The meaning of our names...

[Onwuma]

Why did everyone choose the name we did? And what does it mean?
My name is an Ibo name meaning 'Death may please himself'. The reason i chose it is personal.

[tim]

Mine wasn't so difficult ;)

[Raj]

Well mine wansn't difficult too :-) Raj is my given name :-)

[Mills]

In fourth grade, my best friend started calling me Mills instead of Miller (or Scott for that matter). It stuck. I'm 40 now and my close friends all call me Mills. My wife even does.

[timmyquest]

One fine evening, before i had the internet, i was in 6th grade, i asked my mom if i could to the library to create this thing my friends were calling, an email.

I'm not real sure why i needed it, but i figured i should get one.

So i sit down and they tell me that i had to come up with a name. "Tim" was already taken. So then i decided to get creative. I thought of my family, john my brother popped into my head. Then i went off into a tangent about the game johnny quest that came with my dads new amazing computer, it was a whole 350mhz!

Then it struck me. Timmyquest...

I then started using it everywhere, for everything, next thing i know there are people who frequented similer types of message boards that i did. It started out with paintball message boards.

Then some of the guys i saw on the paintball message boards, i saw on the computer message boards. I didnt want to change my name because i wanted people to remember that i was the guy who was asking about the new paintball gun.

Next thing i know, i'm 19 years old and i've had the same name for this entire time.

You may think having this name for so long represents my desire to still be a kid. Thats simply not the truth, it's simply because i dont want to deal with changing it in so many places.

By the way, i still play paintball to feel like a kid every once and a while ;-)

[Steve Parr]

I looked at my driver's license and, well, there it was...

Steve

[timmyquest]

Hrmmm...

I was just thinking to myself "I wonder what CDS is all about"

Then to my satisfaction i see you replied, yet...i still dont know where you got your name, or why you chose it.

**EDIT**

Now it's gone and i look like a bafoon, what does this all mean!

[CyberDyneSystems]

Ahh my sordid past,...

[CyberDyneSystems]

**EDIT**

Now it's gone and i look like a bafoon, ...

And? :lol:

...sorry I was sorting the attachment..

[JAZZ D.P.G.]

JAZZ D.P.G. is a play on my initials and what I do with a camera and computer. It is also the registered name of my business (not a profitable venture yet, but will be in my retirement)

Jim A. Stevenson Digital Photo Graphic. JAZZ is much catchier (memorable) that J.A.S.

[markubig]

I'm filipino and my last name is Ucab. I am bigger than the average filipino, so my friends started calling me Ubig . . . hence, Markubig.

Oh yeah, my other nickname is Ogre, hence my Schreck avatar.

While I'm at it, my AIM screenname is ubigogre (You Big Ogre!!!)

and that's the story of my life http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/tongue3.gifhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/tongue3.gifhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/tongue3.gif


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[psk4363]

Mine comes from my job, rank and number - and that's all I can tell you under the Geneva Convention ;) ;)

Barry

[Thenethiel]

I got tired of all the screen names I wanted being taken everywhere, and since I've always been a heavy online gamer, I needed a lot of screen names, so sometime last year I think I just started typing away trying to make up something that would never be taken, and wound up with this, I thought it sounded/looked decent and it's an acceptable length for just about everything, so I kept it. My real name's Chris if anyone's curious.

[RichardtheSane]

Mine is as obvious as you wish to make it.....

[sGu]

Initial plus surname, how original :rolleyes:

[IanD]

It is what I have been called for many years. Added the D form my middle name. Not smart enough to think of something with deep meaning:):):):):):)

[Moppie]

Its an old, old nickname, given to me by an old employer.
Pretty much everyone I know now calls me Moppie, even my g/f use's it from time to time.
So when dail up internet first became popular here in NZ in the late 90s it seem appropiate to use it first as an email, then as a forum name.

I have a given name, but Ill be damned if I can remember what it is....

[thomascanty]

Back in 1982 when i first got online with the local BBS systems, I started using the name Tom Sawyer because I've always been a fan of Mark Twain. When I discovered the Internet in 1993, I tried using that name everywhere also, but it was too popular and I kept coming across new places where it was already taken. So, I decided to use a more obscure Mark Twain character name instead. Tom Canty was the poor kid in his book The Prince and the Pauper. I haven't seen a "Name already in use" error yet when signing up someplace new, even though I later found out there's a popular artist by this name. I sometimes wonder if he gets that error though. :D

[mikesd]

The very first forum I joined was Tech-TV's The Screen Savers board so when I needed to come up with a username, at that time I was a dude with a Dell so using very little imagination I went with Mikes Dell, aka "Mikesd".

[pyterps]

Mine comes from being an Air Traffic Controller and a TERminal Instrument Procedures Specialist (TERPS). The first two letters is the first and last initial of my last name. As and Air Traffic Controller everyone has to end every conversation with another controller with operating initials which are normally the first and last initial of the last name. PerrY.

So along came "PYTERPS"

Cool thread!!!!

[CoolToolGuy]

I have a side thing selling automotive tools, mostly for Porsche and Volkswagen. Not ratchets and screwdrivers, but the 'cool' tools that do a specific job. I'm not much of a forum junkie, so I didn't think of coming up with a photo name when I got on here, I just used the name I use when I do a car show.

Have Fun,

[pushtoexit]

Goes back to trying to finding "a not in use" tag for yahoo or hotmail. Frustrated with multiple attempts, I looked away for inspiration, and there before me was a sign. Not a devine sign of heavenly magnitude...a simple sign...Push to Exit. ;)

[belmondo]

'Belmondo' is a name I used for a while when I wrote a column for a regional Porsche Club publication. When I arrived here, Tom W (my real name) was already taken, so I just resurrected my old moniker.

[PacAce]

Mine's buried in one of the posts in this thread:

http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=33513&highlight=handle

[dum_dum]

dum_dum... just being honest. Steve to my friends.:D

[poke]

Well... with a last name like Pocock, no one at school called me by my last name. The boys called me nocock, and the girls called me poke. I liked poke better :D

[belmondo]

Well... with a last name like Pocock, no one at school, called me by my last name. The boys called me nocock, and the girls called me poke. I liked poke better :D

Given that choice, I'd say you made the right one. Very funny.

[Longwatcher]

I picked my handle based on several things. I picked it way back when I was playing with the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA).

Given the following:
- I was an USAF Imagery Anaylst
- Until in my late 30s I could see farther then most people (by a lot)
- I tend to take the long view and look at all aspects of a problem when possible
- And I always liked play scout in field battles.

Longwatcher seemed most appropriate. Plus it is unique to me alone.
I maintain only that alias as I have to report any alias (including screen names) when ever I do my 5-year security updates, so Timothy Longwatcher is all I have to give them.

Lastly, having just a small touch of Cherokee (1/64th) in my genetics it sounds a bit Cherokee and I like that as aspect as well although that was not why I picked it.

A bit of advanaced trivia: When I first got a domain name, I picked longwatcher.net as I felt I was not an organization and was not commercial at that time. A couple years later, I decided to go for .com, but someone had sucked that up (along with .org). I later found it was one of those folks that bought every domain name they could think of. They were offering it to me for $1000 US, I said no thanks don't need it. Since nobody bought it, not unexpected by me given that I am likely the only one to use that handle; he let it lapse and about 3 years ago I decided to look again, found the .com available and scarfed it up along with .org. So now I have .net, .com, and .org for Longwatcher. I use .net for personal site, .com for photography and .org just for the heck of it.

[rpcm]

Not very original, just my initials

[nat869]

Well, Nat is my nickname which came from my full name, Nathaniel. 869 is a code my wife and I frequently send each other via im's or pager messages. 8 stands for thinking (number of letters in the word) and 69 is well, um...........self explanatory, so 869 became thinking about.......lets say, fun. ;-) I am sure this is much more info than was desired..lol!!

[fslshooter]

I'm the photographer for the Florida State League (FSL) of professional baseball clubs this season. I got the job a few days before I registered here and the name fslshooter seemed appropriate.

[nat869]

I picked my handle based on several things. I picked it way back when I was playing with the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA).

Given the following:
- I was an USAF Imagery Anaylst
- Until in my late 30s I could see farther then most people (by a lot)
- I tend to take the long view and look at all aspects of a problem when possible
- And I always liked play scout in field battles.

Longwatcher seemed most appropriate. Plus it is unique to me alone.
I maintain only that alias as I have to report any alias (including screen names) when ever I do my 5-year security updates, so Timothy Longwatcher is all I have to give them.

Lastly, having just a small touch of Cherokee (1/64th) in my genetics it sounds a bit Cherokee and I like that as aspect as well although that was not why I picked it.

A bit of advanaced trivia: When I first got a domain name, I picked longwatcher.net as I felt I was not an organization and was not commercial at that time. A couple years later, I decided to go for .com, but someone had sucked that up (along with .org). I later found it was one of those folks that bought every domain name they could think of. They were offering it to me for $1000 US, I said no thanks don't need it. Since nobody bought it, not unexpected by me given that I am likely the only one to use that handle; he let it lapse and about 3 years ago I decided to look again, found the .com available and scarfed it up along with .org. So now I have .net, .com, and .org for Longwatcher. I use .net for personal site, .com for photography and .org just for the heck of it.

Cool!! I have also been a member of the SCA and my wife and I attend most every Renaissance Faire we can get to. Always in costume of course!!

[IndyJeff]

Well my name is Jeff and I live in Indy. Since JeffIndy sounded backwards, I turned it around and IndyJeff came about.

I thought about IndianaJeff but, I didn't want people to confuse me with Indiana Jones LOL

[R1 Kid]

Cool idea. I ride bikes and mine is a Yamaha R1 ('04). I moderate www.r1-forum.com and that is my name over there. I've had it for a few years and don't see a need to change it now.

[Anteros]

Neat thread.

I found mine in 1997 when looking through a Greek Mythology book. Anteros was a greek god and Cupid's (Eros) brother and playmate. He was the god of mutual love. He would punish those who scorned those who loved them.

[rosie777]

Middle name + gambling preoccupation = rosie777
Do you mean this isn't the gambler's anon forum? :oops:

Rosie

[Jesper]

My name is simply.... my name. :)

[FlatBattery]

Nice thread...

My name came about 'cos in successive months my laptop battery went unexpectedely dead, my car battery went flat (and died), my truck batterys went flat(and died), my bike battery went flat and my camera battery is probably flat from lack of use!

[Pekka]

Pekka is Finnish form of PETER: http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=peter

[pradeep1]

Just using my name - Pradeep + 1....not very creative. My name actually has two meanings. In normal vernacular south Indian languages, my name would mean "First Light". I took a Buddhist Vipassana meditation course back in 2001 and I was told that in the now defunct Pali language....the one the Buddha spoke in....my name means "Light of the World", and was one of the 13 monikers that Buddha went by. I have a been a follower of Buddha, and was very happy to hear that.

[Citizensmith]

Same as a few others, way back when (93, 94 can't remember) and I'm registering for a hotmail account so I have an email that won't die when I leave university. It was the first thing that I came up with that hadn't been taken. Seemed suitably generic for an internet ID, and was inspired by the UK sitcom of the same name.

Haven't used hotmail in ages, but the account is still active as an instant messenger login.

[HJMinard]

Yawn ... first initial, middle initial, last name. At one time I tried to come up with creative handles related to the type of forum I was joining, but then I would lose track of the login name if I hadn't visited for awhile. I simplified things.

[neil_r]

Mine is a true testament to lack of imagination, first name plus last name initial, the underscore is just for style….. :D

N

[Jon]

First name/nickname

[Onwuma]

Besides the fact your story is interesting, pyterps, I love the name.

[stoneylonesome]

Having given up on using my given name or parts thereof I tried to come up with something unique. Well being kind of a Railroad buff, especially the older adandoned lines that went through my area, I decided on stoneylonesome. Stoneylonesome is a section of track about 5 miles long in Norfolk CT, back in the days of the Connecticut Western and later the Central New England RR. It went around the backside of a mountain in Norfolk where no one lived, when they cut the track in they just cast over the side all the stone and rock. So because of the isolation of the area and the amount of rocks the train engineers refered to it as the "stoneylonesome". Only once did I have a problem signing on with it so I just shortened it to stoney and added a couple of numbers. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[cmM]

cmM are my initials. Last M is capitalized because it's my last name (family name), nand also because it looks cool ;)

[TammieO]

My first name is Tammie and most people have difficulty with my surname, so I'm always called Tammie O. Not very creative, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

[Onwuma]

Yawn ... first initial, middle initial, last name. At one time I tried to come up with creative handles related to the type of forum I was joining, but then I would lose track of the login name if I hadn't visited for awhile. I simplified things.

Haha. There is a reason the military does things in a similar manner, eh?

[mbze430]

My name is simply abbreviation of my car. MBZ = Mercedes-BenZ --- e430= model E430.
I usually name myself after the car I have/had. So hopefully soon it will be MBZE55K or FD3S13B....LOL

http://www.sounddomain.com/id/mbze430

[Claire]

"Claire" is my second name and derives from Latin (but with French spelling), meaning "clear", "bright" and/or "famous". My first name "Nouna" means "ninth". Surname is Andersson, i.e. Anders' son. Traditional Swedish name. :)

I chose "Claire" here because was tired of my other online nicknames. :)

Wow, just did a search online. There are only three people named "Nouna" in Sweden. 49 with the original "Nona" spelling. Cool!

[mickle]

Nickname given to me by a friend many years ago. (more than I care to remember)

[roanjohn]

Hmmm.......my first name is Roan John........so I combined it!!!!

ha ha ha!!!

Ro1

[FlyingPete]

OK, FlyingPete is an older nick name no one I regularly associate with uses anymore, but it comes from an incident a few years back now when I went mountain biking with some of the guys from work, I missed judged a jump at the end of the track, made some good air time, can't say much for the landing though, hospital for a week, and two months off work. It was also around that time that I was messing with Helicopter pilot training, ended up being to much $$$.

It is better than some others I have had - Moss, for PeatMoss, Bin Lowden (circa late 2001, also why we wouldn't name our first son Ben), and more recently around work - Captain Random, for my ability to make completely random comments on about anything.

By the way did you know that the singer Sting got his name whilst in the Police, as he used to wear a black and yellow stripped jersey that made him look like a bumble bee.

Anyway, most people just call me Pete.

[Conk]

Conk is short for Conklin. When I was a little kid I had long red hair. My Brothers and sister called me Conklin. Conklin shows is an amusement company provided the CNE in Toronto and various fairs with the midway rides. They have a mascot. I guess my brothers thought I looked like this mascot. Today at 39 my brothers and family still call me Conk.
You be the judge.

[CoolToolGuy]

Conk is short for Conklin. When I was a little kid I had long red hair. My Brothers and sister called me Conklin. Conklin shows is an amusement company provided the CNE in Toronto and various fairs with the midway rides. They have a mascot. I guess my brothers thought I looked like this mascot. Today at 39 my brothers and family still call me Conk.
You be the judge.

Well, if those are the two for me to judge from, I'd say by the one on the right you were cuter then, but from the one on the left you are more playful now.

:o :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Have Fun,

[Conk]

Well, if those are the two for me to judge from, I'd say by the one on the right you were cuter then, but from the one on the left you are more playful now.

:o :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Have Fun,

:lol:

[JohnEBongo]

My first name is John. That lends itself very naturally to nicknames, especially when you add the ny to get Johnny. Add just about anything to "Johnny" and you have a nick-name, and I have had many. "Johnny Cosmo" and "Johnny Fairway" are just a couple. Well, one night I was at a bar with some friends and after a couple too many I jumped on stage with the band and started playing their bongos. I hit those things so hard I actually broke them. At that moment Johnny Bongo was born. I decided to shorten it to JohnEBongo fo rthe purposes of screen names and the like......

[Michaelmjc]

Mine is my first name, and then my first, middle and last initials. Pretty original eh.

[Littlenose]

Mine comes from the character created by John Grant, and they were my favourite stories from when i was a kid. I use this name on all the forums i have used since signing on the net.

I've still got one of the books....

[Maureen Souza]

Well...here's my excuse. I was a bit nervous when I decided to join up (after lurking around for a couple of months) that all my creativity seemed to run from the room and I just typed in my regular old name. I thought about changing it later on but there aren't too many Maureen's out there and just decided to leave well enough alone.:cool:

[Jackal]

I'm sneaky with a camera.

[hickory]

I grew up in Hickory Twp although its now a city and its called Hermitage, PA.
Oh and I like the tree.......

this is a cool thread!

[aam1234]

Initials + part of my mobile number.

[EoSD30fReAk]

when i joined i recently bought a Eos D30 and i was realy crazy about it.

the jumping from regular to capital is just for fun :D

[Wazza]

Wazza = A common nickname for Warren.
First time I was called it, was back in 1998 by a girl, and then with my association with 666 (Born 6th June, 6:06pm, room 6 at the hospital), became my base email address... wazza6_6_6@ hot....

I don't quite look like a rabbit though.

[Kadath]

http://www.hplovecraft.com

Specifically:
http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/fiction/dq.htm

Sam

[queenbee288]

My husband once called me Queen Bee when he thought I was being a little bossy and I decided to use it, the 288 is because 287 people already had it the first time I tried to use it on the internet. I got tired of trying to keep up with different names so I just started using it for everything.

[CyberDyneSystems]

http://www.hplovecraft.com

Specifically:
http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/fiction/dq.htm

Sam

I thought Kadath sounded familiar...
OF course I have read most of his published work... due in part to my location ....

"I am Providence"

quote from the Head Stone of H.P. Lovecraft
located in Swan Point Cemetery,
Providence, Rhode Island ;)

[RbnDave]

Mine is the most boring story of all. RbnDave was the first alternate suggested to me when I signed up for a hotmail account years ago. Someone had already taken my full name DavidRaboin. I stick with the Rbndave for everything I do on the net because I think there is something cool about the blandness of a name assigned by microsoft n 1999. It's my lack of fasion that is the statement.

[PhotosGuy]

No biggie with mine. I'd used it in another forum years ago & it was easy to remember. It seems pretentious here, but I only have so many brain cells left... what was the question again? ;-)

[Conk]

One fine evening, before i had the internet, i was in 6th grade, i asked my mom if i could to the library to create this thing my friends were calling, an email.

I'm not real sure why i needed it, but i figured i should get one.

So i sit down and they tell me that i had to come up with a name. "Tim" was already taken. So then i decided to get creative. I thought of my family, john my brother popped into my head. Then i went off into a tangent about the game johnny quest that came with my dads new amazing computer, it was a whole 350mhz!

Then it struck me. Timmyquest...

I then started using it everywhere, for everything, next thing i know there are people who frequented similer types of message boards that i did. It started out with paintball message boards.

Then some of the guys i saw on the paintball message boards, i saw on the computer message boards. I didnt want to change my name because i wanted people to remember that i was the guy who was asking about the new paintball gun.

Next thing i know, i'm 19 years old and i've had the same name for this entire time.

You may think having this name for so long represents my desire to still be a kid. Thats simply not the truth, it's simply because i dont want to deal with changing it in so many places.

By the way, i still play paintball to feel like a kid every once and a while ;-)

Just what I thought. Whenever I see your name I think to myself. "Timmy is on a quest"! :lol:

[exposingmyself]

i stole mine from another forum :oops:

[smudge]

Way back there in 1987, after my Dad dared me, I joined the Army. After completeing basic training where I was mainly called, ' Oi ', as was everybody else, I was posted to Germany whereupon I graduated to Smudge, as did evrybody else called Smith. Luckily there was only one other Smudge in my troop, so he was Smudge and I was Junior. He left some years later, and I became the senior Smudge and layed full claim to the title. Several ' Juniors ' were forced to fight it out when I left.

[vcutag]

Mine's pretty boring, I go to Virginia Commonwealth University, and my name is Tom Adams Gehring. :rolleyes:

[Turbowolf]

Mine too came about back in the days when everything cool was taken and AOL was first starting up. I tried Wolf, that came back as Wolf37865423 or something like it, then in a flash while I was lighting a smoke, using my TURBO disposable lighter ... well, 'nuff said


Interesting to see several SCAdians here ...

Myself ... Lord Gallant Conner Hume, Barony of Blatha An Oir, An Tir

[scarroll27]

Mine is my first inital and last name. S. Carroll.

[scarroll27]

Oh, scarroll was taken so 27 is how old I am.

[Volatile]

I picked my name because I thought it sounded cool.

[jabtas]

Mine is an acronym of the names of our three dogs and myself and the girlfriend name

Jazz Amber(RIP) Bonnie Tim And Sharon

This was many years ago, before the kids came along and it has just stuck for most internet ralated stuff

[MazerRakhm]

Way back when I started to use the internet I chose a name from what is probably my favorite book, only at the time it had too many letters so I shortened it a bit.

For some reason I keep on using it.

In case you wondered the book is Enders Game by Orson Scott Card.

Neat fact, I share a name with and have been told I look close to the guy in the avatar. :-)

[dewmuw]

Mine comes from my initials:

Damian Enterprise Walter Montpellier Uranus Westinghouser

[poke]

Damian Enterprise Walter Montpellier Uranus Westinghouser


Dude!!! What were your parents thinking!!!! :D:D:D

[Colin the King]

To the tune of 'Lily the Pink'

We'll drink a drink a drink
To Colin the King the king the king
He's the leader of Man City
He's the greatest Inside Forward
That the world has ever seen

Colin Bell
Manchester City FC

Every City fans hero.

see players on http://www.mcfcstats.co.uk/

[Barb42]

My name is Barb, and 42 is, well, if you have know the Hitchhiker's Guide the the Universe, then you know.....

[Conk]

Mine comes from my initials:

Damian Enterprise Walter Montpellier Uranus Westinghouser

I'll always pronounce it Doomoo. :lol:

[RJSorensen]

RJ are my first and middle name initials and Sorensen is my given last name. I know the internet gives one a certain amoyninaty (lol, sp) . . . but I am not afraid to stand behind my words and or thoughts, with my own name.

[dewmuw]

Dude!!! What were your parents thinking!!!! :D:D:D

How about my poor brother:

George Ulysees Lancellyn Lancelot Invicible Brooklyn Lamprey Earthson

;) ;) ;) ;)

[dewmuw]

I'll always pronounce it Doomoo. :lol:

Me too! Maybe I should have a flying cow as my avatar? :D

[Maureen Souza]

RJ are my first and middle name initials and Sorensen is my given last name. I know the internet gives one a certain amoyninaty (lol, sp) . . . but I am not afraid to stand behind my words and or thoughts, with my own name.

I'll help you out with that RJ, it's anonimity:razz: :grin: ;-)

[Kennymc]

Mine's just boring Kenneth McDonald but picked up the name KennyMc at school 44 years ago and it stuck...

[nitsch]

Mine is a bit more mundane than your's dewmuw - that is classic! LOL. Your parents are cool.

My real name is Nick, some of my mates call me Nitsch (pronounced Neesch). No logic behind it, we were messing around one day and someone came out with it and it kind of stuck!

It makes for a good username as Nick is too common but Nitsch always seems to be available! :)

[HJMinard]

I'll help you out with that RJ, it's anonimity:razz: :grin: ;-)

Actually ... it's anonymity. :) ;)

[Tiger1]

Tiger1 - Number 1 fan of the LSU Tigers

Once an LSU Tiger, always an LSU Tiger

[Cadwell]

I photograph motorsport. Cadwell Park is the most photogenic race track in the country (UK).

[Vega$50]

Wow...interesting thread.

I have had mine since...forever...or 1991. It is a derivative of what I do and where I do it. 5-0 in Las Vegas. Simple...

[lost]

lost??? Well I got to this board just after getting my DRebel and I was well.... LOST. I guess I should change it to something more appropriate like instead of lost... Knows what continent he's on.... or Has a vague understanding that up is north...

[Titus213]

You can look mine up easy enough. Chapter and verse.

[Carzee]

This thread's gone cold... but here's 2 possible explanations for my username;

1. On a famous (now defunct) forum based loosely around the Japanese hobby of inventing curious gadgets and modern living aids which are WAY over the top, high farce in fact, I used this same username..... at the high point of my 22 hour-a-day addiction to the aforementioned forum I had a brainwave -after a ton of consumer electronic research - I hit upon a great new invention for the modern busy executive and miscellaneous office types and... are you still reading this or have you skimmed down to option number 2?

2. Boot camp nickname, a truncation, derived from my surname.







Okay, you know you want to know... just what was it? What was that invention and did I get a presented with the annual best invention award... and did the Japanese presenter pronounce my username all wrong because it has an 'R' in it?

Well, researching the Jap businessman demographic, I found that they made many business trips yet they always strived to maintain their self-sufficiency and their self discipline - they wear ultra neat office clothing, yet they must have very compact luggage. So I invented the "Air Traveller's Inflatable Ironing Board". Using the highest quality flurescent nylon plymers, it was at once colorful, extremely lightweight and portable, and since it was, in a sense, disposable (single use), it was good hygenic practise also. If you've bothered reading this much you now have evidence of my quirky imagination and my ultra dry sense of humor. Thats what I've been told anyway...

[Conk]

Me too! Maybe I should have a flying cow as my avatar? :D

:lol: Hey, you can have it if you want. I'd gladly go back to the cat on the fence. :lol:

[Jon, The Elder]

I enjoy Egyptology and Science Fiction......

[Hogster]

When I bought my first Harley, years ago, I joined a club called Harley Owners Group (HOG); so, I consider myself a Hogster. Now I'm about to buy a Harley V-Rod, will this make me a Rodster? :cool:

[Dirty Shirt]

Well my nickname with my buddies is dirty shirt. Usually, I spill a beverage or some food on my shirt so hence the name.

[neil_r]

. Now I'm about to buy a Harley V-Rod, will this make me a Rodster? :cool:

You might want to look here :D

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=67034

enjoy your new bike

N

[JAZZ D.P.G.]

My name is Barb, and 42 is, well, if you have know the Hitchhiker's Guide the the Universe, then you know.....

So Barb, your part of the answer to the universe and everything?:lol:

Hey, works for me:D (The movie is coming:D )

[cruzyn56]

Some friends in high school referred to me as cruzyn stuzyn (a play on my last name). I used the moniker cruzyn with ISPs and email until settling on Yahoo mail where it was taken. I added the 56 to it and have been using it ever since.

[Hogster]

You might want to look here :D

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=67034

enjoy your new bike

N

Very cool! I hope to be taking some pictures of mine soon.

Thanks

[NYC2BGI]

NYC=New York City
2=to
BGI=Barbados

The place where I live now, and the place where I go a lot. I have family there.

[soupdragon]

I have no idea.
Easy to remember I guess.

[davepop]

There is a rock music producer called bob rock.

I used to work in the music business and guess what type of music I did, mostly.

[VegasGeorge]

Well, my name is "George," and I moved to Las Vegas, so VegasGeorge seemed just right. Then, the first day I used it, my best friend said it made me sound like an accomplice, like "My guy, Vegas George will break both your legs" Well, that sort of appealed to me (yes, I know I'm sick), so I kept it. See?

[Noni]

"Noni" is what my nephew and nieces call me. We're not at all sure where they came up with it, as my name is Michele, but hey, it's all good.

Best-
Noni

[Az2Africa]

I'm from Arizona and ran a small Overland Safari business in Kenya until 9-11 killed tourism. I sold it all in 2002 and I am back in Arizona. Anyone interested in putting together a photo trip give me a shout, I still have a lot of friends the. We could do it pretty cheap!

[weemannie]

Mine is the local name for a very large and to some, offensive statue of the 1st Duke of Sutherland, perched on a hill near me.

He was one of those nice estate owners, responsible for the Highland clearances.:(

[Avalonthas]

They call me Andrew. I think it means either "The sexiest guy in the world" or simply "Andrew". Ive never looked into it.

[Littlenose]

I have no idea.
Easy to remember I guess.

doesn't this come from the children's tv series "the clangers" ?

[neil_r]

doesn't this come from the children's tv series "the clangers" ?
Memories, memories
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/clangers/images/340/clangers3.jpg

[Littlenose]

lol...cheers Neil :)

[MadTony]

The "Mad" in madtony has a double meaning- Mad like a mad scientist, which is a fitting description, and also mad in reference to my temper, which is years past was much worse than it is now. (I am actually quite laid backnow...REALLY!) The tony is short for Anthony, my middle name. (MadTony sounded better than MadAdam.) I have used it on many forums, so if you hung out on the whitewater kayaking forum Boatertalk, you may recognize me.

[Amateurfotograf]

German is my second language, so my handle means Amature Photographer.

[4nR]

mine is from my gaming screen name. its l337 hax0r talk for "foreigner" (duh). lol, im such a geek.

[Bruce Hamilton]

I put my first and last names together... Ingenious, eh? :lol:

[Rob612]

Well, named Roberto, born in 1961 my preferred option was - what a fantasy - Rob61. Its ALWAYS taken in all the forums I'm in. so I just added a 2 on the first one and it just stayed there forever :)

[Lamplight]

And when you ran to me, your
Cheeks fleshed with the night
We walked on frosted fields
Of juniper and lamplight
I held your hand...

Guess the song and win...well...nothing at all. :lol:

[MDJAK]

MDJAK: Some people on other forums have mistaken me for a doctor= Dr. Jack.

Furthest from the truth. Unfortunately, though I wanted to be a cardiothoracic surgeon when I was a kid (my sister was a nurse and I used to meet her at work and have dinner so I met lots of doctors who were always trying to pick her up), I was a slight slacker in school.

MDJAK is the first initials of my and my family members' names: Mark, Dorothy, Jeremy, Amanda and Kaycee. I've had it since I got on AOL in 1992.

[sixshot]

I really have no idea. I used to use shot for many user names, but that then changed to sixshot. No reason that I can recall for either. How strange. When I read this thread it really made me think and for the first time that I can remember (unless alcohol related) I just could not remember. And did I even remember that!!

[sixshot]

Ohh, and shot has nothing to do with photography. I used this long before I was a photographer. It just gets stranger!!

[Lamplight]

Emily (Wherever I May Find her)

Simon and Garfunkel

Beautiful lyrics. It's what Robert Frost would have written if he had a band.
Nice job! :) And I agree, the lyrics are beautiful. It may be may favorite Simon & Garfunkel song, although I'm terribly partial to Sound Of Silence.

[Rob612]

I really have no idea. I used to use shot for many user names, but that then changed to sixshot. No reason that I can recall for either. How strange. When I read this thread it really made me think and for the first time that I can remember (unless alcohol related) I just could not remember. And did I even remember that!!

Well, sixshot sounds like either a pack of beers or a revolver... your choice :D

[mrclark321]

Use to read a lot of Tom Clancy novels and Mr. Clark was my favorite character.

Almost 15 years later it sticks with me!!

[solinger]

I love to cook and my knives are Henckles. They are made in Solingen, Germany and I too became tired of my names being chosen every time I joined a message board. One night while I was doing dishes it came to me in a vision.... the name was born.

[newgenphoto]

Mine is basic... New Generations Photogrophy... just newgenphoto for short.. querky I suppose

[tckadventures]

TCK adventures started out as a bit of a joke. As a family (only 3) we started bushwalking and when Christmas time came around i thought it cool to get everyone a T-shirt with a logo of a wombat and TCK adventures on it, as it included the first initial of each of our names. It has been with the family for a few years now and even put TCK in the phone book.

[C.S.I.]

Im a photographer. A police photographer. :lol:

[bvi steve]

bvi is for the British Virgin Islands, my hopeful retirement location. The rest is from the name my parents gave me.

[RbrtPtikLeoSeny]

Mine is just an abreviation of my full name Robert Patrick Leo Stepney. Well, except the Leo. I left that alone since it's only 3 letters and looked dumb as Lo or Le. :-)

[benhasajeep]

I am not very ingenious. So I took my name, and a possesion that I have.

[JonathanSQ]

Use to read a lot of Tom Clancy novels and Mr. Clark was my favorite character.

Almost 15 years later it sticks with me!!

Tom Clancy has alot of good books :D I got each (fictional) one.
My name is my first name and part of my last name.

[Orogeny]

Orogeny is a geologic term for mountain building. I am a geologist who loves the mountains.

Oh, and nobody else had it yet!

Tim

[jopfin]

Mine is my name condensed, not very original I know, but its easy for me to remember......Joe

[SidW]

Mine is just my name and first letter of my surname. Nothing fancy.
At my golf club I'm called "vicious" (because I'm on the match committee) or "hissing".

Sid

[Rigrider]

Mine is what I do. Truck driver by night, wanna be photographer durring the day.

L8r,

[acidhouse]

When I started to need a online name, the book I was reading at the time was "The Acidhouse" by Irvine Welsh. just was well it wasn't his next book "PIG"

[Rob612]

No fantasy here. Name is Robert. Bon in '61 so Rob61 was the banal choice when I first registered on a forum many, many years ago. Then I found out that of course Rob61 was already busy... so I just added a 2 at the end :)

As I said, this happened many years ago, but since then, with very few exceptions (actually only one, glocktalk, where I've got Rob61 - but I have the same avatar) I just stick to it. Easier to remember only one username. Passwords are all different tho ;)

[LordSummerisle]

Mine is from ':evil: the wicker man:evil: ' one of the best british films ever!:lol:

[AjP]

mine is simple, my initials

[b16pwrdej1]

Mine is the same one I use for the car forums I frequently visit. My cars engine code is B16 and it's chassis code is EJ1...so therefore it is a b16pwrdej1

[anttor]

firts three of first name, first three of last - anthony tortorici

[cjsa]

mine is my initials- was my aol email address, way back.....
I like it cause its short and says nothing about me
still use for AIM....
CarolJeanSteinbergAlbanese (don't know why i kept the albanese?)

[froman98]

In middle-school I used to have a huge afro. I was the only (and first) non african-american to have an afro at my school. I didn't mean to have an afro, that's just how my hair grew when it got long so all of my friends started calling me fro-man. Whenever I would try to pick up girls, they would call me fromeo. The 98 comes from the year I registered my hotmail address. It used to be fro_man96 but someone hacked into that account and so I created fro_man98. :)