Author Topic: What is the origin of your user name? (Read 196945 times)

MalteseFalcn · « **Reply #150 on:** July 08, 2011, 03:15:20 PM »

I've been a Bogart fan since I was a teenager. So I picked this out a number of years ago, someone else at the time had falcon with an O in it. So if you spot me on other forums (advrider, triumphrat, etc), it'll likely be this same nn.

Occasionally people do ask me, "Are you from Malta?!" Um no, it was just a movie. And not even Bogie's best, truth be told, lol...

kevdog3019 · « **Reply #151 on:** July 08, 2011, 05:02:49 PM »

Years ago a friend that lived in the apartment across from me called me "kevdog" because I seemed to date a lot of ladies back in the day. Guess he saw them coming and going. Gone are the days...

crooner · « **Reply #152 on:** July 08, 2011, 06:26:23 PM »

...born to a real life crooner's (er, singer's) name, though no relation.

Unless inebriated, I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. If inebriated, I'm not sure I could carry the bucket. :BEER:

guzzimonster · « **Reply #153 on:** July 08, 2011, 09:35:54 PM »

Well not a lot of thought here Guzzi's what I ride and it is a MONSTER!!!!! ;-T

stealthryder · « **Reply #154 on:** July 08, 2011, 09:56:12 PM »

When I signed on the board I was an engineer in the B-2 program (stealth bomber). I have since transitioned to B-52 so should I change my name to buffryder? That sounds a little wierd.

izzug otom · « **Reply #155 on:** July 08, 2011, 10:12:25 PM »

Three guesses ;D

KaptainKen · « **Reply #156 on:** July 09, 2011, 09:06:52 AM »

I'm a licensed Captain. 100 ton - All waters. "CaptainKen" with a "C" was taken by others on the various nautical forums as you may have guessed, but "KaptainKen" was available. Mis-spelling "Captain" makes a nice alliteration and I have used it on various boards and forums for many years.

On nautical forums many consider me a "go to guy" for information about the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. I made a video about it that continues to be popular:

http://www.snowbirders.net/index.html

Tobit · « **Reply #157 on:** July 09, 2011, 04:27:21 PM »

Tobit: My favorite book of the Bible, is one of several books of the Catholic Deuterocanonicals, aka the Apocrypha.

Cliff Notes:
Tobit is the blind father of Tobias. Tobias travels to Media to rescue and marry Sarah, and reclaim his father's fortune. Before leaving, Tobit prays for a traveling companion to keep his son safe and God's Archangel Raphael descends, incognito, and travels with Tobias, advising him on how to rescue Sarah. Upon Tobias' and Sarah's return, Raphael reveals himself as the Archangel then cures Tobit's blindness.

I'm Roman Catholic and Archangel Raphael is my patron Saint. Yep, I picked a heavy hitter. I wear his medallion. The traveller. The guardian. The restorer of sight.

I travel, I've worked in "Media" for 30 years, ride an Italian (Catholic?) motorcycle, have terrible eyesight am blind in one eye, I rescue damsels in distress and restore fortunes. ;)

Tobit. It kinda fits.

Roadmistress · « **Reply #158 on:** July 09, 2011, 06:01:17 PM »

Quote from: twhitaker on July 01, 2011, 05:01:03 PM

I believe the origin of my name goes back to old England where my ancestors raised and harvested wheat. Wheat takers.

Twhitaker---interesting...I'm of the Ohio Whitakers (and Kentucky Whitakers.) That's pretty cool!

My User name is an ode to my 1954 Buick Roadmaster, but all girlied up...'cause I'm a girl.

jdgretz · « **Reply #159 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:16:47 AM »

Mine relates back to my first network userID - Novell system used the initials of the first and middle names along with the first five letters of the last name. I've used it for years.

jdg

Travman · « **Reply #160 on:** July 11, 2011, 08:06:15 AM »

My name is Travis. People who just meet me call me Trav and after 5 minutes they just start calling me Travman.

faffi · « **Reply #161 on:** July 11, 2011, 08:29:54 AM »

Some useless piece of information for you: Trav means 'trot' (like horses do) and Man means 'mane' (like horses carry on their neck). Just thought you'd like to know ;D

MotoG5 · « **Reply #162 on:** July 11, 2011, 05:04:19 PM »

Inspired by the Guzzi I owned the longest. 81' V1000G5 bought new and ridden for 27 years. Sold it to my boss last year to finance the wife's MP3. Still see her at work from time to time.

Atavar · « **Reply #163 on:** July 14, 2011, 09:24:57 PM »

An atavar is a thing out of time, the personification of an atavism.. like the Confederate General in King Arthur's Court..
pretty much what I am.. I was perfectly at home as a hippie in the sixties. Now I am stuck in the corporate jungle and can't find my way out. (but I have a motorcycle!)

g5rs · « **Reply #164 on:** July 15, 2011, 12:17:04 AM »

G5RS = G5 and Red Stone

On-The-Road-Again · « **Reply #165 on:** July 17, 2011, 07:00:26 AM »

Rode on and off over the last 43 years....more on than off....every time I heard the Willie Nelson song with no bike in the garage, it made me smile....definitely glad I found a Guzzi!

Mountain Bob · « **Reply #166 on:** July 18, 2011, 02:39:13 AM »

I lived in and around South Louisiana, off and on, for the first 55 years of my life.
God Bless Sout' Lou'siana, fer sure: best food and coffee in the known universe, and the people are some of the finest you'll ever meet. (Even them Smiths in Nort' Louisiana -- a.k.a. East-East-Texas, or West-Mississippi, depending -- are, Frankly, serious good people.)

But there ain't no mountains. Highest in the state is about 567 feet; it's in some guy's pasture in the north-central part of the state, and even the reddish-necks of that part of the state know better than to call it a mountain.

So when I moved to North Idaho in '99, all a'drool over being in a state with more than 6000 named mountains, I web-nicknamed myself Mountain Bob, mostly to remind my former ATV and dirtbike buddies back in Mountain-Not Land that there are other options, one of which I was willing to rub their noses in.

Thus re-named proudly "Mountain Bob," the carryover to Wildgoose Chase was a natural. Ain't gotta be on a dirtbike to ride these mountains, and ain't gotta have pavement to mountain-ride a big Goose.

So Mountain Bob it is.

I'll also answer to MBob or mb if if either of us is wound up tight

in that wonderful V-11 space known as Third-ByGawd-Gear.

--mb

kb9mku · « **Reply #167 on:** July 18, 2011, 07:49:16 AM »

Amateur Radio Call Sign

cruzziguzzi · « **Reply #168 on:** July 18, 2011, 10:47:31 AM »

When I was studying Czech in the Army, my instructor dubbed my Delta 88 the "cruise-vuz", vuz being car in Czech. My wife knowing this, thought the Calvin should be the cruisey-guzzi (ne-gootsie).

Sluggo · « **Reply #169 on:** July 18, 2011, 03:34:21 PM »

I earned the nickname Sluggo back in junior high(?) from my parents for my ability to procrastinate on almost everything. Hence, I moved like a Slug. Since then, I've used it as my forum names. As for the cartoon character Sluggo, he & I seem to have a lot in common. His favorite pastime is napping.

Mad Farquhar · « **Reply #170 on:** July 18, 2011, 03:59:36 PM »

It's the way you say it...

Oca · « **Reply #171 on:** July 20, 2011, 08:55:53 AM »

Oca = goose in Italian.

jim mac · « **Reply #172 on:** July 20, 2011, 09:22:43 AM »

Jim MacNeilage. Not a common name even here in Scotland so always having to spell it. Use Jim Mac as it it easier for people to understand and I dont lose my temper spelling it, again !

guzzimatic · « **Reply #173 on:** July 20, 2011, 04:05:33 PM »

My first Guzzi was a '76 convert.The period ads in Cycle called it a Guzzimatic.My friend Joel set up an email account for me with Guzzimatic ...so it just stuck.The 'Vert also is on of my favorites!

fatbob · « **Reply #174 on:** July 20, 2011, 08:18:19 PM »

Names Bob, and I am fat.

Bob

LowRyter · « **Reply #175 on:** July 20, 2011, 08:22:37 PM »

sorta liked the song and didn't know how to make a screen name outta "spill the wine"

~;

Lannis · « **Reply #176 on:** July 20, 2011, 09:47:56 PM »

Quote from: LowRyter on July 20, 2011, 08:22:37 PM

sorta liked the song and didn't know how to make a screen name outta "spill the wine"

~;

"Spill the Wine" .... ? Exactly the same age as me ... I knew it ... ! Next up ... "Gimme Dat Ding", "Chick-a-Boom", "Hitchin' a Ride", and "Mongoose"!

Lannis

wits · « **Reply #177 on:** July 29, 2011, 04:34:43 PM »

Work induced Tourette’s syndrome........ Wits

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #178 on:** July 29, 2011, 04:45:11 PM »

Quote from: wits on July 29, 2011, 04:34:43 PM

Work induced Tourette’s syndrome........ Wits

;D BTDT..

Stormtruck2 · « **Reply #179 on:** July 29, 2011, 06:20:40 PM »

Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on July 29, 2011, 04:45:11 PM

Quote from: wits on July 29, 2011, 04:34:43 PM
Work induced Tourette’s syndrome........ Wits

;D BTDT..

Doing it now! P:)

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Author Topic: What is the origin of your user name? (Read 196945 times)

MalteseFalcn

crooner

guzzimonster

KaptainKen

Roadmistress

faffi

Atavar

g5rs

On-The-Road-Again

Mountain Bob

kb9mku