I must apologize in advance, perhaps I am getting senile, but it really bugs me not to know some of the players. Since registration it is easy to identify some of the regulars I have come to admire such as Elaine, Maribel, Betsy, Bookchick, Howard,Wayne, Rex, Olga, Alice Twain, St.Cirq and many others I am forgetting. However, I must have missed the memo about the true identity of many of the creative new names. So, please help me to put a name I know to these frequent and knowledgable posters:
RufusTFirefly--GAC--ira--RAR--CMT--Grinisa--Weadles--Mclaurie--Bluefan--UHOH Busted and the Wanderingtexan. If you would rather not post it here, then please email me at:
[email protected] Sorry if I am supposed to know ! For the record, I see the registration as a very positive move--it just changed my scorecard. Grazie !

Hi Bob
Scarlett is still Scarlett~

I'm not sure you are supposed to know, but as I recall, unoh-busted has been posting under that name for eons--long before registration. I think Ira and RufusTFirefly also were using those names. I think Ira is a guy named Ira =D>

how do you like my emoticon -- it's the first one I've seen that moves

Christina, that is great! How do you like mine \/

Hi Bob,

My name is Ira. I reside in the state of Georgia in the USA. I am a retired professor of Engineering.

I don't have, nor do any of my relations, friends, kith or kin have, any pecuniary interest in any limousine service anywhere in the world.

LOL, ira, glad to hear you are not guilty of the accusations of the old cow
But actually, I would not care if you did! As long as people give good advice, who cares what else they do?
Sorry Bob UhohBusted is a long time poster..

maitaitom is actually Tom, and I do like mai tais.

By the way, I never posted before there was registration, so in case there was an evil Tom, that's not me.

I could tell you the truth about RAR, but I'll let him do it... ;-)

Queenie

p.s. how do you get to put in emoticons? I want one!

Hi Scarlett,

I care if people who have a commercial interest offer advice that points people toward their own business.

There are other ways to advertise.

This is supposed to be a game for amateurs.

Thanks Ira, I too am retired and living in " Baja Georgia"--sometimes known as Amelia Island. I prefer that to the concept of living in FL.

I've always been Grinisa, although my real name is Anita. I have semi retired from insurance defense litigation while the two principesse are small (not for long)and live in Wisconsin.

Well Bob! I'm thrilled to be on your list of admired regulars. The feeling is absolutely mutual! Isn't it about time for you to visit the SF Bay Area? CA Fodorites would throw a party if you'd come.

Betsy, I have always liked girls best--can you tell?

I, too, am honored to be included on your list. How do I feel about you? Well, any time I read a comment of yours that says something like "I agree with Howard," well, saying that I'm flattered puts it mildly!

Hi Bob,

Amelia Island is a lovely place.

Bob
I meant that I did not care if YOU did (advertise)..I enjoy your postings so much, if you owned a limo service and "tooted your own horn" it still would not matter to me~
Those who pose as travelers asking for advice and pushing their own intersts are a different matter entirely.

A) Bob doesn't advertise anything. Never did to my knowledge.

B) His list is the only one I've ever made! I'm so thrilled!

C) I've never met Bob, but I'm willing to bet he's as cute as a bug's ear. I happen to know he's married to a lady named Susan, so I will resist the urge to smooch him if we ever do meet.

BC

Thanks Kathy for setting posters straight. Someone started that rumour at about the same time a wordy woman poster accused me of advertising for my favorite hotel and also being an agent for St Cirq whom I never met nor knew on line at that time. People can take strange turns when on line and when they make up these things or insinuations, they seem to stick.