without restraint. That’s why my location is correct, but not exact. Same here! ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/31 "2005-06-02T22:31:23Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I prefer to be enigmatic, not revealing my whereabouts to anyone. . .::glances at corner of post:: …D’OH! Don’t worry. It’s a big state. The team of assassins I’ve dispatched will probably take a while to find you :). I’ve always found listing a location to be very helpful (particularly for the damn furriners. We have to keep tabs on the subversive element around here). That said I’ve never had one listed…until now. Well, if home is where the heart is, it’s accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/32 "2005-06-02T23:46:19Z")
When I started I toyed with the idea of calling myself **The King Of Infinite Space** , but figured it was too long so settled on the next best thing: it also has some personal significance, in that the withdrawal symptoms from my addiction keep me inside more than I’d like, but I have my ways of staying sane. Mostly. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/33 "2005-06-02T23:48:39Z")
I think it’s good to be specific ;D ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/34 "2005-06-02T23:48:50Z")
Mine’s easy, it’s from the song for which I named myself. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/35 "2005-06-02T23:53:37Z")
There’s one I love; it says something like “Staring blankly at my GPS”. And I only recently changed mine…so I can explain the old one. I had it as “City that always sleeps”, which is Albany, as a direct opposite to “The city that never sleeps”, which is NYC. My current one is more me, though, I think. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/36 "2005-06-03T00:01:13Z")
Mine could be clever, but I think it’s obscure enough as it is. 😉 (Seriously. Someone has already asked me if it was a joke. Some days, it sure as hell feels like one.) ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/37 "2005-06-03T00:04:45Z")
Mine is nonspecific in the interests of anonymity as well. Being a film buff, I took mine from a classic '50’s \*film noir \* thriller after I saw the address used again in a Brit tv crime mini-series on PBS a few years ago. Any guesses? Eve? If anyone is interested I can give some hints. (Interest enough for another thread post?, I wonder) ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/38 "2005-06-03T00:07:47Z")
Mine is from a local saying “Always swim upstream of the herd”, which I think is excellent advice. Too bad it’s too long to put the whole saying up. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/39 "2005-06-03T00:34:41Z")
I’ve been meaning to change mine as well, so it’s done now. And it’s now accurate. Some people will get it, some people won’t, but that’s fine too. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/40 "2005-06-03T00:44:16Z")
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