Especially Rathdrumgal and Smokowna. Every time I see those, I have to wonder. Obviously I know some of the names are just names.

maiden name--German---it means keeper of the church(Kirchhuber)

No mystery. I am a refugee from liberal SeattleLand to the beautiful town of Rathdrum, ID, in the Idaho panhandle. Town has a population of about 6,000.

When you attend a City Council meeting, the Mayor calls you by name. The whole town turns out to clean up the city cemetery the weekend before Memorial Day. There are fresh flowers in the public restrooms of the local supermarket.

A police officer called me up at home to thank me for my "Blue Lives Matter " bumper sticker on the back of my car. It is a great little town. It is also a safe little town.

We are getting more retired LEOs per capita than anywhere else in the US. They are coming up by the droves from California and Western Washington, and paying cash for big houses on little farms. (I have a little house on a little farm.)

Well a few years back someone was using my former name and it was confusing. So since you can't take it with you, I believe you should "Live The Dream!"

And if you figure I'm 60 and I've got maybe ten years, maybe even twenty given some miracle. That is somewhere between 3,500 and 7,000 days - if I'm lucky, and maybe as few as 1,500-2,000 if I'm not. We'd better make each one count - so Live "Your" Dream!

BRADLEY - My Dad was in WW2 and heard of General Omar Bradley, liked the sound of the name. I'm glad they passed on OMAR!

I like to think I'm named after the awesome Bradley Fighting tank!

BRAD is old English for BROAD

LEY is old English for lea, a term for PASTURE.

So my name means BIG COWFIELD!

Side note: after the war my Dad changed our family name because he wanted the name to sound "American". Used to be Gorski. I met a woman from Poland at Convention who told me it means "Man from the hills".

20,000 - someone with no experience criticized my well thought out eloquent post based on years of experience. Grr! I realized there is nothing on the forum to indicate experience. At the time, years ago, I had collected over 20,000 rent checks so I felt that indicated a level of experience.

Plus 2 more BRADs showed up here!

BRAD

Nod to my favorite book where a blue feather is used to demonstrate achieving your gioals thru visualization.

S i d....used to be "Sid", but years ago another Sid showed up and was posting some trashy stuff and I think it got me blocked from the forum. I dunno. Maybe it was just the SPAM filter at the time but I couldn't post anything. So I did a change up and was able to post again.

Sid is not my real legal name, but it's what I go by to family and friends. I consider this group friends, so....

P.S. If you're really bored during the Convention, I'll tell you the story of how I got Sid. It's not that great of a story, but there is some irony.

Blue: Richard Bach, Illusions

My first name in full translates to anchovy in Portuguese, My last name married name, though I am divorced, is the Irish selling of a Sccttish name which means wise person.

My maiden name was Americanized but the original Hungarian would be someone who has something to do with an oven so it could be charcoal maker or pottery baker, or some other occupation around an oven.

My mom's first name was Wilma. My actual first name is her middle name. I use hers because it is fairly unusual, and makes people think of the Flintstones.

Mike is kind of obvious. I was in a shooting group with several Mikes -- Big Mike, Slim Mike, Slick Mike, Slow Mike, Just Plain Ol' Mike, ... Since I was shooting .45 Long Colts, I became Mike45 or Mike45LC.

Long ago there was a dragon who would eat the towns cattle and sheep and people as well.

The King in the town offered his daughters hand in marriage to any Knight who could slay the dragon. From far off lands Knights & Landlords came convinced they would slay the dragon and marry the beautiful princess.

One after another they failed and met their demise at the feet of the mighty dragon.

One day a simple farm boy proclaimed that he would kill the dragon once and for all. The town's people (tenants probably) laughed at the boy. The boy, undaunted, made a fake sheep and left it at the opening to the dragon's lair. Before leaving it he filled it with boiling tar. The dragon came out and saw the sheep, a favorite dragon snack, and pounced quickly - eating the sheep in one quick swallow.

The dragon's stomach began to burn like never before...He ran to the river and began to drink. He drank and drank as if on a Cimba Mexican vacation. The burning in his belly would not stop, so the dragon continued to drink until he burst and was no more.

The king was so overjoyed at the news, that he organized a convention in May and then he gave the boy 20 single family homes, 4 town houses, 8 three families and a trailer park as a wedding gift when the boy and princess were married.

Mickie is a childhood my family and close friends use. No idea how they got that from Maria Michele.

To cjo'h,

Smokowa while we all appreciate you here you are casting your pearls among swine. You should be getting paid handsomely for your mad creative writing skills.

Okay boys and gals... Here it goes... Theres a few reasons for cimba...

1) Mr. Jeffrey banned my name of s i m b a a few years ago cuz I used to tell real stories of my tennys that were offensive to some so I was banned for a while AND I couldn't use the name of my choice...

2) I have a last name starting with cimba that sounds like s i m b a and have a biz name that is s i m b a homes llc... I also have a box truck and all my signs that say 's i m b a buys cribs' HOWEVER, i didn't think the nw side of milwaukee could pronounce cimba as s i m b a so I had to use s i m b a.

3) My logo is the lion king and s i m b a buys cribs... Keep in mind I am the original lion king... Was called s i m b a in third grade - about 45 years ago... 'playing baseball with older bros and neighbors picking teams - i'll take lil s i m b a'

"1Gr81" is a nod to my attempt, to live a grateful life, and a reminder to keep a positive attitude. Kinda like...".Smokwana...That was a great one!" :)

It also incorporates part of my name, so it struck me as appropriate.

Now if I ever had to explain my passwords.......sheesh...embarrassing!