If you could change your name...
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So what did you do when you met it that inspired you to commemorate the meeting?
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Sorry - you've lost me Mark. What meeting?
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"
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For a lot of the newer members, that one will slide right on by. [Note] For those that don't know, Anna-Jayne used to be called Princess Leia - her name was changed to protect her from reprisals when the Empire collapsed. [Double note]I could have made that last bit up.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
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Done that already. Next!
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"
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:) If it were only the name ! Awesome answer of yours-
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Cheers. :-O It's pretty ancient history now, and doesn't feel so groundbreaking anymore. Nevertheless, I know it was hellish at the time and I'm glad it's long past.
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"
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...What would you change it to? I have a few good'uns. Shellingbourne K Marshall Dan Coldharbour Claude Westernstar My god, I have hundreds. I may even do this for a gag!
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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...What would you change it to? I have a few good'uns. Shellingbourne K Marshall Dan Coldharbour Claude Westernstar My god, I have hundreds. I may even do this for a gag!
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
When I was being interviewed for my Citizenship in Los Angeles, the officer told me that they offered a name change as a free service (presumably for people who wanted to anglicize their name). Well, at the time my name was Ian Armstrong-Dennis. (I was born Ian Dennis, but I'd changed it to Armstrong-Dennis when my mum remarried a Dr Armstrong.) I'd dropped the hyphen so Americans didn't think I was a double-barreled snob, so I took advantage of the service to change my name back again to Ian Dennis. After I left the DOJ office, I phoned my girlfriend (now my wife) and told her I'd passed my test and just had my oath of allegiance before becoming American. Then I casually added "Oh, and I've changed my name". There was a few minutes silence, and then she nervously asked "What to?" "Jose Rodriguez"
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Sorry - you've lost me Mark. What meeting?
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"
With the calf, of course. You must have been very impressed if it inspired you to change your name. Did you meet calves a, b, c, and d, too? I'm thinking of changing my name to Wantedtosleep, because it appears to be a recurring theme in my life.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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With the calf, of course. You must have been very impressed if it inspired you to change your name. Did you meet calves a, b, c, and d, too? I'm thinking of changing my name to Wantedtosleep, because it appears to be a recurring theme in my life.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Aha! It wasn't a meeting, but a middle. The "Met" in Metcalfe was originally "Mede" (middle), and refers to Middleton Calf Top in Wensleydale. Our ancestor is reputed to be one William Medecalf de Dent, who took the name Medecalf upon settling there. "In the 12th century the newly-formed counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland, and the west riding of Yorkshire were formed, the boundaries ran along the tops of the ranges of hills passing along Holme Fell, Middleton Calf Top, (The Calf, almost 2,200 feet high is the tallest hill in West Yorkshire, almost at the western boundary of the county) and Cragg Hill. "The occupier of Middleton Calf Top then was one William de Dent (Dent is a village at the foot of The Calf mountain) who became known as William Medecalf de Dent Chief Forester of Wensleydale with Langstrothdale. So the origin of the surname Metcalfe in all it's variations of spelling, is said to be derived from Middleton Calf Top." It was all downhill after that (amid much fighting, gambling etc.). At one point they called us "The Yorkshire Clan", and a right bunch of scoundrels we were. Not much has changed, although we tend not to lay seige to neighbours houses with musketeers and billmen quite so much.
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"
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Aha! It wasn't a meeting, but a middle. The "Met" in Metcalfe was originally "Mede" (middle), and refers to Middleton Calf Top in Wensleydale. Our ancestor is reputed to be one William Medecalf de Dent, who took the name Medecalf upon settling there. "In the 12th century the newly-formed counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland, and the west riding of Yorkshire were formed, the boundaries ran along the tops of the ranges of hills passing along Holme Fell, Middleton Calf Top, (The Calf, almost 2,200 feet high is the tallest hill in West Yorkshire, almost at the western boundary of the county) and Cragg Hill. "The occupier of Middleton Calf Top then was one William de Dent (Dent is a village at the foot of The Calf mountain) who became known as William Medecalf de Dent Chief Forester of Wensleydale with Langstrothdale. So the origin of the surname Metcalfe in all it's variations of spelling, is said to be derived from Middleton Calf Top." It was all downhill after that (amid much fighting, gambling etc.). At one point they called us "The Yorkshire Clan", and a right bunch of scoundrels we were. Not much has changed, although we tend not to lay seige to neighbours houses with musketeers and billmen quite so much.
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"
Hmm, I can see some parallels...[^]
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Hmm, I can see some parallels...[^]
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Nah - we never got into the torture business. Battlefield booty (Hundred Years War) and throwing our lot in with rebels and mercenaries (the Lambert Simnel conspiracy in 1487) were more our game. Mind you, one of our lot did manage to get appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire[^] in 1555. That's when the real gambling started, apparently.
Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"