As suggested by the anonymous “Swimmer” in another thread “the names people use on the site are completely irrelevant.” I must respectfully disagree.
I personally give more credence to post made by people who are willing to tell us who they are, especially those who are active participants on a forum. And while there is no way to guarantee that I am who I say I am, none the less I respect the integrity of our posters enough to believe that they are who they purport to be.
What if Martin Luther had tacked his 95 Theses on his church anonymously? Would we now have legions of Anonymousans instead of Lutherans? And what of a Declaration of Independence submitted anonymously because our founding fathers did not want their dissenting opinions traced back to them? OK, maybe a little over the top.
I also like to know who I’m conversing with, so when chance brings us together, say in a stairwell at Indy, I can introduce myself and have an opportunity to really talk with anothers from our family of swimmers/posters.
With all this said, I also respect an individual’s choice of anonymity. The rules of the Forum allow this and I would hate to see folks not get involved, because they fear letting others know their true identity. So for those posting behind pseudonyms, please continue to do so. Just understand that to some of use the use of our names is relevant.
Parents
Former Member
This is one of the more amusing LONG series I have seen in a while, and couldn't help but interject some.
Gull80: if I remember correctly, you are a physician; I assume you know how uncommon it is for a physician to be good at either grammar, spelling, or language skills at all; most focus so much on sciences through school they suffer in this regard. Kinda neat.
For my $0.02: I use aschueler as my username for essentially every board I visit and decide to join up with; the reason is simple: I can remember it! It's my name, essentially, but I do not usually make my full official name easily public to avoid junk email and / or unwanted contacts. To put it simply, this board (and most of them) give you the ability to send a private message to anyone, and then you can decide from there whether to tell someone your real name/email/etc or not.
With regard to swimmers: my opinion is that swimmers are like fisherman. Good people in general.
This is one of the more amusing LONG series I have seen in a while, and couldn't help but interject some.
Gull80: if I remember correctly, you are a physician; I assume you know how uncommon it is for a physician to be good at either grammar, spelling, or language skills at all; most focus so much on sciences through school they suffer in this regard. Kinda neat.
For my $0.02: I use aschueler as my username for essentially every board I visit and decide to join up with; the reason is simple: I can remember it! It's my name, essentially, but I do not usually make my full official name easily public to avoid junk email and / or unwanted contacts. To put it simply, this board (and most of them) give you the ability to send a private message to anyone, and then you can decide from there whether to tell someone your real name/email/etc or not.
With regard to swimmers: my opinion is that swimmers are like fisherman. Good people in general.
