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Actually Growltigga
I am Irish.

From Londonderry Northern Ireland.

My Dad is from your area.

Rochdale.

I look forward to the day that I can see the place. (Ontario is a long way away and the exchange is horrible. )

Take care.

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by tesco samoa:
Rochdale.

I look forward to the day that I can see the place.<hr></blockquote>

TS, good to know this forum is not all north americans - us europeans, south americans and antipodeans need to stick together

Rochdale? no disrespect to your dad intended but save your cash and go to the Dominican Republic ro the Maldives instead - Rochdale is not really worth the cash whatever the exchange rate - you have my sympathies as my dad is from London and when I first went to see the old place - oh dear oh dear oh dear

got to ask - where does Tesco Samoa come from ie the name rather than the man

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Nick name.

From my B.C. days ( Bare Chest without shame )

I grew up listening to a band called the Meatmen and the lead singer's name was Tesco Vee.

I always liked the name so when people asked what my nick name was Tesco was given.

Later on (around 1991 ) University days.... Ottawa Ontario I lived in a house where everyone went by their nick name so I decided to add a Last name to the nick name and I decided on the Country of Samoa. Since their only major problem at the time was that they had too many seagulls and removing the seagull crap was a national crisis. It was building up quicker than it was removed. Made sence at the time.

And I always used the id for bbs logins and email addresses etc.... So I keep the nick name going.

And I am located in North America right now, so I get to stick with everyone ( if they want )

By the way. Real name is Simon Baxendale and yes I am related to the actress.

It was a pleasure to dig into the past.

And you ???

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Right, that explains a lot - I did wonder because 'Tesco' is Britian's leading supermarket chain (kind of like Wal-Mart but much better class) and I thought you might have some connection, if onl to their fruit and vegetable department.

'Samoa' - I wasn't aware of their guano problem - the only Samoans I have met are rugby players and they are exceptionally big chaps - I wouldn't dream of going up to one and asking them about their seagull crap problem!

I use Growltigga for log-ins - it is actually the name of one of my cats (sad I know) but comes from my old rock band days where my nick name was "GT" - this stood for Gin & Tonic which I used to drink by the bucket - the wifes' polite nickname for me is "Tigger" due to my boundless energy and 'Growltigger' was followed through a bizarre but very English thought pattern

Helen Baxendale - grrrr!!! I have met her you know - she stars in a series over here called Cold Feet which is set in Manchester and in fact used the board room at my office for some of the shots - she is a very attractive girl in the flesh

My real name is Rob, not related to anyone famous (save William Golding 'Lord of the Flies') as far as I know

Born in London, grew up in Canterbury, Kent (southern England), worked in London and then Germany, Greece, Switzerland, South Africa and New York and now work in Manchester where I moved after I got married. Cant stand the city and live out in the Cheshire countryside.

You are right, it is good fun to delve into the past

Take care

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Growltigga:
Ah, that explains everything - that now means I have the hang of LOL, AFAIK, BTW, IMHO, OTOH and IIRC

anything else I should know for this forum?<hr></blockquote>

IANAL = I Am Not A Lawyer. It was a joke a while back; unfortunately, I no longer remember the punchline....

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Lord of the Flies

Good book. Read it twice.

Anyone else want to explain there handle ????

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Praetor... The officers from the Roman Praetorian Guard. I thought it sounded cool, and figured anything along the lines of "Emperor" would already be taken, or at least passé.

BTW, I lived in England for three years, and have heard just about every good-natured and not so good-natured argument about why Americans or Britons are superior. I finally came to the conclusion: why argue about it? When the French are so much more annoying than anyone? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Also, in case anyone had doubts as to whether I'm total geek, that quote about England and America being divided by a common language is from Oscar Wilde.

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I needed to create a login name, so I pondered long and hard to find a name that:
a) looked/sounded neat
b) could not be taken too seriously.

After a week, this was the best I could come up with. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Long, long ago, in a thread far, far away... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Praetor, I like the French for all their faults, Canadians and Australians are good people too!!

BTW, Praetors were not officers in the Praetorian guard, the guard was formed originally to guard praeteors. The title originally meant a consul, and later a judicial magistrate. In 242 B.C. two praetors were appointed, the urban praetor (praetor urbanus), deciding cases to which citizens were parties, and the peregrine praetor (praetor peregrinus) deciding cases between foreigners. The urban praetor exercised the functions of the consuls in their absence and of the peregrine praetor when he was holding a military command. As I recall, two additional praetors were appointed to administer Sicily and Sardinia, and two more to administer Spain. A principal duty of praetors was the production of the public games. Under the empire, the functions of the praetor were gradually taken over by the other magistrates and title was more an honorific.

I guess you want to be more a Praetorian ie a elite guardsman of the late empire (and generally a german mercenary) rather than a Praetor (a magistrate and game producer) - maybe not

PS spot who did classical civilizations at uni