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Tubbs

Miss Congeniality
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In honour of my birthday, there is a Name Change Amnesty!

Name changes will permitted for the duration of my birthday, or until I remember to log back into the Control Panel and switch it back off.

When changing your name, please bear in mind the following:

Choose wisely. You’ll be stuck with whatever you’ve chosen until the next Amnesty. And goodness knows when that will be!

Please announce your shiny, new name to the rest of the Ship on this thread in All Saints.

Name changes must be included in your signature for two months. The limit for signatures is four lines.

You must post a few times during the two months. None of this changing your name and then not posting for two months so no one knows who you are malarkey.

Well, what are you waiting for!?

Tubbs

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"It's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than open it up and remove all doubt" - Dennis Thatcher. My blog. Decide for yourself which I am

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RuthW

liberal "peace first" hankie squeezer
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Posting just to get this on the boards front page again.
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
# 1984

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Worth pointing out that if you try out a couple of names, the software may not let you return to your original.

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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell

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Kelly Alves

Bunny with an axe
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Oh, dear.

I can't wait to call you MF. [Big Grin]

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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.

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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
# 1984

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[Razz] I am still trying various names, who knows the ultimate result ....

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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell

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Tubbs

Miss Congeniality
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quote:
Originally posted by Thrice Thought:
[Razz] I am still trying various names, who knows the ultimate result ....

Or what you'll be stuck with once I turn the option back off
[Two face]

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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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I shall simply have to choose only brilliant options ...

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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell

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Tubbs

Miss Congeniality
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Bump!

Get those name changes whilst you can!

Tubbs

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"It's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than open it up and remove all doubt" - Dennis Thatcher. My blog. Decide for yourself which I am

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Robert Armin

All licens'd fool
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I've changed my name far too often, so I'll stay as I am thanks [Smile]

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Keeping fit was an obsession with Fr Moity .... He did chin ups in the vestry, calisthenics in the pulpit, and had developed a series of Tai-Chi exercises to correspond with ritual movements of the Mass. The Antipope Robert Rankin

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no prophet's flag is set so...

Proceed to see sea
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quote:
Originally posted by Thrice Thought:
I shall simply have to choose only brilliant options ...

Your avatar shows power in my view. Looks right through me.

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Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
\_(ツ)_/

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Boogie

Boogie on down!
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quote:
Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
quote:
Originally posted by Thrice Thought:
I shall simply have to choose only brilliant options ...

Your avatar shows power in my view. Looks right through me.
I have ordered my new Avatar - I think you will find it does the same [Smile]

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Garden. Room. Walk

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RooK

1 of 6
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I'm a big believer in sticking with your personal brand.
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Boogie

Boogie on down!
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quote:
Originally posted by RooK:
I'm a big believer in sticking with your personal brand.

Mine was outdated [Smile]

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Garden. Room. Walk

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Tubbs

Miss Congeniality
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quote:
Originally posted by Boogie:
quote:
Originally posted by RooK:
I'm a big believer in sticking with your personal brand.

Mine was outdated [Smile]
Is that the Boogie?

Tubbs

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"It's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than open it up and remove all doubt" - Dennis Thatcher. My blog. Decide for yourself which I am

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QLib

Bad Example
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quote:
Originally posted by RooK:
I'm a big believer in sticking with your personal brand.

Especially if it's original and inventive.

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Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.

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Gwai
Shipmate
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I misread that as invective at first.

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A master of men was the Goodly Fere,
A mate of the wind and sea.
If they think they ha’ slain our Goodly Fere
They are fools eternally.


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QLib

Bad Example
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In RooK's case, that would also work. Though I quite liked the cute pony one.

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Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.

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no prophet's flag is set so...

Proceed to see sea
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Being a man of no fixed hairstyle whose legend lasted a mere lunch time, I don't really believe in brands because of my sad and pathetic degradation.

But with the wisdom and power of such posts above, I will remark that I wish dearly that my personal brand still contained the look of 40 years ago, of long, trailing blond curly locks, which women fought over to french braid as we frolicked in the daisies. Now the bald spot in the front is trying to link up with the bald spot in the back amid the few remaining strands of pale, mouse grey wires growing from my worn scalp, and like the Norwegian Blue, I pine for the fiords.

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Boogie

Boogie on down!
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I'm still blonde 'tho.

[Smile]

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BessLane
Shipmate
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Since I haven't been a Higgs in years, I've changed to BessLane. [Big Grin]

(and Hippo Birdie, BTW)

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It's all on me and I won't tell it.
formerly BessHiggs

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Spike

Mostly Harmless
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quote:
Originally posted by BessLane:
Since I haven't been a Higgs in years, I've changed to BessLane. [Big Grin]

Please post on the thread in All Saints

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Tubbs

Miss Congeniality
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Hurry up, the Amnesty ends sometime tomorrow.

Tubbs

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Tubbs

Miss Congeniality
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And we're done. My birthday celebrations are over.

Tubbs

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"It's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than open it up and remove all doubt" - Dennis Thatcher. My blog. Decide for yourself which I am

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Chorister

Completely Frocked
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What a lovely way to celebrate your birthday [Smile]

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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.

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The Weeder
Shipmate
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I am quite happy with my name for the moment. It means a lot to me, for all sorts of reasons.
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Twilight

Puddleglum's sister
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Don't know where to ask about this.

About ten years ago I had an avatar of a dog that looked like he was wearing a tutu, so my, "Pavlova's dog" made sense. Then I sold the avatar in a fund drive and finally ended up with this -- which I believe is a marsh-wiggle. So I wonder if I could be "ship's marsh-wiggle," if it's not too much trouble.

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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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You need to follow the instructions here.

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Twilight

Puddleglum's sister
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Thanks!
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Jengie jon

Semper Reformanda
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Just one slight problem in that you will need to be careful about precisely which title you take.

Jengie

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"To violate a persons ability to distinguish fact from fantasy is the epistemological equivalent of rape." Noretta Koertge

Back to my blog

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Twilight

Puddleglum's sister
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Oh thanks, I didn't remember that. Just as I had forgot the whole procedure for avatars and titles. The two times I've bought custom avatars, I had to get the snail mail address and send a check to Erin who then had to send it on to Simon. I wouldn't bother anyone with all that for just a title.

I'm embarrassed to admit I have no idea how people send money or buy things online. Mashing the bills through the screen doesn't seem to work.

Too bad, "ship's luddite," has already been taken.

[Hot and Hormonal]

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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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I think that if you go through the process you'll get to a form into which you enter your bank card details.

More broadly, if you want to purchase stuff online - it helps to have a paypal account. They act as an escrow provider and it means that if you buy from individuals online - eg via ebay - you can avoid giving over your bank details.

[ 31. October 2014, 06:47: Message edited by: Doublethink. ]

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The Silent Acolyte

Shipmate
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I have changed my name twice in my time on the Ship, but I wish everyone else would just stop!

I tend to lose friends when y'all switch names and I don't see the notice in your signature. I'm looking at you Knopwood.

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Twilight

Puddleglum's sister
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I just now noticed, some powerful but kind host has changed my title from Pavlova's dog to Puddleglum's sister! I don't know when or how it happened!

A thousand thanks!
[Yipee]

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Kelly Alves

Bunny with an axe
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Aw, gee, that was sweet!

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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.

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Porridge
Shipmate
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As this thread is still open, does it mean I can still change my name?
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Spike

Mostly Harmless
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No. It closed on 13tth October.

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"May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing

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