When I first signed up, I wanted to put something witty. I had three choices:
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[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.
I used to have ‘Islets of Langerhans’. I’ve noticed someone else using it.
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.
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.
There’s at least two who use that. Maybe they’re neighbors?
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.
I’m currently at
-77.052605, 38.847488. My stated location is more fitting for my Dopername.
…or maybe it’s cheesy UFOs…
Same here!
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.
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.
I think it’s good to be specific ;D
Mine’s easy, it’s from the song for which I named myself.
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. 
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.)
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)
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.
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.
Mine’s dull, but true.