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I never in my life expected to learn on a random groggy Sunday morning, on a message board for tech that Tim Allen was using a pseudonym.


Wait until you find out he was a coke dealer who only escaped a life sentence by turning informant:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Allen#Career


He's also a licensed amateur radio operator. His FCC license is under his real name.




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