Tell Us About Your Name

[pipedreams]

How did you decide on your screen name?

As a kid, I always had some great idea brewing. You know, the kid with the wild imagination. My Grandama said that I was a "pipe dreamer."

todd

[Malcontent]

Mine was given to my in the 7th grade by my history teacher. Apparently, I used to have a little problem with authority, but I am sure that in 50 years, I have since outgrown it. :angel:

[denise]

I was very creative .... my mother gave it to me when I was born :P

[Crocodilo]

I like to fly my helicopter as low (and slow) as a crocodile...

[scríbhneoir]

It's Irish (Gaelic) for writer.

[pipedreams]

:bump: Keep'em coming!

todd

[heathah]

Mine's my username at work. Easy to remember, the passwords are the hard part. :(

[Stormdrane]

My mind is in the gutter.

[LowWorm]

Long story short: my brother was going on about how glow worms are lucky in China (who knows if they are?) and then he turned to me and said, "But your're not lucky...you're lower than glow worm...you're Low Worm!"

Sounds dumb now, but it made me laugh then. :uglystupid2:

I decided to use LowWorm when first joining CPF, mainly because I thought I'd just lurk for a while and never visit that forum again once I got what I needed...

:lurk:

Who knew?

Thought I'd keep it here to keep things simple.

[herman30]

"Herman" is the first half of the name of the street where I live and "30" is the number. It´s that imaginative. :beanie:

[Stutoffee]

Stuart (Stu to my friends!) is my first name, and my surname is Thornton. One of the more popular & famous confectioners here in the UK is "Thorntons", and they're probably most famous for their Special Toffee. A teacher at school christened me "Toffee", it wound up being my nickname at school. Later in life, when I worked at a large department store staffed by lots of lovely ladies, and where most of the OTHER guys were gay, I was nicknamed "Stu Hefner", as I did tend to wander off chatting to the gals quite alot! LOL ;D

Sadly, Im no relation to the (Extremely wealthy!) Thorntons confectioners family, coz, well.. if I was, I wouldnt be talking to the likes of you lot, would I? ;)

[deeker]

An ice hockey coach had nicknames for all of us kids that were on the team. Deeker became more used than my real name, Derek.

My niece and nephews don't likely know me as anything other than uncle Deek.

[Serigrapher83]

Serigrapher is french for screen printer. (so I've heard) That is waht I do for a living. When I play cribbage online I get alot of requests to play from Canadiens, it took a while for it to dawn on me that it was my screen name. 83 is when I graduated from HS.

[unterhund]

Long ago I was a philosophy major. We were studying Nietzsche in one class, and I was watching Underdog in the mornings before classes started. I had this idea to ask one of my German-speaking classmates to translate the name, in a sort of reaction to the concept of the ubermensch. And I liked it so much that I've kept using it all these years.

(It appears Serigrapher83 is the same age I am, within a few months.)

[Makarov]

One of my favorite pistols is my Baikal 442 (civillian Makarov) and I have gotten a bit of a thrashing because of my entusiasm for "russian scrapmetal". So I decieded to use Makarov as a sign of my affection, and use that or Makarov442 on all forums and boards + Ebay

[Grits]

Grits: I manage a fast food restaurant and you can guess, grits are on the menu. Besides I love my grits smothered in butter with salt. G. R. I. T. S. can also stand for Girls Raised In the South. I like them to especially the one that I married.

[Malcontent]

Grits:* I manage a fast food restaurant and you can guess, grits are on the menu. Besides I love my grits smothered in butter with salt.* G. R. I. T. S. can also stand for Girls Raised In the South.* I like them to especially the one that I married.


Now you are making me hungry, just add some crumbled up bacon over in those grits and butter, and I am set.

[pipedreams]

Country ham, grits and red-eye gravy...I eat it at least once a week! MMMMMMMMMM! :ready:

todd

[bubbajoe]

Had an engligh mastiff . his nickname was bubba dog. he was my first kid. lost him to cancer a few years back. :'( My wife would say some times you couldn't tell the difference between the two of us. So, long story short.. He was bubba dog and i am Bubba Joe

[geoffchan]

Stuart (Stu to my friends!) is my first name, and my surname is Thornton. One of the more popular & famous confectioners here in the UK is "Thorntons", and they're probably most famous for their Special Toffee. A teacher at school christened me "Toffee", it wound up being my nickname at school. Later in life, when I worked at a large department store staffed by lots of lovely ladies, and where most of the OTHER guys were gay, I was nicknamed "Stu Hefner", as I did tend to wander off chatting to the gals quite alot! LOL ;D

Sadly, Im no relation to the (Extremely wealthy!) Thorntons confectioners family, coz, well.. if I was, I wouldnt be talking to the likes of you lot, would I? ;)


Hey, I work with someone who shares your name :)

Geoff

[Mahachippy]

Well back in high school, my best friend and I were always going to take over the world. Not so much to do anything important, but moreso just to prove it could be done. Anywho, somewhere along the way I became the "brains" of the operation and he became the social face of it. One day he gave me a buzz on the phone and aksed what The Great Mahachippy thought about this and that. From then on he called me Mahachippy....I suppose he thought that the Maha added a sense of title to my name Chip. Why he used Chippy...I dunno, but he did. Ever since I have used Mahachippy on everything I do that requires me to create a username. So anywho, that is all!

The Great Mahachippy has spoken!


(Btw, we never did manage to get a strong foothold in Russia and I am quite certian that was the downfall of our campaign of world domination! ;D)

[pipedreams]

:)

todd

[Desertrat1]

I was born and raised in the Sornoan Desert of Arizona. Grew up and went to see the world. No matter where I went, or how beautiful the place it just didn't match the the the beauty or the love I feel for the American Southwest. I'm just a Desert Rat. It's not Hot until it's over a 110 degrees.

[CaptainBob]

My name is Bob and I'm a fire captain.......Captain+Bob=CaptainBob :laugh:

[LowWorm]

My name is Bob and I'm a fire captain.......Captain+Bob=CaptainBob :laugh:


I don't get it... ??? Definitely over my head. :idiot2:

[lefthandedwriter]

I suppose I'm what you would call quasi-ambidexterous. Power functions (swinging a bat or a golf club, flipping people off angrily, opening tightly sealed jars for my wife) are done with the right hand, while finesse functions (drawing, flipping a quarter for those crucial life decisions, giving people the finger with a certian panache) are done with the left.

Also, I am a writer, both by passion and vocation.

A lefthanded writer, to be specific.

[simbad]

My name comes because of my activity, I am a sailing skipper, so my friends used to call me "simbad" or "popeye the sailor" :laugh: for years.
I started sailing at the age of eight, now I can say that it is the thing I do best after thirty five years :crazy2:

[Stick_Scholar]

To put it succinctly:

I'm determinately dedicated to the notion that causing effective impact to a target repeatedly (and successfully) with any stick or stick-like object is subject to utmost science of training, proper execution, and follow-through.

Or in a more vernacular translation:

Burn my biscuits, dadgummit, I love bein' all science-like 'bout hittin' thangs wit' a stick!

[fubar]

My friends & I converted an old commercial building into an underground paintball scene ... we called ourselves Team Fubar. Even though we never competed against anyone except locals. We had internet friends so I used alexfubar to identify me as one of "them/us."

I started expanding my internet horizons but kept the name and eventually dropped the "Alex" which is my name. Some used to call me "Fu"

If I try to join a site that already has a "fubar" I don't bother ...

[pipedreams]

:bump:

todd

[P97DC]

My name is the name of my favorite CCW.

[RyanMalpiede]

Figured if you are going to be upfront on the internet, no good hiding behind an alias.

Of course with all the crazies on the internet ... I might start re-thinking this. ;)

[Topper]

Topper here. Think old movie as in black and white. Not that comedy with Sheen in it (yep I thought it was funny to a point) but that
was not where I got my name from. I am Thump118 in other places but now I am Topper here and at CPF.
Topper :)

[Glock19]

Well, I guess mine's not all that creative, my CCW is a Glock 19C.

[Jim101]

Jim 100 was taken............. ;D When I first singned on the Net, years and years ago I just started using Jim101......no reason..

Jim

[Gadget Guy]

I think my screen name says it all :crazy2:

[pipedreams]

:uglystupid2:

todd

[M.TEX]

Ok here it is.... M.TEX

Is a short for my first and last name...

I used to chat with friends on MSN and one of the guy used to call me TEX so....

I signed up for forums now with M.TEX ( Marcilio Teixeira ) :-[

[Nightwatch]

About a year and a half ago The Valdosta State University Police Department decided to take a risk and give me a job as Student Security Patrol Supervisor (and not only that but starting the program from almost scratch). I had just moved to the area, had no previous experience in security, law enforcement, or managing (I had been a circulation Librarian for 8 years), but the Chief liked me, and I jumped right in. Thus I began my job as part of VSU's Nightwatch

The Student Security Patrol (The SSPs) are an auxillary to the uniformed officers. They patrol the parking lots, secure buildings, escort students and faculty, observe and report unusual or suspicious behavior (inebriated young ladies swimming in the fountain infront of the main hall for instance) and lately seem to have a nack for injuring themselves while on duty (but under a different supervisor). The hours for our patrol are 6PM to 2AM in most weather, which fit me well as I have always been more of a night person and my wife, at the time worked the night shift for the Sherrif's office.

Though the job demanded long hours (much of it on my feet), and did not pay all that well, it was one of the most interesting jobs I have ever had.

Some of what I learned

Managing College students makes herding cats look easy.

It rains alot in South Georgia in the Spring/Summer. I gave up on trying to stay dry as it is also very warm and humid in South Georgia during the rainy season and most rain gear quickly brings on Heat Stroke. The sollution was quick drying BDUs, a good rain hat, a ziploc bag for the cell phone, and an attitude that getting wet is not all that bad (as long as my glasses stayed dry)

When walking 8-10 miles a night, good boots are a neccessity. I swear by Bates Ultra-lights series now.

People respect really bright flashlights, but they respect really long maglights even more (even though they may not be as bright).

I no longer manage the SSPs, as I moved on up the ladder and became a Communications Officer in October, I work the same shift, so I am still part of VSU's nightwatch, I just get to do it inside an airconditioned office :D .

[alwilliam]

My name is AL WILLIAM :P

[chaka]

A cousin used to call me Chaka Chaka instead of Charly (Carlos) becouse there was a tv series named Chaka Zulu about an african warrior, and i keep the nickname.

[AlienBug]

I drive a silver VW Beetle and my father used to joke that he read on the internet that the reason it is so space-efficient is because it was reverse engineered from the spaceships that crashed in New Mexico. Of course, the silver ones get the best gas mileage because they use the same paint as the flying saucers. So I put an alien head antenna ball on it and I have a little silver alien air freshener. My family and friends started calling my car the alien bug.

[pipedreams]

My name is AL WILLIAM :P
Clever! :D

todd

[VicEDC]

I carry something made by Victorinox everyday.

[pipedreams]

I carry something made by Victorinox everyday.
You are my kind of guy!

todd

[Goldtanker]

Goldtanker is a ten letter word, none of the letters being repeated, corresponding to the numbers zero through 9. We used this and other similar words in my tank company in RVN to transmit numerical data (grids, etc.) between units in the clear during emergent situations. Stuck with me to this day. ;D

[lampare]

my name came from my hobby,2nd job,I shoot professional fireworks displays.I used to manufacture fireworks at a plant and we came up with a new effect, It is a shell that goes off with a large flameball you can feel the heat from the ground!!!!. it is called a Lampre shell hence my name.

[Bravo 25]

"Bravo Two Five, Bravo Two Five...This is Charlie 6. Rondeavous with Echo Two One at point 1 Alpha 12. Zulu 0400. Copy?"

[Lazermonkey]

I have a pet monkey that shoots lazer beams out of its eyes. :crazy2:
But seriously I can't realy remember.

[greenLED]

Green Lantern was my favorite superhero when I was a kid (I've always like green - there's a story to that as well). When I joined CPF, I decided that the name of a light-emitting superhero would be appropriate. Given the advances in technology, though,I thought GL must've certainly upgraded his powers to LED technology (after all, they're more energy efficient than a lantern, right?). I actually have an avatar showing Green Lantern with a LED symbol on his "uniform" - I should update it one of these days.

[Frayed Pockets]

My name is what my jeans get from EDCing knives with clips.

[kamkazmoto]

During a mis-spent youth I got the nickname of kamikazi because of a unique style of driving and my dedication once I decided something was right. As you may imagine, I was no good at office politics :topic: OK, so the last part of my name is moto.

[Andrew Taylor]

My name comes because of my activity, I am a sailing skipper, so my friends used to call me "simbad" or "popeye the sailor"* :laugh: for years.
I started sailing at the age of eight, now I can say that it is the thing I do best after thirty five years* :crazy2:


But you know the character is 'Sinbad' not 'Simbad' right? ;D

[simbad]

I know the original name is Sinbad, but Simbad is how the people used to pronounce it :spank: :laugh:

[Stutoffee]

Al William, I like the Deathcards on the bottom of your posting, but I gotta say I LURVE your avatar! Now THATS how to carry a pistol! ;)

[Deaths Head]

Got my name from an old PC game called "Scorched Earth". It was the best weapon in the game. Like a MIRV, only bigger.

[sadkomodo]

First 3 letters are my intials, the word "komodo" is from the Komodo Dragon which is the largest lizard in the world. They can run as fast as a dog. They are indigenous to Indonesia. I am Ducth-Indonesian.

[TKC]

Well, it is really kind of stupid.....Here it goes: I was signing up on the Emerson Website, and didn't want to use my usual screen name. I wanted something knife related. I could not think of anything, so I came up with, what I thought would be a one time use only screen name, TheKnifeCollector. Well, it stuck......And occasionally it gets shortened to TKC. There you go!! Boring, eh? You asked!!

[pipedreams]

I really enjoy these stories about you internet handles...keep'em coming!

todd

[L Bow]

I'm into archery, I shoot a Legacy , therefore L Bow.

[The Closer]

I own and operate my own security company! We do everything from cameras to VIP security. As the years have gone by the guys started calling me the closer, you open the can of _hit and I close it really hard!!!!!!!!

[gearloose]

Gyro gearloose-famed inventor from the Disney Studios, not sure what type bird he was, sort of geeky but when ever Uncle Scrooge or Donald needed something he could whip it up.Sort of like being the EDC guy.We're just weird till the lights go out then we are every ones best friend.

[pipedreams]

gearloose-

Need an avatar?

todd

[Haywood]

No story behind mine; it's just my first name. :)

Haywood

[KeyGrip]

In the Theatre (that's RE not ER), the Key Grip is the backstage eye/ear/mouth/hand of the Stage Manager. The stage manager sends commands and general information via headset to the Key Grip, who relates said commands and information to his/her Grips; the monkeys who move crap around and yell at actors. I have been a Key Grip once, and I liked the name so much that I used it here. My Blade Forums handle is USSR, which stands for UpStage Stage Right, the Grip position I held for my first musical, Les Miserables. The similarity to the United Soviet Socialist Republics is not coincidence, as I enjoy a certain amount of irreverence and provocation, but am not a communist.

[Andrew Taylor]

My Blade Forums handle is USSR, which stands for Up Stage Stage Left,

Would that make you Bladeforum handle USSL ? :agree:

[KeyGrip]

Would that make you Bladeforum handle USSL ?* :agree:


D'OH!!!
Changed in the interest of accuracy, but now I feel dumb. :stupid:
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[DSYCUTTER]

dsycutter= Dasiycutter which is a type of bomb used to clear airfields

[pipedreams]

My youngest daughter's name is Daisy. She could probably clear an airfield, too! :laugh:

todd

[Bullwhip]

In 1981 I saw a little independent film titled "Raiders of the Lost Ark." I've been enthralled by the bullwhip ever since. Now I make and crack them.* :whip:

[infrared]

Owls have it,we use it and photos using it are great.

[metalhed]

Heavy metal music fan....punk too. Not too creative, but it fits. :)

[Empath]

I tried to offer an explanation in a similar thread on CPF. Though it would be nice to explain it anew for EDC, it will save me some time and writing if I may just repeat here.

At one time long ago, I was puppet-master to a puppet named EMPATH. A more obnoxious, and disagreeable puppet would be hard to find. His name was spelled with all caps, to a great extent because it was more in your face and irritating that way. Pity the man that showed poor judgment by ignoring the proper protocol of all caps. But, as happens between master and puppet, the lines between the two became entangled, and it slowly became more difficult to tell which was master and which was puppet. The puppet used a nick given to his master by acquaintances and friends. But he abused the name no end, turning it into a means of verbal jousts and battles of wit.

One day EMPATH, the puppet, presented to the puppet master a most interesting concept which he had picked up from one of his ventures. It was a set of "dos and don'ts" that were not rules. Or, it could be called rules without the "dos and don'ts". Basically a philosophy of three efforts.

(1) Try not to identify
(2) Try not to be negative
(3) Inner consideration never; external consideration always. (Lotsa' try involved with that)

This of course created a dilemma, since EMPATH was but a puppet that was terribly confused as to whether he was puppet or master, and a puppet master terribly entangled with the activity of his puppet. The source of the new philosophy held promise of being a "pearl of great value". A "pearl of great value" doesn't come without sacrifice. At times it's necessary to sell all you own in order to acquire it. To complicate matters, EMPATH the puppet had picked up a follower that recognized that a puppet meant more was involved that just the action of the puppet. An obligation had developed, wanted or not, and the follower was not going to turn loose nor shift their attention to any other matter. So, with follower close behind, Empath, the puppet master, sold all he had, figuratively wrapping the strings around EMPATH the puppet and placing him securely in his box. EMPATH had gotten his wishes and had become one with Empath the puppet master. Together they headed out to sit at the feet of some wise ones that had been granted a certain period of time for a purposeful school. The source of the "pearl" proved to be a very worthwhile resource tool.

There are obligations and responsibilities of EMPATH and Empath, some negative and some positive. To use another name would not be shouldering those responsibilities and obligations. Continuing it's use permits continuity.

[scríbhneoir]

"It was a set of "dos and don'ts" that were not rules. Or, it could be called rules without the "dos and don'ts". Basically a philosophy of three efforts."

"...more like a set of guidelines..." Captain Jack Sparrow

[Darkness]

My real name is Darcy. It's Gaelic and means darkness.

[scríbhneoir]

Yea!

From one of my favorite sites: www.daire.org/names/celtirishfem.html

Darcy — "dark"; from French d'Arcy, meaning "from Arcy".

[Haywood]

I tried to offer an explanation in a similar thread on CPF. Though it would be nice to explain it anew for EDC, it will save me some time and writing if I may just repeat here.

I don't think I understand your story. Regardless, it's a nice nic.

Haywood

[Co_Outdoorsman]

I live in Colorado...

I work outside...

I play outside...

I am only trully happy outside...

Only time I am inside is for sleeping and forums, and when I watch tv inside it's usually outdoors shows :agree:...

SO I use Colorado_Outdoorsman...

[gp_frk]

gp_frk = jeep freek

jeepfreak was taken on a forum I was signing up for but jeepfreek wasn't. That became confusing so I dropped the vowels and added the g.

[copykat]

I own a copy store called copykats.
Its like a kinko's.

[bobisculous]

Old buddy of mine came up with it. I signed up with it on AIM and messed with him for a few days without telling him who it really was of course. Then it just stuck on me,

-Cameron

[abrigo]

I had heard a story about KISS, the band, and how thye chose their name. They wanted something that conjured different images and/or feelings when people heard the word. I don't know if the story is true, but I tried the same with this s/n.

abrigo is Spanish for 'overcoat'

Some people I know had different ideas around the word whenever I used it as a s/n elsewhere.

[flipe8]

I got the name "Flip" from work after a "mishap" involving a Fire Engine I was driving on the way to call, Engine-8. Guys told me I should be driving a Ladder Truck as they have outriggers and they could help me avoid any further "mishaps"!

[auxcoastie]

I am an auxilarist for the US Coast Guard, so AuxCoastie. :)

[hawkchucker]

State champ n the hawk throw.

[Crocodilo]

abrigo is Spanish for 'overcoat'



"Abrigo" is portuguese for shelter. It may also mean protection.

[charlie fox]

My favorite military phrase shortened a bit, from the phonetic alphabet used by the armed forces:

CF = Cluster F*** = Charlie Foxtrot = Charlie Fox :peep:

[Dogsmeadow]

Used to own 80 acres outside of a town with a name that translated into English as "Dogsmeadow."

Jim

[pipedreams]

:bump:

todd

[Ors]

It's Irish (Gaelic) for writer.


Isn't Gaelic Scottish?* Haggas anyone?

[Ors]

Ors is the first three letters of my last name. It has been a nickname since late elementary school. In college, I had professors that called me Ors. My college band prof said, rather randomly one day, "Ors, there are a very few people in this world that can go by one name only, but you're one of them."

[scríbhneoir]

Isn't Gaelic is Scottish?* Haggas anyone?


There is Irish Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic and another, Manx. *There are also different dialects of Irish Gaelic, and Irish Gaelic is considered the parent language of Scottish Gaelic and Manx.

So, yes. Scottish is Gaelic. *I am trying to learn Irish Gaelic, and no, thanks, I'll pass on the haggis, as I know what is in that stuff--or rather, what it is cooked in. :P :laugh:

[traveler]

Traveler=self explanetory really, I just like to travel, but not like a "world" traveler. Hike, bike, walk, motorcycle( when the damn thing starts!), its all about the out-the-door excursion.

[Perfect_Cut]

Mine is actually a bad story...

I just had my Mtech033 and I began trying it out by cutting some stuff. Well I eventually tried cutting up a box but somehow I slipped and made a cut on the top of my hand. Right where your thumb connects to your hand. Well it was pretty deep and was perfectly straight and was a slight laceration... So my friend said are you ok? I said sure just let me stop the bleeding and see if I need to go to a doc. I decided not to go since you usually have a 3 hour waiting line in the hospital and didn't think it was worth it. It has turned in quit an ugly scar though but I don't care... But once I stopped the bleeding my friend took a look at it and said that's about as perfect as you can make an accidental cut... So that's why Perfect_Cut :D

[Gadget Guy]

Ouch! :( We should start a thread on EDC injuries... I'm sure there would be a whole lot of stories here...

GG

[Perfect_Cut]

Yeah I've had a number of accidents but never had to get (or went) stitches....

I almost stabbed myself one day >:( I was sharpening my knife and as usual I put the sharpening stone on my leg so I have a lil more grip and a stable ground to work with... But as I was sharpening I slipped and it pushed on my leg... I'm just soooo damn happy that I wasn't finished sharpening and that I was just at the beginning stage of sharpening that knife :smitten:

[scríbhneoir]

Yeah I've had a number of accidents but never had to get (or went) stitches....



Hmmmm, sounds like you need to get a Spyderco sharpening system...and look at konrad's rules on knife safety. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: He wouldn't let the girls handle a knife until they read them.

[Perfect_Cut]

Nah I don't really like those sharpening systems... It was just a "minor" and rather stupid accident and I don't put the sharpening stone on my leg anymore that's for sure :laugh:

I like to sharpen my knives the old way. With a sharpening stone and a diamond sharpening steel.

[scríbhneoir]

:bump:

Lots of new members have joined recently. So, tell us about your names. :)

[Southern Sunset]

I was sitting out on my back deck reading a thread on CPF, and someone had posted a link to EDCF. I opened it up and got this warm feeling.....well maybe it was just the hot cup of coffee I was drinking... ;D Anyway, I immediately decided to join. The sun was starting to go down and the sunset was spectacular. I said to myself, "another great southern sunset". I thought it was appropriate. :)

[konrad]

Its the name of a dachshund I had my eye on. A very spunky fella, never got to take him home, but I like the name. Got Jack instead. My nics in other forums are of our 5 dogs.

[Gadget Guy]

Dachshund! Did you say Dachshund? Jack is a cute little guy, but why didn't you get poor Konrad? here is my honey girl in case you didn't see a picture:

[traveler]

Who's a good dawg!

[Gadget Guy]

My Honey girl is of course! ;D

GG

[Chief-Yeah]

When I was in high school I was the biggest guy in my class with real long hair and I'm the real quiet type so* there was a rumor started that I threw a sink that was being worked on out the window and as a result I was named after Chief Bromden in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".Everyone except my immediate family calls me "Chief ".

[samson722]

:bump:

[Pwallwin]

P, for Paul, and Wallwin is my surname. There's a big electrical firm in Ontario called Wallwin Electrics. He's probably somehow related, but says he definately won't be giving me the £££ I naturally keep e-mailing him for... millionaires... :tickedoff:

[dougVA]

My name is Doug and I live in Virginia. That was a common convention on a tractor forum I joined a few years ago, seemed to be a good combination, so I stuck with it as I joined more fora. :D

[loveit]

Great thread people! I've been "loveit" since I started on forums. It came from the overly zealous shopping channel people. When visiting different forums, I always find things I want to buy and say "Love IT!" just like they do to make the sale.

[0dBm]

It is a work-related acronym, quite mundane, & I don't bother with providing an explanation anymore. Grass growing is more exciting. :P

[Lurkr]

My "handle", if you will, evolved from the fact that I generally read, read, read, forums for about a year (or less in certain company :)) without actually saying anything. It was this lurking about that provided itself easily to the naming process.

[greencobra]

This was a good thread to read, never saw it.

I wish I had a neat story for mine....use to drive a Cobra and it was green. The end.

[samson722]

Alright, since I bumped this thread to get it going again, I might as well explain my moniker. Samson is indeed my last name, although, it's been my nickname since I can remember (before high school), and 722 is my ID number at work. Boring, I know.... :lolhammer:

[dave750gixer]

my name is Dave and I own a suzuki gsxr motorbike - commonly known as a gixer and it has a 750cc engine.

[dougVA]

It is a work-related acronym, quite mundane, & I don't bother with providing an explanation anymore. Grass growing is more exciting. :P


Beats "1mW", I guess... ;) :D

[0dBm]

Beats "1mW", I guess... ;) :D



Yeah, never liked the linear designations.

[Lugsalot]

This is a great thread! I'd have had to irritate all of you with PM's in order to get this info!* ;D

I chose "Lugsalot" for my EDCF handle because people think I carry too much gear. Needless to say these people are not members of the EDCF, and are always asking me if they can borrow that which they do not want to lug themselves! Also, it sounds like a certain knight with whom you may be familiar (I favor John Cleese's overzealous portrayal in Monty Python and the Holy Grail!).* :armor:

Whenever I join a forum, I always try to select a name that fits the context of the forum and tells the other users a bit about myself, for example (in order of use):

On Glock Talk and rec:guns I was "GunBunny."
On Blade Forums I'm "Right-o-way" (I used to fence...I wonder where my foil is right now?).
On The Firing Line I'm "PRK Inmate."

I've made this forum my home now, so I should probably delete my accounts with the others. I was just lurking the whole time anyway. Now if only I could remember my passwords...* :dummy:

[white_feather]

Mine is for Carlos Hathcock, fellow Marine and also the champion of Camp Perry near my house. One of the greatest snipers in Marine history along with Chuck Mawhinney. I shoot a .30-06 like Carlos did. I am almost as good. Almost everything I do is related to sniping now.

[PocketLint]

Well pocket lint is just one of those things that you EDC and never really intend to. Although I'm sure it makes good tinder for starting fires. :)

That's how I got mine. I have lots of pocket lint. :)

[dinoadventures]

I just had my Mtech033 and I began trying it out by cutting some stuff. Well I eventually tried cutting up a box but somehow I slipped and made a cut on the top of my hand. Right where your thumb connects to your hand. Well it was pretty deep and was perfectly straight and was a slight laceration...


I did an identical cut with a filet knife when working at a deli.

...and about two years later while cutting masonite on a mat cutter when the blade skipped off the guide.

four stitches each time.

That said... my name is from a song by the british group Underworld called, "Dinosaur Adventure 3D"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKlRvIvZYTM

It's coincidentally also a children's software title.

[colubrid]

I breed snakes for a living. Mostly high end morphs of king, milk and ratsnakes.

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/standard?pictid={86E73545-71CF-4E8F-B768-8BC5F8B81359}&exp=f&moddt=38670.9664524074&ssdyn=1


I also train in some jujitzu and MMA. The name colubrid conotates submission which constrictor snakes are best at.
http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/standard?pictid={F11A4ADD-8FD3-470B-BE42-93054DF42A9E}&exp=f&moddt=38670.9686672106&ssdyn=1

[Buffalohump]

I kinda covered this when I introduced myself, but anyway...

Although I was born and live in Zululand, I have always been fascinated by the American West, particularly the Native American tribes and culture. I admire their spiritual philosophy, passion for the earth and wild things, martial skills and affinity for edged weapons.

One of the people who have written about Native American culture with considerable empathy and accuracy is Larry McMurtry.

Larry's greatest book is Lonesome Dove. There are two very bad Indians in the book. One is Buffalo Hump. He is surely one of the greatest villians in the history of modern literature, and I've always found villians more interesting, although the two heroes of the book, Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, are two of the most memorable characters you will ever meet.

If you haven't read the book or seen the TV series, I urge you to do both. Particularly if you love cowboys (and who doesn't?)

[kkimo]

Kimo is Hawaiian for James.

My middle name is Ian, which is Scottish for John.

A pair of brothers down the block from me as a kid lived in Hawaii 9 months out oh the year. They found out my middle name, was "John" and decided to used the Hawaiian equivalent for John rather the Scottish. Unfortunately they were hoale kids, so they got it wrong, and called me Kimo.

First time I ever tried to use the name on the internet (on q-link, anyone remember what that became?) Kimo was already taken, so rather than think of something else, I added a k in front and left it all lower case. I've used kkimo ever since.

A few years later, I found out that it is very close to a Tagolog slang word that caused me to get a lot of odd responses from many Phillipinos I encountered online. Interestingly enough, it happened continiously for about 5-6 years, but hasn't occured at all in almost a decade.

Dave

[Lugsalot]

A few years later, I found out that it is very close to a Tagolog slang word that caused me to get a lot of odd responses from many Phillipinos I encountered online.* Interestingly enough, it happened continiously for about 5-6 years, but hasn't occured at all in almost a decade.


Of course, you KNOW you're going to have to tell us what that Tagalog slang is now, don't you, kkimo?* ;D

[tvodrd]

I got my first home computer in Y2K and a friend suggested I set-up a "public" email account at hotmail. I tried every combination of my name and initials and would have had to follow them with a 2-digit number! From outta the blue, I thought about my co-owned, get-away shack out in the Mojave. The previous owner named his 100+yd driveway to the main dirt road "TEEVEEODEE Rd." the desert ate the paint off the 4X4, and he repainted it TVOD Rd. Short for TeleVision OverDose Rd. The shack ain't on the grid and is completely surrounded by BLM land: http://www.vbbigot.com/360s/cabinpan1vs.jpg I've been tvodrd pretty much everywhere since coming on line.

Larry

[messerjocke2000]

Messerjocke is a Character from Pippi Longstockings. A pirat with a bandana and loads of knives.

And since i used to wear a bandana and collect knives, my first martial arts teacher gave me the nickname Messerjocke.
When I started on the internet in 98, Messerjocke was already taken. Since everithing was "2000" back then.....


Kilian

[Bobby D]

Did one of those personality psychometric tests the other day. Besides other things it told me I wasn't very creative.

Anyway, my name's Robert Downer.

[JoeBob]

Joey gave me the Joe part, and several of my friends called each other "firstname-bob" for years.
Alan Bob, Lee Bob, Daryl Bob, etc.
The ladies earned the middle name "Sue".

[pipedreams]

:bump: Keep'em coming!

todd

[kkimo]

Of course, you KNOW you're going to have to tell us what that Tagalog slang is now, don't you, kkimo? ;D


The tagalog slang word is "kikimo".

Dave.

(=

(edited for spelling)

[RovingArcher]

How did you decide on your screen name?

As a kid, I always had some great idea brewing.* You know, the kid with the wild imagination.* My Grandama said that I was a "pipe dreamer."

todd


That's funny. My Granny told me I was a wolf dreamer.

My name kinda is self explanatory. Kinda. I'm a archer that happens to shoot traditional gear and my favorite form of practice is *roving*. Which means to wander aimlessly shooting at stuff and has come to mean the same as *stump shooting*.

[Valolammas]

Since the self-portrait thread was resurrected on the grounds of lots of new faces joining up, I figured this one would deserve a :bump: as well, despite being an oldish thread. Besides, I just happened to find it and thought it was very interesting.

So, I'm Valolammas. That's Finnish for "lightsheep" or "sheep of light". The light part I picked, when I joined CPF, so that doesn't need much explaining. The sheep, on the other hand... I used to read Bladeforums a lot and they use "*******" as a derogatory term. Then I saw someone on CPF with a "not a sheep" tag, and figured that dang it, I'll be a sheep if no-one else likes them. Sheep are kind and communal creatures, right? A bit timid and dumbish, maybe, but so am I. All in all, I figured it would be a way of indicating my nationality to other Finns while being a sort of private joke at the same time. You know, black sheep, lightsheep... Ok, so it's not a good joke.

When I joined here I found it easiest to just use the same name.

[jnathan]

My name is what my jeans get from EDCing knives with clips.


Now that is classic!

My name is cleverly derived from my first and last name: Jeff Nathan. How amazingly covert, 'eh?

[pu1869]

My is nothing fancy, as a Purdue Boilermaker Alumni I pay homage with the year the university was founded, 1869


Not as cool as Lugsalot but it serves me fine.

[Pondering]

My name is pretty much what I spend my time doing..... :thinking:

[Josh_Stein]

I've got eight different email accounts to keep track of on a daily basis for work (only one is a personal account), I work two full-time jobs (English professor and Brands Manager/Assistant Winemaker), and I carry about twenty-five keys and a half-dozen or more EDC knives/tools on any given day--the only way to keep track of who I am on the various forums is just to use my name! :lolhammer:

Josh

[reinman60]

I train horses, so reinman seemed like a natural.

The 60 came about to distinguish me from all the other reinmen on a horse forum I used to visit.

[VT-aroo]

Vermont is home. Roo cause I have full pockets.

[bubbacatfish]

I have had a tendancy to let my beard/goatee/moustache grow shaggy have since I was a teenager, the moustache more than the beard when I was younger (sorta fumanchu-ish). One summer a friend of a friend told me it made look like a catfish & started calling me "catfish" every time he saw me. One day when I'd just hopped into our friend's car & been greated with the catfish handle my buddy said "doesn't that bother you?" to which I distinctly remember replying "Could be worse, could be Bubba...". Took me about .3 seconds to realize I'd never live that one down, it just stuck. A couple of years later when I went online for the first time (1997 or 98) & created my first hotmail account everything I came up with had already been taken & I would have had to add numbers to the end. Since I knew all my friends would get the name I tried bubbacatfish & have never looked back. Same hotmail account for about 10 years now, use the same name on CPF, BF, USN, here & a few other forums I belong to. It's unique enough that I have never had to add numbers on the end thankfully, although I gets all kinds of odd looks when people hear it for the first time.

[Lugsalot]

My is nothing fancy, as a Purdue Boilermaker Alumni I pay homage with the year the university was founded, 1869


Not as cool as Lugsalot but it serves me fine.


Aw, geez! Yer makin' me blush! :-[

Whatever coolness my handle exudes is probably negated by the occasional sciatic-nerve issues I've got now; I attribute these problems to having lugged a LOT of heavy stuff around on my back throughout high school/college! :stretcher:

I hope to God almighty I can get it fixed before long, as I'm far too young to be having back-trouble, IMHO. :rant:

[jujigatame]

jujigatame = judo armlock (http://www.fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=437)

In case anyone asks, I am not a practitioner, just a fan of the MMA and that hold in particular.

[Priestly]

My "other" persona on the Information Super Causeway begins with a "P" as well and when I began filling out the registration form here at EDCF, something told me to keep my lives separate.

In a quick flash of creative genius (also known as "dumb luck"), I hit upon the concept of a "priest" being between two realities (spiritual and temporal). So this nick is the one that intercedes between my other persona and my interest in "gear". I'm Priestly here, on CPF, on BF and on KF.

And there's no way I was going to ever think up an easier avatar! :)

[LZ]

Some of you have probably already figured out that "LZ" stands for Lanyard Zone.....

[Versatek]

I am a self-taught guitar player who started in about 5th grade. I played all through high school and college. When I graduated college, I didn't have time to keep up with it, and put it away for about ten years.

When I decided to start playing again, I got out the '79 Les Paul, plugged it in and said, "I liked how this sounded?" Musical tastes change, and this was not what I liked to hear. The late '70s were not Gibson's best years, either.

So, I set out looking for a replacement. I found an out-of-the-way shop that had a good assortment of various makers. I played just about everything in the shop: Jackson, Fernandez, ESP, Dean, Hamer, etc. Many were nice. Many were nice, but none grabbed me. There were a couple from a maker I had never heard, but I passed on them because they were less conservatively styled than I was used to. The manager suggested I play them, as I had played just about everything on the walls.

Needles to say, I was smitten. This was what I was looking for in sound and playability. It was made by US Masters Guitar Works of Middleton, Wisconsin. It is their Vector-series guitar made of Australian Lacewood with their Versatek pickup harness.

If I attached the picture correctly: This isn't exactly mine, but it is close (from manufacturer's website). Mine is prettier! ;D

[chavez]

It's just my last name. In other forums, I go by texasflyfisher since I am from Texas and enjoy fly fishing for whatever will bite my fly.

I am in no way related to Cesar Chavez ( the Farmworkers Union leader/civil rights activist ), or Julio Cesar Chavez (the famed Mexican boxer) or Hugo Chavez (president of Venezuela).

[ChipPanFire]

I chose it 'cos I liked the sound of it! Sadly, I didn't register the corresponding domain name and now some terrible band has it.

I also needed a name with no association with who I am in real life as there are some other forums (yes, there are other forums out there :shocked:) that I post on where, because of who I am and who I work for, posts might be taken as official approval of this or that stance or opinion in certain fields. Whereas in fact my idiotic opinions are mine alone ;D

[sandbasser]

I'm a fisherman. I like to catch sandbass (popular sport fish in So Cal). BTW - I've had this handle for many many years. Started it up when I first joined AOL and it stuck through many many email isps and now is on multiple email servers.

[Abbey_Lad]

I was born in Abbey Hulton.

I was team Captain For Abbey House in a school whose ground housed an ancient Abbey.

Now I live in Paris I like to remember my roots.

[defusion]

my name is sort-of synonym i made up for "destruction".
fusion was derived from putting stuff together, and defusion was to be the breaking of things.

used it in the online gaming community, and stuck with me ever since.

[Harald]

I wanted something Danish. Thus my avatar is a Lego viking.
Harald Blåtand (Blåtand = Bluetooth (http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/SIG/)) was an ancient viking king ruling what is today Denmark and Norway around 950 AD.
He officially adopted Christianity replacing the Asa-belief (ancient Nordic gods), thus beginning the Christian era in Denmark. You can take a look at the rune stone (http://www.erantis.dk/guide/viking/jelling.htm) he (I don't think personally) raised stating his adoption of Christianity on behalf of the Danish people, also known as the "Certificate of Baptism of Denmark". If you take a close look at the first picture of the rune stone you may be able to see a figure of a guy standing in a cross like posture, and it is believed it is depicting the crucified Christ. Scrolling further down is a picture of a colored copy of the rune stone, that may give a clearer view. Unfortunately all text is in Danish (Bubbacatfish care to translate?).

For non-Danish people I would imagine his name is to be known from the Bluetooth technology.

/Harald

[TECENG]

Just found this thread. My story is not a long one...TECENG is short for TEC Engineering. TEC being my initials (funny coincidence). I am a mechanical engineer by trade, tecengineering.com will give you an idea of the stuff I design. A friend of mine urged me to develop an aftermarket automotive accessory so once it started to sell I split off the accessories portion of my business to TEC Accessories (tecaccessories.com). Developed a few more items (one being the PicoPen...shameless plug) and am now trying to move into the accessories business full time.

[bubbacatfish]

Unfortunately all text is in Danish (Bubbacatfish care to translate?).


OUCH!!! Oi, that stings... :lolhammer: Give me a couple of hours & I likely could come up with something but I'm fairly certain whatever I posted would bring down the wrath of your entire nation on my head, all 5,468,120 of ya.... (It's Monday, never try to rewrite someone else's history on a Monday, bad JuJu). ;D

[Radio]

:shrug: I'm gonna have to think about this one and get back to you :shrug:

:lolhammer:

[Radio]

Oh yea, Now I remember!!! I like RADIO'S :woohoo: :D

[QXS71]

about 9 years ago, a friend wanted me to sign up for AOL IM. Every screen name I could think of had been taken. I figured my ham radio call sign shouldn't have been taken by anyone, but I didn't want to use my full call sign, so I shortened it to the last three letters and added the year I was born. Finally, a unique screen name! I've been using the same name ever since.
John

[Alteran]

The Alterans (or Ancients) were a race on the tv show Stargate SG1. It was a great show, it was on for 11 seasons :o.

[WillCAD]

Will is my name, CAD is my job - Computer Aided Drafting. I make maps and take crap, er, find creative and innovative solutions, for a major civil engineering firm's Transportation Planning group.



The Alterans (or Ancients) were a race on the tv show Stargate SG1. It was a great show, it was on for 11 seasons :o.


It was really only great for about 9 seasons; much as I like Ben and Claudia, the quality of the storytelling really took a hit when they switched from the Snakeheads to the Religious Nutjobs as villains.

When I heard the name, I assumed it was spelled Altairans, like the star Altair. Monsters from the ID!

[Papacat]

Papacat was a name that my mother-in-law made up when I would call my fiancee.  At the time, she was living in L.A. and I was up north in the bay area, staying with my parents to save money.  So when I called, my mother-in-law would say to her daughter, "Papacat's calling."  Now, my wife and I use it as a silly handle when we're talking to each other on the phone. 

-Mike, aka Papacat.

[jayce]

With a million other Jason's in the world, I needed to be somewhat different. Not sure where the spelling began, but it's what I had. The ^ (Jayce^) was a joke from my difficulty with my first exposure to "pointers" in the Pascal language (computer geekery)

[M-14]

The only gun I ever had to pull on anyone... and they STILL talked back!

[Lucky Bob]

Let's see... when I was 11 and at summer camp, one of the older runs-the-camp campers decided to (derisively) nickname me Lucky Bob, after the idiotic character from the show Histeria!. I embraced it, of course, since I wanted approval... and by the time I figured out it had been meant as an insult, it was so ingrained that I decided "$%^& it" and kept it!

I've been known as Lucky Bob (despite my proper name being Dave...) on just about every forum I've ever been on.

[kennr]

It's my first name and last initial ;D


No one has ever accused me of being creative :lolhammer:

[bushguy]

;D O.K. so it's 'cause I'm liking all this bush stuff since forever and the fact that I possess many manly ;D attributes and no ear rings etc etc. :winkwink: I use the same nom de plume on a few other forums too. That's so that my poor little ol' brain can remember how to logon to those other boards. :laugh:

Great thread... ;)

[DarbyFett]

Darby(Its my first name, caused me problems in elementary school, being a boy with a name that rhymed with Barbie, but I grew to love it) And Fett, for my favorite Star Wars character, Boba Fett. Plus DarbyFett is always available on other websites and forums, so I like it.

[temujin]

platypus? For a long time, I'd been known for carrying a SAK, and then later a multitool. While trying to amuse my little niece, I found pictures of a platypus. It flashed on me that the platypus is kind of a Swiss Army Knife critter. So I started using it as my user ID on some systems.

A while later, the late Richard Jeni came out with his comedy routine, and later TV show based on his concept of the Platypus Man. All confused and not knowing what he's supposed to be. That cemented my identification with the platypus.

[Oldskoolfan]

I am an admirer of the Indian leader Tecumseh.

[el_diabl0]

Got my nickname from my poker group. They think I'm lucky because I either sold my soul or I'm the devil himself.

[Elarski]

Well, my name is Eddie, and my Wife started to call me "Edski" one day. Somehow it grew to "Edski Larski"; don't ask, she can't even remember why. The day came to hit the Information Super Highway, and all of the Screen Names I wanted were taken, so I contracted "Edski Larski" to "Elarski", and it took. Now I use it for everything, and some people even call me that in person.

[Esthan]

I've been once playing a mud of some kind and had no idea for a name for a new character.

After few minutes i came up with Esthan and I really got to like it.

[sim]

Steve
In
Minnesota

Pretty unimaginative if I do say so my self. ;D

Steve

[dyyys1]

dyyys1 --> da wise 1 --> the wise one

This is a play on part of my real name. I have yet to have someone figure out what this stands for without substantial hints.

[dtrain]

Mine is my CB Handle. I have been driving for almost 5 years.I started out with an Over The Road Company when I finished Driving School.When I was assigned to my second truck there it had a sticker/graphic on each side that said Driver Trainer.I obviously was not a Driver Trainer at that time.

When you work for a company that has well over 18,000 trucks and you basically live in own for 18 or more days at a time when you are out on the road,you tend to want to do things that make the truck"Your Truck" so to speak.

Obviously,there are some things that a Trucking company is not going to let you do.My terminal was fairly lenient about stickers as long as they were in good taste.So as I was getting ready to peel off "Driver Trainer" I thought that it might be cool to leave the "D" and
"Train" and peel the rest.

A bunch of Drivers that I knew started knowing that I was at one of the 23 or so terminals when they saw "D Train" on the side of the truck.A few would great me with Dtrain so I started using it as my Handle.

Lots of people would always ask me what it meant.Most of the Time I would tell them since the company I worked for had the slowest Over The Road Trucks out there I knew my Truck was'nt fast enough to be the A,B,or even C train. I decided that is why I was the Dtrain since even though my truck was the slowest I still made my pick ups and deliveries on time because I would keep at it until the load was done.

After I had been there 1 year clean I knew that it had stuck.I picked up my first new truck a 2005 Volvo 660.I picked it up in Memphis TN with only 200 miles on it.18 months later I turned it in to start where I am now with 212,000 miles on it.

When I got back to my home terminal the first time when I picked up the truck I needed to go to the shop to get the A/C fixed.The Shop Manager looked at the truck and said something was not right with my new truck.When I came back to the shop to pick it up after the A/c and a few other items were corrected he told me to look at the truck and said that "Now,everything is right with the Truck".

He had gone to the Parts Room and got a second set of Stickers and put them on the truck like I had done to the last truck I had.


Sorry for the long post thanks for letting me share.It is very neat to read the other posts and see/read how someone comes up with a screen name.It is alot like the way many Drivers choose a CB handle or have one hung on them by other Drivers that they know or meet during their travels.

Dtrain

[ChopperCFI]

Helicopter Certified Flight Instructor (CFI)

[Jaygnar99]

My name is Jason and the suffix Gnar is rooted in the term gnarly which is old school surfer chatter.
Put'em together and ya got Jaygnar.
That's it.
It seems normal to me now, but i admit it is a weird name. The 99 does not stand for anything, On most of the other boards I surf, I'm just Jaygnar. It would have been the same here but I had some problems creating the account and had to add a number to it 99 was obvious.

[x923x]

923....married on 9/23 (2006) :smitten:

[yellowhammer]

Yellowhammer is my favourite bird :) I chose the name when I joined a wildlife forum, & used it on everything else so I don't have to remember any others ;)

[VVR41TH]

When I was a youngster, I went to Aviation Challenge as a school thing (it's an F18/F14 pilot-themed week long camp), and got stuck as "Wraith" as my callsign. When I first got into computer games, it transitioned to my name on there... as names became scarcer through the newer games, it's graduated to what it is now.

[HoopleHead]

hooplehead is a term used in the HBO series "Deadwood" for the drunk, idiotic masses who get fleeced at the saloon/tables/brothels. kinda funny, and fits my purpose here and other places.

now that i think about it, i have so many different screen names and online personas its kinda crazy. i guess lately ive been subconciously trying to cut down, so hooplehead is here to stay!

[temujin]

Heh. I thought maybe you were a fan of "Mott the Hoople".

[HammerHead]

I needed a callsign/handle for MercNet/NetMech and eventually the StarLance forums, way back in the days of dial-up. I always liked the way Eastwood said, "Get out of the way, hammerhead," in <i>Dirty Harry</i>, so I turned it into a proper noun for my own use :)

It carried over to JediNet, TFN, ToRN, LSA etc. Somewhere in the early days people started abbreviating me as "HH". That's led to all manner of fun confusion, ranging from boot makers to one reference where I was mistaken for a less than reputable character from <i>Lolita</i>.

*shrug* Dirty Harry's cooler ;)

[appletree_man]

Mine's a song title.

[photomic]

My name come from my hobby: photography.
Photomic was the commercial name of an accessory finder for the professional cameras Nikon F and F2
I'm a Nikon user and thought that the name was cool....

[Hotoke1984]

My name is Japanese for "Buddha." 1984 is my birth year.

[PandasInCommand]

I use to play a lot of CounterStrike (occasionally play now), and I always thought this was a humorous name.

[comatose]

It sounded cool at the time. :D

[DB]

I'm the admin for another forum, and DB is the initials of my username over there - Deadbishop. As in, "There's a dead bishop on the landing!" sketch from Monty Python. Those wacky Brits... :lolhammer:

[Hyperion]

I saw someone else using it, to tell the truth. It was only later that I found out that it's a character of Greek myth, a subject of interest to me.

[bzorg]

Bzorg is another Zorg

ahem let's have some help http://www.disneylatino.com/DisneyVideoDVD/peli-toy2/images/foto8.gif

[tacticalrecon]

My name is derived from what I have done serving my country. I was in recon for the first half of tour and then the rest was more or less tactical work.

[Pat_95B]

My first name and then what my Army MOS designator (Military Police) used to be before they changed it.

[man-in-black]

Would you believe it is because I have an inordinately large number of black garments in my wardrobe? :(

[clarkedb]

I'm boring, Clarke is my last name

I like to keep things simple

[Johnjeeper]

John is self explanatory, Jeeper, love the Jeeps. This time last year we had five Jeeps and two drivers, this year we are down to three Jeep, 2 drivers and a permit, well, then the half Jeep for the Half pint, one of those battery operated jobbers...so 3 1/2 Jeeps.

[mpi]

Military Police Investigator 80 to 88

[InspektorGadget]

Was a popular cartoon when I was younger...My sister started calling me inspector gadget because of my affinity for electronics and gadgets. The proper spelling has been taken on most forums so I had to settle for my version.

[projectdp]

How did you decide on your screen name?

As a kid, I always had some great idea brewing. You know, the kid with the wild imagination. My Grandama said that I was a "pipe dreamer."

todd


Hey I have a similar story! This thread rocks good job!

I also always had projects going on so I made a site called projectdp where dp are my initials.

pretty short story but that's what I've got and i'm sticking to it :)

[ronnin6]

I call my self ronnin6 because I am no longer in the military (us army 1993-1997) and my oldest girl was 6 the first time I ever had to pick a user name :yoga:

[Jim Preston]

My names is James Preston. I go by Preston

[nicknwong]

This thread was always interesting to me so thought I would resurrect for the new members.
I got my name from way back (well 15yrs back anyway) - When i was in kindergarten they had this thing when you write your name on a tag - I misspelt my name Nick by adding an extra "N" at the end. I was very shy and never corrected anyone for calling me Nickn Wong. So now years later my friends still laugh at me for it and it sort of stuck.

[m1ster s]

Well, it is my name. And I really like the Garand.

[AcydFlames]

The revival of one of my very first screen names ever, from back in my AOL days. Reminds me of where I've come from, and how far I've come. ;)

[bartsdad]

About a year and a half ago the wonderful gift of Fatherhood was bestowed upon my wife and me. That little guy is enough to give up my own identity for him. Besides, many people wouldn't get it if I used Homer.

[bltkmt]

my intials, followed by my wife's... :smitten:

[parnass]

:welcome: Welcome to EDC Forums, bartsdad.

[qcicustodes]

made-up abbreviation for "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" - who guards (watches) the guardians (watchers)

I thought it was an important question to always remind ourselves of in a democratic society

[Sgt. LED]

"I'm american honey, our names don't mean crap."
Butch, Pulp Fiction.

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- Bob, EDC Forums administrator
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[Timbokhan]

Timbokhan was an early video-gamer tag for me. Timbo is my name and I rule like Genghis Khan, thus Timbokhan. Now, it is pretty much just my forum name. I have about 5 different gamer tags I go by when I game now...

[RockyNomad]

When I moved to the Rocky Mountain region I wanted a name that incorporated that with the fact that I like to backpack and wander the mountains.

[Hank0331]

90% of the people I associate with know me as Hank and my MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) is 0331 Machine Gunner.

[piusbovis]

Since about every possible name combination was used when I tried to sign up for an AOL account when I was a kid I had to get creative, so I used "Piusbovis." It's Latin for "Holy Cow" (I think) and in every possible game, internet, online registration thing it has never been taken, so I've stuck with it since.

[Elric]

I was an avid Dungeons & Dragons player and DM back in the early 80's. At that point, I hadn't read the Michael Moorcock series but one of the guys I played with had and, since my name is Eric, Elric was a natural corruption after the main character. I'm somewhat less glum and gaunt (quite the opposite on that count, LOL) but otherwise, I have gone by Elric pretty much ever since.

[Peccavi]

It's Latin for "I have sinned"..........There's a story around it from back when the British were fighting in India, and it made for a fantastic play on words.

[qcicustodes]

Napier was a fantastically clever man. He learned well from Wellington in the Penninsular campaigns.

[Peccavi]

I have that word embroidered on a hat that I have and the only people that it starts conversations with is History buffs, Scholars, Clergy, and certain girls.....quite an interesting group.

Of course, Napier captured Sind and overran that territory largely due to the help of certain tribal/religious leaders that sold out their own.

[fshalor]

"fshalor" is a character/roll in some books I've been working on for a while. The three books are sci-fi, taking place about 50 years in the future, 150 beyond that and then another 150 later.

I've been using it for a long time. Probably started around 2000 or so for email and website info.

Fshalor is a bit of a Fifth Business character. The roll is passed form person to person as needed in the books. The person sits behind the scenes normally, making efforts to "send things toward the proper conclusion". Or, if sitting on the side lines and guiding doesn't work; they take direct action.

Most people end up saying the name as "Shalor" (with a silent "f") or "Eff- shalor" with a hard, seperated F.

As a joke, someone once turned it into an acronym after teasing a few chapters out of me. "For some have all; lots own rubbish". It does kind of fit.

And what was possibly the most embarrassing moment while using the name was when a hot british chick started referring to me as "fish" on team-speak while playing an fps. fsh --> fish.

[stockae92]

1990 Toyota Corolla GT-S (chasis number AE92) was my first car and it was mostly stock (no major mod)

its was lovely. relatively light, great engine that love to be rev-ed (4AGE red top non-TVIS), great for 2 but can squeezed 6 (!) (that's right six (6) passengers !!! though it only has 4 seat belts. but you know, that was back in college, and you know how college kids go ... LOL), shfit great with the TRD short shifter kit ...

i missed it, i shouldn't have sold it :(

[Rawls]

Rawls.

First, I like the sound of the name. Sort of like cellar door and Tolkein.

Primarily though, it is in honor of the American philosopher John Rawls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rawls). I read his book "A Theory of Justice" in graduate school and it changed my life. I basically stopped doing what I was doing and chose to do something entirely different with my life. How often does that happen? If you follow the link, BTW, the liberalism he is referring to is the good kind (the leave me alone, libertarian kind). I am probably more liberal in the traditional sense than most of the people here, but it is only because that overlaps with the Rawlsian/Mills liberal.

[Mean Bone]

One of the ladies I used to work with said about me, "He doesn't have a mean bone in his body."

Then one morning at a breakfast meeting she and I got into a discussion during which I pointed my finger at her as I was emphasizing a particularly brilliant aspect regarding my viewpoint. A friend of mine later took me aside and said, "I see you had to take out your mean bone to make your point!" He's called me "Mean Bone" ever since and others have taken it up as well.

[DiabloSc(+)pe]

Used to play counterstrike and i used the AWP way too many times , it was initially Just DI@BLO a Teamate Said You Should change to " Di@BLOSC(+)PE " , Stuck Ever Since 1999

[El Verbo]

At my old job, I was always DOING something. Even when I was sitting I was DOING something, chatting, reading, whatnot. Somebody said during a meeting that I was always into something and called me a Verb. It was solidified when someone called on the radio, "Get the Verb."

[MyAGunn]

My Quarter Horse x Hanoverian four-year old mare is named after an actress, Anna Gunn. Username is a shortened way of saying "my Anna Gunn".

[muskrat72]

Ok, I thought this would be interesting and on a whim. But as the title says what is with your name? Mainly why did you choose your forum name.

So to start, my forum name is the name that I use for all of my online persona's especially in gaming. The origins branch all the way back to 1999 when I first got online and created an AOL IM account. Originally I had no idea what to choose so I had the automatic name creator come up with one and it chose MuskratHog72. Which was fitting as Muskrat was my favorite GI Joe and 72 was my football number. So, over time I dropped the hog and became Muskrat72.

And that is my story. Now, whats with your name?

:popcorn:

[lexmedic157]

Where I live and what I do.

[Chief-Yeah]

old high school nickname named after Chief Bromden from the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest". I added the exclamatory "Yeah" cause somebody already had " Chief ".If tou look closely at my avatar you'll see that it's the infamous "throw the sink out the window" scene.

[bpa]

what I do - business process analyst

[Tradecraft]

Highly trained with a unique skill set.

[Hebily]

My wife's initials, followed by ily for I love you.:smitten: Use it all the time... I thought it was really unique, however, I've seen someone else use it a couple times.

[TK66]

Oh, how I remember playing football with muskrat72!! GOOD TIMES!!!!!

[Turbolax1]

Turbolax...1/2 teaspoon for fast effective relief...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7GoswzefcY

[vegassprky]

Live in Nevada,worked on the Las Vegas strip as an electrician!

[KBAcobra]

Mine is my initials, and my favorite car that I've owned. Been using this screen name, or a variation of it, for over 10 years.

[jda]

my initals

[bud760]

bud for buddy not cannabis related and 760 for area code. been using it since dial up bbs, pre-internet times.

[Ofir_ISR]

My name and where I live.

[Valolammas]

New thread merged with an indentical older thread, but thanks for making me find it again, it was an interesting re-read.
:baa:

[kanis mesomelas]

opportunistic scavenger.

[saniterra]

I am - was - a civil/sanitary engineer practicing primarily in matters of wastewater and water treatment infrastructure as well as environmental evaluation. Therefore saniterra - healthy earth or clean earth.

[RiotSnake]

Got mine from the random screen name generator on my old xbox when i first went on xbox live many years ago, you needed a username so just let the xbox generate one, 'RiotSnake', and it has just stuck, still use it with my 360 account and as a username on ebay and other stuff (easier to remember one name).

[muskrat72]

New thread merged with an indentical older thread, but thanks for making me find it again, it was an interesting re-read.
:baa:

LOL, sorry.

[nuphoria]

new + euphoria = nuphoria

This was a name my old band used and signed a contract with. We then decided to change it and it didn't get used again - I thought it would be a shame to waste it :)

[jsmitty1967]

J from the initial of my first name. 1967 is from the model year of my first and favorite car the Ford Mustang. Smitty from the fact I am a Smith and most of us get labeled Smitty at some point. To be honest I would have probably gone for "jsmith" but I learned long ago that this handle has been spoken for... many times over... and jsmith11224352345234 makes no sense.

[solocanoe]

The one true joy, the thing that restores my soul, and repairs me is getting time alone; in the canoe.
Paddling, camping, living.... for a few days or a few weeks on my own - many times without speaking a single word out loud....

[P35]

P35= Browning HiPower, my first carry pistol, my all time favorite auto pistol

[J4C3]

Jace = J4C3
I used to post as Unit24K lost the password and Email ,also Delta24k on other sites,simply because at one time i was more well built(5'8 16'6st with a 28 waist)and got called the unit by a lot of people,which is often used in reference over here as someone who is stocky,thats the Unit part my old service number gave the Delta and 24 (D=Delta )

just stuff i always tend to use

[captainamerica]

See the movie Easyrider.

[yam350]

I didn't see this thread before.
Yamaha 350 YPVS, in my opinion a little bike with the biggest grin factor imaginable. If I didn't wear a full face helmet riding it I would be forever scraping flies off my teeth.

[Boy SureFire]

I already answered this (I think), but I can't find the post... I started out as young boy dismantling all the household flashlights (I was inquisitive :shrug:), & it wasn't until my first surefire (SF 6P) some 15yrs+ later that I stopped dismantling lights. The drawer of 16+ cheap plastic lights has since been dumped (none of which could be reassembled), & now I've spent some $700-800 worth buying my own lights...

Regards'
--Boy SureFire

[GRIFFINHAWKS]

My name is Griffin Hawks, I am Lineal descendant of Viking blood as many of us are; In one way or another ,)

BE WELL .. GH

[?uesto]

Nickname of my favorite drummer, ?uestlove.

[Flexxx]

I got mine in College, one of my friends started calling me Flex because I was showing this girl my abs, after that it just kind of stuck and everyone knows me as FLEXXX......LOL