Surprised To Find Friend or Family on Home-barista?

September 26th, 2023, 5:13 pm

Some years ago I got a call from my twin brother. It went something like this:
Eric says "Are you PizzaMan383?"
I (Curtis) say, "Yeah" (I use that name on various online forums)
Eric says "On home-barista.com are you PizzaMan383?"
PizzaMan383 says "yeah"
Eric (BigEric) says "Are you into espresso?"
PizzaMan383 says "Yes, are you into espresso?"
BigEric says "Yes. How long have you been into espresso?"
PizzaMan383 says "7 years. How long have you been into espresso?"
BigEric says "Five years. I was reading posts about espresso machines on home-barista.com because I need a new one and found some posts that made sense to me. I looked to see who posted, saw PizzaMan383 from Roswell, GA then I called you."

The interesting thing is that BigEric and I are identical twins. We had each been making espresso on our own without ever mentioning it until we found each other on home-barista.com!

September 26th, 2023, 5:28 pm

LoL

I keep using "baldheadracing" even though it makes no sense now - it was the name of the (car) rally team that I was a part of twenty years ago. Occasionally someone will make the connection to Porsche 944 and Honda FK8 stuff - where I've used the same ID.

#3: Post by **Chert** » September 26th, 2023, 5:43 pm

Makes me wonder if flathead1 still checks in here. (another car reference)

September 26th, 2023, 6:08 pm

pizzaman383 wrote:The interesting thing is that BigEric and I are identical twins. We had each been making espresso on our own without ever mentioning it until we found each other on home-barista.com!

Were you separated at birth?

baldheadracing wrote:I keep using "baldheadracing" even though it makes no sense now - it was the name of the (car) rally team that I was a part of twenty years ago.

I always thought that was a reference to the tires, 'Baldini'

#5: Post by **jpender** » September 26th, 2023, 6:24 pm

I thought maybe you'd lost your hair.

Pizzaman, that's a great story!

September 26th, 2023, 7:23 pm

Too funny! We were separated at college

!

I found out at 25 years old that I am the passive twin. I was on vacation with my new wife, brother, sisters, mom, and dad. After a few days my wife looks at me after I had made a bitchy comment to someone and says "You are different when you are around your family". Basically, when I spend a lot of time with my brother I subconsciously defer to him. After a while it gets to me.

The solution is to live in a different city than my twin. The funny thing is that he is oblivious of it.

September 27th, 2023, 12:13 am

I was working at a cafe and one of the baristas casually mentioned that her dad is on home-barista and I asked what his username was. It was Erics. She was a bit shocked to find out he's a HB legend. He later modified a machine for me since he lived so close.

September 27th, 2023, 12:34 am

Erics is the only east coast HB'er I have had the pleasure to meet in person. I really enjoyed the conversation we had a number of years ago at a nice restaurant in the DC area.

#9: Post by **Ben Z.** » September 27th, 2023, 1:01 am

baldheadracing wrote:LoL

I keep using "baldheadracing" even though it makes no sense now - it was the name of the (car) rally team that I was a part of twenty years ago. Occasionally someone will make the connection to Porsche 944 and Honda FK8 stuff - where I've used the same ID.

On rennlist? I've been there for like 20+ years...

September 27th, 2023, 1:22 am

I haven't posted there in years, but I was there from day 1 (Craig):
https://rennlist.com/forums/rennlist-ac ... mbers.html