Who are you in real life?

We know your handle, we know your posts, but who are you really?

I have met so many people who seem to think that I am somthing else. Preconceptions are amazingly wrong! For example, if we put several TTers in a line up, could you identify them soley based on their posts and their name?
If Roots and Xargon where in a lineup, who would you choose as roots and who would you choose as Xargon if you had never met them?
Don't you think it is time to know the truth?

Who is eurovol?
Well, I am me. I am a highly intelligent being that spends his days developing tests to test the actions of various proteins. Boring to some, interesting to others, but that is basically what I do.
I actually hate talking about work outside of working hours as that is not all that I am. However, that seems to be the norm with my colleagues. BORING! I refuse to be defined!
I am also highly involved in politics. Probably most likely as a legacy to my mother (she died one year ago). I guess one of the kids had to do it and since I was the most politically inclined, I was it by default. It is actually a lot of fun (even if it is a lot of work) and I actually feel like I can make a difference.
I am posting this because I see how some are percieved and how some are hated for their posts!
To me this is rather bizzarre. On serious threads, I post serious info. On Fuck off threads, I post crap and personal opinions. That is the way it should be.
I have a serious difference of opionion with a rather bizzarre breast feeder and I am subsequently banned and even today hated for that exchange. Sorry, but bogus info having to do with children will not be allowed to promalgate. If you are suckling a five year old, you need serious help. If you believe in horoscopes and fairies, I really don't give a shit until you try to prove your own beliefs with crap science. Everyone is entitled to their opinions and beleifs. I will only step in when things get out of hand and have a threat on humanity of kids.
My next big issue is relationships. Girls want this and guys want that. Anything outside of defining "this" and "that" is a waste of time. SATC, Friends and all the other TV shows are simply blurring the truth. This and that is not so hard to figure out. Sometimes I may get graphic in defining it because it seems that so many can't. Science is looking at things at both the macro and micro levels. "What happens on earth happens in heaven too" is more adaptively "what happens on earth happens in the microbial world too". If you don't feed the cells what they need then you're screwed! Read the other threads, girls need to fulfill the guys needs and the guys need to fulfill the girls needs.- It is as simple as that. 1:1 and no other calculation works. It is one to one!
If you want to picture me, then I am 1.87m tall, light brown hair, blue eyes and weigh 95kg. Hopefully this way, I won't be the "eurovol" that you think you know, but the eurovol that I actually am!

Of course, everthing I say is IMHO. Opininated I may be, but I would hate to meet up with people who have no opinion! That would bore me to death!

OMG - I am one of the nicest people I have ever known, and one of the most rotten ones. Guess it depends on what mood you meet me in? Or which life phase.

Hi, I'm Carm,
I am a Dental Hygienist, some call me a cleaning lady, but I am someone who spends her day hunched over patients trying to help them save their teeth. In some cases I am the last hope. I get patients from all over europe coming for my treatment. I lecture in Europe as well. Its mentally and physically exhausting- I deal with peoples fears and anxities as I try to treat them. their negative energy hits me and wipes me out.

I now think outside the box... I used to be very black and white, yes and no! But after dealing with people like I do, and really listening to them, I have changed my opinions on life and people. I feel if we take the time to talk, and I mean really talk and listen to one another, we can open our eyes and our hearts. I have spent time crying with patients, laughing with them, and getting angry with them about the fucked up system of health care here. Thank god there is some justice happening, and some quack dentists are being strung up and hung to dry (Like that Quack Dr. Kurz- being chased out of town!).

I don't read my horoscope every day, but I believe that there are some similarities that draw people together under a sun/star sign. To me there is no science involved, but from my own personal experience. Nuf said!

I am Canadian, hate being called American- not that that is a bad thing, but for FUCK sakes there is a huge other land there, and we are different! Germans are not Swiss, but to the untrained ear, they speak the same so they must be the same? Or?

I am tall for a girl, have curves, and have accepted my shape. I model part time, love the feeling of being special for the moment, and glow when I see myself in print!

I have issues with people that see the world as black and white, I believe we should be accepting of all cultures and religions, and learn from them. Because are we actually doing it right or better? It can only make us a better person, and a person with a broader sense of being. I am not pointing any fingers here!

Although I sound off the wall to some, I am very caring and love helping people and listening to them. I am very honest, and alot of people like that, and feel they can trust me. Hence my feeling of being run down, as so many people turn to me for support, that sometimes I forget that I also need support. But if a good friend calls at 3 am, I will listen, and be supportive to them, irregardless of my personal needs.

I have some strong opinions, I feel that healthy discussion can be good for the soul and mind. I hate people that try to make you small with their condensending attitude that they are better or more superior to you. Everyones opinion is based on life experience and should be valued at that.

So, that is me at almost 4 am. Now I will call my best friend back home in Winnipeg as I am sure she is finally home from a day at the beach.

Hi I am Nicole aka as the hockey widow.
I am a 31 year old stay at home mom. I am raising two wonderful boys, Nolan is 8 and Aydan is 17 months. They are why I get out of bed in the morning tired and why I fall alseep at 8 pm exhausted. Aydan still breastfeeds day and night, just like his father he doesn't want to give it up! Hopefully next year I will also be raising a third, whether by birth or adoption. I love my boys but want a little girl so bad!! I was made to raise a little girl with pink dresses and white frilly socks.
I come across as a bitch to most because I am very firmly planted in my ways but am a vey caring warm hearted person. We moved Europe from Canada 1 year ago and have been in Germany for almost 5 months. My husband owns his own ice hockey business and travels all the time and I am a sort of single mom but I love it. He is a great man who loves me to death and would give me the world on a gold( don't like silver that much) platter if I so requested. We had our problems years ago but have worked through them and have a great relationship. All of my sister in laws say they married the wrong brother-- and I agree. My mother in law would probably like to take the credit for his but I have put a lot of time and energy into him and I take all the credit.
In Canada I worked as a bartendar, I loved my job and maybe someday would love to get back into the industry. Sure I miss working outside the home but not really sure where I would find time.
I like to quilt and make teddybears. I have also started scrapbooking although they aren't nearly as good as my sister in laws...
It amazes me as I re read this post, how much of my life revolves around family, but one of the reasons we moved here from Canada was family ( another story). Dan and I are dedefining our lives and hopefully the lives of our children will be more enriched because of our choices in life...

Good topic I always wonder about some of the people that post here...

I'm BostonSportsFan. Come out to an event, meet me, and you can judge for yourself who I am.

Huh???

How could anyone confuse me with Xargon?

Here is xargon's pic. Now you tell me
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Im just like anyone else here, nothing special at all, just a collection of cells who happened to form for a brief instant in time, to push a few buttons on a computer before I return to the soil and let my molecules form something else. And I wouldnt feel comfortable being anything more significant than that.

@roots: You sick bastard. You have me confused with your lover. This is me:

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Artist: The Who Lyrics
Song: Who Are You Lyrics

Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?

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OK so it's mean to pick up on typos but I love this one. If my life had ever been defined in the first place what it would need now is a good dedefining

i am tony christie and i know the way to amarillo, but only when i have the "beer compass" and the "beer scooter"

I'm papa_geno and I'm the King of Finland.

I've been to Oklahoma...and Spain.

At night...when n-o-b-o-d-y is watching, I like to spread large map of Europe out on my living room floor and move wooden soldiers around on it while wearing a tri-cornered hat and holding a long, thin staff.

I put on women's clothing...but only if I get to wear them in front of crowds of 20 people or more.

My life goals include an ongoing (and so far successful) attempt to never see Britney Spears in the flesh, my less successful attempts to re-animate the corpse of Andy Kaufman, and trying to take over the world.

Turn ons: Gurkensalat, ball-point pens that no longer work, and rubbing alcohol.

Turn offs: Top 40 music, The King of Denmark, dark rooms.

I agree, this is an interest thread that was due.

I am presently an Aupair for two very energetic and loud little girls just outside Munich. Though I love the kids and will miss my relaxing times, I also miss my old job. (Though not my old life.)

Before moving to munich I was a medical secretary and personal assistant. (yes two jobs) I love working with the computer and playing with numbers. I miss my desk, my computer time, and being able to turn off the noise whenever it gets too much. (can´t turn off small children.)

I am not very political. I have my opinions, but am open to other peoples ideas. At present I am open to poeple´s ideas for my next career. (perferably something that pays more than the current one.) I like to meet people, but am not that talkative.

You can find out all about me in my bio.

Hi, I am a 22 year old with loads of experience, but no Big qualifications...this is one of my concerns. I feel like I have come to a stage in my life where I have surpassed my age group back home in some weird way. I am amazed at where life has taken me so far. Thankful for all the hard times. Not nice, sure, but fulfilling that spiritual/soul side of life. The lust for material things has gone, and this thirst for knowledge/truth/honesty/human nature has come.

I hate dishonesty, unfairness, injustice.

I love the smell of a thunderstorm in the air. The energy, knowing something big is coming.

I am just a chick-magnet

Hi. I am: so not into this kind of naval gazing, unless drunk, which I lay bets our thread author was when he started it.
Truthfully, when I find out who I am, y'all will be the first to know.

Do go on RB...the lads are listening

Hmmm...
"Who are you?"

You know what, this simple question is so deep, and so hard to answer, if you really THINK about it.
To my understanding, "who we are" should be a constant, which is not dependent on time, settings or other people.
Like, "who you are", should stay the same, even if you were to be "moved" from one "setting" to another, from one culture to another etc...
If not, then "who you are" is just a function of all these things...

You are a father to your children, a husband to your wife, a best friend, a co-worker, - but all of that is not "who you are" - its the roles you took upon your self!
(The same applys to women too of course - used masculine form for simplicity)

However, when reading the posts of the people who did try to describe them selves here, mostly did it exactly through their jobs/daily responsibility , their opinions, and other traits THEY attribute to them selves.
But, I can't say - "This is who they are" - since you could apply this text to many other people, which would say "hay - that fits me!"...
And also, if you ask 10 friends of these people, you are most likely to get 10 different descriptions to each person...

To make my point:
If we take everyone who described them selves here, and put them in a space capsule, on a never ending journey, and now they are in space, in that capsule (every one in his own), and you ask them now - "who are you" - what would be the answer then?
No job, no kids, no politics, no need for opinions on other people...
Who are we then?

Isn't it really interesting how we need to define everything - including our selves?
(I don't mean it in a positive or negative way... just an observation...)

If I really honestly try to answer this, the only answer that comes to my mind is " I am who I am".
Which will very probably will be very different to each person that knows me.

At best, I think we can ask about someone - "who is he/she to ME?"

Sorry for not being funny...

I am the son and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar.

Oh Fap, you're so crazy.

I'm glad you didn't go on for 10 minutes with that 1980s 'I wanna kill myself' swill.

I love The Smiths.

And if a ten ton truck
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Oh the pleasure the privilege is mine...

I lied.
I am, in fact, the walrus.
Goo goo goo joob.

Alright lets not start smiths post..I am already drinking and do not need the encouragement...

so please, please, please
let me get what I want
this time

I would go out tonight, but I haven't got a stich to wear

My online name is Jeremy and my real name is Jeremy. Sometimes my posts may be silly, angry or just probably dull. But I am at least me.

I am a Dad. Until the end of this month I worked at map making using computers but that is over. I am goiing to look after my daughter which owing to work pressures (although I only did the usual 9-5) I feel like I was not "there" for her in the early stages of her life. My wife tells me I am a great father but I feel like there is tons more I could do. One thing I can do is make her laugh.

I used to think I was good at my job until I lost it. Last year I got 2.5 weeks off but this year you can't scrape me off your shoe. Such is life. It does not pay to define oneself through one's job.

The analogy above is very apt. My family is just one of millions who are struggling on this earth to keep going´on the journey through life. The love for my wife made a beautiful child, as did the love of my parents for me, as will my daughters love make nore children and keep us hurtling thorugh the unknown in space and time.

Chin up Jeremy. Remember the old expression:

"When one door closes...

another slams shut in your face!"

Work sucks anyway. Best thing that happened to me was losing my job in the city aged 24. I took a 90% pay cut and was loads happier.

Obviously I am the last of the famous international playboys (despite being female but I never let that stand in the way of anything).

@Kathrina

Not true! You are a fembot. You really do seem to know everything. Admit it!

I am the prime minister of Switzerland.

Rilly?

Here you go, proof that 3.09am is usually not a good time to start a thread - unless you're in California and homesick for Munich at 5.09pm local time.

I'm Propellor Head, and you'll find out about who I am and where I come from (thanks Cilla) by reading my posts.

Hi I'm Silva, contrary to popular opinion I am actually female.

On my last day in Munich, I might confess who I am, but no sooner.

Hi, I'm UrbanAngel. Contrary to popular opinion, I am also female, younger than 50, and older than 20.

I am a figment of your imaginations.

I'm ajohnson: genius (according to the IQ tests), redneck, antagonist, tomboy.

i am the all singing all dancing crap of the world...

@sin - I went ahead and added in the words you forgot

To know thyself is the ultimate form of aggression. -Marion J. Levy, Jr.

Or :
QUOTE(Sin @ Jul 15 2005, 11:44 am)
I am a twisted, demented, hallucination-induced figment of your imaginations.

I am cowgirl. I am just another dumb animal. A stupid cow. When the farmer is out on the fields I secretly use his computer. I am glad to have found you all and enjoy being here.

@jip

"I am a figment of your twisted, demented, hallucination induced imaginations."

That explains your conversations with me perfectly then

I typed right into that one...

just a note here, on the serious posts on this thread most start with

I'm a dentist...chemist...school teacher...blah blah

does that mean your job has taken you over?

for me I am a bald, middle aged slob, who drinks far to much, eats far to much, can usually be found doing somthing daft, and is completly insane.

oh and play with computer systems to pay for all the above

not when I 1st met you...
(cuz thought you were younger than 20 and I was completely drunk...do you remember?)
this is NOT a sarcastic joke btw! it's true when I first met Urbs I was cabbaged!
I'm surprised she still speaks to me I was a big slobbery mess.

Now that wouldn't be a first now would it... I THink that's an accurate description of quite a few TT'ers at the weekend

Oh ... & I'm a stove in real life.

Oh, thought you meant that when you first met UA she wasn't female

Dude, tell me about it. I still get pissed off remembering a couple of summers ago being asked if I was a Schüler for a concessionary ticket, or if I had ID buying a bottle of wine (you have to be 16 for this here).
Grr. I'm sure it'll be good in 15 years or so.

I woulda had better plastic surgery done than this

I said the same thing. For the most part, it is (not that I'm 15 years older, mind you). When I was 21 and travelling around the US in a van with some friends, I got handcuffed by some cops in Indiana who thought I was a 14 year old runaway from Pennsylvania. Pissed me off at the time, but now I like it when people assume I'm the same age as they are and then find out I'm almost 10 years older.

I would never assume that, IPJ... tum tee tum