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Diver
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Bondy
Diane I use my real name but I don't care if others do or do not use their real names. In many cases I think the handles are kinda fun.
++Ken++
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If you want to be "Diver", I will bow and become "Diver Too" ! 
Your pictures have earned you any name you want !!
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BajaNuts
Super Nomad
Posts: 1085
Registered: 5-11-2008
Location: eastern WA, the DRY side
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Mood: no worry, no hurry....it's all good!
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Some folks on this forum have businesses and websites linked in their posts with their real names and contact info right there. I don't see a problem
using their real names on occasion.
I like my "handle", it's kinda fun, but I have on occasion used my first name when signing a post.
I have not posted my first and last name together in the public forum. I have send u2u's with my full name and address to several members. I would
be very upset if someone used my full name, let alone posted my address on the open forum. I feel that info shared in u2u's are PRIVATE info, not to
be shared.
I wouldn't knowingly use a person's full name unless I knew for sure it was already out there. I may at some point slip up and use a person's first
name instead of their handle, but I don't think that poses too much of a risk....other than the risk of ticking someone off......... 
Interesting topic, I hope it brings some awareness to folks about not using full names, etc, unless you know for sure it's OK or that the info is
already out there.
'Nuts
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bajaguy
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9247
Registered: 9-16-2003
Location: Carson City, NV/Ensenada - Baja Country Club
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Mood: must be 5 O'clock somewhere in Baja
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My avitar is a photo of me and Libbie AKA "Flan Breath"
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Paulina
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The option I would have chosen wasn't offered;
I use my real name and don't care if other people do or not.
P<*)))>{
On edit:
Ok, after reading all the replies, I agree with Keri and Ken. I will also be more careful not to use real names when replying to someone who has
chosen to use a screen name.
Sorry 'bout that.
[Edited on 23-9-2009 by Paulina]
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Udo
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6364
Registered: 4-26-2008
Location: Black Hills, SD/Ensenada/San Felipe
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I have no problemos posting our foto as an avatar...hell, it makes it easier to get identified when we go to Nomad g-e-t-t-o-g-e-t-h-e-r-s. We don't
have to wear no stinkin name tags!
BTW...I also feel that Keri & Ken make good points.
It's a personal anonymity thing if a Nomad doesn't want to show their face or real name!
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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arrowhead
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For those who want to use their personal name or other personal information on the internet, consider this:
Suppose somebody using their real name posts an innocuous little statement, like "Really having a good time in Bahia Asuncion."
Suppose somebody reads that, gets your address from 411.com and cleans out your house in Imperial Beach, which you have so gratiously identified as
your hometown numerous times.
You should never disclose personal information on the internet. If you have a business, use the business name and location, not your home.
No soy por ni contra apatía.
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BajaNuts
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Registered: 5-11-2008
Location: eastern WA, the DRY side
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Very good point, arrowhead.........(bet ya haven't heard that one before... [not!])
For that exact reason, I would not post trip info until after we return home.
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bajaguy
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Posts: 9247
Registered: 9-16-2003
Location: Carson City, NV/Ensenada - Baja Country Club
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You should run you and your spouses name on:
http://www.411.com/
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bajadogs
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
You should run you and your spouses name on:
http://www.411.com/ |
I tried. Kinda glad I'm not on there. By the way my name is Mark Cole but please don't tell anyone. BTW, my friends call me Marcos Colé.
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arrowhead
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajadogs
I tried. Kinda glad I'm not on there. By the way my name is Mark Cole but please don't tell anyone. BTW, my friends call me Marcos Colé.
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It took me 45 seconds using the information in your profile to find that you live in a condo on Bluebell Court in Carlsbad which you paid $137,680 for
in June, 1996. I also have your precise street address and phone number.
Lesson learned about keeping things private?
No soy por ni contra apatía.
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Barry A.
Select Nomad
Posts: 10007
Registered: 11-30-2003
Location: Redding, Northern CA
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I ran a check on me--------most of the info was wrong, but some was sorta accurate. They had my age wrong, too.
I use my real name here on NOMADS.
Barry
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BajaNuts
Super Nomad
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Registered: 5-11-2008
Location: eastern WA, the DRY side
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I ran 411's for 9 people, 2 people and 1 business showed up, 6 people did not show up.
I got a name for you to find if you want to play a game, arrowhead...
check your U2U
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SDRonni
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Registered: 8-28-2006
Location: Serra Mesa/Rosarito
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I agree with Keri....
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vgabndo
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Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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Privacy on this board is interesting. On two occasions I have started successful threads wherein Nomads posted their "mug shots". I followed these
threads carefully. I found it interesting that in both cases the posters who, in my judgment, were most filled with venom, incivility, hatred, or just
plain nastiness did NOT post their image. Do I think they are hiding on purpose? Hell yes.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Cypress
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Registered: 3-12-2006
Location: on the bayou
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There are some evil folks dinking around in cyberspace. You can let 'em in to your life if you want to. Not a wise decision to make it easy for
them.
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Paulina
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| Quote: | Originally posted by arrowhead
It took me 45 seconds using the information in your profile to find that you live in a condo on (edit) which you paid $ edit for in June, 1996. I also
have your precise street address and phone number.
Lesson learned about keeping things private? |
I think the lesson learned here is that you, Arrowhead stepped out of bounds by posting other folks personal info on the forum without their
permission. True facts or not, it was not your place. If you wanted to prove your point to that individual, then a U2U would have been more
appropriate.
I think there's a lesson there for you to learn as well.
P<*)))>{
ps. For future reference Arrowhead, you do not have my permission to post anything of personal nature about me either.
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Natalie Ann
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All the names I use on nomads are my real names.
And besides, anyone lookin' for me knows to ask around Berkeley for Skeet's favorite nekkid pot-head motorcyclist.
nena
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
.....Oscar Wilde
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arrowhead
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
I think the lesson learned here is that you, Arrowhead stepped out of bounds by posting other folks personal info on the forum without their
permission. True facts or not, it was not your place. If you wanted to prove your point to that individual, then a U2U would have been more
appropriate.
I think there's a lesson there for you to learn as well.
P<*)))>{
ps. For future reference Arrowhead, you do not have my permission to post anything of personal nature about me either. |
If I posted information, it was publicly available information. I've never posted any personal information. In the United States, ownership of real
estate is public information. It is available to anyone from the county recorder. In the United States, most people have their name, address and phone
number in the telephone book. That is how crooks can find your house to rob it if they know you are in Mexico.
But, there is a solution: don't publish your name. How's that for a plan? Shall I wait until you confer with Osprey before you answer?
No soy por ni contra apatía.
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BajaSerg
Nomad
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Location: Los Angels/Rosarito
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I never use my real name, but do not care if others use it.
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BAJACAT
Ultra Nomad
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Registered: 11-21-2005
Location: NATIONAL CITY, CA
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When I joint this great site, i notice alot people used the Baja name mix with something else, so i did the same, I think BAJACAT looks better on the
screen than JOSE, therefore Im BAJACAT....
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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