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For some reason everyone's username intrigues me. When I first signed up I tried all the usual variables and ended up with my initials: Scott James Taylor. Boring really. So it's your time to fess up, some usernames are obvious, some aren't. What does yours mean?
As you get older, your memory...something ...something...something..
and apparently the passwords and pin's that are easiest to remember are the names of pets you had when you were a kid....'underfoot' was a cat we had (for a short time) when I was seven....(can't remember why we called him that though?) :rolleyes:
I tried all different names and they were all being used so I ended up using the name of the area where I live.. :)
I couldn't see any point (read that as - lacking in imagination) so used the first 3 letters of my first name followed by the first letter of my surname.
In the 80's a movie Dances with Wolves came out and a guy in the office started to give everyone a Siuox Indian name.
The day after a function with some big wigs of the ASX he gave me 'Bleeds through eyes after big night out'. It then just got shortened to 'The Bleeder'.
To this day we still call each other by our Siuox names.
Around 15 yrs ago i was doing a fair bit of computer gaming with mates, i needed a gamer name so i picked Rattrap out of the air. Since then most of my mates call me Ratty & i discovered that i prefer being called Ratty or Rattrap rather than my real name John. Never liked the name John, for myself that is, so Ratty has just stuck. I was Rattrap long before the bloody transformers came out & hijacked my handle! :2tsup::2tsup:
I always assumed it was the result of a run in with a table saw or the like :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bleeder
I think my username came about as a mash between the name of my dog, Oscar, and the Wizard prison in Harry Potter, Azkaban. Putting it midly, Oscar the dog is somewhat of a rascal who deems his own interests to be above all else. He's 3/4 mini poodle and 1/4 American Cocker Spaniel - poodle hyperactivity with cocker attitude :oo:. I have vague recollections of always threatening him with something like being "pamchenko'd" - from the movie 'The Cutting Edge', or being chucked in some sort of doggie prison. This ended up being named Ozkaban, and I kinda liked it so it stuck...
Also, if that username is taken on a website, it means I registered before and forgot my credentials :doh:
Cheers,
Dave
Dog's name........think he must have been hanging around when I signed up.
When I sign up for a forum my first choice is my christian name, which is a less usual spelling of Damian (most people use Damien and some Damion and yes I've even seen Damiun, parents can be so cruel).
If that doesn't work I've got a fairly rare motorcycle so guzzis3 is the next option. If all else fails I expand that to motoguzzi750S3, fortunately only had to use that once or twice. There were about 930 S3's built and I probably know half the owners in the world so...
Makes remembering easier...
Mine is all about my style of woodwork, rough, rustic, maybe not so rough or rustic:)
Mine? Well, any novice turner who has tried to master a Skew Chisel will know exactly what it's about. :rolleyes:
Mine is just my favourite timber.
My first choice, my nickname, was already taken, besides people would have expected a big bad bugger with his ears lopped off :oo:
I live on the coast and there is an aquaculture farm a little further along. One of their boats, skippered by a mate of mine at that time happened to go past. It was the Seriola, the scientific name of the Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi) that they produce.
Well it's gotta be better than if they were farming groper!!:D
three letters from the middle of my surname and the year I was born.
The initials are my usual ones (and were my reference on professional correspondence when I first started work as a lawyer). When I became a partner of that firm, my reference became the number. I worked so hard to get it that I keep it as a reference even tho the firm and I parted company over a decade ago.
Hi All,
Well, before the Forums, I Adopted the name of " Beenatree ", but another Chap reckoned that it was a good name for a Woodworking Supplies business, & he Registered it, so I had to back off, then thought of " issatree ".
Started out with a Capital "I ", but some how lost it.
The name seems appropriate, so it has stuck.
Lewis.
My name is Arthur and when my sister was learning to talk she had trouble saying my name. It came out as 'Artme" and that has stuck evre since. I just decided to use a lower case "a". as a sign in.
My username came to me when I discovered that turds wouldn't take a good polish but wood would.
gees, that's lucky. Imagine if it went the other way and your username had to be Turdwould :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodwould
Quite simply the name is the County I came from in England (to many moons ago to remember), I also use on another forum Dunelmman the first part of which is the old Roman name for Durham.
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Originally Posted by Woodwould
Priceless and for everything it's Mastercard
Sounds vaguely familiar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozkaban
On the contrary, Mythbusters proved that you can polish a ####. They were able to achieve a very high gloss just with friction and water.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodwould
Sorry for the hijack, username is just my initials.
I just watched Mythbusters polishing a ####... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJ9fy1qSFI"]Mythbusters polishing a #### [/ame]Quote:
Originally Posted by sjm
They buffed up well, but have you actually tried polishing one with shellac?
it was the colour that i painted my first car. LX Torona 4 door - 6 cyl.
Last name is Harris... Been called Harry since primary school. My MIL thought Harry was my real name for several years until she met my parents Paul??? Who's that she said!
Funny thing is at work they call me Rolf!
Oh and 72 was a good vintage...
Wanted a name that related to the tasks of the forum - writing about wood and what we do with it.
Scribbly Gum just seemed appropriate to my scribblings on wood.
:U
I wanted a shed.......
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Originally Posted by opelblues
Funny that in Europe they were called Opal.
Since a kid I have been around wheels of some form scooters, billy carts, pushies, motor bikes, cars building buses and coaches then driving them (those days I was known as Hoppie) so when I signed up here and now using a wheelchair and turning things round. Wheel'n'round was to be it but I typed wheelinround:doh: sort of like when I was driving passengers you'd always have to wheel in behind like a sheep dog and herd them on board.
Now he wants a Bigger Shed :UQuote:
Originally Posted by I_wanna_Shed
Kiwigeo - doesnt really need explaining
The current dishlicker :)
its me name :U
Ta for scratching my itch everyone. Small things amuse small minds :)
Damn, here I was thinking it was Fred.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by hughie
Tried to use my initials PAC no go already in use
My son is into retro gaming so I tried Pacman - already in use
Then tried it with a space Pac man = success
Just used first three letters of first name and surname. Didn't realise at first it sounded like something out of the Waltons.:C
Cheers,
Jim
When I wanted a user name I searched long and hard on who to emulate on this board. I finally chose the name of Sturdee after who was arguably the most important soldier in the history of this, my adopted, country.
He is described asIn other words the qualities I would like to use on this board.Quote:
a kindly, humble and simple man who carried out his work with the minimum of fuss'.
Sturdee's sheer professionalism earned him the trust of politicians of all parties. His steadfastness in the anxious months that followed Japan's entry into the war had won him widespread admiration, and he was described as 'the rock on which the army, and indeed the government rested during the weeks of panic in early 1942'.
His resolute insistence that the A.I.F. divisions intended for operations in the Far East should return to Australia helped to ensure that troops were available to halt the Japanese advance in Papua.
BTW I was guided in my search by looking out of the window and seeing his name on a sign attached to a street lamp. :U
Peter.
Username? :?
What are the remaining letters of your first name?Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbur