When I read Phillip's (millcoll73) post earlier this week I had to chuckle - he mentioned that Matt and Harry came up to visit him at the FNGS where he works in Celina. This has prompted me to change my name on my 'header' from Harry to Matt, since he and I are the same person!
My given name IS Harry, and I was named after my father and grandfather. So I am 'the Third' - but to avoid confusion when I was young, they called me 'Matt', and I also liked it better than Harry, so that was fine by me. So all through grade school and high school I went by Matt. When I went into the Army, they called me anything they wanted, but I 'officially' became Harry, and by that time I was comfortable with the name.
Thus, my dual identity is predicated on who knew me when - my family and folks I knew from early years or through folks I knew then, know me as Matt; while those I met in the Army and at college and in the workplace know me as Harry. And when the two meet, confusion arises - but I really DO respond to either. I think Jim (rhodie80) explained this to Neil (Skafloc) at Origins; being the good lad he is, Neil went with the flow naturally.
Now everything is aligned on the Forum header, there should be less confusion (if any of you were confused to begin with). And so when I sign a post, the 'signature' matches the name in the header.
Truth be told, I smell the same when I'm 'Matt' as I do when I'm 'Harry'...
All the best,
Matt
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