Umm... I am tall too (2).

Did not realize when I chose the name that "the" tallrunner was such a high profile boomer.

I was quickly searching for a username; limited time on the 'puter as I recall and I wanted to post a qustion. Tallrunner was taken, so I was ever so creative and chose tallrunner2.



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My handle just signifies my (new improved) attitude towards running, fitness, and athletics. When I hit 40 I realized it was no longer (so) significant to be "better" than anyone else - my focus is just to get a little better every day. I have a fairly competitive nature, being the youngest of 4 brothers who were all active in athletics from our earliest years.

I'm reminded of a quotation - I think I remember it properly - taken from my chiildhood hero, Al Oerter, the discus thrower who won in, I think, the 1956, 60, 64, and 68 Olympics. I confess I may be a little fuzzy on it now. Anyway, he said "The progress comes inches at a time...I think of it as a private kind of madness..." But the magic in that is that I've found something that I believe I can continue to improve in, even if it's only a little at a time, for years to come.

I'm a husky too! But I have to keep it quiet around here or I might get thrown in the millrace.

While managing an Internet service provider in '94, we needed to manage large modem banks(100s). To find failing modems we wrote a program, called busyman, that would check for busy signals.

We had to give it accounts on all of our systems, and until last year or two ago the passwords still worked. That was 10 years ago. :-P


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now that I see there are a few Huskies on board I guess I'm obligated to post also! (graduated from UW in '94)

Having read through the thread I also was humbled a bit by the creativity others showed, but the trick is to become comfortable with what you've got (or something like that, I guess). I chose my name because I'm a struggling grad student working with protein structures and I thought it would inspire me. I'll let you know how it turns out!

I guess I'm not a boomer (yet), so I hope it's ok to crash the party.

I use to post under the handle of "okierunner" (i think...) but when i got back, i never could figured out or remember the password, so i just created a new handle. which, in fact, was a better idea anyway. i have relocated from OKLA to TN (chattanooga, more specifically), so i am "n TN running" now. Also, Econo -- i have a degree in economics -- teach part-time at college -- but work full-time in computer stuff -- go figure!!

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When you feel that nobody loves you, Nobody cares for you, And everyone is ignoring you, You should start asking yourself... Am I TOO sexy?
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If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter.

first and last names --- peggy borden, shortened up (i'm very short!) becomes pegbord.

i also have a very short dog named henry miller. he is known as henmil.

now i shall take my short self and my short dog for a short jog!