Would you post here if real names were required?

Could it be that you are the infamous "uncle janko" in disguise?

 

I would never use my real name, so I picked the name Steve Levicoff, some guy who wrote a couple of books on distance education a few years ago. I don't know anything else about him, except that I've heard he's really hot looking.

I'm really Tom Nixon's cyber-stalker in disguise.

 

Levicoff: I would never use my real name, so I picked the name Steve Levicoff, some guy who wrote a couple of books on distance education a few years ago.

Bear: I believe Steve's original name was "Klempner."

 

As in Der Werner Klempner?

 

For somereason, I cannot vote, but I use my real name now.

 

So far, then, about 96% of people either do or would use their name.

However. . .

I looked at the most recent thread-starters on the distance ed forum here, and of the last 100 discrete names, about 70% are NOT real names.

On another hand, I looked at the responders to the initial threads, and of the last 100 discrete names, about 35% are NOT real names.

No, I'm not drawing any conclusions yet.

John Bear

 

I use my real name, but have cleverly held back the middle initial "K" which I feel protects my actual identity; without the secret "K" no one could possibly track me to Riverside.

We had an interesting thread on this perhaps 18 months ago, and a number of individuals revealed a few biographical details.
I would give basic info pretty freely but not things like social security number-- or reveal the ridiculous name behind the K

I think "real name" has to mean first and last.


Craig Kendall Hargis

 

John! I didn't know we were mishpuchah!

The best thing abougt this news was seeing Jimmy Clfton's reply. Talk about not having a clue . . .
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Note to Jimmy: As any respectable historian of nontraditional education should know, Dr. Bear refers to John Andrew Klempner, the birth name of one of the great scholars in the field.

You, Jimmy, probably would know him better as . . . John Bear.

 

So Dr. Bear was not a Midas Muffler meister but a plumber? Confusinger and confusinger.

 

IT WAS A JOKE, HUMORLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TALK ABOUT NOT HAVING A CLUE!

It's too bad people on one's ignore list have to show up in others' posts!!!!!!!!!!!!

quote:
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Originally posted by Steve Levicoff
John! I didn't know we were mishpuchah!

The best thing abougt this news was seeing Jimmy Clfton's reply. Talk about not having a clue . . .
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Note to Jimmy: As any respectable historian of nontraditional education should know, Dr. Bear refers to John Andrew Klempner, the birth name of one of the great scholars in the field.

You, Jimmy, probably would know him better as . . . John Bear.
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So Dr. Bear was not a Midas Muffler meister but a plumber? Confusinger and confusinger.

 

You're always the voice of reason. I apologize for calling Dr. Levicoff "humorless."

 

decimon: So Dr. Bear was not a Midas Muffler meister but a plumber?

John: Well actually in Latvian German (goes the family story), "Klempner" is "tinsmith" not "plumber."

Jimmy: "Werner..." (as joke or not)

John: If you mean the actor, it was Klemperer. Sort of like making a Bill Clinton joke that is supposed to relate to Jimmy Clifton.

Steve Levicoff: "...michpuchah"

John: One never knows. My 'people' were on a steamer from Hamburg to Ellis Island in 1897. Yours?

(Incidentally, when we lived on the Big Island of Hawaii, we noted a Jewish center of some sort called "Maison Mishpuchah." The banner on the door said, "Shaloha.")

Oy.

 

...If you mean the actor, it was Klemperer....

It can be spelled a variety of ways as it has been in the credits of his many appearances. See

http://members.tripod.com/~Felstef/Hogans/info.html

 

I did not know that repeating someone else's mistake absolves one of all responsibility. That explains everything.

 

Which one? There are so many! My personal favorite is the one in which Jimmy characterizes himself as Jean Val Jean. It’s the funniest thing I’ve read in years.

 

When I was in jr. college I bought a 1961 Chevrolet, 283 engine, for $495. It was in excellent condition. Thrity years later I saw similar cars at a Detroit car show for $25,000! If we knew then what we know now! I also owned a Chevelle. I believe it was a '72. Think any of today's cars will be worth anything in the future?