Where do you come from, and what brought you here?

There has to have been something like this in the past, but I've never seen it. Where do come from, and what brought you here? I'm from Sykesville, PA which I guess you can see from my profile. I've lived in the general area most of my life. I spent 2 years in Bellefonte, which was the farthest I have lived from my home town of DuBois. I'm about 10 miles from the famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil. I started coming here after my father in law Aaron showed me the site, and some of the things he's constantly downloading from here. I guess I brought myself to the forums though, which is every bit as addicting as people say it is. :cool

 

Im from ireland, i think im the only one here thats is

I, like im sure many members here found the site because of a malware problem.
A google search for SpySheriff removal brought me here:celebrate.
And thanks to chas's superb advice i was able to get rid of it:dancer

 

Your a draftsman, how great. Thought that is something I would enjoy doing, sigh, maybe in my next life.
Born and raised in California. Have always lived from San Francisco to San Diego, right now live in the freaking desert miss the coast.
Found MG's from it being a suggested source for certain downloads.

 

I buy my shoes from california I might as well give them a plug http://www.simpleshoes.com I've been wearing nothing but simple's for more than a decade. I've had one pair for nearly 3 years, all beat to crap, but still feel like new. (other than my feet getting wet when it rains, and I wear them.)

My grandmother lived in Santa Barbara for a long time. If you ever run into a place called Chillers, that's my family too. haha

 

Nice shoes, I love Santa Barbara, from Ojai (Ventura) before going to Santa Cruz then here. What is Chillers? Bar, restaurant? I'm willing to go look just for the trip. LOL

 

I'm originally from western NY (between Rochester & Buffalo) and knew some of the Syracuse locals (Kodo, etc.) so signed up. Been here a tad over 6 years now and moderating just as long.:major

I relocated to Florida 5½ years ago...met Chris (star17) on my way to Kissimmee and we've been together ever since. MajorGeeks rules over eHarmony!

 

It's a bar, it's everything really. I know the one in Orlando even has a micro brewery. There's one in Redondo Beach.. 239 N Harbor Dr.. Probably eons away from you. I don't know the geography. Have fun if you go though.

 

I am from Russia, Moscow.
I've been a PC user for 12 years. And now I am Mac user from not long time ago. I still run Windows on it thru Parallels Desktop. Here I need some opinions or answers to my questions concerning Windows-on-Mac while I'm getting used to the new Mac environment..

 

This is like group therapy all over again

My name's Lev and I'm originally from the United Kingdom and I had a malware fetish/addiction LOL

 

Born and still being raised in northeast ohio (painesville), i found this site from a friends dad who said come here for virus and spyware problems , becuase i was a computer noob at the time, ive been using this site for about 4 years but only been a member for a fraction of that time. I love the site and every thing it has to offer along with all of the people.

thx for the site!

 

Also from PA, but the northeast corner.

Came here to get some problem fixed, don't remember what, have since helped people, recommended the site to coworkers, and mentioned it when asked how do i stay up-to-date with the industry at job interviews.

I guess that was a worthwhile problem if MajorGeeks has helped me that much

 

Same as Halo just a few miles away and I came here for the Girls

Nah I wasn't sure I was getting maximum performance from my Raptor harddrive so I decided to ask on a few forums I signed up to MajorGeeks,Guru3d and anandtech and MajorGeeks was the only one that sent me a confirmation email,could have turned out allot different I like to think I was very lucky it was MG I ended up at,maybe not so lucky for everyone else

Oh yeah there was no Raptor problem there were just LOTS of people lying about how fast their computers were booting up or using extremely stripped down OS's,I remember reading XP to usable desktop boot times of 12 secs which is just ridiculous looking back,I remember ASUS was the first member to respond to my thread so thanks again

 

I hail from NW Indiana. I stumbled upon this site when I was preparing to build my first computer (AMD XP2400+, 512MB Ram, Geforce FX5200) I was like 15 at the time. I like the place so much I just stuck around!

 

Me, I'm a born & bred, lifelong Texan. Med School in Galveston. Practiced OB-GYN 35 years in Houston. Retired 5+ years now. Lived in ski country in Colorado 3 years and now back in Spring, a northern suburb of Houston.
All of our kids (6 between us, and 12 grandkids) live nearby.

Met the board through Kodo, whom I used to frag and be fragged by [ALOT].
Met AbbySue through a friend online in the NY area. Love that gal.
Star be lucky. I told her it was love a first internet sight. She's just lucky we were not both single at the same time. heh heh heh.

 

I'm from central Indiana, and I stumbled upon MG actually in 2003 or 2004 - I was looking for a free utility program (I've forgotten which) and was very impressed with the site.

It wasn't till a good while later I actually registered in the forum, being content to just lurk about at first. After posting a few messages and interacting with some of the wonderful folks who inhabit this corner of the 'net, I was hopelessly (and happily) addicted.

I've surfed far and wide on the internet since 1997 . . . and MG is my favorite place to visit by far for help, free safe programs, and just to chill.

 

originally born in the UK but have lived and worked all over the world mostly in the military.

I now live in Brugge in Belgium

i got to here from a recommendation of a good freind and would not go any where else no to ask for help!!!

i am now physically (and mentally) handicapped after an accident so am retired.

 

My dad is Irish, from Cork, so I could say I'm half Irish! Does that count?

I was born in London, came to Sweden when I was 3 (36 years ago :eek), have moved around a bit, lived in Germany a few months, Switzerland a few months, the US a few months. I've lived in Stockholm for many years now.

I came here because of a bug that prevented MS Word to work properly with Norton... And stayed because of the nice people!

 

your dad is from cork solange cool
cork is in the South West of Ireland ( gods country ) they call it
beautiful part of the world

 

My family originated from the south of Ireland Wexford/killkenny/Cork but i was born in England.

with a surname MC CARTHY or MCCARTY in Ireland you can not throw a stone in the south without hitting a member of our extended family

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8016/isfn6yjsj2lnuzdukuy5wuknl7.png

 

I think this is my most successful thread to date! http://icons.iconator.com/466/ICONATOR_abefbe9c13dfa826370947bf1c6ceb67.gif

 

hey Bill, my mum's maiden name was Mc Cartney we were nearly related

 

Cork is a beautiful city, and the castle is awesome. Scare the pants off of me walking the top of that one and hanging upside down to kiss the Blarney Stone, and I don't mind heights!

Ring of Kerry is also awesome, but do it anti-clockwize, regardless of what anyone's says, or you will get stuck behind every bus in Ireland and never see a darn thing!

 

Can't exactly remember how I got onto majorgeeks.com, but it was probably from a link in the now defunct :cry Australia's Internet Directory monthly mag. It finished publication in November 2004.

As you can see in my bio, I joined in Jan 2004 and have been recommending this site to anyone who will listen (my friends and acquaintances) ever since then.

It is the only site I have full faith in. Bazza

 

Yes, he was born there, moved to England in 1943 when he was 15 and swore he would never set his foot on that godforsaken island again... Must have been a rough childhood, because it took him 50 years to bury the hatchet and come back for a visit... I have never been to Ireland, but I have family in Dingle, so I'm hoping I can come over and visit soon.

 

I have lived in the Chicago area all my life. I hope to be in Northern Wisconsin when I retire (or sooner) It's very beautiful up there. I have been downloading all my spyware/malware software from here so I thought I should become a member. This place has an excellent reputation and everyone that I've met so far has been very kind and helpful.

 

Sorry to be the one to tell you LevLOL

But you kissed the wrong stone



http://www.canada.com/topics/travel/story.html?id=fb03627b-c54e-4570-a4ac-9759ca64fb2a

 

hehe...well I don't hold much of a candle to folklore anyway. It was just the cool thing to do when you were there and awesome therapy for the spine For those who don't know, this is what you do over an open grate to a 200 foot drop

 

I was born in England. Came to Canada when I was 10, and now live in one of the best areas in the country. My first experience with MG, I couldn't get Ad-Aware to scan my PC properly. A search brought me here. I didn't know to use the help forums to resolve my problem, so I emailed Jim or Tim (Ican't remember now) and they emailed me a link to a repair. I was so impressed that the owner of a website would take the time to respond, that I had to sign up. I haven't helped much here with computer problems, there are so many more qualified people here. I just handle the automotive concerns when they poop up in the lounge...or any other subject I think I'm good at.

 

OK...confession time...who's been pooping up in the lounge? roflmao



Apologies Paxton for the off-topic, but I could not resist that one!

 

Oh my!
(I think it's obvious I meant plop)

 

Born in Maryland, lived in California, Virginia, Newfoundland, back to California, Michigan, South China Sea, California, Oregon, and back to Michigan. Was a Diesel Mechanic, turned Cabinetmaker, turned PC addict.
(P.S. The Feds still haven't found me) LOL

 

Born in the northern suburbs of Chicago, now live far north side of Chicago, family are all in the area. Found MGs in 2004ish looking for info and stopped by a lot. Decided to fix my old laptop, downloaded a lot of files, fixed it. Registered to say thank you and started coughing up furballs all over the place I like software but don't have much time lately to play with it.

 

I was born and still live in Southwest, MI. I came here after my birthday last year when I couldn't get the DVD Drive on my computer to display and came back recently to get help with my brand new camera that I got for free. I just like forums, the people are great.

 

Been in Northern Virginia all my life and found my way here trying to learn something about malware and security. Still shudder at the thought of some of my first posts.
Been learning ever since.

 

Form the UK to Canada and then on to Major Geeks. I linked here from Google, doing a search for 'freeware'. The 'freeware' I'd selected, turned out OK, and just for fun I thought I'd take a look at the forum. I thought to myself 'not bad' - there are some clever people here, but not the condescendingly clever I'd witnessed at other sites. After many months of 'lurking' I eventually overcame my shyness and contributed an idea or two. Although, I don't spend a lot of time 'on-line', when I do, I always take a look in here. I probably always will.

 

I'm a Marine Corps. brat born at Parris Island, South Carolina during WWII. Now I live in Emmett, Idaho. My computer repair tech. put me on to MG. I have downloaded, installed, and removed so many programs here just for fun that I finally crashed my laptop. I've been to Kissimee many times for the Silver Spurs Rodeo!

 

Hey! i'm a recent graduate in chemical engineering living near Toronto, Canada and came to the site for help in fixing my computer and learn more about malware & security. great website!

 

I'm a retired auto worker from southeast Michigan and I came here by typing a wrong address and couldn't stay away so I make an annoyance of myself while here.

 

I have an old friend in Hamilton. My Great Grandmother was born in Carlisle which Hamilton merged with quite some time ago. She just passed away in 2007 (101 years old).

 

Do they still make cars here? LOL

 

I came here from Google. 'Nuff said

 

Yeah, Toyota's are the most American made vehicles out there. :confused

 

I was born in a small town in the county of Cornwall UK. I was looking for free stuff on google and found this site. It was a few months later that i joined in the forums.I am quite sure this is the best site i have found. Lots of patient people on here who seem to know what they are talking about.