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Packoderm
Super Nomad
Posts: 2116
Registered: 11-7-2002
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I chose log-in name because it is easy enough to remember when logging in, yet it was not too likely to already be taken.
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DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalera
What's a whiffle ball? |
A hollow, hard plastic ball with holes in it to let the air through. |
As well as an accurate model of Gulls brain.
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DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
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I had to use all caps for my name 'cause everything else except dENNIS was taken. It wasen't a screaming thing as has been suggested.
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vandenberg
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5118
Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
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Mood: mellow
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Hiding my madrassa upbringing. 
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Paula
Super Nomad
Posts: 2219
Registered: 1-5-2006
Location: Loreto
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I use Paula because it is my name and lacking imagination, I couldn't think of a clever little bunch of letters that neatly summed up who I am and why
I love Baja. Also because I was sure with a name like Paula, no one could think I might be a terrorist.
Thanks Lera, that is a great line and I'm gonna use it often
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oladulce
Super Nomad
Posts: 1625
Registered: 5-30-2005
Location: bcs
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Ola dulce, because my first avatar (as well as my current and other avatar pics) have been of a beautiful wave (ola)
in front of our other future home location, El Estero Dulce de Playa Colorado, Nicaragua. So Oladulce I became.
I don't have any pics of Baja waves that are as pretty as these.
Unfortunately, we've just returned from a trip to Nicaragua after a 4 year absence and our remote dreamhome property now sits smack dab in front of
the latest overly-hyped surfing hot spot and has become way too crowded.
We're currently rethinking our upcoming retirement plans and may unload our Nica properties. But I've grown fond of the handle and think I'll keep it
to remind me of those beautiful waves.
[Edited on 5-4-2008 by oladulce]
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Santiago
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3511
Registered: 8-27-2003
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My father was the founder of the Bakersfield Rescue Mission (think hard-core Salvation Army) and one winter in the late 1950s he spend about 8 weeks
in Mexico helping establish baptist churches. When he came back all us kids had mexican names. James = Santiago. Of course, as a kid my name was
'Jimmy' . On my first trip to Camp Gecko, I'm in the bathroom and a local comes in and asks my name. I say 'Santiago'. He looks a little funny and
says' "I mean your american name", so I say 'Jim' or 'Jimmy'. When I ask him how to pronounce 'Jimmy' in spanish he says "Hi-me". I rejoin with "But
I'm not jewish" and the conversation grinds to a halt. Cross cultural jokes don't work.
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bajamigo
Super Nomad
Posts: 1218
Registered: 6-17-2006
Location: Punta Banda, BC
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Mood: hubimos llegado
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My avatars lately have been paintings I have done...the current one is an Agave shawii bloom and was done on a 7'x3' door panel during the El Nino of
1998 in San Clemente when I couldn't work because of so much rain. |
Wow! Do you have a website showing your paintings? Any for sale?
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shari
Select Nomad
Posts: 13048
Registered: 3-10-2006
Location: bahia asuncion, baja sur
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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Shari is my name which I used because I figured I might be able to connect with some amigos I had lost touch with when I found myself living in a tent
in mid baja and it worked! Several old friends recognized the name and contacted me..."hey...are you the shari from the lagoon?". I also like to be up
front and open...sort of...what you read is what you get...type thing.
My avatar reflects my roots...vancouver island orcas...and my pod mentality.
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castaway$
Senior Nomad
Posts: 742
Registered: 7-31-2007
Location: Gold Hill, Oregon
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Mood: Fish on!
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Sorry guys I got sidetracked or better yet hijacked by my grandkids and couldn't get back till now. Castaway$ actually started when I opened a tackle
shop on the Oregon coast called Castaway Rod & Reel, I sold refurbished used tackle hence castaway$. The idea was to be able to spend time at the
coast in the summer and get a little fishing in (and a write off) but it turned into a job and there wasn't much fishing . The Salmon stocks got poor and tackle sales dived, so once again castaway$ sitting on
the shelves, the name just stuck. Steve
[Edited on 5-4-2008 by castaway$]
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Tomas Tierra
Super Nomad
Posts: 1281
Registered: 3-23-2005
Location: oxnard, ca
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Mood: Tengo Flojera
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My name is Tom. At the end of my favorite dirt road in BAja are some of my favorite people in a BAja. When I would get to end of the moon dust road,
my buddies would say "Tomas!" as I coughed up dust, and handed out beers, they would then say" Tomas no mas Tierra" (don't drink any more dust! loose
translation)
My last name also translates to "Tierra" in Spanish..
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Don Alley
Super Nomad
Posts: 1997
Registered: 12-4-2003
Location: Loreto
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I used my name. I didn't feel like using my usual internet message board name when I signed up here. "Alley" sounds like "Ali" but I don't care if
anyone thinks I'm a terrorist.
I signed up before "Alley" became a common last name in Loreto.
My current avatar is based on the name of my boat, Jack of Diamonds. And that name is from old folk songs.
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CasaManzana
Nomad
Posts: 398
Registered: 7-4-2004
Location: Was Mulege:Posada Beach/now Zihuatanejo
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Mood: Naykid
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HaHaHaHa.......
I'm thinking the avatar doesn't need much explaining...I mean like we ARE the ONLY ones that live here at Posada Concepcion during the four summer
months
And with a last name like Apple ya jus gotta go with the Manzana thing
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Gadget
Senior Nomad
Posts: 851
Registered: 9-10-2006
Location: Point Loma CA
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Mood: Blessed with another day
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Gadget = Will
The crew I run with passes out the handles. It usually, but not always, is for some comedy you have created. BCG (beer,chips,gas) Sippycup, Lamont,
3-ball, Naughtynurse, Paulyanna, Bajatym are just to name a few. Mine was not.
A friend, Bobbyfix, his crap is always breaking, came up to our Bronco back in the un-modified days while we were at the trail head of an off-road
ride. I had my auto deflaters screwed onto the valve stems of all 4 tires and was setting my hand held GPS for a track log. No-one in the crew had
even seen the deflaters before, and vehicles were not equiped with GPS which was still pretty new except for water craft.
Bobbys comment, "dude, you got all the gadgets". As a contractor, I have always embraced any tool that makes life or the job easier, so the handle
stuck.
The Avatar is of GSB (the now modified Bronco ie, Gadgets Strokey Bronco), another story. I plan to change the avatar frequently as the mood strikes.
"Mankind will not be judged by their faults, but by the direction of their lives." Leo Giovinetti
See you in Baja
http://www.LocosMocos.com
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Bob and Susan
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8813
Registered: 8-20-2003
Location: Mulege BCS on the BAY
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Mood: Full Time Residents
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CasaManzana...your "season" is ALMOST here
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El Camote
Senior Nomad
Posts: 514
Registered: 9-7-2003
Location: Above the clouds
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Mood: y Blues
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The Camotes are an ancient and proud family line with our roots planted firmly in this country's soil. Witness my avatar, our most famous member,
Truman Camote.
Knowledge is good. - Emil Faber
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oladulce
Super Nomad
Posts: 1625
Registered: 5-30-2005
Location: bcs
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"BigWooo" was a name given to my esposo at work after some letters fell off of the name on his helmet and he was walking around wearing "WOOO" on his
head.
Not sure when Wooo became BigWooo, but I imagine there was a volcano connection and this was his first Nomad avatar:
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Mexitron
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3397
Registered: 9-21-2003
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Mood: Happy!
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| Quote: | | Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
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My avatars lately have been paintings I have done...the current one is an Agave shawii bloom and was done on a 7'x3' door panel during the El Nino of
1998 in San Clemente when I couldn't work because of so much rain. |
Wow! Do you have a website showing your paintings? Any for sale? |
Here's my website--its a little unsophisticated as yet, but enjoy:
http://www.bajaartgallery.com
[Edited on 5-5-2008 by Mexitron]
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64835
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Mexitron has some great Baja outback photos, too... LOOK: http://vivabaja.com/mexitron
L to R: Taco de Baja, Huddo, Mexitron, Pappy (when we met in April, 2004, near Parral Canyon, Valle Chico).
[Edited on 5-5-2008 by David K]
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bajaretreat
Junior Nomad
Posts: 37
Registered: 11-6-2007
Location: Chippewa Falls, WI/La Paz eventually
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Mood: Baja Fever
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"Retreat" - A place affording peace, quiet, privacy, or security.
Thought that word was a very appropriate description of our past and future life in Baja. My avatar is a photo of our home in La Paz, although we
aren't there yet. Hope to make the move south in the next year or so.
Never be afraid to do what\'s right especially if the well being of a person or animal is at stake. Society\'s punishments are small
compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.
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