Screen name origins

Mathematics major, alephnull is defined as the number of counting numbers (close enough)

So, by that definition, it is the largest number, yes even bigger than googleplex.

From Merrium-Webster
": the number of elements in the set of all integers which is the smallest transfinite cardinal number"

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During radiation for the beast, I maxed out at 81 grays (abbreviated 81gy). Hence, I'm the "guy" who got 81 grays (81gy) for his RT treatment.

I liked airplanes and the song skypilot growing up in 60's and 70's so skypilot 56 born in 56. nutin special

Larry

Onthgodiy ... only the good die young ... first two letters of each word. I'm not good enough to die young.

Diagnosed 1/16/2018, age 66, PSA 209, advanced stage 4 prostate cancer, spread to lymphs, pelvis & ribs
Treatments: Firmagon, chemotherapy (Taxotere) ongoing Lupron inections (quarterly)
PSA now 0.04, testosterone undetectable, lymphs clear, tumor smaller, lesions reduced on bones
Now 67 and feeling stronger, stamina is back 9 months after chemo (and so is my hair)
Dr. Bradley Carthon in Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Amateur winemaker.

Paxton was the name of a dog we had for the first 15-16 years we were married. Life was never the same without him.

Pratoman is a small town in Italy, just outside of Florence that I used to go to 4-5 times a year when I was in the textile business, which I left 19 years ago. Pratoman is a major European textile center.
Thus Pratoman

30 yrs as a beekeeper and I am old.

Bohemond of Antioch, a Norman nephew of William the Conqueror, pillaged and plundered in the middle east before the first crusade. He was captured and held for ransom by emperor Alexis of Constantinople. Many years later Alexis's daughter Anna described Boehemond in her memoir in a way that left no doubt she thougt he was a smoking hot hunk of barbarian.

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Mine is rather tongue in cheek. As if being a ten in this case was a good thing.

It's my first name and the state I reside in. I use this on numerous other forums and sometimes my location puts things in context. I've lived here for 25 years and don't consider myself a member of the state and neither do the "natives" because I am originally from the Los Angeles area which is still "home" to me and an anathema to the locals for some reason.

As a kid I was always Robbie. In the 50's it wasn't as common a nickname as it is today. Changed it to Rob when I entered Jr high. Last name starts with Le and many people want to say "Mc" as though I were Scottish. I am not.

Very few know my real first name.