How did you get your screen name?

[DavidU]

My screen name was because of a distinct lack of imagination.:D
DavidU........ mmmmm
Now Strongman Mike makes sense, how did you come up with yours?

[Waxing_Gibbous]

It most accurately describes the progress of my post-40 physique!:(

[bartman]

Tis my nickname!

[RB]

Originally mine was "Rocketboy", from the movie "October Sky" and because I also fly model rockets.
Everyone called me RB for short, so Mike changed it.

So RB it is.

:)

[erick]

my given name and first letter of my surname - being really creative, it's in lower case! :rolleyes: It came from a dictated email address yonks ago and it has stuck with me.

Of course, everyone thinks I am an "Erick"! :sadeyes: No, it's the good old Norse "Eric". :thumbsup: (Mind you, Erick and Erik are known variants.)

I should have gone for my initials ("EEK") with a few extra "E"s thown in:- "EEEEEEK" (No-one pinch it now - it's going to be my personalised number plate one day!

I have often been known as "Eccles". I have also had "Stumbo" (a painful childhood memory) and "Stork". I could live with the last one. A test of age - who knows where that last one might have come from?

[Omaroo]

Mine's written on the front gate. :)

[fringe_dweller]

when i was a kid watched bill peach's travel show on abc 'peach's australia' i think he used to start out with the memorable line 'australians are a nation of fringe dwellers' referring to our coastal living fetish of course, and adelaide is even more on the fringe - as the great GREAT PK once said at the arse end of the (inhabited) world :eyepop: metaphorically/geographically speaking of course

[byronpaul]

mines easy .... last name first name ....

Very boring :sadeyes::(:sadeyes::(:sadeyes::(

[troypiggo]

"Piggo" is the nickname inherited from my father based on our surname.



Ha. That's gold. Call me Waxing_Gibbous_II :)

[toryglen-boy]

My name comes from the suburb in Glasgow, where i grew up, over 17,000Ks from here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toryglen

And although i am almost 40, "Toryglen middle aged jerk" didn't have the same ring to it



;)

[Darth Wader]

I am strong with the force, but apparently not imagination.

[xelasnave]

I kept forgeting whatever handle I picked as none had any relationship to anything so I selected my name backwards as most times I can remember who I am..and my name is on mail I get so I rarely forget it..if I have my glasses handy of course.... and when I cant remember my name or read it even with glasses then I should not be chatting on the net in that condition anyways.

alex

[Screwdriverone]

Mine used to be the CB callsign I used when I was "picking up chicks" back in the late 80's, add to that because I am in Electronics/Telecommunications I always was taking crap apart and either Tim the Toolmanning things to make them have more power (like the CB) or fixing or disassembling stuff.

So there....

Cheers

Chris

[coldspace]

My screen name is the same name as my Air-conditioning/Refrigeration company. " Coldspace".

It suits my business name as we make spaces cold, and it suits my Astronomy hobby as it is cold in space.

Regards Matt.

[TheDecepticon]

I was in an online racing club, where we would race V8 Supercars every week. We all ended up building our own simulators and bought steering wheels and pedal kits, etc. We all then decided that we needed to have cool names as a lot more people were jumping on line to play and there were too many Bills, Davids, Johns, etc. I couldn't have Megatron or Starscream or Optimus Prime as they were all taken by people I've never seen online at all, ever, so we came up with this, and it has stuck.:rolleyes:
When my back isn't too sore, I still get on and have a few laps.;)

By the way RB, what a fantastic movie of strength, determination and self belief. Been trying to get a copy for my collection.:thumbsup:

[Gallifreyboy]

I'm a Dr Who nut, always have been, Gallifrey is the now extinct planet of the Time Lords where the Doctor hails from.

[Jen]

:lol::lol::lol::lol: did it work Chris :thumbsup:

[Hagar]

Hagar the horrible. I think it says it all.

It's been with me for a while and it's better than FIGJAM

[Jen]

Well i got my name from my parents :lol::lol::lol:

Actually its Jennifer when im in trouble :question:

Jenny when im serious :rolleyes:

and Jen when im being cheeky :D:rofl::rofl: so most of the time im just Jen ;):P

[supernova1965]

I am not sure how I thought it up it just exploded on me :rofl:

[AstralTraveller]

I used the name of a song by my favourite band, and some of their art work as my avatar. When I settled on the name I thought 'that's cool and people will wonder where I got it from'. Well within a few days on IIS I found out that Ric knew where it came from and I've since found that a few other also recognise the reference (Les D certainly does). So I probably failed on both counts.

[kustard]

I wanted to come up with a web presence domain that was reasonably unique with some kooky spelling.

[RB]

Yep, top movie and it has some funny lines and scenes too.
Loved the science lab scene when they blew up the sinks. :lol:

[michaellxv]

In the global company I work for there are 6 of me and at 3 with the same middle name. So... when you go to the Internet what chance do I have.:shrug:

Tacked some roman numerals on the end and found that worked so I use it.

Michael.

[MrB]

Back when I first got internet access (around '96 or '97) I decided to try IRC chat, needed a nickname so chose the name of my favourite band, which is MrBungle.
It has kinda stuck with me ever since, tho now and then it's shortened to MrB.

Still my favourite band, and still my nick on IRC chat.
(Blatant plug: DALnet, #IceInSpace, come say g'day! ;))

Edit: about time I got an avatar :thumbsup:

[theodog]

Mine comes from my previous pet. A rotweiller, ridgeback & German shephard mongrel dog named Theodore. (A little different from the current above)
Theodore was the nicest natured dog, great car alarm:eyepop: -16 before he moved to a higher leg lifting tree.
:sadeyes:

[Ric]

Mine is pretty original. :eyepop: :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[xstream]

Mine goes back to my first modem, a 28.8 xstreama.
I needed an online irc chat name so used xstream, which does have a tendency to reflect my personality. :D

[Screwdriverone]

Of COURSE it did, Jen, what do you think?

Meeting up for an "eyeball" often led to other activities with the Screwdriverone..... :). Of course, only when they were hotties.

Ahhh, youth, the things we did.;)

Cheers

Chris

[acropolite]

Mine comes from the area where I live. I'm 100% Aussie beef, no Greek blood whatsoever.

[GrampianStars]

Mine's where the Observatory resides and what's above it in abundance :)
October Sky available here
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6806463

[wavelandscott]

The town I grew up in (near actually) and my first name...

[Jen]

:lol::lol: lol Chris well ya didnt tune in to channel 40 did you :rofl:

[jjjnettie]

I get called Nettie, or jnettie by my sisters, but that name was taken when I first registered on the net, all those years ago. So I tried jnettie, that was taken, so I tried jjnettie, no good, as a last resort I tried jjjnettie, and it worked.

[barx1963]

As my surname is Barker, one of many nicknames I have had is barx, along with Woof, Doggie, Prof, Sheeptruck (comes from baa-car, my younger brother was Lamb Van!). When i signed up for the internet years ago the username barx at my ISP was still available, which was great as a short username is a joy to behold. The 1963 is my year of birth, which I am thinking of changing!

[dpastern]

mmm - dpastern - d is the initial of my first name (Dave, David or Davo, whichever you prefer, I'm not fussy), pastern is my surname. Other nicks I've been known by over the years are mrtheoden (goes way back to my Diablo/bnet days), based on theoden from the Lord of the rings, and neonmagic, which hails back to my IRC days around the same period (late 90s), when I used to play online trivia. I haven't used mrtheoden or neonmagic in a long while - I pretty use dpastern for everything these days. Not original, but I don't really care!

Dave

[GrahamL]

I loved the show
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolchak:_The_Night_Stalker


Darren Mcgavin imo was a good actor and many of his time knew it .
Never a big name ,pulled himself out of a hard life,raised a family , kept working his craft , grew old and passed on .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_McGavin

Pretty honest roll of the dice for me :)

[jjjnettie]

1963 was a fine year.;) One of the best. Don't change a thing.:)

[bloodhound31]

Like Chris, mine was my CB radio "handle" combined with my age at the time I purchased my first computer. I used to drive around 'Penriff" in a black XB Falcon with BLOODHOUND printed across the windscreen, a six foot totem antenna off the gutter, topped with a real foxtail that I shot. I wore footy shorts and thongs and that was it. Dressing up meant putting on a flanny. To complete the picture I had a glossy sticker on the bumper that read, "Mafia Staff Car.":ashamed::stupid:

I was headed waaaayy down the wrong path at the time. Hopefully I am back on the right one by now....:rolleyes::screwy:

Baz.

[Gallifreyboy]

That show scared me witless, mind you I was only 8 years old and shouldn't have watched it.....I hope I sleep OK tonight:P

[jjjnettie]

It was a great show.

It scared the willies out of me.

[DistroMan]

I was given the name DistroMan because every computer in the house (there were 7, down to 6 now) had a different distribution of Linux on it.

Before that I was Night Owl (cd radio days) because I worked fulltime nightshift.

Before that was Greyhound because I was a skinny little b*****d in the army and looked quite strange running around with a mortar baseplate strapped to my back. Heavy little buggers. :lol:

[Screwdriverone]

Small world Baz,

I too was a local Penriff boy (well sort of, lived in the mountains, but Penrith was the "city" back then) and I am SURE I saw your Falcon around when we were cruisin' around Penny Panthers or High St etc...

Got a few goose bumps when I saw the "mafia staff car" bit because that's what popped into my mind when I was reading the Bloodhound, 6 foot antenna and the fox tail bit.....:scared:. I think the MSC was a legend around them parts...I remember having a chuckle with my mates when I saw the sticker on the car a few times.

Makes me feel kinda old now...sniff.


Cheers

Chris

[bloodhound31]

Wow mate, I thought you looked familiar...care to go on a Foxhunt? bottom Macca's, gimme a count... one two one two back to you... drop music carriers, or shall we just get on the rig, imitate girls voices, go to channel 8 and ask if any truckies out there copy a lonely YL...BAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA:rofl:

Baz.

[Outbackmanyep]

You all have just 10 guesses as to where mine came from!

[Screwdriverone]

HA HA HA HA ! :LOL:

Now THAT is scary, I did all of that, with that exact phrasing, so I am thinking I am sure we did the foxhunts with you etc, especially at bottom Maccas. One time some guys (probably you) hid on the ramp to the old Walton's carpark and gave us a clue which made us find you in about 2 mins. Something about the Penrith Press sign which my mate's dad was the manager there so it was cake to find them.

So, YOU were the lonely YL, I hope I didnt pick you up@!! Although you would probably remember me as I am 6 foot 9 tall...had a gold Subaru Leone GLF5 coupe with a DIGITAL dash - what a CHICK MAGNET!

Spooooooky!

Chris

[bloodhound31]

Yep! That was me! Wow, what a memory. Waltons carpark and I even remember that specific sign and clue that night. I was trying to use the concrete walls to bounce the signal in the other direction...too bad about the clue. Must have been somewhere between 1988 and 1992...

The most advanced I got in my car was the PA, the roof consol and the lightning plasma ball sunk into the centre consol. That car was MEEEEANNNN!!!

No, you didn't get tricked by me but there were many an unsuspecting trucky thought he was up with his luck until we dropped our voice tones an octave or ten!:lol:

[DavidU]

A cool twist to the thread fellas:lol:

[Screwdriverone]

Ahh yeah, sorry for highjacking the thread there David, but man, what a coincidence, and to think, without the thread, Baz and I would have never probably crossed paths in a million years....

Gettin' all teary eyed now....sniff..

Cheers

Chris

[michaellxv]

Could you explain exactly how you plan to do that :question:
I always though birth was a once in a lifetime event.

[ballaratdragons]

Mine is from the Rugby League Club I founded in Ballarat. 'The Ballarat Dragons'.
But it was originally only supposed to be my Password, and my User name was meant to be 'Dragon Man' like it is in all the other forums I am in, but I bungled it all and put the password in the username spot :screwy: :P

[bartman]

I know I already posted ( #3) but would like to add it is also my numberplate ( B4RTM4N ).
Erick, did you get your EEEEEEEK nr plate eventually? you could allways use 3333333K.....
Cheers
B4RTM4N

[AdrianF]

Mine is just my first name and the first letter of my surname.
The posts about CB brought back memories I got my first CB in 1977 as a pirate met my wife when she came to look at the antennas I was building. Member of the Nightowl Club in Mt Isa started the Target club and was a member of the Tassie Tiger club. Upgraded to Amateur licence in 82.

Adrian

[BlackWidow]

I am involved in Light Sport and Microlight Aviation and produce radio antenna products for light aviation. My product is called BlackWidow TT2000.. I just used the name so I could always remember my login. As I age I need these sorts of memory tags...


http://members.ozemail.com.au/~mardyboy/index.html

What was I saying!?

Mardy

[sheeny]

Mine is just an abbreviation of my surname. Aka "seven-two" which I got many years ago in rescue... we had two Alan's in the unit, same spelling, same middle name, first 2 characters of the surname the same. I was on a search when my team leader had to leave and handed control to me. He was the communications officer and under the old system, his call sign was 7. 7.1 was the comms vehicle and 7.2 was the deputy comms officer, so I used that. It stuck. Even when I was rescue officer (3) I was still known as 7.2.

I friend of mine was in a big argument with her sister a few years ago. The argument went somethign like: "You're always out doing stuff with all your friends!" "All what friends?" "Al, Sheeny and 7.2..." :rofl:My friend couldn't keep a straight face, it cracked her up!

Al.

[danielsun]

Well ever since the movie Karate kid come out I have been renamed Danielsun by everyone I know and everyone I meet. I'm sure other Daniels must get it too!:rolleyes: :lol:

PS Loved the CB days back in the 80's, had a ball back then!:thumbsup:

Cheers Daniel

[astroron]

Bit old to be called astroboy :rolleyes:and also probably taken any way:)
So makes sense to combine first name and hobby :D
Cheers :thumbsup:

[asimov]

Reading sci/fi novels holed up in my bedroom from the age of 7 right through to my teens is what got me into all this, & my favorite author was Isaac Asimov. I pinched his name & used it as a tribute to him.

He's the king.

[OICURMT]

Mine is from a child's riddle....







OIC!

[mishku]

Hahahaha!

Back in the heady days of my early twenties, my friends named me "Mish-nu", Melbournian goddess of wisdom (ha!). It stuck, but morphed a little over the years to Mishku :)

[Jen]

:lol::lol::lol: very clever i always wondered how to say your name LOL :rolleyes:

[pgc hunter]

I like hunting down PGC objects.

[PCH]

I think you've heard Mr Myagi (if I've spelled it right) saying Daniel san actually Daniel, not Daniel sun. Not that it matters much I suppose. :)

[FlashDrive]

Everyone at work tells me to " slow down " ... so they call me " Flash ".

Flash. ;)

[lacad01]

Twas a user login name from a previous company I worked for derived from first three letters of surname + first two letters of given name, not very exciting :)

[danielsun]

I'm not too sure of the original spelling but I went with the "sun" in "Danielsun" more for the Astro side of it being the pun. ;):)

[ZeroID]

I have 'worked' for Xerox for umpty ump years and someone who works for Xerox is a Xeroid.
But then I got redundanted, picked up by the company that does the outsource IT for Xerox so I became a Zeroid. Also a play on Zero ID ( no ID/name ).
The joke is I am still 'working' for Xerox ...

Over the years they have tried to get rid of me 3 x ... but I am still here Bwhahahahah :tasdevil:

[Exfso]

Well mine is to do with the job I did for 30 years, a Flight Service Officer with DCA, CAA, Airservices Australia. Similar role to Air Traffic Control.
When I left I became an ex flight service officer or Exfso...:D

[von Tom]

"von Tom" dates from 1990 when I had to think up a name for my German pilot in a WWI flightsim called "Red Baron" on the Amiga. I have used it ever since.

Tom

[von Tom]

Hey Peter, I'm with Airservices (they've now dropped the "Australia" part of it) - joined just after it changed from the CAA.

[blink138]

mine is also my business name which is an opticians
it came about because most opticians are a little on the "pedestrian" side so we chose "Blink", and 138 is my street number of the practice
it is of course a play on the band which i dont care for that much
pat

[Octane]

Pat,

Nice! Just for added trivia, the band's name refers to the number of times the 'F' word is uttered in Scarface, lol.

H

[blink138]

ha ha nice one humayun i didnt know that!
pat

[stopusinmyid]

mine came about due to every time i tried to pick a user name for websites it always said it was in use. now this is the one i use for everything

[Chillie]

My first choice of username was taken about six weeks before I joined so I ended up using the name of my female Children's Python.

[astronut]

Every since I was a kid, anything to do with space, astronomy. I would (and still do) talk about it all the time...hence my screen name.:)

[danielsun]

:lol: Every time I try to sign up to a new site I get it too! It's lucky we now don't have the same user name. :lol:

[Exfso]

What part of Air Services are you in Tom?

[von Tom]

Hi Peter,

Brisbane TAAATS ATC - 45nm SY to Coffs and out to 200nm to the east, SFC-FL600.

Tom

[Osirisra]

Mine is just a combination of the Egyptian God of the dead, Osiris and the sun god Ra.

I used to just use Osiris but after a while it became to popular with a band using it as well as tons of other companys with even a line of Skate shoes.

[Exfso]

Thanks Tom, you probably know some of my ex Flight Service guys who went to BN from Adelaide and transferred across to ATC. I remember when TAAATS was coming in we used to call it "Travelling all around Australia Talking Sh1t".