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I presently live in an apartment building at the corner of an intersection which can be busy and dramatic at times (the roads that intersect here are on the outskirts of town and on Friday and Saturday nights many a drunk driver travel them to avoid the cops). Laying in bed late at night we hear the squeal of brakes, or people "lighting 'em up" when the traffic lights turn green or "pedal to the metal."
I'm hoping my job lasts in this uncertain market, and that home values go down so that we can purchase a small house or a townhouse here. I look forward to when I get a good night's sleep and live somewhere on some street where it's very quiet at night, hence the "cricket factor."
Yeah, but what about Two Chickens in Every Garage? What does that mean???
A long time ago, back when your "lightning-fast" 300-baud modem could fill your 24x40 character screen in under 30 seconds, a lot more people in what eventually came to known as the cyberspace used their real names. It started out because most users where connecting through professional institutions and their accounts were created from their student / employee files. This lasted through the 1980s, when most hobbyists connected through dial-up BBS'es that were local and people knew each-other IRL (in real life), but was already starting to fade out, and disappeared with the popularization of online games and chatting with dogs. As using your real name in your online identity became less frequent, it became more of a deliberate social statement.
A quote from the C2 (Web's oldest real wiki) RealNamesPlease page, which became a meme-name for this concept: "In general, it is observed that people who use online nicknames care less about what they write. The discussion is usually taken more seriously when people do not use NickNames, but use their real names."
In the political context, I believe it also shows dignity and desire for constancy in your convictions. It's one thing to argue for decriminalization of marijuana or kiddy porn while hiding behind an alias (an illusion of anonymity that the government can see through in vast majority of cases), and it's a completely different matter when you're using your real name, that your past acquaintances, relatives, and future employers are likely to Google.
It lets people know you're not just having a one-night-stand with this philosophy, you are married to it. It tells people: "Here I stand, and I don't want to do business with anyone who wouldn't want to do business with me after Googling my name." In my opinion, this shows courage and integrity.
Until last week my name, address and phone number (toll free) was on my profile. Someone suggested I remove it.
Yeah, but what about Two Chickens in Every Garage? What does that mean???
That's a line the lead singer Fee Waybill calls out in the song Proud To Be An American - "Two chickens in every garage!" I love the Tubes and have been listening to them since the 80s.
I know it's obscure, but I think of it like the old American addage, "two cars in every garage."
That's a line the lead singer Fee Waybill calls out in the song Proud To Be An American - "Two chickens in every garage!" I love the Tubes and have been listening to them since the 80s.
I know it's obscure, but I think of it like the old American addage, "two cars in every garage."
OMG! Fee Waybill!!! I LOVE the Tubes too!!! Can't remember the Chickens line, but if I heard it it might jog my memory and I probably have heard it before.
Mine is pretty self explanatory...my DH is an import-wholesaler in the housewares industry.
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