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Joined: May 24, 2008

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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

A double block and bleed valve is an industrial valve assembly that has block valves to isolate two (or more) inlets and a drain or vent valve to empty the contents. They are used in chemical plants and refineries. I used to work with them and I like the way it sounds.

I was a $5 newb after many years of reading. In order to avoid the all-seeing eye of Google, which links my real name to my old user name, I've changed to a new nom de guerre plume.