sszanto
rOOkie 
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Registered 8-23-2011 Member Is Offline Mood: "o.o"
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new name, deserves a proper introduction
I will try not to make this any longer or more confusing than it needs to be. My name is Scotty Szanto, and I previously had been posting under the
screen name scottysn. The new screen name is the result of my legal name change. The "n" in my old screen name is for Nicodemus, and that is the
part that was dropped from my name...I will detail that story in a moment. Those of you that have been around OO for a long time might recognize all
of those names together because I recapped TNA and did some guest columns as Scotty Szanto-Nicodemus. Definitely my crowning achievement was a
six-part series counting-down my Top Ten matches, promos, "holy shit" moments, etc. from my ECW video library. You can check that out here:
http://www.oowrestling.com/features/20040109.shtml (NOTE: I tried a couple of times to find a convenient way to link this thing here, and
the best I got is the link provided to the first column of the series, then the rest can be found in the Guest Column Archive, about halfway down the
page http://www.oowrestling.com/features/).
Anyway, I finally joined the forum a couple of years ago. At the time, my dad was in the hospital following a car accident. It took about a year,
but he eventually died as a result of that crash. Now, my dad was a blue-collar union worker who's motto was "I was born a poor Democrat, and
I will die a poor Democrat." He succeeded. Problem is that because he died as the result of an accident, there was a wrongful-death insurance claim
that paid-off, so all of a sudden upon his death my dad was worth a bunch of money. While I was driving from Texas to Ohio for his funeral, I found
out that three months prior to his death (and less than six months after a month-long coma and complete amnesia), my dad changed his will and left
everything to his girlfriend. I contested the will and lost, partly because my extended family, my aunts and uncles, his brothers and sisters stood
with his girlfriend in court against me. So, as a way of symbolically disowning myself from that family, I legally changed my name, taking my
wife's name and dropping Nicodemus (my dad was adopted, so I am not a part of that bloodline anyway).
So that's how I went from Scotty Nicodemus, to Scotty Szanto-Nicodemus when I got married, to Scotty Szanto. It's a story that I might
not have bothered to tell on these forums at all if it hadn't been for the screen name that I had chosen.
[Edited on 9-22-2011 by sszanto]
[Edited on 9-22-2011 by sszanto]
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Bonestein
The Rowdy One
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Registered 7-24-2002 Member Is Offline Mood: partypartyparty
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| posted on 9-22-2011 at 01:24 AM |
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So you are a boy and you have a hyphenated married name? I'm sorry, the story about your dad is terrible, but I just had to ask.
That's racism man! I love to racism bro!
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williamssl
Steers and Queers 
Posts 4317
Registered 1-11-2004 Location Hippieville Member Is OnlineMood: Fuck USC
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| posted on 9-22-2011 at 02:31 AM |
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And you don't have any money? I blew you for nothing?
Don't Mess With Texas
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Chris Is Good517
Posts 10710
Registered 1-10-2002 Location Little Rock, AR Member Is Offline Mood: punchy
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| posted on 9-22-2011 at 03:31 AM |
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Sorry to hear that, Scotty
Gee, I wish I was still alive- LuckyLopez R.I.P.
Bachmann: "I haven't had a gaffe... when it comes to the best Republican who take
on Barack Obama and not have any clunker in my record to be able to take him on, it's me."
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gobbledygooker
Sister Act 2 
Posts 6069
Registered 12-17-2002 Location Charlotte, NC Member Is Offline Mood: Opus Eponymous
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| posted on 9-22-2011 at 04:51 AM |
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Jesus man, that sucks.
As an old-school ECW fan, I'll look forward to reading that link though.
Anyone who lets their hair grow below their ears to where I can't see their ears means they don't wash. If they don't wash, they
stink, and if they stink, I don't want the son-of-a-bitch around me.
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sszanto
rOOkie
Posts 36
Registered 8-23-2011 Member Is Offline Mood: "o.o"
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Thanks for the general condolences. Yes, it sucks. What really sucks is that my dad and I worked really hard to repair our relationship that we both
destroyed when I was in my twenties. He was taken advantage of when he was most vulnerable, and I shouldn't let the bullshit with the lawsuit
taint my memories of him, but it does. I'm working on it, and getting better slowly but surely.
As for specific questions raised...
quote:
Originally posted by Bonestein
So you are a boy and you have a hyphenated married name?
Yes, I am a boy. I also have a minor in Women's Studies. In fact, something that played a large role in shaping my thinking about hyphenating
my name was the fact that one of my first WS professors had a hyphenated name, but her husband (also a professor) did not. I always considered that
to be odd.
quote:
Originally posted by williamssl
And you don't have any money? I blew you for nothing?
Well, I got this mayonnaise jar that is full of change along with assorted nuts and bolts...
quote:
Originally posted by gobbledygooker
As an old-school ECW fan, I'll look forward to reading that link though.
Linking to it became an adventure because it was before the change from OnlineOnslaught to OOwrestling, so none of the links within the columns work
anymore. I edited the links I provided in the original post, and it should be easy enough to find.
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doctorb
Posts 1265
Registered 6-27-2007 Location Where everyone is rich but me Member Is Offline Mood: need coffee
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Were you the one with Scott steiner putting some dude in a chinlock for your avatar?
Because if you don't have an avatar, I don't bother to remember you.
Do you get along with your wife's family? It sucks that your side is a mess, I hope some good comes out of it all for you.
The "B" is for Bargain!
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salmonjunkie
American Dream 
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Registered 6-25-2002 Location Sunny Seattle, WA Member Is Offline Mood: charged
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Scotty Szanto sounds better anyhow. I'm a fan of alliterated names. It almost sounds like it could be an ECW wrestler name.
Personally, I think he�s a [freaking homosexual].
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joerizal
Showstopper 
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Registered 2-7-2005 Member Is Offline Mood: carnivorey
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quote:
Originally posted by doctorb
Were you the one with Scott steiner putting some dude in a chinlock for your avatar?
I don't recall this av. I do know that BigStevieCool
has the av where Samoa Joe has Scott Steiner in the Rear Naked Choke. I'm not sure if that's what you're pertaining to.
my av is a burger.
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doctorb
Posts 1265
Registered 6-27-2007 Location Where everyone is rich but me Member Is Offline Mood: need coffee
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| posted on 9-24-2011 at 05:34 PM |
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That's what I was thinking of. Oops.
The "B" is for Bargain!
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outback jack
The Great One 
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Registered 3-10-2003 Location not Australia Member Is Offline Mood: old
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| posted on 9-24-2011 at 09:28 PM |
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I vaguely remember your recaps - then again I only vaguely remember anything after the Reagan administration. Get off my lawn!
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