How did you come up with your name?

[bill.l.johnson]

I am who I am!

 

[2400]

I've loaded hundreds of pounds of 2400 over the years.

 

[Twycross]

'Twycross' is the name of a planet in a sci-fi computer game I used to play.

 

[Low-Sci]

Well...

There's high science: chemistry, quantum physics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, medical science...

And then there's low science: nuts and bolts, blocks of metal, washers, o-rings, cutting tools, stuff like that. I'm a machinist, and I figure that's low science. Hence, Low-Sci.

 

[Don't Tread On Me]

Most names were already taken when I joined.


The name I use on here is pretty much the shortest, and to the point expression of how anyone should and can react to what's going on in American right now.


Worked back then, should work again.

 

[Reacher]

Reacher was a King in a book I read. I really liked his character. "He of the sure and just reach."

 

[gazpacho]

Back in my BBS, MUD and early WWW days I went by the name TheDarkbear. But it got poached so much I finally gave it up. About that time I was really into a BBC TV show called Read Dwarf. "Gazpacho" is the last word spoken by one of the characters. Liked it. Used it. Kept it. I've even eaten it once or twice.

 

[BIGDADDYLONGSTROKE]

I just put a bunch of letters together because everything else was takin.

 

[silicon wolverine]

I picked mine up when i played team fortress classic in high school. It was commented on several occasions that my playing style resembled the behavior of a wolverine. i.e. teancious, dangerous, cunning, quick etc. I was the lead computer geek in school also so hence "silicon wolverine" its stuck ever since.

SW

 

[David W. Gay]

RE: "How did you come up with your name?"

It's a long story. However, the Cliff's Notes version is:

I was born. I was given a name. Years later I joined THR. And, as I couldn't think of anything better to call my self online, I just used my given name.

The End. (Well, not really The End -since "I'm not dead yet")

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

Playboy Penguin

My name comes from the old Bugs Bunny cartoon "Frigid Hare". It is the name of the little penguin in the top hat.

 

[AStone]

I'm a biologist by training. Now a professional educator.

I came to THR looking for advice about a shotgun that could be used for not only hunting, but self-defense. I already pretty much knew which model I wanted to buy (see user name), but hadn't decided which specific set of characteristics I wanted on it. (I ended up with a "P". Fine gun.)

As you know, speed of operation is one (among several) important factors when using weapons for self-defense & food acquisition.

I move fast, write fast, dance fast, like fast music, etc. Thus, for my user name, I searched for a biological phenomenon exemplifying speed. I considered antelope (fastest NA land mammal); kestrel (blazing birds); & cheetah.

[Added by edit: I'll preface this by saying I don't study birds per se. Thus, I made a mistake in my original post. For years, I've held the mistaken belief that kestrels were fast. Doubting my accuracy, I checked the web. They are not. They are related to the fastest - Peregrine falcons, and are even in the same genus. But kestrels are relatively laid back. Good thing I didn't pick that name. /edit]

Then, I remembered that nematocysts - the business end of 'stinging cells' that you feel when you get tangled up with a jellyfish - are used both for defense & prey capture, AND are very, very fast. They evolved in cnidaria (that's jellyfish, hydras, anemomies, corals, Portuguese man o' wars, etc), but can be incorporated into other animals (e.g., molluscs) via symbiosis.

The sig line takes it from there.

(Just call me) Nem

 

[the pistolero]

pistols are mainly what I shoot these days...

 

[MadMercS55]

I love old Mercury vehicles. Have 2 old\1 new right now, favorite is my 1955 Mercury Montclair 2dr hardtop, fully restored. I also have a 1964 Mercury Marauder, runs good buy needs some TLC. Daily driver is a 2003 Mercury Marauder.
So, hence my user name.

 

[G36-UK]

I live in the UK, and I have a great desire for a H&K G36K.

It was meant as a play on words. Also, I didn't think G36K-AG36-UK would fit.

 

[dawgtraxx]

watchin' my dog chase a squirrel across the yard,,, she runs sideways

 

[El Tejon]

Nickname from my law enforcement days.

 

[Stiletto Null]

Knives.

You'll usually see me around the Internet as "Stiletto", "Stiletto One", or "Stiletto Null".

 

[creampuff]

creampuff

With a wife and baby girl, I probably shouldn't be wasting my time playing online games. But last year, I took a shot at Call of Duty. I gave myself a screen name of Sig220, or KillerDawg. However, I was getting killed mercilessly by kids probably half my age. I didn't think myself worthy of SIG220, so I changed my name to "creampuff".

I did have to laugh, and how these kids were taunting each other, with how real men don't snipe, or use cover....It's a video game!!!...Testicular fortitude is not determined by pixels on a screen :banghead:

 

[nucstl1]

New Castle Nut Brown Ale. My Favorite beverage and football team.

 

[afsnco]

I'm a retired, Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer-AFSNCO. I guess you can take the guy out of the acronyms, but you can't take the acronyms out of the guy.

 

[Mongo the Mutterer]

afsnco -- I'm a member of the AAAAAA. (the Association for the Abolition of Abused Acronyms and Assinine Abbreviations).

"Mongo" -- when "Blazing Saddles" came out my friends put the name on me. Just don't know why...

 

[SolaScriptura139]

I came up with mine after watching a History Channel show on Martin Luther, and reading "The Holiness of God" by R.C. Sproul. Both mentioned Sola Scriptura, meaning "Scripture Alone". I liked it, and it reflects my viewpoint, so I picked it. The 139 comes from Psalm 139, one of my favorite psalms, helped me through some difficult times.

 

[afsnco]

Mongo,
My name is AFSNCO and I'm an acronym-oholic.

Sola,
Good one.

 

[Mongo the Mutterer]

yep af, Me 2. They save time.