PoppaGator - I didn't object to fake names. I just wanted to know what all the kerfuffle was about - as most people (members and guests) are not using their proper names they are not identifiable.

I'm just as "identifiable" under the fake name I gave myself as under the real name my parents gave me, am I not? In fact, I am arguably more identifiable among this group as PoppaGator than I am as Tom Henehan. As far as I know, nobody who is a regular member or a frequent lurker at mudcat.org ever knew me in the real world under my real name before they encountered me here. You, for example, have absolutely no acquaintance with Tom Henehan, but you may have had the opportunity to read a few posts from PoppaGator and begun to form an idea of who that person might be.

I have "met" and learned what to expect from such individuals as Stilly River Sage, Leadfingers, Bee-dubya-ell, Little Hawk, Martin Gibson, etc. etc., etc., just as I have gotten to know, for example, Joe Offer (a real name, I assume) and Bill D (part of a real name), and others.

On the other hand, I never seem able to get a handle on just who any given GUEST might be.