'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
As a lurker, I really appreciate the way this was handled in the Bureaucracy thread rather than backchannel.
Not a lurker, clearly, but I agree with Margaret here. I am just not a backchannel person.
{{Cindy}} I have no idea what we will find out in the end, but I know you and others are in pain and this bothers me more than anything else. Thank you for your honest posts.
IIRC, he only mentioned the voice recognition awhile after the monkey incident. I thought his posts did get shorter and more cryptic as time went on.
This is what I remember, too.
I continue to be gratified by the way we're discussing this. I'm sorry it continues to be upsetting to some, but I think it's necessary for many more, to process and come to terms.
I have deep gratitude to everyone who's done internet search and phone contact.
We're not talking about just internet identity, though. We're talking about business transactions. The person we know as Gus was able to sign for Fedex packages and cash checks under the name of Guy Straley at the address we have from Brenda's company. While my company's correspondence with him was not physical, it was in a professional context.
We're not talking about just internet identity, though. We're talking about business transactions. The person we know as Gus was able to sign for Fedex packages and cash checks under the name of Guy Straley at the address we have from Brenda's company. While my correspondence with him was not physical, it was in a professional context.
Plus the phone # we have is tied to the name too, right?
Laura (WRT to backchannel) and Beverly speak for me. And I want to say Hi to Margaret, who I always think of when I think of "lurkers in email", and who I want to thank for posting
The person we know as Gus was able to sign for Fedex packages and cash checks under the name of Guy Straley at the address we have from Brenda's company.
Ah, I must have missed that. Does make it less likely, then, doesn't it? Hmm.
Well, I confess myself baffled. Also perplexed. And puzzled. Possibly even bemused.
Liese, anyone can sign any name for most Fedex or UPS packages, unless the sender specifies otherwise.
They get the pkg to its destination, get someone's signature, and that's that. The driver may confirm the name that's been signed, but I could sign my cat's name, essentially, and they'd just ask me if "Rafa" was spelled with an "f".
Thanks, Sophia. I support you all in my head, if not in email.
You don't have to show ID to sign for a FedEx package.
And you can deposit checks through an ATM to your account and they'll stick even if isn't your name on the check.
AFAIK, anyone can get a DBA (doing business as) bank account and use it like a real name, signing for packages and cashing checks. Many sole proprietors of businesses do that. So the fact that he could "sign for Fedex packages and cash checks under the name of Guy Straley at the address we have" doesn't prove it was his real actual name.