Grew up answering to Jed in my house. When a friend of my father learned I joined the Navy he began referring to me as Jed, The Jolly Tar. Incidentally, jollytar was my first email handle as well.
Middle aged broad with the stereotypical cat herd. I go by other handles elsewhere.
Also, there are other catherders out there, but they are not me.
I can’t have nice things because of the cat herd.
Mama Catz! I was hoping you’d make it on here eventually. Crazy cat lady is a tough job but somebody’s gotta do it.
[QUOTE=PaddyWest2012;107864]Mama Catz! I was hoping you’d make it on here eventually. Crazy cat lady is a tough job but somebody’s gotta do it.[/QUOTE]
All three of the little skanks were on the bed this morning, giving each other the stink eye. Wish I’d snapped a pic.
My husband wants another dog. We had one years ago, adopted (as all of them are) and she passed on after a long life. So the herd might grow. He will have to deal with them all while I’m out.
[QUOTE=Swampfox;107743]Being that a lot of folks here work in the bayou, I thought something with swamp in it would be cool.
I’m from South Carolina. Now I live in Florida, which might as well be another country in some areas…Swampfox was the nickname given to Francis Marion during the American Revolution. He was a bad dude, credited with early guerilla warfare. I didn’t serve in the military, but thought the name was appropriate for me.[/QUOTE]
There is a TWR that runs out of san diego with the swamp fox namesake. Was lucky enough to get a challenge coin from them. Pretty cool!
It was my email name created for me when AOL first came out years ago. I was working on tugs in New York at the time and Tugboatman was apparently already taken. Hence, the shortened version.
[QUOTE=Sweat-n-Grease;107711]“ChiefRob” fits you well, Chief. I can not imagine a better user name for you. You have done well, Chief, and have my sincere respect.
RobRoy ye say - Looks like you might be another Celt, like me.
Are you scrappy?[/QUOTE]
Thanks S-n-G that means a lot coming from an old school feller like yourself.
Yes my family name surname is Scotish royality
Yes I have been know to get in my share of scrapes, I still to this day have a scar between my eyebrows where someone hit me in the face with a beer bottle about 15 years ago. one of my mom’s favorite pictures of me and my little borther, that she still keeps hanging on the wall, was when I was about 17, my brother was 16, we both had a cast on. I had a broke arm, in a cast, he had a broke leg in a cast. We were both under the hood of his old chevelle working on the engine. My little brother was sitting on the fender with his leg that was in the cast resting on top of the engine. Our uncle, (my mom’s brother) was there giving us pointers on how to tune up a small block chevy to make it really run fast. We never knew my mom took the photo for a long time, actually untill she had it enlarged, and framed. We used to get into more than our share of trouble. My broke arm was from a motorcycle wreck, his broke leg was from a fight where he climbed up on something and jumped off trying to do some wrestling move and missed who he was trying to kick, and wound up breaking his leg. There was a girl and alcohol involved in the broke beer bottle incident as well.
[QUOTE=catherder;107863]Middle aged broad with the stereotypical cat herd. I go by other handles elsewhere.
Also, there are other catherders out there, but they are not me.
I can’t have nice things because of the cat herd.[/QUOTE]
You one of my Aunt’s and my girlfriend would be a perfect trio. The girlfriend and I had to come to an agreement, I can only have one dog and she can only have one cat. It works out good.
[QUOTE=ChiefRob;107893]You one of my Aunt’s and my girlfriend would be a perfect trio. The girlfriend and I had to come to an agreement, I can only have one dog and she can only have one cat. It works out good.[/QUOTE]
Cats and dogs can get along surprisingly well. When Abbie (my beagle) was alive, I had two cats who played and wrestled with her all the time. They’d all cuddle together in front of the fireplace. They are all gone now, over the rainbow bridge. I really miss them.
I’d only intended to keep two from then on, but the third one showed up at the door and wouldn’t leave…they do that to ya. So a dog would make four. We have a fenced yard now, so there’s that.
I can’t do any more though. Even I have a max dander limit. And that’s with two air cleaners running!
http://youtu.be/4tAebSWEnQ4 at 1:15
Well due to Seagulls being one of my favorite birds…and…my tendency to have a big mouth that likes to talk and argue way to much for my own good, I thought the name fit quite well! 
[QUOTE=ChiefRob;107892]Thanks S-n-G that means a lot coming from an old school feller like yourself.[/QUOTE]
I never thought I would live to see the day when I would be called an “old school feller” but alas the day is most definitely here.
[QUOTE=ChiefRob;107892]Yes my family name surname is Scotish royality[/QUOTE]
All Celts are descendants from Kings, a few Queens too.
Now Now, it’s not what you’re thinking
[QUOTE=ChiefRob;107892]Yes I have been know to get in my share of scrapes, I still to this day have a scar between my eyebrows where someone hit me in the face with a beer bottle about 15 years ago. one of my mom’s favorite pictures of me and my little borther, that she still keeps hanging on the wall, was when I was about 17, my brother was 16, we both had a cast on. I had a broke arm, in a cast, he had a broke leg in a cast. We were both under the hood of his old chevelle working on the engine. My little brother was sitting on the fender with his leg that was in the cast resting on top of the engine. Our uncle, (my mom’s brother) was there giving us pointers on how to tune up a small block chevy to make it really run fast. We never knew my mom took the photo for a long time, actually untill she had it enlarged, and framed. We used to get into more than our share of trouble. My broke arm was from a motorcycle wreck, his broke leg was from a fight where he climbed up on something and jumped off trying to do some wrestling move and missed who he was trying to kick, and wound up breaking his leg. There was a girl and alcohol involved in the broke beer bottle incident as well.[/QUOTE]
Oh my, you really are scrappy.
[QUOTE=TheNoisySeagull;107926]Well due to Seagulls being one of my favorite birds…and…my tendency to have a big mouth that likes to talk and argue way to much for my own good, I thought the name fit quite well! :-)[/QUOTE]
I was also going to ask if you liked to eat grapes tossed in the air while flying…I played this game with a seagull years ago. He (or one of his pals) later dropped a fish carcass on my head…
All this time I thought your name was “Catheter.” So much for my reading skills.
You can give a deck ape a license but he’ll forever see the world from the deck plates. Thus my name.
[QUOTE=DeckApe;107979]All this time I thought your name was “Catheter.” So much for my reading skills.[/QUOTE]
I thought that too DeckApe!
[QUOTE=catherder;107863]Middle aged broad with the stereotypical cat herd. I go by other handles elsewhere.
Also, there are other catherders out there, but they are not me.
I can’t have nice things because of the cat herd.[/QUOTE]
To think, all along I thought you were in the navy for awhile. working on a carrier deck.
Well ~ Silly me
78BM98 came from being a Navy Boatswain’s Mate from 1978 to 1998.
the nickname came from a Vietnam
Mines just immature… thought it made for a good laugh…