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Mine isn't so interesting. Woodys is the name of our restaurant (from our last name which is Woodward).....we seem to use this name, or a derivitive (sp) thereof, for all of our "LOGINS"...we even use the same password for EVERYTHING....even our bank cards...this way, we'll never forget....LOL

Carol

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Hiya Katgirl....welcome.

Hi also ~C~; you've been a member for awhile but I don't recall seeing you in the Canuck corner...(or I'm losing my mind!). So, welcome!

Ottawa is one of my hometowns (went to high school there and still have family there).

:D

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Lila is my stage name from my stripper days. I travelled the northern circuit I hope none of you have been to any of my shows!!!:)

Just kidding!!!!:biggrin1: :biggrin1: really it's a nickname my sister called when I was a teenager. she knew a girl named lila who she thought was a big loser (no, not in the weight lose area) and she thought i was too. So she called the same name. I think she forgot why she called me that but I never did. She sometime still calls me that but now more as an endearment.

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Welcome Chyps and Kathyalso... no reason to be shy....and this could be fun.

Thanks Wheezy for the welcome... I have enjoyed reading everybody's stories and have learned a lot from all of you. I am still working on my sister!!:)

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*bumping*

I notice lots more Canadian users on here.....inquiring minds wanna know the username origin (okay, nosy minds!).

:canada: :canada: :canada:

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I tell ya, there are a ton of just nosey people on this forum! :(

Don't worry I am too. :(

I have been lurking on this site for a couple weeks now but have only recently registered since making the decision to Band.

The name I use on here is nothing special. Dame because I would like to be knighted and I don't think the Queen will be doing that anytime soon so I might as well do it myself.

And J because my real name starts with a J.

As for where I am from... I come from Toronto about 30 - 40 min from the good Dr. who will hopefully band me.

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Well, my user name has a pretty corny beginning.

When I met my husband, his hobby was (and still is) working/playing on computers. I started calling him the "computer weenie" :nerd: .

Then I asked him to show me how to "tune up" my own computer (seriously, I really wanted to know how to work on a computer! It wasn't -just- a ploy to get closer to him...honest! ;) ).

Well, when he had passed on enough information that I could seriously damage other people's computers we decided that I needed a name, but I couldn't be a "weenie" too, so I became "weenette".

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haha that is cute Weenette; thanks...I had been wondering where it stemmed from! I also like the lil' yellow guy!

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I loved the Jeffersons and Wheezy was one of my favorite people!

My handle came as a gift from a dear friend. I shared her journey with colon cancer and a few months before she died, she gave me a gund bear - with golden angel wings. She told me that a golden angel bear was a symbol of my gardian angel - and she gave me my e-mail address and this handle.

I had a teenager (son) whose all grown up and doing very well on his own and now a teenage daughter (what a difference!). I have one more coming up and not due for another few years (thankfully I only have to survive one at a time!)

Roxanne

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Welcome Dame J. Good luck with your surgery. Got a date yet?

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