How did you come up with your name?

[Manedwolf]

It's a neat-looking and very endangered South American wolf species I try to help with the conservation of...that has thankfully become something of a national-pride animal for Brazil, now. They'd long been mistakenly thought to be dangerous by the local populace, even though it turns out they're harmless, keep to themselves and never attack people.

Sort of like law-abiding gun owners...

 

[Henry Bowman]

Inspired by John Ross' Unintended Consequences.

 

[MedGrl]

I got the nickname MedGrl round about 10th grade because I have 3 licenses that are classified as medical first responder (Lifeguard, Wilderness firstaid and Wilderness search and rescue) going on 8 years now I've been MedGrl.

 

[Rumble]

It's the name of one of my cats.

 

[Just_a_dude_with_a_gun]

Some folks pick a name that implies something false, or makes them sound tough, or sometimes like a blowhard. "specop" this, or "tactical" that. Not for me. I'm just some dude with a gun.

 

[Just_a_dude_with_a_gun]

DOH!

 

[raveneap]

My favorite poem is "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. "Raven" was taken, so: raveneap.

 

[stevelyn]

Combination of mine and my gf's name.

 

[MechAg94]

degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M. I used this name on the Aggie football sites first.

 

[CoastieTech]

I'm in the Coast Guard and I'm an electronics tech.

 

[Dain Bramage]

I stole it from someone else on the internet.

 

[Diomed]

Diomed was the Duke of Wellington's horse, and took a pike at the battle of Assaye in India.

Figured no one anywhere would be using it as a handle, and I think I'm right.

 

[fletcher]

It's my last name.

 

[RocketMan]

I have another hobby that involves smoke, fire, and loud noises: High Power Sport Rocketry.

HPR Certification
NAR Level 2

 

[ChevellRCR]

This is my first love. I just use this name on all forums. Stands for Chevelle Racer but I dont race anymore.

 

[slow944]

I owned a 1984 Porsche 944 that was not Turbo Charged, so I had a "SLOW944".

 

[longrifleman]

I was setting at the computer trying to think of something clever ( I sat there a long time), and turned around and saw the then new Pennsylvania long rifle on the rack above the door. It kinda fit the board, so here I am.

 

[Freddymac]

I'm an investment specialist

In the world of investing, there are securities called freddymac's. And since my name is Fred, it's just what people at work call me.

-Fred

 

[Old NFO]

Old NFO since I am old retired Naval Flight Officer, and my handle "Cajun" was already in use elsewhere...

 

[ALHunter]

Live in Alabama, love to hunt.

 

[TheArchDuke]

I was in a metal band in highschool. Our singer and I were arguing about who was the king of metal. He said he was but I could be the archduke of metal. So it stuck. Kinda silly. Anyway I quit the band and hardly listen to metal anymore so now it's just "TheArchDuke".

 

[RaggedClaws]

The following lines from the T.S. Eliot poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" have stuck in my mind since I first read the poem in high school...

I should have been a pair of ragged claws,
scuttling across the floors of silent seas.

I've used this handle in lots of places through the years.

 

[Mikee Loxxer]

Mine is nickname a buddy of mine gave me back in Elementary School.

 

[repsychler]

Mine was originally a name of a character in a video game. I thought it was an interesting play on words and its weird enough that it's not taken.
It's pronounced 'recycler' (re-psych-ler)

 

[MNnaloxone]

MN=Minnesota
naloxone = generic name for Narcan, the drug of choice for morphine/heroin overdose, with unusual method of admin. I'm a clinical pharmacist.