[dighton]

FWIW, Koba was also a nickname for Stalin.

[Madiuq]

"Koba was also a nickname for Stalin."

Interesting find. Thanks for the information. So now I think I dislike Koba twice as much.

[koba]

You're right, of course, "koba" was the first alias of Joseph Djugashvili, who was later known as "Stalin". When I had to give a handle, I choose "koba" based on a hero of pulp fiction novels that I had read , I wasn't thinking about "Uncle Joe" when I chose the handle.

There are 50,000 entries in the internet for the word "koba". It descrbies an Islamic city, an amplifier company, a maker of pottery, etc.

I was originally going to use the handle "Hannibal". but I didn't because I thought many visitors to FR would confuse my handle with the guy from "Silence of the Lambs" with the objectional dietary habits instead of the Carthiginian general. Oh well...