Location Hiding? Why?

[43mmNut]

Hello fellow TDPRI members.

I'm wondering why people do not list their location in the profile section of TDPRI?

I enjoy seeing where our members are from. I think it's good information, interesting. and fun. All it takes is a State, for example.

I hope that not listing ones Location means your running from the law, or a Blue Light!

Just wondering......

 

[4pickupguy]

Location is a matter of probability. Ft Worth, Texas.

 

[sammy1974]

If my mom found I was hanging out on a guitar forum she'd whup my *ss.

 

[sudogeek]

It’s a simple matter of quantum mechanics and Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. If I knew my position accurately, I wouldn’t know where I’m going, and vice versa.

 

[Sparky2]

Harvest, Alabama.

22 minutes to the US Space & Rocket Center.

27 minutes drive to the Tennessee border.

1 hour, 18 minutes to Muscle Shoals, where many recording artists found their best sound.

1 hour, 45 minutes to Nashville, where Gibson makes electric guitars.

29 hour drive to Corona, CA, where Fender makes many of their electric guitars.

 

[43mmNut]

Harvest, Alabama.

22 minutes to the US Space & Rocket Center.

27 minutes drive to the Tennessee border.

1 hour, 18 minutes to Muscle Shoals, where many recording artists found their best sound.

1 hour, 45 minutes to Nashville, where Gibson makes electric guitars.

29 hour drive to Corona, CA, where Fender makes many of their electric guitars.



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Very interesting, and very cool!

 

[Boreas]

Witness Protection Program

 

[BigPapa-53]

Some seem to fear you may come visit them.

 

[Musekatcher]

Security. Its why some don't specify their gear too.

 

[RLangham98]

In the early days of the internet many of us were taught to give out a minimum of personally identifiable information. And I already gave part of my name and a probable birth year (yes, I’m the age Hendrix was when he died, don’t hold it against me too bad). So no, no location for me, other than it’s easy enough to tell that I’m a rural American.

 

[brookdalebill]

Some folks are abundantly cautious.

Wimberley is 37 miles SW of Austin, San Antonio is 62 miles south.
It’s (Wimberley) blessedly small, quiet (though it’s tourist-ey on weekends), and beautiful.
Don’t tell anyone!

 

[Musekatcher]

Harvest, Alabama.

22 minutes to the US Space & Rocket Center.

27 minutes drive to the Tennessee border.

1 hour, 18 minutes to Muscle Shoals, where many recording artists found their best sound.

1 hour, 45 minutes to Nashville, where Gibson makes electric guitars.

29 hour drive to Corona, CA, where Fender makes many of their electric guitars.



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And 25 miles to the Big (Tennessee) River, 25 miles to the intersection of the L&N and the Southern, 25 miles to the states oldest college (1822), 50 miles to the "old trace", that predates the US...lots of things define the area. I estimated about 80M live within a days drive of HSV. That's a big chunk of the US. I also knew a traveling sales rep who located here, claiming it was the most expediant central location on the eastern seaboard for travel by road and air combined.

 

[Gene O.]

I think a general vicinity and age would add to the context of many discussions. But I understand if members want to limit their public information.

 

[Toadtele]

Upstate 208. North Idaho.

 

[P Thought]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Sparky2]

What cracks me up is when somebody posts photos of their NGD, but they blur or cover up the serial number.

 

[toanhunter]

my location is 'somewhere'

 

[Bob Womack]

I was once the administrator of a large guitar forum, and that involved some user discipline. When my family and I received threats of physical harm, I got out of the habit of making my personal details so easy to find. It's not really that much of a security effort, but it at least made things a tad harder for those who would threaten.

Bob

 

[bottlenecker]

Hello fellow TDPRI members.

I'm wondering why people do not list their location in the profile section of TDPRI?

I enjoy seeing where our members are from. I think it's good information, interesting. and fun. All it takes is a State, for example.

I hope that not listing ones Location means your running from the law, or a Blue Light!

Just wondering......

A person can be running from the law and criminals both.
Or on tour.
Or just drifting.
I didn't always wake up in the same state every day before I had kids.
I'm in Wisconsin, on the east edge of the Ocooch Mountains, a couple hours from the Mississippi.

 

[badinfinities]

I'm in all y'all's bedroom closet.