One account - two users ?

Hi
I've been a mac user for 18 months and almost from the start, I have used an external HD to boot from, seeing how slow the 4200 RPM internal HD is.
I have just noticed something that really confuses me, though. Even if I only have one account created, "memyself&I" it looks like there is one user on each drive. If I create a new file/folder in my regular external drive user account, it will not show if for some reason, I decide to boot from the internal drive and vice-versa.
That wouldn't be so bad except I seem to have noticed that some apps (like Connect360) seem to ignore the external drive's user and only look at the internal drive's user account for data/settings.
Can anyone shed some light on this ? Would it be easier to forget the external HD and suffer the turtle effects of the internal drive or is there a way to easily manage the situation.
Thanks

Thanks for your reply.
Does your answer mean that I could have Tiger installed on my external drive and Panther or better yet, Leopard installed on my internal drive, both with "memyself&I", as a user ?
That could be interesting when a new OS comes out and you're not sure you will like it or simply want to to keep the "old" one, for a while.

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