Fifty Plus (50+) - How about clueing us in on your location?

From recent threads:

Where I live . . .

It rains a lot here . . .

You wouldn't believe the number of potholes around here . . .

Hey, if you go to

"Settings"

"Edit profile"

then scroll down to "Location"

And enter something about your location such as the city or even the state where you live, this will show up under your Avatar, helping us all to know where "Here" or "Where I live" actually is, so we don't have to guess.

And, words like "Nirvana," "Where the mountains meet the sea," "East of Eden," or "This small universe" while they may be true - don't really help!!

Check out under my Avatar to the left.

Thanks so much.

Lots of folks don't want all their info broadcast on the net. State location yeah but not always.

Lots of folks don't want all their info broadcast on the net. State location yeah but not always.

Yes, but there are about 38 million folks in CA, 5 million in CO, and even 40,000 in Parker, CO. I don't think that saying I live in Parker, CO, is much of an identifying factor. Besides, I am all over the internet - with web pages, letters, blogs, etc., etc. But, of course, it is the individual's choice. I have personally given up all pretense of privacy in our current world.

Where I live, Nirvana, where the mountains meet the sea, just East of Eden, in this small universe , we don't share that kind of information. If any of you Mericans know where I live, then I give you a pat on the head. :)

Where I live, Nirvana, where the mountains meet the sea, just East of Eden, in this small universe , we don't share that kind of information. If any of you Mericans know where I live, then I give you a pat on the head. :)

You state you live in "Upper Canada" - That's good enough for me and provides a good reference point.

I would understand if many folks in the US conclude that Upper Canada is somewhere up in the Arctic, whereas in fact it's a historical entity that now comprises mostly southern Ontario. Which is why I didn't need to travel to Tuktoyaktuk to have my colonoscopy done at the Upper Canada Lower Bowel Clinic.

I updated mine. Maybe helpful to someone. No security worries about this info. PG

Lots of folks don't want all their info broadcast on the net. State location yeah but not always.
I just don't understand that. What's with the secrecy?


<--- I live here. My location has been posted since I joined BF in 2001. No CIA or KGB folks have come knocking yet. :rolleyes:

I just don't understand that. What's with the secrecy?


<--- I live here. My location has been posted since I joined BF in 2001. No CIA or KGB folks have come knocking yet. :rolleyes:

I got a phone call from a mysterious stranger asking about you last week. I told them . . . . well, I can't tell you what I told them, but you might want to look over your shoulder a bit more.

I just don't understand that. What's with the secrecy?...My location has been posted since I joined BF in 2001. No CIA or KGB folks have come knocking yet. :rolleyes:

I think the folks who are concerned about such things are thinking of those even less reputable than CIA and KGB.

Look at the back of your left hand. I live near the tip of the ring finger.

What part of Whittier, CA don't you understand? Oh, the CA? That's California, not Canada.

Ah . . . wait, you weren't typing to me? Nevermind.

Rick / OCRR

Look at the back of your left hand. I live near the tip of the ring finger.

I just checked that.

(I've got that old De Puytrens bendy finger nonsense, so)

You live in New Mexico?

And if your in the area get in touch and we'll go for a ride.

I live four miles west of Laguna Seca Raceway. Now that you know, join me and the group for the Tuesday Morning Ride!

Security? No credit card, SSN, driver's license, or any other pertinent numbers will ever be posted here. *Poof*! You've seen my picture, BUT...is that really me?? *Poof* again!

I don't worry about the small stuff. I'm a social creature, and I don't mind people knowing *about* where I live and ride.

Downtown Sandfly, GA (click here for map) (http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=31.995222&lon=-81.066314&zoom=16)

We've got a Piggly Wiggly grocery, two gas stations, a liquor store and Deb's Pub and Grub. Oh, and the best BBQ at the eponymous Sandfly BBQ.

I just checked that.

(I've got that old De Puytrens bendy finger nonsense, so)

You live in New Mexico?

Ok, did you fall asleep in US geography class? :lol:

Northern lower peninsula if that helps.

...And enter something about your location such as the city or even the state where you live...helping us all to know where "Here" or "Where I live" actually is, so we don't have to guess...

Thanks so much.
Good thread. "Jim from Boston"...d'uh, that's Boston Massachusetts. :rolleyes:

I actually chose my screen name not so much for location, but because I'm a radio talk show fan and when I (rarely) call in, I'm introduced as Jim from Boston ("...and now here's Jim from Boston; what's up, Jim?"). Conversely, when I call or post my favorite station I add the appellation "Your Number One Fan among Boston's Bicycle Commuters" in particular to tweak a curmudgeonly anti-bicyclist host.

A local BF subscriber once called me "James de Boston"; wished I had thought of that.

Look at the back of your left hand. I live near the tip of the ring finger.
I'm originally from Detroit, Michigan (on the thenar eminence of the right hand).

I'm originally from Detroit, Michigan (on the thenar eminence of the right hand).There is a New Boston, Michigan

There is a New Boston, Michigan
Funny you should mention that. Back in 1977, our car broke down in that town and the garage owner put us up for the night. I looked up the location on Mapquest to confirm my memory. That was long before I-275 was built. Are you in Traverse City?

I thought mine said it all "Great State of Confusion = Utah"

I'm originally from Detroit, Michigan (on the thenar eminence of the right hand).

Where are you from now? :innocent:

Funny you should mention that. Back in 1977, our car broke down in that town and the garage owner put us up for the night. I looked up the location on Mapquest to confirm my memory. That was long before I-275 was built. Are you in Traverse City?

I pastored a church in the New Boston area back in '93-96. Very rural and still is.

Hey, good guess....I live in Boyne City.

I pastored a church in the New Boston area back in '93-96. Very rural and still is.

Hey, good guess....I live in Boyne City.

Now all the internet spies will know - a pastor in 1993 in Boyne. MI who rides a bicycle. They have you spotted. Beware!!

About 15 miles from a 13,000 acre wildfire in one direction but the wind is keeping most of the smoke away, most of the people have their animals and possessions evacuated and humidity is rising. Thunderstorms forecast so we can expectt more soon.

Why privacY? Back in the newpapaer days burglars used to watch vacation and funeral notices for clues on where to rob. Similar now with internet. When a person posts on the internet the only difference between that and taking out an ad in the newspaper or putting a notice on the supermarket bulletin board is that someone will read it. Amazing how many people who have had adverse events from property crimes, to medical treatment problems, to social conflict to job denial due to internet posts; many of which were mistinterpreted.

Where are you from now? :innocent:
See my PM for my secret coordinates of a Galaxy far, far away.

The UK is just about the size of one of your states but with 60 million inhabitants there- Even I have tried to give you a clue.

About 15 miles from a 13,000 acre wildfire in one direction but the wind is keeping most of the smoke away, most of the people have their animals and possessions evacuated and humidity is rising. Thunderstorms forecast so we can expectt more soon.

Why privacY? Back in the newpapaer days burglars used to watch vacation and funeral notices for clues on where to rob. Similar now with internet. When a person posts on the internet the only difference between that and taking out an ad in the newspaper or putting a notice on the supermarket bulletin board is that someone will read it. Amazing how many people who have had adverse events from property crimes, to medical treatment problems, to social conflict to job denial due to internet posts; many of which were mistinterpreted.

I can go to any county internet site and get your address and name as owner of your property. I can drive down your street and get your address. I can look in the phone book and - most likely - there you are. I can do a paid internet search and find out all about you. Every MD's office you have ever been to has you SSN, along with all the clerks in that office, their friends and family and even maybe their crooks.. I can get your IP address right off of your posting - there used to be someone on BFN who would display your IP address, and did, right at the bottom of the screen. You are kidding yourself if you think you are a private person.

I can go to any county internet site and get your address and name as owner of your property. I can drive down your street and get your address. I can look in the phone book and - most likely - there you are. I can do a paid internet search and find out all about you. Every MD's office you have ever been to has you SSN, along with all the clerks in that office, their friends and family and even maybe their crooks.. I can get your IP address right off of your posting - there used to be someone on BFN who would display your IP address, and did, right at the bottom of the screen. You are kidding yourself if you think you are a private person.

Didn't mean to say all data is private. But, important data is. Where am I? Don't know my IP address today but the provider I use showed it as Boston, MA yesterday, thanks to fibre optics and their server system. Am I home? Posting about a trip to Granny's lets the public know where I am. Of course I live in a small community in a state with few firearms laws so the odds are against the bad guy; still. Certainly, people with whom I have a business relationship have all,and probably, more data than they need. But, that is unlike the general public where I have very little of no legal sanctions for improper use., or theft.

Thisi is one of the big philisophical debates now. Some say and are teaching that no one has an inherent right to privacy of any nature. Others are quite the opposite. For now I think anyone has to assume the government, or governments, have pretty complete dossiers, on each person. Even if there are supposed legal restridtions on the government(s) gathering the data there are not generally on their purchasing the information. In my personal case I do what is reasonable to protect myself from the general public. But, from governments? That is a losing cause and is at the heart of Blackberrry's difficulties with several governements.

So, guess it depends on how "privacy" is defined.

I live in a town with a population of 1,900. You could come here and ask "Where does the tall, middle-aged, blonde who rides a road bike live?" Anybody here could walk you over to my house. :lol:

I thought mine said it all "Great State of Confusion = Utah"
If you lived in southern Utah and said you lived in Dixie, now that would be confusing. :rolleyes:

How about if you live in a town of 150 population? I'm the guy that rides to bike.

I just don't understand that. What's with the secrecy?


<--- I live here. My location has been posted since I joined BF in 2001. No CIA or KGB folks have come knocking yet. :rolleyes:

+1 and me too.

How about if you live in a town of 150 population? I'm the guy that rides to bike.
:lol: Small towns are great, aren't they? Everyone has an identity. At least if someone tries to steal your bike you know they'll be caught when someone says, "Hey! That's not the guy who rides the bike!"

:lol: Small towns are great, aren't they? Everyone has an identity. At least if someone tries to steal your bike you know they'll be caught when someone says, "Hey! That's not the guy who rides the bike!"

I love small towns. Our town is about 3600 and has 3 bike shops. It's a bicycle mecca of sorts.

People don't say "hello" to me. They ask "Did you ride today?"

I live in Phoenix, AZ.

I live in Phoenix, AZ.

The patron state of year 'round riding.

The patron state of year 'round riding.

but it was below 30 on our New Year's Day ride this year. There was ice on my driveway when I left that day. This time of year our club rides leave at 6 am.

Northport? Leland? Sutton's Bay?

We spent many happy summer weeks in Leelanau County. And some bad hours on the hills.

but it was below 30 on our New Year's Day ride this year. There was ice on my driveway when I left that day. This time of year our club rides leave at 6 am.

You had below 30 and we have 30 below :)

I havent brought myself to the point of getting on a stationary bike in the winter. But it sure is a drag getting back into shape in March not knowing if you'll have snow until late April.

Spent a couple summers out there back in the late '70s and what you folks say about "thinning of the blood" sure seems true enough. That next winter I was wearing a warm coat.

I read all these posts hoping to get the vital information of a hot babe, although it might be a hog with somebody else's picture.

I just gotta to send pictures of me in my boxers to energize the languishing spirit of a 50's + person who is desperately hoping to be titalated.

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

Time to watch game 4 of the stanley cup.
Hopefully the canucks won't be humiliated like they were on Monday night.

Get a night time photograph of New England. Draw a line from New York to Boston. Find the darkest area on but just south of that line. I be there.

Get a night time photograph of New England. Draw a line from New York to Boston. Find the darkest area on but just south of that line. I be there.

And that is exactly what the spies will do to find you!!

And that is exactly what the spies will do to find you!!

They threw me back years ago.

I read all these posts hoping to get the vital information of a hot babe, although it might be a hog with somebody else's picture.

What I said!

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio here. Great nearby rides in and around the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

I'm in Eugene, OR, located 100 mile south of Portland and home to the University of Oregon. Yeah, it rains, but mostly in the winter, summers are quite dry and perfect for cycling because the temperatures are mild. I always say that I've lived all over the country and that this is the nicest climate of anywhere. No extremes of temperature, no thunder storms, and enough rain to make for beautiful and green forests and farmland. I'll take the rain in winter any day, it's totally worth the benefits.

This photo is looking west from Eugene to the coast range mountains (fantastic cycling) to the Pacific Ocean, about 50 miles from Eugene to the beach.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d126/telehammer/page3-1023-full.jpg