Why did you choose your username?

[dog]

Hi All, ;)

Why did you choose your username? What's the meaning behind it, etc.?

dog - *puppy*

[dog]

Mine comes from early childhood, I brought home and cared for anything ... -BTW my Mom was not fond of these acts. (not in a bad way, I hope you all know what I mean) ;) ;D - still do to some respect (all our "kids" were adopted in this fashion.) ... now it's just not every Tom, Dick, and Harry, to my Moms, and better halfs relief, I've learn to pick my spots ;D . Anyway, this didn't go unnoticed by friends ... and I have a particular fondness for Cats and Dogs ... So I guess being male ... they couldn't call me Cat ... so I earned the Nickname dog ... and it's stuck ever since. ;) ... this happened in the early/mid 70's ... and is in no way related to the slang dawg, just plain old dog!

dog - *puppy*

[blabhead]

-{ Quote: "Hi All, ;)

Why did you choose your username? What's the meaning behind it, etc.?

dog - *puppy*" }-

interesting question.looking forward to seeing the answers.
myself,i just tried to pick a name no one had so i wouldn't have to fill out
the form again.

[ronjor]

-{ Quote: "Mine comes from early childhood, I brought home and cared for anything ... -BTW my Mom was not fond of these acts. (not in a bad way, I hope you all know what I mean) ;) ;D - still do to some respect (all our "kids" were adopted in this fashion.) ... now it's just not every Tom, Dick, and Harry, to my Moms, and better halfs relief, I've learn to pick my spots ;D . Anyway, this didn't go unnoticed by friends ... and I have a particular fondness for Cats and Dogs ... So I guess being male ... they couldn't call me Cat ... so I earned the Nickname dog ... and it's stuck ever since. ;) ... this happened in the early/mid 70's ... and is in no way related to the slang dawg, just plain old dog!

dog - *puppy*" }-


I just combine my first and last name. So far, I haven't forgotten my name--yet! :D This could change in the future!!

[MikeBCda]

I've run into (and answered) this question at various forums (fora?).

No real story behind mine -- I'm Mike B., plain and simple. MikeB has with rare exceptions already been spoken for most places I register, so I add Cda for Canada. A little confusing to others sometimes, since they see the "MikeBC" part and assume I'm in British Columbia -- southern Ontario's slightly more accurate.

There are a few sites where my full name appears (I haven't acquired much paranoia -- or sensibility, if you prefer -- about that). Somewhat off-topic, I've occasionally done a Google on my full name, out of curiosity, and apparently there's a top-notch teaching anaesthesiologist (whew, think I spelled it right ;) ) with the same name "out here" who's published extensively all over the net. It's not a common last name, so I assume we're extremely distant cousins, but never met or been in touch.

[bigc73542]

Well it's this way. I am or was 6' 2.1/2" when I used to lift weights and other sports. My first initial is C and I am not real small so bigc stuck 73542 is just an area code.

[ssgtmax]

-{ Quote: "Hi All, ;)

Why did you choose your username? What's the meaning behind it, etc.?

dog - *puppy*" }-


Well, let's see....ssgtmax:

"Max" was a nickname hung on me by high school football teammates back in the 60s. For some reason it stuck for a lifetime.

"SSgt" is merely an abbreviation for "staff sergeant", the last rank I held in the U.S. Air Force many moons ago.

The combination of the 2 seemed to be an easily remembered "handle".

And that's the truth.... ;)

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "Hi All, ;)

Why did you choose your username? What's the meaning behind it, etc.?

" }-

Being from Canada, i thought it was fitting. :P ;) ;D



snowbound(for 3 months a year anyway) 8)

[gerardwil]

Gerard is my real name and it means: strong with the spear (;))
Wil is a part of my last name, nothing to do with wild or wilders.

So pretty boring, lol

Greetz

[bigc73542]

-{ Quote: "Gerard is my real name and it means: strong with the spear (;))" }-



I like the meaning of your name, I think mine must mean (man who sits in front of computer to long.)

[subratam]

Its just my name heh.. boring? maybe but well it Subrata means well wish.. and M was added so that .. it becomes
SubhaSubrataMadhuri
Subhas -> Father's name
Madhuri -> Mom's name

Regards

[optigrab]

Mine may be obvious to a few of us Americans old enough to remember the Steve Martin movie, The Jerk. Besides being extremely funny, the movie has a lot of elements I can sometimes identify with. For one, the main character is well meaning, gullible, and intensely stupid. Optigrab was the name of the invention that brought him fame and fortune, but then ruined him. I kind of like the idea of something that is at first universally accepted as brilliant, and then turns out to be a disaster.

[Peaches4U]

When I do a favor for others, I keep getting told "you are a real peach". Once upon a time, before I was married & was in my twenties I was chosen as "Peach Queen" at a Peach Festival. So here are some peaches 4U.
;)

[chrisretusn]

Well because ChrisS which I have been using for years, was already used when I tried another forum. chrisretusn break down as; Chris my nick name, ret for Retired, usn for US Navy, because that's what I be! ::) I like lower case because it's simple to type and makes the parts less obvious. 8) It also easy to remember ;D

[slammer_JvA]

When I first got online back in 1998, I came up with this one.
At that time I was very much commited into playing bridge; the internet seemed (and soon proved to be!) a perfect platform for this greatest cardgame of all. I became trial-member of OKBridge.com (one of the best bridgesites where one can play online) with this username.

In bridge, the highest score, and most difficult game you can get is a so called (big) slam: you say you can make all the cards/ tricks in your hand.
I also believe slammer means something like party-animal in English, right?
So, why not?
I added my initials -watch the underscore;)- and there you go.

regards,
slammer8)

p.s very nice and original poll/topic/question!

[Marja]

Well, for little nieces and nephews, my name is a bunch of hard letters put together, so "Auntie Marzz" was perfect, but, someone always seems to be using Mars,Marz,Marzz, so I added part of my husband's name! I like it! I feel like a different person, course that's the dual+ personality of a Gemini, I guess!:D I have tried numbers and letters combined but, it is hard to remember and unless there is a "catch" like BigC, you feel like you are talking to a computer like "Hal"?!! ;D :P

[Marja]

And Again! I like this topic too, it is interesting to hear how people put a name together and why? Going to different forums, it is always intriguing to guess why and how! Good Topic/subject!! *puppy* ;D

[Detox]

We had one of these threads once upon a long long time ago but I sure can't find it now ;D

Anyway my first online experience was dial up Doom with a buddy down the street, and the second (other than some emailing and internet surfing) real use of the internet was Delta Force 2. This game was a HUGE thing with groups and you really met a lot of different people playing around in the different servers. I had just made up the name "Detox" when I started playing and since sop many people knew me by that name, I use it as my universal net nick.

[greyfox]

Well, my hair is getting really gray and a fox is either a sexy lady or a very smart, cunning animal. I like to think I'm sexy and smart. ;)

[Mr.Blaze]

8) Well i got mine at a lafmme nikita meassage bord

at first i had goten no replys when i sighn up with my full name lol

i was new to the scene when i sighned up

8) i had no ideal in order to get replys you had to hve a cool handle


mainly cause at that bord you were secret opertives

so i had to think of something cool fun yet mysterious yet demanded respect

The titile Mr. always comands respect

The name Blaze is just cool 8)

8) that and when i get pisst i blaze up lol

[nadirah]

My username is actually my school teacher's name. Nothing much about it, I chose my teacher's name for my username because it is easier to remember.
My school teacher is Mdm Nadirah.

[ssgtmax]

-{ Quote: "Well, my hair is getting really gray and a fox is either a sexy lady or a very smart, cunning animal. I like to think I'm sexy and smart. ;)" }-


Good one. My hair is....well, make that WAS. The forehead expanded to the backhead. I like the majesty of an eagle in flight. I'm thinking of changing the ol' username to....are ya ready for this??.....

danceswithbaldeagles

Maybe a little unwieldy, but a good conversation starter, I suppose. ::) ;D ;D

[greyfox]

danceswithbaldeagles


I like it, .....but maybe a little too long.

[roger_a320]

I am an aviation fanatic, crazy about planes. So it's like this, my name is Roger and I came up with A320 part from the Airbus A320 aircraft. 8)

[scoopgirl411]

-{ Quote: "Good one. My hair is....well, make that WAS. The forehead expanded to the backhead. I like the majesty of an eagle in flight. I'm thinking of changing the ol' username to....are ya ready for this??.....

danceswithbaldeagles

Maybe a little unwieldy, but a good conversation starter, I suppose. ::) ;D ;D" }-

Oh this is toooo funny! I'm sitting at work where everything is dead silent - everyone working away dillegently at their computers - and I burst out laughing extremely loudly! It's almost 4 am on a Sunday morning and everyone is half asleep as well - did I mention that a very large guffaw flew forth from my mouth?? Thank you very much for the laugh "danceswithbaldeagles" - it was so appreciated this boring early morning!
btw - I came up with my name because every other name I tried was already taken... I work as a police, fire, and ems dispatcher and have to ask alot of questions of callers to find out what the problem is and who needs to respond... so I sort of went with a spoof of that... scoop (news, what's going on) girl (I think that's pretty self explanatory) and 411 (as in "I've got the..." or giving the information). Silly I know, but after typing in 100 other names that had more meaning and striking out, you get sort of desperate! lol
Great topic of conversation Dog! :)

[Q Section]

A little explanation -
Now....the story.

The Q Section of HMSS has the mission to provide the necessary tools for the field operatives to properly carry out their mission. The tools provided do not include Information Gathering. This is the exclusive task of the I Section. It is the I Section which manages the Electronic Mission of HMSS. So.....we here in Q Section could go down the hall and make an inquiry as to the best xyz programme etc. however they are always usually extremely busy and we could not hope to even obtain such a chance to make such inquiries, especially these days.

Therefore we go online here and elsewhere to make our own un-official inquiries about such things. This information is used strictly for our test computer which is not used for any mission-critical work. It really serves as an adjunct for our Section only.

As to the 'we'.....many of us here have interest in these computer programmes and at various times one staff member goes online to ask a question or to render some small assistance to someone (in a forum). Then at some other time a different staff member goes online and gives/receives assistance. We all share what we have learned and hence the 'we'. We had decided it would be better for our Section's protocol to only have one user name - for security purposes, you see. Sometimes a Q Section staffer is in the field making a query from a field office and sometimes another gives assistance from HQ. For purposes of security we simply use one username and share the information with each other.

-{ Quote: "OK, just one other thing. What is up with that avatar? Who is that? It always reminds me of Anthony Hopkins. :)" }-
This is merely a representation of our beloved Chief of Q Section (some call it Branch). Unfortunately he passed away just a few short years ago but he shall be forever in our hearts. For some additional details we refer you to a question submitted and answered:

Q: Is there really an MI6 with a Q branch?

A: Well, there really is an MI6 or, Secret Intelligence Service, and it is very secret indeed. Unlike its American counterpart, SIS does not go out of its way to promote or even acknowledge its own existence. Thus, while everybody in London knows of its rather ostentatious Thames-side location-the Firm, as insiders call it, prefers to remain as anonymous as possible: a truly secret service. As for a "Q Branch", perhaps the closest real-life counterpart would be MI6's school for sabotage and demolition at Fort Monkton, Gosport, near Portsmouth, Hampshire. Incidentally, the Q in Q Branch stands for "quartermaster", an adaptation of the British Army's "Q Staff", the department charged with procurement of supplies and matériel. A real-life "Q", the late Charles Fraser-Smith, crafted a variety of small gadgets and special devices for both MI6 and the Special Operations Executive during World War II. (SOE had been spun off from the sabotage and demolition section of MI6 itself.) His devices included spy cameras hidden in cigarette lighters, maps concealed in smoking pipes, and secret writing gear concealed in shoe heels.

And now several of us here in Q Section have a keen interest in computer security for our testing computer. It is used for non-official purposes, you see, so we have come to this forum to gain insight on exactly how to do it and possibly be of some little service to others.

We are very limited in our ability to answer questions from the general public so we hope this little explanation helps!

Be seeing you........

[808chick]

Ahh, an easy question! ;)
808=the whole state of Hawaii having just one area code :P
chick=cuz I am

8)

[NanDog]

Well, this is both fun and informative! Although lots of folks think I'm of the gentler sex 'cuz of my username, I'm all male! NanDog comes from my Siberian Husky, Nanda. Her full AKC name is Nanda Devi von Hochschnee but she's just Nanda, Nandy or the Nanster to me!

[Tassie_Devils]

Call the Pound/Animal Control Centre

There are waaaaaaaaay too many party animals in here....

Let's see:

At least 2 Dogs; 1 Fox; 1 Cat; 1 Rabbit and 1 Tas Devil ;D

okie... well, I used to love the looney tunes cartoons of The Wabbit [aka Bugs bunny] and the TassieDevil, and when I was trying to think up a nick, I suddenly thought of my aggressive animal friend, the Tasmanian Devil "hairball with teeth" as Blazey calls me. Hence Tassie_Devils 8)

-{ Quote: "I also believe slammer means something like party-animal in English, right?" }-

LOL... yep.. also when you "slam" your drink down. drink as quick as you can.

Cheers, TAS

[Blackspear]

Bumped for Ritaann ;D

Cheers ;D

[Acadia]

My wife and I made the mistake of vacationing on Mount Desert Island nine years ago ... we fell totally in love with that paradise and have returned every year since. We hope to retire there someday.

http://www.acadiamagic.com
http://community.webshots.com/album/53225094bhUGQv/0

Acadia

[Rita]

-{ Quote: "Mine may be obvious to a few of us Americans old enough to remember the Steve Martin movie, The Jerk. Besides being extremely funny, the movie has a lot of elements I can sometimes identify with. For one, the main character is well meaning, gullible, and intensely stupid. Optigrab was the name of the invention that brought him fame and fortune, but then ruined him. I kind of like the idea of something that is at first universally accepted as brilliant, and then turns out to be a disaster." }-
hey optigrab
id forgotten that movie till you mentioned it--it was extremly funny--one of steve martins best.have a good day
Rita :)

[Rita]

-{ Quote: "My username is actually my school teacher's name. Nothing much about it, I chose my teacher's name for my username because it is easier to remember.
My school teacher is Mdm Nadirah." }-
hi Nadirah
always wondered about your name when i saw your posts--now its good to know ;D
good day to you
Rita

[Rita]

-{ Quote: "Good one. My hair is....well, make that WAS. The forehead expanded to the backhead. I like the majesty of an eagle in flight. I'm thinking of changing the ol' username to....are ya ready for this??.....

danceswithbaldeagles

Maybe a little unwieldy, but a good conversation starter, I suppose. ::) ;D ;D" }-
i like danceswithbaldeagles alot ;D

Rita

[Dazed_and_Confused]

It seemed to fit when I first visited. ::) But not anymore!! ;D

[Rita]

-{ Quote: "Being from Canada, i thought it was fitting. :P ;) ;D



snowbound(for 3 months a year anyway) 8)" }-
fitting here too in wv for about 3 months--when i was a wee thing you didnt see the ground from oct. till april for the tons of snow ;D
good day to you
Rita

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "fitting here too in wv for about 3 months--when i was a wee thing you didnt see the ground from oct. till april for the tons of snow ;D
" }-

Same here! :D

Things have changed a lot over the years(47 of them) and the winter season has gotten a lot shorter.

Not that i mind of course. ;)


snowbound(in about 4 months) :P

[solarpowered candle]

just a little bit of zen

[ssgtmax]

-{ Quote: "Same here! :D
" }-

Snow? What's snow?? About 6-7 years ago we had a freak overnight dusting here that left 4-6 inches on the ground for an appreciable period of time. Folks went nuts, rolling around in the stuff @ 4:00 in the morning & calling everyone they knew to spread the word. Employees called into work saying they were afraid to drive & would be late. (Probably just building snow men & snow women in the back yard...) You'd have thought little green men landed down @ city hall!

We're obviously a little weather-spoiled in SoCal.... 8) 8)

[Blackspear]

-{ Quote: "It seemed to fit when I first visited. ::) But not anymore!! ;D" }-

Damn I like my women "Dazed and Confused", that's it, no chance for you now, once they are smart they escape... ;) ;D

LMAO

Cheers ;D

[tImEwArP]

Well because i'm really from the future, but i'm stuck here in the past as a sort of lesson, and until i help enough people on the Wilders forum, i can't move on to the actual time period that i came from.

[big ed]

Well. being 5'4 & 8/15ths" tall (using a laser ruler), I though it a fitting name.

big ed

[NAMOR]

NAMOR is a comic book character I liked as a kid (Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner).

[meneer]

My username is just the plain old Dutch language word for mister. It's got noting to do with menure or being meaner, just meneer will do.
I used to have an internet domain with e-mail addresses for me and my wife (mevrouw). The domain has long since vanished, just like the e-mail addresses, but monopolising such a common word is common practice too, so I decided to use it in other places :)

O, and I decided to pick a fitting avatar. Being a mister, one with a tie seems appropriate.

[quack(s)]

a time honored moniker given to naval flight surgeons!

btw dazed . . . is that ur real pic :P ?

[chew]

Because everyone call me Chew :o.

But errmm ... then sometime Chew degenerates into Chewbacca, Chewie, Chew the tobacco, Chew Chew train, etc.,

That's how it is now. Just Chew ;D. But you can call me anything you like so long as I know you're calling me.

[2dazed]

Not only did I try to pick a name that no one else would have, tho I've had this name 4 2 yrs. now, but also tried to pick one that fit. I'm a Leo, & have different likes, etc. Also different personalities. I'm often misunderstood, which ends up in time spent explaining myself. Which is plum silly. So, my name is 2dazed. 8)

[Etsnuffy]

Etsnuffy- Et for East Tennessee and Snuffy for one of my favorite cartoon characters- Snuffy Smith.

[Valkyri001]

:) A long time ago, in a galaxy, far far away...
No! seriously, someone saved my soul and took me to a place I've never been. Her real name is Vairkjosa but since every english version was taken way back when, I added the 001 and dropped the E.
Moral of the story... I'm in love with my wife. Still!! You can't pronounce her name in Norse either. ;D ;D

[Eldar]

::) Tried to use my firstname first, but it was taken.
As I've two boys, Elwyn (11 months) & Darwin (4 years), I chose to make a new username from it. Besides it's easy to remember. ;D

[Close_Hauled]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/closehauled/Sailing/CloseHauled.jpg
My user name is the term given to the highest point of sail that a sail boat can reach. At this point of sail, the apparent wind is the highest, the sea is the roughest. Therefore wind, bow spray, and heel are most prominent at this point of sail. For some, it is the most fun, for others, it is the most unpleasant. For me, it is the most exciting, the beating of the wind, the pounding of the sea, and the bite of the cold challenge the physical endurance, and the mental acuity of the sailor.

Close Hauled

[Valkyri001]

Very good picture Close Hauled, we should share sea stories sometime. I'm no sailor but the sea has been my home for some 23 years now.

[Ailric]

Ailric of Loxley was the father of Robin Hood in the terrific English series Robin of Sherwood.

[Fire-Ant]

Well,
The ant is a busy creature, always working hard to keep it's living space up and running and free from invaders. I'm always busy at my hobbies and I'm learning hard to master the firewall at the office. So Fire-Ant seemed a nice name combing everything. ;)

[luv2bsecure]

Mine is really tough:

Luv2BSecure = I love to be secure! In every thing and every way. Of course, it doesn't always turn out that way, but I do LOVE to be secure! :)

[Cochise]

Because I tried six names and found someone else already had them....in desperation I happened to be reading an article on Cochise and the way the Apache nation were kind of dumped on and so I tried that and it was accepted........mind you, it has caused me some problems on some Forums I have been on (Tom Coyote) for instance...where I was jumped on by an 'Apparent' descendant who said I had no right to use the name...according to Apache law a Chiefs' name cannot be used by anyone else in the Tribe, but the complainant was trampled to bits by the Users at Tom Coyote..........not nice really at the time but I then became more sure it was OK....at no time would I ever show any disrespect for a Great Chief.....



Cochise, 8)

[mrcrash]

I chose mine because my mrs calls me it after i crashed my old pc a dozen times an old 233mhz with win ME very stable.... not!

[Rita]

hi all
this has really been interesting reading,so many unique names.wish i'd been a little more orginal ;D it makes it seem like you know everyone just a little bit better
rita

[2dazed]

But Ritaann is personal, it's just the same actually. :D

[Rita]

-{ Quote: "But Ritaann is personal, it's just the same actually. :D" }-

hey 2dazed
actually i tried on a few other sites to pick an other username but every time i'd pick one i'd get a message--that name is taken -so i finaly gave up and just used my name at least it wasnt already in use ;D
rita

[2dazed]

Hey, how's it going? See, there ya go! You're just as unique as if you'd been able to use a nic. ;D

[bigbuck]

I'm 6'9" and a part time rodeo rider.
Big? ..............................Buck?

[iceni60]

Why did you choose your username?
it was the first thing that came into my head. Boudicca, was Queen of the Iceni and fought against the Roman Empire and defeated them in many battles before they eventually defeated her in the year 60/1 and she committed suicide. her statue has pride of place outside The Place of Westminster in London.