what's in a name????

**RICHARD** · 08-19-2003, 02:47 PM

BIGAMIST!!!
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Tampa in shock over millionaire's 30-year double life

While their wives drove Rolls-Royces and moved among Tampa's elite, Douglas Cone and Donald Carlson always seemed tied up with business.

Mr Cone, the 74-year-old millionaire owner of a Tampa highway construction company, was gone most weekdays.

Mr Carlson was also frequently away from home - an absence his family attributed to a sensitive government job that involved a lot of travel.

But Douglas Cone was also Donald Carlson.

Mr Cone lived a secret double life for nearly 30 years, raising two families in lavish homes 30 kilometres apart - one with his wife of 52 years and the other with a former employee.
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Smart man, he kept the "D,C" in his names so he wouldn't have to change his monogram.

**micki76** · 08-19-2003, 03:00 PM

Originally posted by RICHARD
BIGAMIST!!!
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Tampa in shock over millionaire's 30-year double life

While their wives drove Rolls-Royces and moved among Tampa's elite, Douglas Cone and Donald Carlson always seemed tied up with business.

Mr Cone, the 74-year-old millionaire owner of a Tampa highway construction company, was gone most weekdays.

Mr Carlson was also frequently away from home - an absence his family attributed to a sensitive government job that involved a lot of travel.

But Douglas Cone was also Donald Carlson.

Mr Cone lived a secret double life for nearly 30 years, raising two families in lavish homes 30 kilometres apart - one with his wife of 52 years and the other with a former employee.
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Smart man, he kept the "D,C" in his names so he wouldn't have to change his monogram.

WHY?? I can barely stand having one husband!

Why in the world would anyone add another spouse?!?!?!?! I've never understood this. And married or not, 30 years makes a spouse!

**RICHARD** · 08-19-2003, 03:25 PM

Originally posted by micki76
WHY?? I can barely stand having one husband! Why in the world would anyone add another spouse?!?!?!?! I've never understood this. And married or not, 30 years makes a spouse!

love means never having to hear, "i have a headache"??????

**popcornbird** · 08-19-2003, 04:40 PM

Originally posted by micki76
WHY?? I can barely stand having one husband! Why in the world would anyone add another spouse?!?!?!?! I've never understood this. And married or not, 30 years makes a spouse!

A lot of people in other parts of the world have more than one wife. I'll never understand why anyone would want to deal with such a headache. I really don't like it, but oh well.

**ticosmyham** · 08-19-2003, 05:54 PM

I am with Megan..... Tygerlily is a rockin name....( we'll have some sort of cool name when David adopts us). Oh yeah, and i love when people spell John, Jon. Very cool.

**ticosmyham** · 08-19-2003, 05:55 PM

ooops sorry...wrong thread

**ticosmyham** · 08-19-2003, 06:00 PM

Yeah I agree with Megan...... tygerlily is a rocken name. (We'll have some sort of cool name too, when david adopts us) Oh yeah, you mentioned before how Johnathon should not be Jonathon.... but I think Jon is an awesome way of spelling it. But spelling Katie, Kaidie is somewhat annoying.

**ticosmyham** · 08-19-2003, 06:01 PM

I am obviously doing something wrong. p.s sorry bout your husband and sorry i keep screwin this up

**pitc9** · 08-19-2003, 06:50 PM

I am mixed...I like the thought of not having your child be one of 4 Sara's in there class, but I also think some people go overboard with the spellings!

As for people passing names on...
John Adam Smith I, John Adam Smith II, etc......

My birth name is Angela, My grandmother's name is also Angela, but we have different middle names, we also happen to (at one point) live next door to eachother. So.... we would ALWAYS get each other's mail, get eachothers phone calls.... and we went to the same drug store to get our perscriptions. Well...when ever I would go there I would make SUPER sure I gave the people my address and my middle int to make sure I wasn't getting pills under my grandmothers name. Do you belive they once gave me my birthcontrol pills under her name!!! Why would a 80 year old woman need birthcontrol pills!!!!

As funny as that was, one day it could have caused a problem.
I think passing names on is a wonderful thing, but people need to pay closer attention!

**carole** · 08-19-2003, 07:16 PM

Of course film stars get away with calling their children horrendous names, one that I feel sorry for is Bob Geldofs girls, Peaches, and Fifi Trixiebelle, I always think of a poodle for that one. Poor Kids IMO.

**RICHARD** · 08-19-2003, 07:26 PM

Originally posted by pitc9
Do you belive they once gave me my birthcontrol pills under her name!!! Why would a 80 year old woman need birthcontrol pills!!!!
As funny as that was, one day it could have caused a problem.

i think you underestimate our senior citizens!!!

Stupid story alert..

a friend of mine's daughter was getting married...
So, I diligently got a card and sent it to Monique and Artie........

Well,
Artie isn't Artie.......His nickname is 'RD' as in "the third" (III)....to this day i still don't know his 'real' name!!!

Carole,
what about Moon Unit and Dweezil???

**captain** · 08-19-2003, 07:36 PM

.... and Talulla Belle (which I can't even spell!!!) one of Demi and Bruces girls

(Poet and didn't even know it .............

)

**Nomilynn** · 08-20-2003, 03:47 AM

I don't know that I care so much about unique spellings, but I do like unique names. When I was in grade 12 I went to a new school and there was one girl there named Naomi, but up until then I had been the only one in both my elementary schools and my high school. I liked being the only one with my name

My friend Melissa, however, was ALWAYS known as Melissa W because there was always at LEAST 2 in each class. I think that would drive me nuts

**Soledad** · 08-20-2003, 09:42 AM

I guess what I find so amusing/annoying is that people think that by spelling a name differently they are somehow unique. The spelling of your name doesn't make you unique, who you are as a person does.

It's just like in high school when one kid wants to be different so he pierces his nipples and wears all black. That doesn't make you unique. Your thoughts and your actions make you different. Any idiot can put a pair of black vinyl pants on. Just like any ole person can decide that they want to spell Melissa M-a-y-l-i-s-a.

To me it seems like picking the wrong battle. Be unique in a way that actually counts.

**Sara luvs her Tinky** · 08-20-2003, 10:07 AM

I don't guess I really have an opinion no how parents should spell their childrens names... but I do have a story...

My name is spelled Sara.... with no H... and my first grade teacher would ALWAYS put a big red H on all my papers... and tell me to spell my name right.. even called my mom in for conferences to tell her my name was spelled wrong.. CRAZY LADY!!

ANYWAY... my middle name is Dunelle... and if anyone has ever seen my middle name it becomes an instant joke.. I assume it is very uncommon because I have never heard it before... my supervisor always hands me my check on payday... and says here Dunelle............... my mom said her and my dad got the name of some credits of an elvis movie....

BLAH ... BLAH... BLAH...

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