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There can be only one
May. 25th, 2004 06:27 pm( The actual conversation )
Context explanation:
(1) Jeff and I both live in the Balti-Wash area, are both long-time members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, and our “home convention” is Balticon.
(2) Dale *Farmer* is from the Boston area, but is staying at Jeff’s house currently for some short-term contract work. Due to said work, he cannot attend this year’s Balticon as he usually would, but he is still providing some equipment for it. I am familiar with him in that context, but Jeff is not.
(3) Dale *Arnold* is: the person who got me into BSFS, the con chair for this year’s Balticon, and the most logical first name association for Jeff to make in this situation. (The poor guy is probably also quite puzzled as to what was going on just now.... a terrible thing to do to a Club Pessimist!)
(4) Where the problem arose: to me, Dale Arnold is actually *Steve* Arnold – i.e., older brother of my high school boyfriend Don, and more to the point, the eldest son of another Dale Arnold. Thus he is known as “Steve” inside his family - thus I was introduced to him many many many years ago - and thus he is still filed in my brain.
Context explanation:
(1) Jeff and I both live in the Balti-Wash area, are both long-time members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, and our “home convention” is Balticon.
(2) Dale *Farmer* is from the Boston area, but is staying at Jeff’s house currently for some short-term contract work. Due to said work, he cannot attend this year’s Balticon as he usually would, but he is still providing some equipment for it. I am familiar with him in that context, but Jeff is not.
(3) Dale *Arnold* is: the person who got me into BSFS, the con chair for this year’s Balticon, and the most logical first name association for Jeff to make in this situation. (The poor guy is probably also quite puzzled as to what was going on just now.... a terrible thing to do to a Club Pessimist!)
(4) Where the problem arose: to me, Dale Arnold is actually *Steve* Arnold – i.e., older brother of my high school boyfriend Don, and more to the point, the eldest son of another Dale Arnold. Thus he is known as “Steve” inside his family - thus I was introduced to him many many many years ago - and thus he is still filed in my brain.
