by joewp » Sun 29 Jun 2014, 11:42:35
It's just my first name, middle and last initials. I've been using it off and on for 15-20 years on message boards and such and even variations of it on commercial sites like banks and utilities. Mainly because when I use another user name I tend to forget it. :D And the w is there because there's a heck of a lot of joep's out there who tend to steal it before I can get it.
The avatar is sort of my first memory of oil use. There was a little Sinclair gas station on the corner and I, being a young boy in the 60's and fascinated by dinosaurs, always bugged my dad to get gas there so I could see Dino.
My father reluctantly would stop there even though the price was always 2 or 3 cents higher than the station down in the village. 22.9 to 19.9!
Joe P.
joeparente.com"Only when the last tree is cut; only when the last river is polluted; only when the last fish is caught; only then will they realize that you cannot eat money." - Cree Indian Proverb