I have brought this up before and I will again... Please let members here, know what your first name is at least. It's hard to reply to someone's post and call them "Fig Lover", "Fig Monger", etc. We all have our "Forum Names" but please, just let us know what  your first name is, when you post something or ask for cuttings, etc.. It would be greatly appreciated, in my honest opinion....Thanks, Frank from Alabama....: )

Suzi, and if my fingers are on the wrong keys, it's Sizo

Good point i think everyone should try to remember we are all trying to be good forum friends & first name basis is nice for communication. Richie from louisiana

Good point, Frank. I'll try to make a conscious effort to do that every time I post.

I'm Paul from California.

Je suis d'accord! If I could say that in more languages, I would.

Dale

I would also like to suggest that members identify the state where they are, geographic state, not mental state.

Ugh. I generally don't give my real first name on forums, just because then everyone tends to get it wrong. But it isn't the end of the world to deal with it again, so here ya go --

Ione

No, that's not Lone, Tone, Jone, or Jane. No, it's not Iona or Irene. No, it's not pronounced ee-oh-nee or I-won. It's I-own.

And now you know the rest of the story. ;-)

Ione - I've never had that problem :) My name is Arne (pronounced Ar-nuh). I've been....Ernie, Arnie, Arnay, Arnold, Arn....

But it's all good.

Hiya Ernie! ;-D

Dave lol

We can't remember your name, unless it's put  in your signature line, where your State and "wish list is" Thanks!

Frank excellent idea 

James is my middle name. It is the name I've gone by for 40 years. Half my legal documents has James listed as my name.

Bijan is my first name and my forum name on the other forum. I initially signed up as Jamesbut had Wills change it since we have so many James.

I'll answer to either

Simon here. 
Saludos a todos desde el sur de California...
Greetings to all from SoCal...

Ione, I like your name! Italian right? An Italian gent came over to my fig booth last year and asked me how do I pronounce Ischia. I said it and he corrected me saying the "I" in Italian is pronounced "ee". So, Ischia is pronounced "Ee-she-ia.

Thanks! It is originally Greek -- there was a sea nymph named Ione in the ancient Greek myths. But Iona is a similar Scottish name, and some Iones may be named as a version of that. In the US, it was a popular name in pioneer times, and there are quite a few small towns named "Ione" in the American West. There's even a band of an American Indian tribe in California that calls itself Ione. It's a family name in my family, originating from one of those small Western towns.

Dave from Maryland, nice idea!

Excellent Idea! Adding the location and USDA Zone is also very helpful when sharing your fig experience.

Jarrett from Spokane, Washington 

Leon from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

joshua ahl NY/LI

Keith K from NJ

Francisco
Portugal - equiv. to zone 11

Great idea...Chauq i.e. Chauq g from Pittsburgh

Nina, from Manila, Philippines. :-)