so I've always wanted to be rosebud rather than rosebud57 but some long dormant DUer took my name &

[roseBudd]

hasn't been spotted since I don't know when.

[pacalo]

1. The name I wanted -- actually, it's my nickname -- was taken, too. And I've never seen

a "Peepers" post as long as I've been here.

[babylonsister]

2. How about "TheOriginalRosebud? Because you are

terrific and a very great activist who has been here for years. :fistbump:

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Don't you hate squatters?

:grr::D

[stillcool]

4. What about if you used..

a Capital R? I got rid of my '47' and it's taken years off me.

[Lucinda]

5. Did you try it? Someone used to have my name but it was free now so I switched.

They may have purged the old user names...

[Muttocracy]

6. yeah, there should be a purge of user names that have never posted and don't log in anymore. nt

[roseBudd]

7. good suggestion, I am now roseBudd, close enough for people to figure out...

I was formerly rosebud57

[notesdev]

8. If only I had known

I would have originally picked the username "Prince", so I could know have a red signature line that says:

This is the DU member formerly known as Prince.

[OhioBlue]

9. lol! n/t

[Wiley50]

10. Me too. Wiley (my real name) was taken

I saw the guy around about 3 years ago. Haven't seen him since. Even swapped a pm or two with him. Had nothing in common.

The damned DU fuzzy logic suggested wiley50 so I took it. My nick I'd used on the net for years, Grok U was taken too.

Been thinking I'd change it to my real first and last names but I've seen others say that they were changing because they never should have used their real name. I'm disabled and on SSI so I don't think I really have anything to worry about when it comes to identity theft (There's nothing to steal) and Smirk and Snarl are gone (though NSA knew who I am all along, I'm sure.

Still thinking about it.

Any advice on that?