Your Screen Name

[doug the slug]

well i was christened "Doug" in 1959.

After i joined the army in 1977, someone started calling me "Doug the Slug" for some reason, ive never been able to work out exactly why but it started right after our first communal shower. ive been stuck with it ever since so ive used it on a number of websites including this one.

Ive been out of the army for 8 years now but the nickname wont go away,

Doug

[Gumby]

well i was christened "Doug" in 1959.

After i joined the army in 1977, someone started calling me "Doug the Slug" for some reason,

Doug

Did they catch you in shower perhaps ?

[doug the slug]

Did they catch you in shower perhaps ?

Didnt read the whole post did u gumby????

[Ashore]

Didnt read the whole post did u gumby????

so were you sluggardly leaving the shower or was it because of a snail er slug trail as you got dressed.


Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.

[DanP]

It's like calling a redhead 'bluey' or a short bloke 'stretch'.

[Iain]

It was his soap and he could wash it as fast as he wanted to, so now you can leave him alone.
No fee for the service Doug

[AlexS]

Did they catch you in shower perhaps ?

Only Colonels & chaplains catch anything in the shower.

[numbat]

Like most people I lurked for a while before joining. I got the impression that everyone used unusual names. I guess I saw postings by my good online friend Termite and saw that he turns timber into s####.

So given that it was an Australian forum I thought I would adopt a name the turned termites (and their close cousins ie wood borers) into the same thing.

Anyway thats mys tory and I'm sticking to it.

Cheers

[OtakiriLad]

When I was a young fellow growing up in Kiwiland we had a neighbour by the unfortunate name of Crapper who owned race horses, one of which was a reasonable nag called Otakiri Girl. Based on the amount of c..p that flies on this forum I thought OtakiriLad was appropriate.

[craigb]

When I was a young fellow growing up in Kiwiland we had a neighbour by the unfortunate name of Crapper who owned race horses, one of which was a reasonable nag called Otakiri Girl. Based on the amount of c..p that flies on this forum I thought OtakiriLad was appropriate.

Well nobody was ever going to guess that association.

[Wizened of Oz]

It just sounded better than my usual name "silly old b******"

Kind regards
Brian

[Five Thumbs]

Craigb

I know I am going to regret this but I have to know. Would you please tell me; what does your avatar represent?

The other one is 'LOL'. Lots of Luck? Lordy oh Lordy? Lots of Love?

Curiously Yours

5T

[Ashore]

Craigb

I know I am going to regret this but I have to know. Would you please tell me; what does your avatar represent?

The other one is 'LOL'. Lots of Luck? Lordy oh Lordy? Lots of Love?

Curiously Yours

5T

Before you ask how about an answer to the thread why five thumbs
why not four thumbs and a thumb
or ten thumbs
or eight thumbs and two thumbs
or all thumbs but only on one hand


AS for the avatar ask Rex

LOL Russell

[craigb]

Craigb

I know I am going to regret this but I have to know. Would you please tell me; what does your avatar represent?

The other one is 'LOL'. Lots of Luck? Lordy oh Lordy? Lots of Love?

Curiously Yours

5T

O.K. The avatar is a T-Rex. This is because I've been accused (not on this board (yet)) of being a dinosaur.

LOL means laughing out loud
ROFL means rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO means rolling on the floor laughing my asre off

HTH
Craig

[Optimark]

Being an Australian rubber stamp manufacturer, one uses quite a lot of imported stuff. In the USA, rubber stamps are called marking devices.

One of the lines we used to manufacture, was called Optimark. Which, advertising wise to Americans, meant an optimum rubber stamp unit.

That line has now been replaced with the Ultimark stamp, so I haven't a clue what it's successor will be called.

Anyway, I use my real name on at least 4 motorcycle forums around the world but when I was submitting the form for this site I looked up and saw the old Optimark vacuum chamber and thought that would be alright.

Just as a matter of interest, having a vacuum chamber is a great thing to impress 7 to 15 year olds.

It goes like this I usually say do you have a micro wave that makes boiling hot water in your house? To which the answer is always, "yes".

I then tell them I have a machine which makes boiling cold water!

This really gets them going, I tell you.

Well we get a glass of water, everyone puts their finger in, yep, it's cold water.

The unit is turned on and the vacuum starts, all eyes are on the glass of water, which, as the vacuum hits around 28-9 inches in around 30 seconds, starts to boil.

Everyone agrees that the water is boiling, which it is. At this point I turn the machine off and quickly pull the glass out and theatrically I place a digit in the glass. Usually the ones below about 12 years gasp, the older ones frown and think, how did he do that.

What is really interesting, is that I have never gotten a child under 10 years of age to stick their finger into the glass before they watch their mother, or someone elses mother, stick their finger in.

For those who don't know, water, at that low level of air pressure, boils at or around 2C. So with tap water usually being around 12C in winter and 20C in Summer, it boils easily.

Mick.