Desi Arnaz
Desi Arnaz
2008 Trek FX 7.2/Terry Cite X
2009 Jamis Aurora/Brooks B-68
2010 Trek FX 7.6 WSD/stock bontrager
You want to hear a bad name that will make you wince? I know someone whose son (last name "Ball") named his son "Cannon". Ugh. The kids will laugh - the grownups will laugh. As for Bear Bryan - its a familiar name to us, but to his contemporaries, probably not so much. I think it's pretty cute. Tokie
w00t! This one always makes me giggle
It was the first day of school, and all the little first-graders came to school with a card around their neck with their name on. One small boy's card read "Fruit Stand". The teacher found this a a little unusual, but this was back in the 70s when every other hippy child was called Moonbeam or Sunflower or Raindance. He was quite shy, and didn't react much when talked to, but lots of kids are shy in the beginning.
The day over, he was ready to take the school bus home, and the driver asked where he was going. Little Fruit Stand just looked at him and pointed at the card round his neck. The driver turned it over, and there on the other side, printed in neat letters, was the name "Anthony".
Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
1995 Kona Cinder Cone commuterFrankenbike/Selle Italia SLR Lady Gel Flow
2008 white Nakamura Summit Custom mtb/Terry Falcon X
2000 Schwinn Fastback Comp road bike/Specialized Jett
again, a guffaw from me.
Fruit Stands parents were just recycling![]()
2008 Trek FX 7.2/Terry Cite X
2009 Jamis Aurora/Brooks B-68
2010 Trek FX 7.6 WSD/stock bontrager
Nice Name.
I knew a kid in high school named Bear. He was a real sweetie and a hugger.
It's a good legacy to give to a boy.
I can do five more miles.
I know a guy named David (real normal, average name), he is in his 30's. His current nickname is "giggles". I don't think one's name has much to do with nicknames and various childhood torments. Although, for rhyming purposes, maybe.... anyway, I really like Bear, but you probably don't care too much about my (random stranger) opinion. Either way, congratulations and best wishes for your family and Bear (it really is a very huggable name)![]()
Awww, congratulations. Enjoy your little cuddle bear.
2007 Trek 5000
2009 Jamis Coda
1972 Schwinn Suburban
"I rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a bike. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance and independence the moment she takes her seat; and away she goes, the picture of untrammelled womanhood."
Susan B. Anthony, 1896
2005 Giant TCR2
2012 Trek Superfly Elite AL 2nd Sport, Pando Fall Challenge 2011 and 3rd Expert Peak2Peak 2011
2001 Trek 8000 SLR
Iceman 2010-6th Place AG State Games, 2010-1st Sport, Cry Baby Classic 2010-7th Expert, Blackhawk XTerra Tri 2007-3rd AG
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I like Bear....congrats!
Now how about this for bad...
We had a family in our district last name Schaffer
They named their daughters Kegga and Casa.....I kid you not.
I also went to college with a girl named Ivy Fern Moss
Limewave, it's a cool name. I can see many folks going "hmmm..ahhh! ok...hmm..interesting..hmmm..cool"
Beats my boring name!!!
Just saw this thread. Congratulations on baby Bear! "UK Elephant" on this list also has a baby Bear brother. Bjørn (which means bear) is a pretty common name here. So there you have my two kids: Elephant (not her name, but she uses it in some settings) and Bear (yep, his name). Sweetest "kids" on the planet, all grown up and far as I know quite happy with their names. We once told Bear that before he was born we were waffling between Bear and Wolf. He was shocked, and relieved that we landed on Bear. But I figure he'd have felt the other way round had he grown up with the name Wolf.![]()
Half-marathon over. Sabbatical year over. It's back to "sacking shirt and oat cakes" as they say here.
Pooh was also an Astute and Helpful Bear!
May the new Bear grow up to be 'That Sort of Bear!'