On 7/19/2015 12:47 PM, wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:49:38 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>> wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:49:30 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, a real name is no guarantee. I used my real name light years
>>> ago >> and then a stalker arose. I'm tough but I lived out on the
>>> coast >> then, rather isolated, was widowed and actually started to
>>> keep the >> doors locked. So I switched ISP and picked on LB and
>>> have used it >> ever since. Fortunately one of the men in our local
>>> group found out >> who the man was and where he lived and determined
>>> he didn't have a car >> and didn't drive, so I felt better then !
>>>>>
>>>>> At the time I tossed up whether to be LB or Lizzie Borden,
>>> interesting >> that two women both misjudged have the same initials.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Picking a name can also tell things unintended to others. For
>>>> example, intended or not, you used a name that speaks to poison.
>>>> The other choice is an ax murder (she may have been right). If you
>>>> like the fact that this associates to your posts, then that is how
>>>> you want it to be. Folks will take that at face value and treat
>>>> you based on it.
>>>>
>>>> If you shifted to 'lizzy' or something else you like with less
>>>> connotations, you'd find usenet a bit more easy going and more apt
>>>> to make real friends. As it is, some stand back due to the name
>>>> itself you use. No blame, just fact.
>>>>
>>>> Carol
>>>
>>> You can't know how totally wrong you are on two counts. Number One is
>>> that what has been said about the two women, is not true. LB had a
>>> father and brother who wanted her to use as a pawn for marriage and
>>> THEY, one of them, had her husband poisoned. Most likely Cesare.
>>>
>>> Lizzie Borden always refused to say where she was at the time of the
>>> chopping. It would seem her unreasonable mama ordered the Irish maid
>>> to go out and wash the windows, despite a heat wave. Likely she was
>>> the culprit, she probably flipped due the heat. Lizzie subsequently
>>> told her lawyer she could not say where she was in court because she
>>> had been in the basement washing out her menstrual rags. She was
>>> found Not Proven, rather than Guilty, at that time it was an
>>> acceptable verdict in Massachusetts.
>>>
>>> As to 'real friends' - I have quite a few that did start as usenet
>>> acquaintances, especially locally, so don't be concerned about me lol
>>>
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>>
>> You didnt read the message well did you? Thats exactly what happens.
>> Others who aren't into history will NOT KNOW there may be exoneration
>> in both cases possible.
>>
>> They see you using a name they associate with a nutcase poisoner and
>> know no more. That you *chose* that name, is your business. That you
>> are unaware of it's effect, is also your problem.
>>
>> Carol
>
> I really don't see why it bothers you! Sure doesn't bother me -
> maybe you need to get a life.

Maybe your truth in advertising says it all.