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Title: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: shinyinflorida on December 31, 2008, 09:39:38 PM
Hello all and Happy New Year!!!! 

I have a couple of clarifying questions that hopefully someone can answer for me. 
1) What does 'mpb' stand for?  I've seen it throughout some of these posts.
2) SLY?  Do the letters stand for something? 

Since I was so young in loosing my hair, I quickly received some nicknames.  Mostly, good.  I would like to compare notes...

I've been called... ShinyDome 2 (the 2 because my dad is bald too and he is ShinyDome1...my brother gave me that nickname, but "revenge" is sweet because he is not ShinyDome 3. I've been called Shiner, ChromeDome.

Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: J.J. on December 31, 2008, 10:03:54 PM

1) What does 'mpb' stand for?  I've seen it throughout some of these posts.



mpb = male pattern baldness
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: GASlick on December 31, 2008, 10:12:52 PM
To be honest, I don't have any nicknames.

SLY is an attitude.  It doesn't stand for anything.
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: TheSlyBear on December 31, 2008, 10:23:52 PM
Sly as in "clever enough to beat Mother Nature at her own game".
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: BaldMark on December 31, 2008, 11:41:17 PM
Yes mpb= male pattern baldness,   Sly is all us Chrome domes!   I  like that over the bald guy.   I think it's because Bald has a negative stigma. 
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: Brkeatr on January 01, 2009, 05:33:03 AM
Nope, no nicknames here either.... O0
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: nomad on January 01, 2009, 06:53:00 AM
the only nickname I get is "The Show" because everyone thinks I look like the the Big Show from the WWE. I don't get any bald nicknames
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: SLYinKC on January 01, 2009, 07:31:53 AM
I think I recall Tyler saying that he picked SLY because it is "roguish and playful".  The spirit of a SLY guy.
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: Mikekoz13 on January 01, 2009, 08:39:56 AM
Nobody really calls me by nicknames anymore.... but "Koz" is a play on part of my last name.

In the "good old days" my buddies called me "The Cat" because they said I could spot a beautiful woman in the dark from 100 feet away.
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: Sooner Steve on January 02, 2009, 10:54:46 AM
In court recently, I had a defendant call me "cueball".  Not really the way you want to address a judge but I took it as a compliment.  He ended up in jail for a while but not because of his remark.   O0 He was drunk as a skunk and a deputy got him before he left the room. 
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: GASlick on January 02, 2009, 09:29:47 PM
I wouldn't call a judge that I was standing in front of anything except "Sir" or "Your Honor"  LOL

Our local county Magistrate Judge is a good friend of mine and she says you would be surprised to hear what people say to her.  I think I would be most respectful. 
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: buuckkweet on January 03, 2009, 04:43:22 AM
Around town everbody calls me "Deano" or "Deaner."

No biggie, as long as I'm not called "late for supper" everything is all good.  ;D
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: hammerdrill376 on January 03, 2009, 05:16:57 AM
I get called Big John alot...maybe being 6'2" 266 lbs has something to do with it...don't know :/O
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: Papa Don on January 03, 2009, 07:30:14 AM
My nickname is Don.  As a child, I really hated my real name.  My parents had a wierd sense of humor.  So, I refused to answer when called by my real name.  My parents asked what I wanted to be called, the first thing out of my mouth--Don.  It stuck.  Few people even know my birth name.  Thank God!
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: TheSlyBear on January 03, 2009, 10:58:46 AM
I've been called Bear for so long -- it's what just about everyone calls me, and what I've published my books under -- that sometimes I forget that that's not what's on my birth certificate.
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: hammerdrill376 on January 03, 2009, 03:27:14 PM
Bear..what books have you published..avid book reader myself
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: TheSlyBear on January 03, 2009, 04:21:12 PM
Only of interest to hard-core web developer geeks, I'm afraid: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Bear%20Bibeault (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Bear%20Bibeault)
Title: Re: Some clarifying questions & nicknames!!!
Post by: Noodles on January 04, 2009, 03:55:07 PM
Nickname is "Noodles". To the best of my recollection, the name came about (and stuck) because of the awesome pasta dishes I have served over the last 26 years to my crew @ the firehouse! Go figure!

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