Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II **off topic discussion**

CramCycle

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I was at a talk one time and a person at the top table kept referring to you as Beasty which I thought must have been very strange to the non- Boardsies present.

To be fair I find it very hard to refer to people I first chatted to here via there real name, even if it is longer or more nuanced. Captain works as a nice nickname anyway for Mr. Havoc, so that's fine, if not sometimes misconstrued as mildly erotic by unknowing bystanders.

Quite a few commuters I have met over the years who have opened with "Hi I'm John, ***** from boards". Its not until that second sentence that you are really sure where it is going to go. Ken once nearly made me sh1t myself when he walked up behind me at a Red light at 7:45 in the morning and I was not fully in the moment.

RobFowl

I get called Rob a lot, though dcikhead just as often

Chips Lovell

RobFowl wrote: »

I get called Rob a lot, though dcikhead just as often

Bet you've I've been called dick more than you.

Wishbone Ash

CramCycle wrote: »

To be fair I find it very hard to refer to people I first chatted to here via there real name, even if it is longer or more nuanced. ....

I'd always use their real name even if I only know them from here. I'd feel odd using their Boards name.

CramCycle

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I'd always use their real name even if I only know them from here. I'd feel odd using their Boards name.

I have great difficulties with names, always have, too be honest most people are lucky I remember them at all. I do suppose it is the username that decides it, the likes of HarryBelafonte, I have to stop myself calling Harry but the likes of Nee it is easier to go by the real name as its not a name that is typical to me. I ended up calling two in laws the wrong name for 3 years, they look nothing alike but found it hilarious. Several people just never told me there real name.

koutoubia

Beasty wrote: »

Half the Irish cycling world seem to refer to me as Beasty. Confuses the hell out of the family who have no idea of my online persona!

Most of VCB call you Bolloxy!*














*
My not actually be true.But is may actually be true as well!

magicbastarder

i have had to introduce myself on more than a few occasions as magicbastarder. thankfully, i've never been in a situation where i've gotten the identity of the other person wrong.

robyntmorton

There's a reason my name and my screen name here are so similar. No having to introduce myself as an embarrassing/obscure username.

magicbastarder

i very deliberately picked a username (first used over 15 years ago) which is not linked to my real name. and i only rarely give identifying info out on public forums.

robyntmorton

magicbastarder wrote: »

i very deliberately picked a username (first used over 15 years ago) which is not linked to my real name. and i only rarely give identifying info out on public forums.

That's fair enough. I have no problem with people knowing my name, but keep more personal info, well, personal.

RobFowl

koutoubia wrote: »

Most of VCB call you Bolloxy!*
*
My not actually be true.But is may actually be true as well!

You bastards call me Imelda..........

koutoubia

That was actually Lusk Doyler I believe came up with that.
It is good though.

Lusk_Doyle

koutoubia wrote: »

That was actually Lusk Doyler I believe came up with that.
It is good though.

No. I proposed Naomi on acount of he changes clothes as often as a supermodel. Imelda was in reference to the amount of cycling shoes he has but that was someone elses baby.

I do stand by my version of Beasty though!

Beasty

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

I do stand by my version of Beasty though!

This you? - think you could drop the "au vin" mind....

Lusk_Doyle

Beasty wrote: »

This you? - think you could drop the "au vin" mind....

Ha ha no way!

RobFowl

It's me

Harrybelafonte

CramCycle wrote: »

I have great difficulties with names, always have, too be honest most people are lucky I remember them at all. I do suppose it is the username that decides it, the likes of HarryBelafonte, I have to stop myself calling Harry but the likes of Nee it is easier to go by the real name as its not a name that is typical to me. I ended up calling two in laws the wrong name for 3 years, they look nothing alike but found it hilarious. Several people just never told me there real name.

Which is odd as I chose it due to my looking nothing like the man. When I use my real name, I'm often mistaken for a woman.

magicbastarder

speaking of names - bike manufacturer names; is btwin pronounced bt win, or b twin?
and why is it lapierre, and not lepierre? as pierre is a masculine name.

robyntmorton

magicbastarder wrote: »

speaking of names - bike manufacturer names; is btwin pronounced bt win, or b twin?
and why is it lapierre, and not lepierre? as pierre is a masculine name.

I would have thought b twin, but in both I will tell you the same thing I tell my father - you're over analysing

Darkglasses

magicbastarder wrote: »

speaking of names - bike manufacturer names; is btwin pronounced bt win, or b twin?
and why is it lapierre, and not lepierre? as pierre is a masculine name.

I've always said B-twin, never heard it said bt win.

Lapierre was founded by a man named Gaston Lapierre, don't really think French gender nouns are all that consistent!

RobertFoster

While Pierre is a masculine name, (la) pierre is a feminine word meaning (the) stone (from the Greek, petra).

For languages with grammatical genders the gender of a word isn't always obvious when you're coming from English. Though apparently if it's your native language you think "of course stones are female..."

Chuchote

Darkglasses wrote: »

I've always said B-twin, never heard it said bt win.

Lapierre was founded by a man named Gaston Lapierre, don't really think French gender nouns are all that consistent!

La verge = the penis

Hunterbiker

magicbastarder wrote: »

- bike manufacturer names; is btwin pronounced bt win.

What sort of a monster are you?

Chuchote

Weepsie wrote: »

Isn't it B'twin anyway?

B'twixt and B'twin?

lennymc

Darkglasses wrote: »

I've always said B-twin, never heard it said bt win.

Ive always refered to them as b.t.w in.

Lusk_Doyle

lennymc wrote: »

Ive always refered to them as b.t.w in.

I've always referred to them as "No, I don't want one of them."

magicbastarder

i was in portugal a month or two back. they had them in a decathlon there, and they're bloody cheap.

Peterx

I'm obviously late to the party but oh my good grud pivot tables are a handy excel feature.

Luxman

Peterx wrote: »

I'm obviously late to the party but oh my good grud pivot tables are a handy excel feature.

Pivot and lookup tables were a godsend, best tools ever. youtube taught me.

robyntmorton

Pascal Donohue missed a chance there I think. All his climate change, public transport, capital infrastructure talk, and no mention of cycling.

Saying anything about a review of needs or something along those lines would at least have acknowledged that cyclists can be a part of cleaner cities.