Path: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Daniel70 Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho Subject: From the Archives ..... Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:48:31 +1000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:48:33 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9bfba3327d7bf5354460a984d6c85852"; logging-data="1349128"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+tP7T4Z2VPfQ89h+XGf8gGopgm4n2N+hc=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:0X4lPPoLmtfCcy85qCcOOiIg/ug= X-Mozilla-News-Host: news://news.eternal-september.org:119 Bytes: 1955 A second posting, tonight, from the archives, this one from a thread called "Timeline" in March, 1992, and, it seems, even back then, people had a nickname for him, 'The Sheriff' Quote y***....@e****.********.**b.ca 08/03/1992 14:28:51 UTC w**....@c*.***f.edu (tom wilson) writes: > >y***....@e****.********.**b.ca (Dave "The Sheriff" Yadallee) writes: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Huh? What?? I don't mind nicknames, provided proper authorization is followed up. (officious humour intended). FYI, I am usually contented to be call Dave Shariff, and with the middle name as it stands, it a help for those Muslim friends who find Dave a hard word to pronounce. BTW, Tom. Are you the Keeper of the rec.sport.hockey FAQ list? Dave Shariff Yadallee, soon Lord Yadallee of Redhill y***....@e****.********.**b.ca, u***....@m**.***.********a.ca End Quote So, it seems Gobble-de-gook wants to be known as 'Dave Shariff' instead!! -- Daniel