What's in a name? (What's the story behind your user name?)

[dbx]

Okay, it's Sunday and the forum seems to have been a bit slow this past week so I thought this might be mildly interesting: What does your screen name mean, or how did you choose it?

Yeah, I know some appear to be obvious....such as Fitnessman, Nucleararms etc., but there's probably some story even behind those. I see a name of a member like Eddied27 and wonder if it's Ed died 27, or Eddie D 27 and stuff like that. I'm sure there are many misconceptions of what the names mean among us.

Okay, so I'll go first: dbx has nothing to do with BB'ing. In other words, it isn't dumbbell X or something. When first getting an e-mail account (I can't even remember.....90' perhaps) I didn't want to be identified as a gender so I could avoid what was then "under control" junk/spam e-mail. I used to be an audiophile, and while looking around the room I noticed my stereo equipment which contained (still does) dbx processors. For those who may not know, dbx patented a noise reduction system that many audiophiles considered superior to Dolby at the time. Primarily, dbx is professional/hi-line audio processing equipment. Done.

Your turn.

[bradford]

Really boring here - Bradford is my actual name - and what I use on several forums.

In person, I go by Brad.

[never2late]

Mine obviously means that it's never too late to get back into health and vitality once again . . . as the attached pic shows:

[ChocoChick]

Mine obviously means that it's never too late to get back into health and vitality once again . . . as the attached pic shows:

*jaw drops*

Wow! That is an incredible transformation. What an inspiration.

[Original Poster]

A lot of peeps think my moniker means I am Chinese. LOL I guess they think China Town !
No offense to the Chinese, but........that's not it at all.

I am from the Chicago Area.
Born and raised in the city, now raising my own family 50+ miles in the far burbs. I had to get out I couldn't take it any more. LMAO I still run the city, just from a distance now ;)

[SV1000]

Reward once I look normal again.........

http://www.fullgaz.co.il/archive/mar-05/news/images/new-rider-dream-sv1000.jpg

[justapixel]

Mine obviously means that it's never too late to get back into health and vitality once again . . . as the attached pic shows:

Wow, that is very inspiring! I'm thrilled to see somebody 50 who made a remarkable change like that.

My nick is one I use everywhere. To all of you, I'm just some pixels on your monitor. :) Justsomepixels was taken on the first forum where I didn't use my real name, and so I changed it to justapixel.

[CaveMan22]

Mine is because I have a huge beard and long hair and my friends call me caveman. Oh and I work out in my basement which they call 'the cave'.

[powerlifter70]

Mine is an easy one...I am a powerlifter born in 1970...powerlifter70!

[ChocoChick]

A lot of peeps think my moniker means I am Chinese. LOL I guess they think China Town !

Yep.

This is what I thought until I saw your pic.

[Dahoopd]

Dahoopd............Nothing to do with my body, but once I finish the mods I am doing on my car............I wont have to drive a hoopty anymore.

[jynxlynx]

Hmm, jynxlynx.

Well. I got the jynx part because when I arrived at my first duty station and started going temp duty with my jet, I was a poor mechanic, couldn't fix things, and the jet for some reason always seemed to break "on the road" hence, he considered me a "jinx"

Lynx. Well, I don't know, but it does rhyme with jinx and thought it sounded neat.

I've used this screenname on all my accounts and e-mails. Lately I've been thinking of changing it to either "Barely Legal" (Tail# 0018) or "Fill'r up!" (Tail# 8002) named after the two jets I was made dedicated crewchief of during my time in the Air Force.

Too bad the Air Force doesn't allow nose art anymore. Imagine the Vargas Girls on them planes! :)

[Minotaur]

My goal is to be half man and half bull, like The Minotaur of Greek Mythology... "Ego eimai o Minotauros"... "I am the Minotaur". ;)

[NuclearArms]

Jeopardy time:

NuclearArms -
1. A good pub name in the UK
2. Powerful arms
3. A military weapon

All of the above. I took the name because I was in the military, got big arms, drink in pubs and work in a nuclear power plant. Just made sense.

[hohandy]

My first name's Andy - the prefix is my middle initial and the first 2 letters of my last name. I use this handle in many of my online accounts (Years ago it was a work generated ID) - I'm always surprised by those who attach nasty connotations to it. Dirty minds...

[resurrected]

I am resurrected from a person who used to post here in the past, I left for awhile and really did not consider coming back, but due to circumstances I felt it was time to return to this place for awhile or until i get bored ;)

[madcap]

hhmm....I wish I had a good story for mine. :(

[GimpyPaw]

Hand - Tablesaw

[a_sower]

I remember doing this in another thread...oh well

I'm a Christian and I've always liked the parable of the sower sowing the word in Matt 13...I come on here and sow the word sometimes :)

[CROWLER]

My board name is in memory of 7 people I know who were killed in the Vietnam war. Each letter is the first initial of one of their last names.


CROWLER

[spirit3530]

My last name means 'people of spirit'
35 : comes from zip code where my son was born
30 : is my sons birthday

[stephenlouis]

Stephen is my first name, Louis is my second, after my great grandpa. Nothing clever, just straightforward.

[Tyrbolift]

I go by the name ty, and i love to lift, and i love cars. Turbo spelled with a "ty" and lift. tyrbolift

[1stindoor]

There's a couple of reasons for mine:
1. from my ability (or obsession) with being the first in the door at the gym back at Bragg at 5:00 a.m. when they opened;
2. I'm a jumpmaster, so I get in the door first;
3. CQB (close quarter battle) stuff...I was #1 guy in the stack a lot when I went through the training;
4. I used to have a serious obsession with being the first one in the team room everyday. One of my earlier team sgts used to get upset if I beat him in (seemed he had the same obsession)...we kept trying to outdo the other until we called a truce...around 4:00 a.m. one morning (we didn't have to be there until 6:30!)

[ShadowRydr]

I ride Honda Shadow motorycles. Or rather that's my current ride. I switched from Harley's a decade or so ago and haven't looked back since.

[Capt. America]

Out of all the Super Hero's of that period...his physique was one that I wanted to obtain....and after 35 years...still working on it.

[jtroster]

Aways been my user ID on many computer systems at work for over 15 years. I can type it without looking now.

Good to see you Capt. America!

[almostnuts]

seems to me whether it's gaining muscle or loosing weight (cutting for those not willing to verbalize fat loss) or heck just plain ol life

Sometimes it can drive me "ALMOST NUTS"

[plugugly]

Plugugly~ I am a professional firefighter and have been for over 21 years. This term Plugugly refers to the early days of the fire service in this country where there were no actual fire departments as you know them now. Insurance companies actually formed small fire companies and firefighting was a "for profit" venture unlike today where it is normally a municipal, civil service job. You would have more than one of these companies in one geographical area so each fire was up for grabs to the company that could get there first. As you can imagine, there was fierce competition and lots of fist fighting! Each company had at least one guy who was referred to as the "Plugugly". In laymans terms he was their hatchet man, thug, or like a goon in Hockey. He was normally the biggest, strongest guy on the company and best be good with has hands if you know what I mean. When a fire was reported, he would go first and go directly to the nearest "Plug" near the fire. [A plug is what is now known as a Fire Hydrant. Back then, they had wooden water lines running under the street and at corners would have wooden plugs that would plug holes made for fire departments to get water for their horse-driven steamers or carts.] The Plugugly would find the nearest plug and guard it until his company got there to fight the fire. He would also ensure than no other company got there and stole this hydrant before his company arrived. As you can imagine, other companies had plugugly's also and the would throw down with each other over the plug. Picture this...two fire companies beating the living crap out of each other while a building burnt to the ground. Unfortunately this is what would often happen...and is also why regular municipal fire companies were formed and the profit taken out of the equation. This is just a small insight into the early years of this country's fire service and why I refer to myself as "Plugugly". Next!

[Mr. Someday]

Some really intersting stuff in here behind the screen names.

Mine.....well, let's just say a certain beautiful redhead who will go unnamed stole the username I use on other bb boards when she started posting here!!!:D

[jacktheblack]

I compete and teach fencing in the SCA (society for creative anachronism) and folks there take on a period name to help them get into charector. I took Jack the Black becuase I am a dabbler in many many proffessions and a bit of a Jack of all trades.

[someday]

Some really intersting stuff in here behind the screen names.

Mine.....well, let's just say a certain beautiful redhead who will go unnamed stole the username I use on other bb boards when she started posting here!!!:D

i stole it because i figured it applied to me more than you........someday....i'll be happy with my physique!

although, i think you meant..... someday.......i'll get up on stage and compete.

[pumpster]

Thank you

[Most Muscular]

When I first started bodybuilding the "Most Muscular" pose was my least favorite pose to do because I used to try and do the old "crab type most muscular" which I didn't think was very flattering... I would end up showing wrinkles of skin on my lower stomach area when I leaned over.

I then began standing more upright and just flexing all of my muscles with my hands in front of my lower abs to hide any left over skin from dieting... and since then it has become my "signature" pose showing off all my muscularity... thus I have become "Most Muscular"...

nuff said...

[crankgooroo]

I build crankshafts for race cars, tractors, boats and just about anything else.

[Mr. Someday]

I build crankshafts for race cars, tractors, boats and just about anything else.


Very cool. I have a Sonny Bryant in my turbo Mustang!

[Obadiah!]

Jeopardy time:

I took the name because I was in the military, got big arms, drink in pubs and work in a nuclear power plant. Just made sense.

Homer Simpson, is that you? :)

[spirit3530]

Homer Simpson, is that you? :)

Nice

[warped]

Warped <--- wife called me that after seeing me eat tuna from the can. :D

[GREENFEATHER]

Greenfeather was a name given to me by a Juanaco cheiftain in South America. He told us me that " You move like the feathers of the green bird", meaning the Amazon parrots which are all but invisible in the jungle canopy. My guys started calling me Greenfeather and I use it on some boards, here and my Ranger forums.

[ChocoChick]

Greenfeather was a name given to me by a Juanaco cheiftain in South America. He told us me that " You move like the feathers of the green bird", meaning the Amazon parrots which are all but invisible in the jungle canopy. My guys started calling me Greenfeather and I use it on some boards, here and my Ranger forums.

Yeah, but some of us still think of you as Tonto Goldstein :D

[jaguarr]

The jaguar is my totem animal, as explained to me by a Lakota Sioux medicine man when I was 16 years old. I started using it as a username on the 'net way back in the early 90's, and added the extra "r" to distinguish myself from other people that were also using jaguar as a username.

jag

[kimsquit]

...added the extra "r" to distinguish myself from other people that were also using jaguar as a username.


I thought it was because rolled your "r" like Captain Highliner (http://www.highliner.com/pgs_eng/home.htm)


:)

[jaguarr]

I thought it was because rolled your "r" like Captain Highliner (http://www.highliner.com/pgs_eng/home.htm)


:)

I don't even know who the hell he is!? :confused:

jag

[GSCampbell]

My given name is Glenn Scott Campbell. As discussed at length (and with pictures :D ) in my thread, a child in the 70's named Glenn Campbell quickly learns to use his middle name or be serenaded with Rhinestone Cowboy on a daily basis. :)

I have been called many things in my life:

Soup
BigSoup
Chunky Soup
Glenn-Soupo
G-Spot

but any time my name appears in print (I tried to be a writer in college) or in a theater program (yes, I am still a thespian although my last performace was about 2 years ago - these damn kids are screwing up my theater career!) it is always G. Scott Campbell. That seemed too long for a screen name so I shortened it to . . . GSCampbell.

[GSCampbell]

I thought it was because rolled your "r" like Captain Highliner (http://www.highliner.com/pgs_eng/home.htm)


:)

When I first saw this I misread it to be "Captain Highlighter" and I thought of the Pentel Rrrrrolling Wrrriter! :D

[jaguarr]

When I first saw this I misread it to be "Captain Highlighter" and I thought of the Pentel Rrrrrolling Wrrriter! :D

You guys watch way more TV than I do. LOL! :D

jag

[justtryn]

I have been called many things in my life:

...G-Spot



Um. Um. Ok, the question is just BEGGING to be asked... does that mean (depending on who you ask):

1. You don't really exist

2. You are damn near impossible to find (although I do have to say I haven't had a problem finding one :) )

3. You shake uncontrollably when pressed just right?

:D

(Yep, you can tell where my mind is today.)

[ChocoChick]

Um. Um. Ok, the question is just BEGGING to be asked... does that mean (depending on who you ask):

You might want to check this with Mrs GSC, erm, I mean, Jag :D

[jaguarr]

You might want to check this with Mrs GSC, erm, I mean, Jag :D

What are you doing in here? Your snatch escaped your thread and is running loose in the Over 35 Journal forums! Go catch it before it hurts someone! :mad:

jag

[GREENFEATHER]

The jaguar is my totem animal, as explained to me by a Lakota Sioux medicine man when I was 16 years old. I started using it as a username on the 'net way back in the early 90's, and added the extra "r" to distinguish myself from other people that were also using jaguar as a username.

jag


OK, WTF is a totem animal? He is your SPIRIT GUIDE, don't make me come out there and explain it all to you jag!! :D

[GSCampbell]

What are you doing in here? Your snatch escaped your thread and is running loose in the Over 35 Journal forums! Go catch it before it hurts someone! :mad:

jag

Ahhh, death by snatch! How much better could it get?


OK, WTF is a totem animal? He is your SPIRIT GUIDE, don't make me come out there and explain it all to you jag!! :D

http://www.realmagazine.com/new/graphics/cashsimpsons.jpg

[jaguarr]

OK, WTF is a totem animal? He is your SPIRIT GUIDE, don't make me come out there and explain it all to you jag!! :D

Well, I use the "totem animal" explanation to make it more palatable to the gentiles, Greenie. Spirit Animal or Spirit Guide is a more apt label, as you well know, but it sometimes turns people's brains off when they hear it. Something that might interest you, Rob, this Shaman (Spirit Eagle, pretty reknowned amongst the Lakota Sioux) was pretty excited about our meeting. Here's the story in full because I know you might appreciate it:

Way back in the day, when I was a high school junior, the local Shoshone-Bannock, Sioux, and Blackfeet tribes held a Native American Fair at my school. It was an amazing affair they had put together, and being very interested in things American Indian it was natural that I attended. They set up on our school football field of all places, which was an interesting contrast to say the least. Amongst the wig-wams they had dancing, crafts of all kinds going on, storytelling, samplings of traditional Native American food (mmm...pemmican..mmm), and tons of information on the history of the tribes.

So here I am, this sixteen year old kid, walking around this spectacle with my friends. We're checking out all the offerings and taking it all in, and it's incredibly fascinating. As we're walking past one of the wig-wams, this reaaaaalllly old guy grabs ahold of my arm and just clings on. I mean, this guy looks older than dirt! He's got all these beads and amulets and things on, and looks right out of a movie or something. He's incredibly excited and is talking a million miles an hour, his eyes as wide as can be. The only problem is that he doesn't speak a word of English. Imagine if you will, a freaked out sixteen year old kid with an ancient old Indian clinging to him, both of them wild-eyed for very different reasons while the crowd around them watches in morbid fascination, wondering what's going to happen. They probably thought I'd tried to steal something from the old man or something. And, my friends did nothing but watch. Bastards!!!! :) Suddently, out of nowhere, this old woman appears. She looks older than dirt, herself! She's also dressed in traditional garb, but she speaks English whereas the old man did not. She goes on to tell me that this old guy is her father, and that he is a very well-known and respected Shaman amongst his people. The Lakota Sioux people. She also tells me that one of his particular talents is seeing people's spirit animals. She talks to her father in their native tongue, none of it understandable to me or my friends, and then begins to translate for him. Through his daughter, this Shaman, whose name was Spirit Eagle, told me that he was so excited because he saw in me the spirit of the jaguar. The reason this excited him so much was because "jaguar people" are extremely rare in North America. Like the big cats themselves, most of them have migrated south to Mexico and South America. He told me that he was doubly excited, because most people have a kinship with one counterpart animal in the species that is their totem. That is, there is an animal out there somewhere that they share a bond with. Sort of like animal soul mates or something. But, there are some people who share a kinship with an entire species, not just one animal. These people are very rare, apparently. He was excited because not only did I have the jaguar for a spirit animal, but I had a kinship with the entire species which was even more rare.

It was a strange experience to me, but also empowering on some level. I couldn't help but find it, at the very least, flattering and special. Something that set me apart from others. In college, when I first got into computers and the internet, I took on the moniker of "jaguar" as my online nick. That quickly evolved into "jaguarr", the second "r" added to distinguish my nick from the other folks who were using "jaguar" as their online nick.

Ever since that initial experience, I've learned a little about Shamanism and my particular Spirit Animal. I was really quite surprised with how much I identify with what the jaguar is and the power he possesses as well as what he stands for in Shaman lore. Equally as fascinating is the role that the jaguar played in the Mayan, Aztec and Toltec's spiritualism and beliefs, and I've tried to learn more about that the last few years.

So, that's the FULL story. :)

jag

[rotlex]

Long story short - Rotlex=Female rottie that I owned, best dog I ever had, who's name was Lex. :D

The longer version is I've been using the name since my first ISP 10 + years ago. I called for an account, they asked me what I wanted as a user name, I looked down at my dog, the rottie, and "Rotlex" just kind of came to mind, LOL. I've been using it ever since!

[madcap]

My given name is Glenn Scott Campbell. As discussed at length (and with pictures :D ) in my thread, a child in the 70's named Glenn Campbell quickly learns to use his middle name or be serenaded with Rhinestone Cowboy on a daily basis. :)

Now that's funny! :D

[Mr. Someday]

Well, I use the "totem animal" explanation to make it more palatable to the gentiles, Greenie. Spirit Animal or Spirit Guide is a more apt label, as you well know, but it sometimes turns people's brains off when they hear it. Something that might interest you, Rob, this Shaman (Spirit Eagle, pretty reknowned amongst the Lakota Sioux) was pretty excited about our meeting. Here's the story in full because I know you might appreciate it:

Way back in the day, when I was a high school junior, the local Shoshone-Bannock, Sioux, and Blackfeet tribes held a Native American Fair at my school. It was an amazing affair they had put together, and being very interested in things American Indian it was natural that I attended. They set up on our school football field of all places, which was an interesting contrast to say the least. Amongst the wig-wams they had dancing, crafts of all kinds going on, storytelling, samplings of traditional Native American food (mmm...pemmican..mmm), and tons of information on the history of the tribes.

So here I am, this sixteen year old kid, walking around this spectacle with my friends. We're checking out all the offerings and taking it all in, and it's incredibly fascinating. As we're walking past one of the wig-wams, this reaaaaalllly old guy grabs ahold of my arm and just clings on. I mean, this guy looks older than dirt! He's got all these beads and amulets and things on, and looks right out of a movie or something. He's incredibly excited and is talking a million miles an hour, his eyes as wide as can be. The only problem is that he doesn't speak a word of English. Imagine if you will, a freaked out sixteen year old kid with an ancient old Indian clinging to him, both of them wild-eyed for very different reasons while the crowd around them watches in morbid fascination, wondering what's going to happen. They probably thought I'd tried to steal something from the old man or something. And, my friends did nothing but watch. Bastards!!!! :) Suddently, out of nowhere, this old woman appears. She looks older than dirt, herself! She's also dressed in traditional garb, but she speaks English whereas the old man did not. She goes on to tell me that this old guy is her father, and that he is a very well-known and respected Shaman amongst his people. The Lakota Sioux people. She also tells me that one of his particular talents is seeing people's spirit animals. She talks to her father in their native tongue, none of it understandable to me or my friends, and then begins to translate for him. Through his daughter, this Shaman, whose name was Spirit Eagle, told me that he was so excited because he saw in me the spirit of the jaguar. The reason this excited him so much was because "jaguar people" are extremely rare in North America. Like the big cats themselves, most of them have migrated south to Mexico and South America. He told me that he was doubly excited, because most people have a kinship with one counterpart animal in the species that is their totem. That is, there is an animal out there somewhere that they share a bond with. Sort of like animal soul mates or something. But, there are some people who share a kinship with an entire species, not just one animal. These people are very rare, apparently. He was excited because not only did I have the jaguar for a spirit animal, but I had a kinship with the entire species which was even more rare.

It was a strange experience to me, but also empowering on some level. I couldn't help but find it, at the very least, flattering and special. Something that set me apart from others. In college, when I first got into computers and the internet, I took on the moniker of "jaguar" as my online nick. That quickly evolved into "jaguarr", the second "r" added to distinguish my nick from the other folks who were using "jaguar" as their online nick.

Ever since that initial experience, I've learned a little about Shamanism and my particular Spirit Animal. I was really quite surprised with how much I identify with what the jaguar is and the power he possesses as well as what he stands for in Shaman lore. Equally as fascinating is the role that the jaguar played in the Mayan, Aztec and Toltec's spiritualism and beliefs, and I've tried to learn more about that the last few years.

So, that's the FULL story. :)

jag


Cliff notes please!!!:D

[jaguarr]

Cliff notes please!!!:D

And indian guy said I was a jaguar. :)

jag

[Mr. Someday]

And indian guy said I was a jaguar. :)

jag


Thank you!!:D

[jaguarr]

Thank you!!:D

You're welcome, Mr. ADD. :D

jag

[justtryn]

What are you doing in here? Your snatch escaped your thread and is running loose in the Over 35 Journal forums! Go catch it before it hurts someone! :mad:

jag

Your WHAT escaped??!!

[hohandy]

<SNIP>

Way back in the day ...

<2 hours later>

So, that's the FULL story. :)

jag

and what day was that?? Were the buffalo still roaming the plains?

[jaguarr]

and what day was that?? Were the buffalo still roaming the plains?


Don't mock me. I DO know what a "ho" is, you know. :p

jag

[hohandy]

Don't mock me. I DO know what a "ho" is, you know. :p

jag

oh - you garden also???
<innocent look>

[jaguarr]

oh - you garden also???
<innocent look>


LOL! Nicely done. :D

jag

[Minotaur]

And indian guy said I was a jaguar. :)

jag


THAT'S how you tell a story, Rose Nylund. :D

[jaguarr]

THAT'S how you tell a story, Rose Nylund. :D

At least I don't have "War & Peace" as my signature like you, Blanche. :p

jag

[Minotaur]

Don't mock me. I DO know what a "ho" is, you know. :p

jag

A Visit to the Farm

A teacher decides to take her fourth grade class on a field trip to a local farm.

When they arrive, their first stop is the barn, where all the farmer's tools are stored.

The first tool the teacher picks up, is the pitch fork. She asks her class, if anyone knew the name of the tool she was holding.

Mary quickly blurts out, "That's a Pitch Fork, Ms. Jones".

"Very good Mary", says the teacher.

The teacher then picks up another tool and asks it anyone knew it's name.

Billy promptly answers, "That's a Sickle".

"Very good Billy", says the teacher.

She picks up a third tool, but this time no one could name it. The teacher proudly explains to her class, that the tool was called a Hoe.

Without warning Ernie yells out, "My sister's a Ho and she don't look like that".

[One Man Army]

Well I am a mercenary and thats how I got my name One Man Army...really thats how so

and the "Architect of Aggression" underneath it is from a Megadeth song entitled "Architecture of Aggression"

Love to listen to metal when I go to war

[xnyer]

Wow, mine seems kind of boring compared to some of your meanings. Nope, mine isn't a cool name given to me by an Indian chief or a name bestowed upon me by an ancient culture who worshipped me as their leader. I left New York. I am an xNYer. Sorry I couldn't come up with something cooler.

[GREENFEATHER]

Yeah, but some of us still think of you as Tonto Goldstein :D

I fixed it for ya db!! :D I got 4 pm's about the change, lol!!

[jaguarr]

Wow, mine seems kind of boring compared to some of your meanings. Nope, mine isn't a cool name given to me by an Indian chief or a name bestowed upon me by an ancient culture who worshipped me as their leader. I left New York. I am an xNYer. Sorry I couldn't come up with something cooler.


My wife is from New York. She says your username is just fine. :cool:

jag

[GREENFEATHER]

I just read your explanation jag,very interesting story. The people in this forum, I think, are interested in all that is spiritual . We may pray at a different altar, but we're all looking for the same thing in the end. A Crow friend of mine says that when asked what religion is, he checks all. My friend Crowhorse is wise beyond his 48 winters.

[Hey-Iwas51]

Sorry I couldn't come up with something cooler.

Hey X, I think it works pretty well actually...
Dan

[Hey-Iwas51]

I was not sure what it was about, and just didn't click till tonight...

OK, I have told this before, but my name actually was given me by my kids... (The three sons that is, 24, 21, and 18 now). Back when I was poking around on different forums thinking about signing up on one, they were all sitting around laughing about their Dad having a six pack someday, and one said I should take the handle "Hey I'm xxx" after the original BowFlex guy who said, "hey, I'm 42 and in the best shape of my life..." So, I took "Hey-I'm51", cause that is how old I was then...

Well, a couple months back, the board started using some new software, which was not happy with the apostrophe in my name, so they assigned me Hey-im51, which I didn't like, especially because I am now 52. So, I got the boss man to change it for me, to "was51". Kind of screwy I know, but it's easier to type without the apostrophe anyway! (and it's close enough to the original that people would recognize me.)

By the way, by the grace of God, I AM in the best shape of my life... not the 6% body fat like the BowFlex guy (yet), but better than I have ever been! Thanks to a lot of folks around here for that...

Dan

[Hey-Iwas51]

A lot of peeps think my moniker means I am Chinese. LOL I guess they think China Town !
No offense to the Chinese, but........that's not it at all.

I am from the Chicago Area.
Born and raised in the city, now raising my own family 50+ miles in the far burbs. I had to get out I couldn't take it any more. LMAO I still run the city, just from a distance now ;)

Hey man, didn't fool me a bit... (I am from St. Louis... I know where the Cubs are from... Chi Town! LOL)

Dan

[Chino.]

A lot of peeps think my moniker means I am Chinese. LOL I guess they think China Town !
No offense to the Chinese, but........that's not it at all.

I am from the Chicago Area.
Born and raised in the city, now raising my own family 50+ miles in the far burbs. I had to get out I couldn't take it any more. LMAO I still run the city, just from a distance now ;)
LOL who gets chi town mixed with china town.

[wanna_be_BB]

mine is because i have always wanted to be a body builder. I remember as a kid watching my first bb competition on tv. This would have been in the late 70's. It was at my aunt's house and she made me turn it off. She was in disgust. "That stuff is gross. It's unnatural. You have no business watching that." As a kid, I was devastated..but I kept the desire to be a bb'er. Focus changed in hs and college..and now my focus is back to bb'ing..

[bf6067]

bf are my initials. 6067 is just a number I happened to like at the time I created my id.

[bassing68]

bassing68 because I love fishing, mainly bass, and born in '68.

[dbx]

Seeing someone's screen name recently, made me think of this old thread.

There are so many new members since last year, so I thought it would be cool for them to have a chance to explain where their screen name came from.

Takers? :)

[StartinOver-68]

I think mine is self explainatory. ;)

[FlyingDan]

Mines kind of easy I'm a Pilot and Dan is my Tae Kwon Do rank.

[Revmachine21]

The boyfriend and I like to go to car races & he races for fun. F1, NASCAR, GT300, GT500, drag, we pretty much enjoy them all.

He likes the cars, I like taking pictures.... racing days are the best eye candy around. Ermmmm, excepting the nice looking gentlemen on this site :-)

I was setting up a Hotmail account eons ago, and Revmachine was taken, so Revmachine21 was born.

Here's a picture of his car, we call it The BumbleBee.

[SumthinOrNuthin]

Mine's from a character on a TV comedy sketch show called Little Britain. There's a character called Vicky Pollard played by a guy dressed as a young teenage girl, who is thoroughly obnoxious and rants on and on when cornered about something bad that she's done. Whatever the ranting excuse is, she often ends it with '..... or something or nothin'.

Sound rubbish when I describe it - guess you have to hear it!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/littlebritain/characters/vicky.shtml

[storm1507]

I usually go by thunderstorm, but it was taken.

My first choc. lab was named "Chocolate Thunder"...anyone a big basketball fan????

Next dog's name is Storm.
My other choc. lab is Windy Day (just a side note)

Since thunderstorm was taken, Storm1507 (1507 is my unit #)

[olava]

Mine is just my name. Not a common name so it seems to be available whenever I join a bb.

[Lil Freek]

i was 12.
I was still little, and i was a weird kid

I'm no longer little, but still weird.

[lilbootch]

Mine came from when I was in school. My older brother was bootch and being the younger brother I got lilbootch from our friends. Funny thing is my brother didn't get the growth spurt I did in junior high and he is 5'8" 155 where I'm 6'3" 305. So not too exciting but I'm still called lilbootch to this day by the group of guys we grew up with.

[Pumpat50]

Mine is simple...I like to pump iron and I'm 50...Pumpat50. I may have to change my name when I turn 51...lol

[stachedwalker]

Kinda obvious for me, too. I'm (sorta) into racewalking and I've got a handlebar moustache (which looks like a giant brillo pad under the schnoz today). Hence stachedwalker

[wedgey]

Wedgey is one letter away from my IRL nickname , not saying which one though :p . I use wedgey in all my online stuff now, mainly online gaming, currently world of warcraft and Call of duty back in the day when it was popular.

[Nagalfar]

Nagalfar was a Old Norse belief, in the world of Valhalla, the Nagalfar was a ship that sailed though the heavens stealing souls of dead Norse warriors .. the ship was built from the fingernails of the dead warriors who entered into Valhalla with their fingernails still attached.. that is why the Norse would cut the finger nails off before the dead were buried so that the Nagalfar couldn't grow larger thus allowing for the gathering of even more souls...

[ChickenTuna]

I didn't really put much thought into mine, just 2 foods I am always buying....practically everyday :)

[FatherOfThree]

Fun thread :)

I was thinking of things like Conan, Freakshow, TattedFreak, etc and then I realized: heck, I'm 40, who am I kidding?! I am just a Father of Three - and if I do that right it is truly my greatest and longest lasting accomplishment.

Blessings,
- Fo3

[rockymania]

rocky - I'm a big fan of the Rocky movies and of Stallone! (BTW, the latest flick "Rocky Balboa" was awesome!)

mania - I'm a big fan of Hulk Hogan, so the "mania" part comes from the word Hulkamania!

These are the 2 icons of the iron game that made me want to hit the weights, in the hopes of being built like them one day!

[stahlhart]

Mine is German for "hard as steel" (I have also seen "tough as nails" as a translation).

It was a word that Hitler used in the closing speech from Leni Riefenstahl's movie "Triumph Of The Will". I just thought that it had a neat ring to it.

[slackdaddy]

I work on an assembly where we are divided into work teams. If you get behind, it gets the next person behind. If someone does get behind, we help them out by hurling insults at them like Slacka$$, Slacker, Slackdaddy, Slackaroo, Slackaroony and so forth. Although none of us are actually slackers, we call each other by slacker names even when not working.

I was having a hard time coming up with a name on another forum when I remembered Slackdaddy. Remarkably, at every forum I've been to Slackdaddy is available.

I'm sure that my name puts my credability on a fitness site in the crapper though. Would you rather get avice by someone named Slackdaddy or Big Ripped Hulking Pimp?

[9SECOND GTO]

I'm a racer, hotrodder, fabricator, painter...
I have a street legal 64 GTO, has run 9.80's
All Pontiac, All motor!

[V-240]

I have a ham radio license.

Also, I work for the phone company.

Get it? :D

[FittyFour]

Signed up at a gym and signed into this forum when I turned 54. So I became "fit" at "fiftyfour" or FittyFour. Corny, eh?

Except now I'm 55. Guess I didn't plan ahead... :)

[Daemonn]

Not very exciting here either, it's taken from the UNIX operating system where a daemon (one n though) is the equivalent of a service/process in Windows OSs.
LOL, too boring, I know :D

[m1k3g0rd]

It's a 'hacker nym'. Y0u g0t 1t?

[bbbom]

My screen name was given to me by a guy at work when I first started working at my current job - 9 years ago. He overheard a discussion I was having with someone on the phone concerning an insane neighbor that was causing major problems with the road to my house on the mountain. So he stopped by to tease me about it. I told him I thought I might just have to go down to the county building dept and kick some ass.

That has been a favorite saying of mine ever since my boss here informed me that when I first interviewed for the job, the CFO walked into his office and said "your interviewee is here and she could kick your ass." I'm 5'9" and they are both 5'5" or so and after being in sports all of my life and heavy highway construction for the past 8 years at that time I was not easily intimidated and carried myself with confidence.

So my coworker laughed at my comment and said "Well I guess that would make you the Big Bad Blonde on the Mountain!" I liked it so when I joined my first online forum group Extreme Dirtbikes which is now defunct, I signed up as bbbom - Big Bad Blonde on the Mountain, or Motorcycle, depending on what I feel like.

[claycat]

Claycat it my pottery studio name and I thought it would be apt name for this, as I view my body as a lump of clay that I will transform into a work of art. Hopefully!!!!

[Lardog]

I got mine when I was in the Marines. I was dating this girl, and at the time the word "Horn-dog" was going around. We were out with some friends of mine one night, and since my first name is Larry, and she made a comment about me being a "Lar-Dog". Jarheads being what they are, the name stuck.

I've been Lar-Dog ever since.

[Storm442]

Kinda boring compared to you guys/gals....

Storm is a variation of the spelling of one of my favorite characters from a book series. He was always charging ahead and doing the right thing (even if it made him unpopular) -I envied his conviction.

442, well I've owned like three of them since high school, was always my favorite car, not a common as a Chevelle or Nova or Camaro or Mustang. I sold them all a few years back, but may pick one up in the future to relive my wild years!

[redweston]

Red cause i'm a red head and weston is my middle name !
REDWESTON ! aka CWJ

[Geoff Richards]

been on many forums,mailing lists,irc etc etc.
separated from my family (my fault,it sucks), tired of trying to be something or someone Im not, hence my username
I am me :)

[resurrected]

Sometimes a part of me says tell everyone who you really are and why the name resurrected, Then another part says if you do you could make it hard for you here at these forums. So sadly I am torn to post the truth or not.
A few know what my name means really. But I guess someday I may get over my fear and fess up.
Interesting names so far though. Come on CHI so you are not really CHINESE? ;)
Who wouldathunk?.............................

[emmie]

What a fun thread! Makes me wish I had been more creative w/ my user name, which is obviously just a diminutive of my real name - Emma. :)

[farsscf]

A long, long time ago my wife made our email address Farsscf, First three letters of last name, then first letter of my, hers, and oldest daughter's first name, then the extra F for some reason. But we have another daughter now so I guess it needs revision. I don't have the imagination most have to think up original names I guess.

[tatdawg]

i have around 75 tattoos and i love them georgia bulldawgs.
so tatdawg=me.

[BergMuscle]

First four letters of my last name + what I'm here to build up - muscle.

[mom24boys]

I am a Mom to (2) four (4) boys...I must have done something in a previous life :D

[joed]

^^^ She tells strangers that but 'I Heard' she a mom of 24 boys. Lots of sets of quads. Thus, when she talks about her workouts & whipping her quads into shape, 'We' really know what she means.

[mom24boys]

^^^ She tells strangers that but 'I Heard' she a mom of 24 boys. Lots of sets of quads. Thus, when she talks about her workouts & whipping her quads into shape, 'We' really know what she means.

hahahaha..Joe dont quit your day job sweetie:)

[joed]

Well, it's late and been a long day. BTW, how can you be online & the green light not be on? WHO DO YOU KNOW AMONG THE HIGHER UPS???

[mom24boys]

Well, it's late and been a long day. BTW, how can you be online & the green light not be on? WHO DO YOU KNOW AMONG THE HIGHER UPS???

Invisibility is a power that comes with having 4 boys *grin* along with the eyes in the back of the head and knowing what they are doing in the bathroom :D

[IR45N]

Had to be simple to remember. 'Old Ironsides' seemed a little TOO ancient:rolleyes: So, combined 'iron' and the 45.

[Storm442]

Invisibility is a power that comes with having 4 boys *grin* along with the eyes in the back of the head and knowing what they are doing in the bathroom :D

LOL !!

*Blushes*

[joed]

I'm with you stormy. What I want to know is why don't dads know what their girls do in the bathroom?

[NurseMike]

Mine reflects what i do for a living =)

[BraSo]

UserName : BraSo
-Filipino term for ARM :D

Why Braso??
-Thought of having big arms in the not so distant future... (hoping it would be proportioned with other bodyparts)

:D

[joed]

Hey you guys, what's the idea of getting this thread back on track? I've been looking for an opening to derail this thing, then here you come along! hehe. JK.

[jmc53]

I tried several cool names and they were all taken - settled for my initials and my year of birth.

[yellowrv]

Here you go.....

[CapitalJay]

My name has dual meaning:
1) I used to sign my name at the end of e-mails as -j. My friend told me I needed to be more confident in myself and I was "worthy" of a Capital J. ;)

2) I'm working on my MBA and some of the other students used to call me "Cap" (short for capital) because I argued with them that the most important thing when starting a business was capital (money & hard workers) and not necessarily the business plan.

[BigBT]

Nothing too original here. My first name is Brian. I'm 6'4". Someone in college started calling me BigB. You basically have to be the first one on a board to get that nick, so I added my last initial.

[Hibiscus09]

Oooh -- I like the yellow airplane. :)

joed, you are too funny! :)

Mine is boring -- the hibiscus is my favorite flower and I have a hibiscus tattoo beside my belly button. The 09 is my month of birth. :p

[Mark1T]

Mine is dorky. At the time I became a member, the prohormone M1T was popular among many people in other sections here and was sold at bb.com and everywhere else.

I was obviously in a hurry, so named myself Mark1T (M1T). Now that M1T is illegal in the US, I might be arrested for impersonating an illegal substance. Please have mercy :(

[exnihillo]

Mine is really spelled Ex nihilo

Ex nihilo is a Latin term meaning "out of nothing". It is often used in conjunction with the term creation, as in creatio ex nihilo, meaning "creation out of nothing".

I started using it at about 23 years old..After having a difficult life growing up than going to prison...When I got out of prison I wanted to get my life right and be a better person..So I moved to a new area and started all over..Hence created out of nothing...

[GSOgymrat]

GSO is the airport code for Greensboro, NC and I'm a self-proclaimed gymrat.

[Brother Steel]

Hi,

I got Brother Steel from Dave Draper's book Brother Iron and Sister Steel.
I had just read the book and was very impressed by Mr. Draper's wisdom and insight into bodybuilding and keeping fit.

But as great an Icon in bodybuilding as he is it's his hard earned wisdom about living life that makes him great. When you read his words you lose touch with the writing on the page and somehow find that you are sitting face to face with Dave as he shares his secrets with you because you are his special friend.

Dave's wisdom can be summed up as follows. We are all brothers and sisters using the tools of iron and steel to change our lives. Not only are we making our bodies strong but more importantly we are strengthening our mind and spirit for the challenges in life.

And now you know the rest of the story,
Brother Steel

[bilnv]

Simple for me. I am bill from Nevada. I dropped an L to change it up a little.

[sdnatural]

Once crowned Mr. San Diego Natural in an amateur bodybuilding contest.

[oldsuperman]

Well as long as I can remember I've been a Superman fan. At six jumped off the shed roof with a bath towel for a cape and fully expected to fly. Dang gravity!

About the time I started BB again, my youngest son and I bought a Superman shirt and cap. I started wearing the cap to the gym and all the gym rats started yelling "Hey Superman" to get my attention. All at once people started giving me more caps, shirts, tanks, Jammie's, toys, you name it if it said superman someone gave it to me.

I did my first competition routine with a Superman cap on cause my daughter did the routine and convinced me to wear it. Some of the guys at the show started calling me "Old Superman."

Well, that's how it all started and now it just is!

[Titania]

Okay, it's Sunday and the forum seems to have been a bit slow this past week so I thought this might be mildly interesting: What does your screen name mean, or how did you choose it?

Yeah, I know some appear to be obvious....such as Fitnessman, Nucleararms etc., but there's probably some story even behind those. I see a name of a member like Eddied27 and wonder if it's Ed died 27, or Eddie D 27 and stuff like that. I'm sure there are many misconceptions of what the names mean among us.

Okay, so I'll go first: dbx has nothing to do with BB'ing. In other words, it isn't dumbbell X or something. When first getting an e-mail account (I can't even remember.....90' perhaps) I didn't want to be identified as a gender so I could avoid what was then "under control" junk/spam e-mail. I used to be an audiophile, and while looking around the room I noticed my stereo equipment which contained (still does) dbx processors. For those who may not know, dbx patented a noise reduction system that many audiophiles considered superior to Dolby at the time. Primarily, dbx is professional/hi-line audio processing equipment. Done.

Your turn.
See my attachment ;)
That gear still works :)

Mine obviously means that it's never too late to get back into health and vitality once again . . . as the attached pic shows:
That is an awesome transformation. VERY inspiring :cool:

Greenfeather was a name given to me by a Juanaco cheiftain in South America. He told us me that " You move like the feathers of the green bird", meaning the Amazon parrots which are all but invisible in the jungle canopy. My guys started calling me Greenfeather and I use it on some boards, here and my Ranger forums.
Very cool :cool:


My screen name is pretty self explanatory. ;)

[yellowrv]

See my attachment ;)
That gear still works :)

That is an awesome transformation. VERY inspiring :cool:

Very cool :cool:


My screen name is pretty self explanatory. ;)

Nice Rack ! Hey, the stereo equipment ain't too shabby either !

[TheSilverSurfer]

The screen name refers to the comic book hero Silver Surfer. I also have a silver 2002 Trans Am WS6 and use that name for my car at car shows.

[Titania]

Nice Rack ! Hey, the stereo equipment ain't too shabby either !

LOL :D
Cheers yellowrv :)

Here's (http://musclefemme.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=32&d=1133756579) the rest of my studio equipment :)

[ProOne]

Pro One is the name of the manufacturer who built my custom motorcycle.....

[QUALITYGUY1]

When I took on the name years ago, I was a QC Inspector, then was promoted to QC Tech., then finally promoted to Quality Manager. Just plain "QUALITYGUY" was taken, so, QUALITYGUY1 it is.

Oh, and BTW DBX....I still have my cassette deck with DBX!
I was wondering if that was the reference!

[dbx]

Oh, and BTW DBX....I still have my cassette deck with DBX!
I was wondering if that was the reference!

Cool. Their venture into mainstream audio products was fairly short lived, and they just stuck to higher-end audio. Here is a pic of my main audio system that is in my "theater" room. This system is not my A/V system, but rather it's dedicated solely to audio. On the left of the in-wall rack, you can barely make out two dedicated dbx pieces. This side wall is rather "busy" looking since it also has a 25" monitor for outdoor surveillance cameras, pictures, and in in-wall center-side speaker which is part of the 7.1 surround system:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/dbx/Audio002.jpg

[samori]

just a spin on the word "samurai". Has been my nickname since my early Navy days somwhere around 1980. No martial arts background, can't really remember how that all started. my first few years in the USN are still a blurr.
My wife and I were dating for almost two months before she realized that wasn't my real name.

[Titania]

Cool. Their venture into mainstream audio products was fairly short lived, and they just stuck to higher-end audio. Here is a pic of my main audio system that is in my "theater" room. This system is not my A/V system, but rather it's dedicated solely to audio. On the left of the in-wall rack, you can barely make out two dedicated dbx pieces. This side wall is rather "busy" looking since it also has a 25" monitor for outdoor surveillance cameras, pictures, and in in-wall center-side speaker which is part of the 7.1 surround system:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/dbx/Audio002.jpg

Cool setup :cool: I love the rack. That is neat. :)

You have me curious though...
It's a bit hard to make out from the image but it looks like those dbx units are a NR unit and a sub harmonic processor. Might be way off the mark though!!

[dbx]

Cool setup :cool: I love the rack. That is neat. :)

You have me curious though...
It's a bit hard to make out from the image but it looks like those dbx units are a NR unit and a sub harmonic processor. Might be way off the mark though!!

Thanks. That's the second time I had to cut out a wall for that same gear :). And I actually modified the enclosure twice because of minor equipment changes. I removed a Carver M1.5 350W Amp (my pre-amp is dual) and another piece a few years back. I blew the channels on a Carver 2000 rcvr that was in my bedroom, and needed the amp to drive it.

The dbx pieces are actually just a simple 200-XG switch selector, and a 1BX-DS dynamic expander/compressor. I had a 3BX, but sold it many years back. Anyway, they are not in the league of the pieces you have for your recording gear.

[QUALITYGUY1]

Cool. Their venture into mainstream audio products was fairly short lived, and they just stuck to higher-end audio. Here is a pic of my main audio system that is in my "theater" room. This system is not my A/V system, but rather it's dedicated solely to audio. On the left of the in-wall rack, you can barely make out two dedicated dbx pieces. This side wall is rather "busy" looking since it also has a 25" monitor for outdoor surveillance cameras, pictures, and in in-wall center-side speaker which is part of the 7.1 surround system:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/dbx/Audio002.jpg

Vey nice setup!
My problem is that I recorded all kinds of $hit on cassette using DBX...need I say more. My TEAK tape deck needs a new motor, so I can't even play any of the tapes I have. LOL

[The Badger]

I ride Honda Shadow motorycles. Or rather that's my current ride. I switched from Harley's a decade or so ago and haven't looked back since.
Try a V65, Fun ride!

[The Badger]

Im from Wisconsin I went with Badger instead of CHEESEHEAD

[dbx]

Vey nice setup!
My problem is that I recorded all kinds of $hit on cassette using DBX...need I say more. My TEAK tape deck needs a new motor, so I can't even play any of the tapes I have. LOL

I feel your pain. I also recorded numerous cassettes using the compression of the 1BX, which was superb for playback in a car. I've had dbx stuff since 87'. I threw out all my cassettes many years ago. Still have my albums though (a little over 400) :).

[Hey-Iwas51]

I tried several cool names and they were all taken - settled for my initials and my year of birth.

Another '53er... you do realize that this year our ages and birth years are the same, depending of course on when in the year your birthday is... (53=53)

Dan

[Most Muscular]

It sounded like the crows were calling his name thought Caw....

[Hey-Iwas51]

Oh, and BTW DBX....I still have my cassette deck with DBX!
I was wondering if that was the reference!

Now that you mention it, you have jogged my memory... yes, I had one of those gadgets too, back when I could afford a decent sound system. Seems like I opted not to record with DBX though, because it was the only system I had with that feature.

[dbx]

Now that you mention it, you have jogged my memory... yes, I had one of those gadgets too, back when I could afford a decent sound system. Seems like I opted not to record with DBX though, because it was the only system I had with that feature.

It wouldn't matter if it's pre-processed :)

[Hey-Iwas51]

It wouldn't matter if it's pre-processed :)

ahhh!

[bbbom]

Try a V65, Fun ride!

I have your bike's little brother the V45, 1985VF700C! Can't wait to get him back out & on the road, poor things been sitting in my shop waiting for the snow to melt off the driveway!

[eddied27]

Okay, it's Sunday and the forum seems to have been a bit slow this past week so I thought this might be mildly interesting: What does your screen name mean, or how did you choose it?

Yeah, I know some appear to be obvious....such as Fitnessman, Nucleararms etc., but there's probably some story even behind those. I see a name of a member like Eddied27 and wonder if it's Ed died 27, or Eddie D 27 and stuff like that. I'm sure there are many misconceptions of what the names mean among us.

Okay, so I'll go first: dbx has nothing to do with BB'ing. In other words, it isn't dumbbell X or something. When first getting an e-mail account (I can't even remember.....90' perhaps) I didn't want to be identified as a gender so I could avoid what was then "under control" junk/spam e-mail. I used to be an audiophile, and while looking around the room I noticed my stereo equipment which contained (still does) dbx processors. For those who may not know, dbx patented a noise reduction system that many audiophiles considered superior to Dolby at the time. Primarily, dbx is professional/hi-line audio processing equipment. Done.

Your turn.

WOW!!! How in the world did I miss this thread? I must have been snoozing that Sunday you started this thread dbx! :D

I really wish I could give a more exciting answer to the name but I can't. I actually wanted to enroll as eddied22 but I had a brain fart and put 27 instead. Eddie (actually Edgar as Hibby got out of me recently) is my first name (duh! :rolleyes: ), D is my last initial and 22 is my lucky number, the date of my b'day and the number I wore on uniforms for baseball, basketball as a kid and softball teams when I got older......double deuce! :D I kept the 27 because, at the time I enrolled, it just happened to be my address #.

I told you it wasn't that fascinating of a story but that's what it means nonetheless.

Take care.....Ed

[dbx]

WOW!!! How in the world did I miss this thread? I must have been snoozing that Sunday you started this thread dbx! :D


You need to get out more, Ed! :D

[Gunn27]

You need to get out more, Ed! :DI think you have that backwards... Ed obviously does get out. ;)

[eddied27]

I think you have that backwards... Ed obviously does get out. ;)

I'd rep ya for that one Gunn but have to spread the love around before I can.

Thanks. :D

Ed

[dbx]

I think you have that backwards... Ed obviously does get out. ;)

Always the smart one :p

Hey, while I'm at it....did you ever reveal where Gunn27 came from? Hmm? Hmm?

[Gunn27]

Always the smart one :p:D


Hey, while I'm at it....did you ever reveal where Gunn27 came from? Hmm? Hmm?Oh, um yeah, I'm sure it's in this thread somewhere. :o

[ChocoChick]

I'd rep ya for that one Gunn but have to spread the love around before I can.

Thanks. :D

Ed

I got him for you.

That was good, Gunn. :)

[dbx]

Oh, um yeah, I'm sure it's in this thread somewhere. :o

Ummmm...no..it is not :mad:

C'mon, now I gotta hear where Gunn27 is derived from :cool:

[Gunn27]

Darn, now you hyped it up and it's pretty lame. :D

As a Scot, I used my Clan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Gunn) name, the number 27 comes from my birthday. Sorry it's not more exciting than that. :cool:

[r34man]

I don't think that too many people picked up on what my username means but it is the type of car that I own.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r122/r34man42/white34.jpg

[Titania]

Thanks. That's the second time I had to cut out a wall for that same gear :). And I actually modified the enclosure twice because of minor equipment changes. I removed a Carver M1.5 350W Amp (my pre-amp is dual) and another piece a few years back. I blew the channels on a Carver 2000 rcvr that was in my bedroom, and needed the amp to drive it.

The dbx pieces are actually just a simple 200-XG switch selector, and a 1BX-DS dynamic expander/compressor. I had a 3BX, but sold it many years back. Anyway, they are not in the league of the pieces you have for your recording gear.
That's a pretty decent achievement popping both channels on a carver amp in your bedroom!!!!
I always wanted a 3bx in the 80's. I thought they were SOOOOO cool :cool: and they were! :)

Vey nice setup!
My problem is that I recorded all kinds of $hit on cassette using DBX...need I say more. My TEAK tape deck needs a new motor, so I can't even play any of the tapes I have. LOL
Most of my dbx recordings were done on a TEAC cassette deck too. Mine has a motor from a high speed dubbing deck (one of my mods) so I could do high speed recordings for extended frequency response. I put a switch on the back of it to select between normal and high speed and this also adjusted the bias and equalisation when high speed was selected. I mainly used high speed recording for my own music.
HERE (http://musclefemme.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=37&d=1133759279) is a picture of my TEAC deck. It is a V450X.
The motors are actually quite easy to replace and any generic cassette motor will typically work as long as they spin the same direction!!

I feel your pain. I also recorded numerous cassettes using the compression of the 1BX, which was superb for playback in a car. I've had dbx stuff since 87'. I threw out all my cassettes many years ago. Still have my albums though (a little over 400) :).
Argh! I HAD many albums on vinyl until I got caught up with some over the top born agains who convinced me that it was all devils music so I destroyed most of them!! One album I am still really spewing about was my limited edition pink vinyl, SQ encoded version of Dark Side of the Moon.....I had only played it ONCE and that was to record it onto high speed cassette so it was in MINT condition....argh!!!!

[Aquilius]

Aquilius = mutilated medieval latin for "Eagle", which is the heraldic emblem I use for one of my medieval representations (the early 13th century knight).

The white lion on red ground in my avatar is the heraldic emblem of the chivalric society that figure is a member of; the personal one is a golden legless eagle on blue ground.

I portray several other figures (late 14th century earl, late 14th century coustilier, late 15th century man-at-arms) as well, with different clothes, armour, weapons, and heraldry.

Regards,
Aquilius

[dbx]

That's a pretty decent achievement popping both channels on a carver amp in your bedroom!!!!
I always wanted a 3bx in the 80's. I thought they were SOOOOO cool :cool: and they were! :)

LOL, I can see where my wording was misleading. It was after I blew the channels elsewhere, that I decided to move the Carver 2000 to my bedroom....and I knew I'd have to pull the M1.5 to drive it. Right now, both Carver pieces are in a closet, along with a Marantz 2226B (late 70's) & Marantz tape deck, a 35yr old Scott integrated rcvr.



Most of my dbx recordings were done on a TEAC cassette deck too. It is a V450X.

TEAC was always one of the best names in tape decks. Does the V450X have glass heads? :cool:


Argh! I HAD many albums on vinyl until I got caught up with some over the top born agains who convinced me that it was all devils music so I destroyed most of them!! One album I am still really spewing about was my limited edition pink vinyl, SQ encoded version of Dark Side of the Moon.....I had only played it ONCE and that was to record it onto high speed cassette so it was in MINT condition....argh!!!!

That really sucks :(

[bigfriday]

wow some really cool names and reasons....

mine is easy...my last name translates to Friday in english...and I'm bigger than most of my buddies

so hence BigFriday

[Plato458]

Mine is a bit of personal history, and romance. I'm a bit of an ancient history/philosophy nut hence Plato (I also have a pussy cat with this name btw ;)

458 isn't because 457 other peeps have been Plato.

If you look at your phone keypad and the letters - 458 = ILU = I love you.

I went out with a guy at work for 6 yrs and we used to text each other using numbers rather than words so no one would see what we were saying to each other...it was our secret and really good fun trying to work out what on earth we were trying to say!

So we'd text;

Big Mwah (big kiss) 244 6924

Big Hug 244 484

Rhowh (I want you) 74694

Come Here ;) 2663 4373

Did I ever tell you? = dietu? = 34388

I love you 458

Sometimes we'd give in trying to translate everything into numbers and do acronyms instead (it was that kinda company!)

Guess I need to get out more :O

Px

[ChocoChick]

^^^ LOL. I used to have entire "conversations" with my husband in lengthy code similar to yours.

[Titania]

LOL, I can see where my wording was misleading. It was after I blew the channels elsewhere, that I decided to move the Carver 2000 to my bedroom....and I knew I'd have to pull the M1.5 to drive it. Right now, both Carver pieces are in a closet, along with a Marantz 2226B (late 70's) & Marantz tape deck, a 35yr old Scott integrated rcvr.


That makes more sense!!! LOL :D
Seems a bit of a shame to have the Carver gear in a closet though!!
Marantz made some WAY cool tape decks in the 80's. The specs were amazing.


TEAC was always one of the best names in tape decks. Does the V450X have glass heads? :cool:

I think the V455X had the glass heads. I had an Akai deck that no longer worked that had galss heads which I removed and added to my TEAC deck. I had to do some circuit tweaks to get the bias and EQ right but it was well worth the effort. :cool:


That really sucks :(
Yeah. That is one of very few regrets I have! That album would be worth a mint now. Not that I would sell it if I still had it.

[blackwax]

blackwax is slang for a vinyl LP

[Titania]

blackwax is slang for a vinyl LP
Cool :cool:

A follow on from the original Edison wax cylinders and wire recorders ;)

[jocularric]

JocularRic, nothing special really but I thought fitting. I was looking for a handle that would describe me. I see myself mirthful, somewhat a jokester, a little mischievous, and sometimes funny. . . . :D

but apparently not. . . .
My daughters think it's funny I think I'm funny. :(

Anyway. . . .

JocularRic = (Jocular adjective 1 : given to jesting : habitually jolly or jocund 2 : characterized by jesting : playful) + (Ric - short for Rick (My name))

[Dave76]

I dare you, just try to guess my first name.:)

Reps if you can guess the year I graduated from college.

[Like It Or Not]

1) I'll tell you how things are, straight up, no BS, you either like it or you don't. Doesn't matter to me.

2) Take the first letter of each word (L.I.O.N.) yep, I'm also a Leo

[c502cid]

Mine is all about fun.

C=chevrolet
502
CID=cubic inch displacement.

Can never have enough horsepower!

[=M=]

JocularRic, nothing special really but I thought fitting. I was looking for a handle that would describe me. I see myself mirthful, somewhat a jokester, a little mischievous, and sometimes funny. . . . :D

but apparently not. . . .
My daughters think it's funny I think I'm funny. :(

Anyway. . . .

JocularRic = (Jocular adjective 1 : given to jesting : habitually jolly or jocund 2 : characterized by jesting : playful) + (Ric - short for Rick (My name))


Your name always reminds me of Father Mulcahey on the old MASH series...he used to say "Jocularity, jocularity". LOL

Mine is another easy one...first letter of my real name.
Someone recently pointed out to me that the '=' on either side makes the M look like a kitty face..=M=..ears and whiskers. Kind of appropriate since I'm a veterinary technician.

[Mark1T]

Mine is a bit of personal history, and romance.

74694, but 458, too :p

[XIII]

Mine... XIII from my battlefield 1942 online nick when I used to play. Broke the top 50 players mark on the north american circiut. Now I mostly play battlefield 2, or football games on comp.

Cheers

[bcapprentice]

I live in B.C.(one of Canada's provinces) and compared with some of you folk relatively new to this, thus apprentice

[Maui Guns]

Mine's pretty self explanitory. I live in Maui, and my arms (guns) are probably my best bodypart.

[Titania]

Your name always reminds me of Father Mulcahey on the old MASH series...he used to say "Jocularity, jocularity". LOL

Mine is another easy one...first letter of my real name.
Someone recently pointed out to me that the '=' on either side makes the M look like a kitty face..=M=..ears and whiskers. Kind of appropriate since I'm a veterinary technician.
One word.....


= Meow =

:D

[Plato458]

74694, but 458, too :p

Grrrr Tiger!

Px

[Plato458]

Your name always reminds me of Father Mulcahey on the old MASH series...he used to say "Jocularity, jocularity". LOL

Oh I miss MASH

[EMISGOD]

This is a curious thread... :D

[resurrected]

Mine... XIII from my battlefield 1942 online nick when I used to play. Broke the top 50 players mark on the north american circiut. Now I mostly play battlefield 2, or football games on comp.

Cheers

battlefeild 42 I love that game.........

[edible_eye]

I took mine from a short novella I wrote a while back - post-apocalyptic America where fresh meat is almost impossible to find and cannibalism is both alive and well. The eyes, especially if a body is newly deceased, are considered a delicacy.

[dbx]

I took mine from a short novella I wrote a while back - post-apocalyptic America where fresh meat is almost impossible to find and cannibalism is both alive and well. The eyes, especially if a body is newly deceased, are considered a delicacy.

Well, alrighty then! :eek:

[marcmn]

mine is simple .....Marc in Minnesota. marcmn

[agataloca]

Mine's boring: carrera is my last name and unfortunately (have had luck most times actually) that was taken... by someone NOT ACTIVE! *groan*
Hence, carreraBB as an abbreviation of BodyBuilding obviously:)

[agataloca]

ITA, that's some really great job you've done there:D

[Seosaid]

Funny.. some think it Seo said ( as in said something...)

But it's Seosaid (pronounce Shaw-see)
Which basically means Josie in old Nordic language (My dad is Icelandic!).

[DouglassDoubles]

it was either DouglassDoubles or twnzrusx2(my screen name in tons of other places). My last name is Douglass, and I have twins....2 sets of twins. twnzrusx2 = twins are us X 2, minus a few letters and a twist on the 's'.

not too creative

[oldcool]

All the young guys at work call me that older cool guy, it sucks that I have turned into that guy. I wish I could find all the "older gentlemen" of my youth and apologize for my...well you know

[dbx]

Funny.. some think it Seo said ( as in said something...)

But it's Seosaid (pronounce Shaw-see)
Which basically means Josie in old Nordic language (My dad is Icelandic!).

Now this is one I had no idea about. And yes, I'm guilty of thinking "Seo said" :). Nordic, eh? That's pretty cool.

[Bronkko]

mine is simple .....Marc in Minnesota. marcmn

go vikes.

[Bronkko]

I took mine from a short novella I wrote a while back - post-apocalyptic America where fresh meat is almost impossible to find and cannibalism is both alive and well. The eyes, especially if a body is newly deceased, are considered a delicacy.

if the bees disappear we would turn on each other after all the animals run out.

[rmomjian]

i thought long and hard about mine and ended up with my first initial and last name.... it doesn't get any more creative than that, huh???

[OneO]

OneO - old video game handle from Asherons call, shadowbane, WoW ,
( played under the name TwoDrink Minimum alot also )

contraction of One Of Many , in games where spaces wern't allowed in nameing

One Of Many came from a manifesto about civil unrest that really caught my eye. it was signed " One Of Many " pretty unexciting

[bluegreen]

great thread, some interesting stories in here! ummm yeah, mine is really boring! lol! my usual screen names were taken (I usually go by bunny or a variation) so went with my eye colour as screen name http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/BunnyBelle/smileys/yawn.gif

[StartinOver-68]

great thread, some interesting stories in here! ummm yeah, mine is really boring! lol! my usual screen names were taken (I usually go by bunny or a variation) so went with my eye colour as screen name http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/BunnyBelle/smileys/yawn.gif

Glad I didn't go with the eye theme.......I'd be "Half Blind", Or "Deadeye". ;)

[wubby]

I have had the nickname "wubby" forever. People liked having me around so much that I was like a security blanket thus the name "wubby" from the kid's blanket in the movie Mr. Mom. Also a play on my name - Robbie.

[namtrag]

Mine is my last name spelled backwards. It almost sounds Klingon when it is backwards if you use the right intonation.

[TwiloMike]

TwiloMike =

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

Mike = me

TwiloMike (a.k.a. Door Nazi) is what I was called by the many friends and guests who came to the club and needed to distinguish me from all the other Mikes. I had worked there for almost 2 years. Stopped because the club closed.

[Titania]

Mine is my last name spelled backwards. It almost sounds Klingon when it is backwards if you use the right intonation.
Cool :cool: ... another Trekkie :)

[Tyrbolift]

Cool :cool: ... another Trekkie :)That would be acceptable...

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k39/viking51_photo/idonotknow.jpg

[Minotaur]

TwiloMike =

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

Mike = me

TwiloMike (a.k.a. Door Nazi) is what I was called by the many friends and guests who came to the club and needed to distinguish me from all the other Mikes. I had worked there for almost 2 years. Stopped because the club closed.

I always meant to ask you. I thought twilo was something in Russian ("tvee luh" or "tvee loh")... you know the extent of my Russian is limited to niceties and one 4-letter curse. :D

[widebody195]

Cool :cool: ... another Trekkie :)

Oh yeah! "yIn tIq je chep" to all us closet Trekkies!

My screen name comes from the nickname they give to jumbo jets like the 747; I thought it would be a fitting one for a bb'er. 195 is my long-term bodyweight goal.

[TwiloMike]

I always meant to ask you. I thought twilo was something in Russian ("tvee luh" or "tvee loh")... you know the extent of my Russian is limited to niceties and one 4-letter curse. :D

Nopers. Not at all. It's Twilo, a formerly NYC (currently Miami) night club. It's like twilight, only twilo. :)

[Titania]

Oh yeah! "yIn tIq je chep" to all us closet Trekkies!........
Live long and prosper in Klingon!! Cool :cool:
My alltime favourite Klingon (or, more accurately half Klingon, half Human) would have to be B'Elanna Torres. She rocks!!

[Tyrbolift]

Live long and prosper in Klingon!! Cool :cool:
My alltime favourite Klingon (or, more accurately half Klingon, half Human) would have to be B'Elanna Torres. She rocks!!I like K'ehleyr, Worf's sarcastic ex.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k39/viking51_photo/250px-STEmissary.jpg

[Titania]

I like K'ehleyr, Worf's sarcastic ex.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k39/viking51_photo/250px-STEmissary.jpg

I must admit I never really got into ds9. My faves are Voyager and Next Gen.


BTW - sorry about the edit note on your post. I accidentally pressed 'edit' instead of 'quote'..... oops!!

[DC_Ohio]

Mine's pretty simple:

My initials and the state where I live, or at least where my house is at the moment.

[DouglassDoubles]

Cool :cool: ... another Trekkie :)

I hope my hubby doesn't see this...he's one of the biggest trekkies I know :rolleyes:....not that there's anything wrong with it. ;)

[Athena]

My goal is to be half man and half bull, like The Minotaur of Greek Mythology... "Ego eimai o Minotauros"... "I am the Minotaur". ;)

Yikes. Half bull? What does the wife think about that?

:)

[Athena]

Well, I'm just boring I guess.

Funny thing is, my mom overheard my born-and-raised-in-Greece grandmother on the phone after I was born and she was saying, "Yes, Mary had a girl. The name? Oh, I can't remember what she named her, some odd name."


Honest to God! LOL!!

[BrianT14]

My name is Brian T, and that was taken.... so.

I added my wifes (and mine now) favorite lucky number...14

Kinda boring I know, lol.

[TwiloMike]

Yikes. Half bull? What does the wife think about that?

:)

Yeah, Frankie, what does the wife think about that? ;)

[StanSmith]

I realised a couple of weeks ago that, after 5 years away from the gym, I had developed a body like "American Dad" Stan Smith. I figured that the name would remind me to lose the gut!!!

[Titania]

I hope my hubby doesn't see this...he's one of the biggest trekkies I know :rolleyes:....not that there's anything wrong with it. ;)
Resistance is futile! You will be assimilated! :D :D

[techo]

I was going to use my dog's name which was Echo, but they wouldn't take four letter words, so I added a "T" in the front.

[TuffGirl]

TuffGirl... figure it out!

[mauiwaaui]

Well.....mine is kinda easy....mauiwaaui..........Maui Wowie........was a time when I was considered a "head"...........enjoyed the green yet I still worked two jobs and was very productive during those years.......though Mario Bros./Tetris and Cap'n Crunch (big bowl) late nights were my buddies....LOL....but then got into the EMS/Fire side of things and all that faded away.........
Deadhead also........followed them some in the day......

peace out......

[empresscat]

empress = based on the tarot card
The empress represents the point at which the imagined becomes real, she's a doorway or a gate. In some other places, I've used empressgate or empressdaleth (daleth is the hebrew letter associated with the card - meaning either #4 or a gate)

Cat - well, that's just from some of my friends remarking on my catlike qualities. Something in the way I move that a couple of men have called catlike. And I can be playful like a kitten... My best friend likes to ask whether I've been good kitty or bad kitty this week. ( ;) )

[LongnHard]

I like to tell people that LongnHard refers to my workouts or my body, but honestly I intended the double entendre. My bad! I have gotten some great comments and all of them witty, if not possitive. I have even gotten reps for my name.

[Titania]

.....Cat - well, that's just from some of my friends remarking on my catlike qualities. Something in the way I move that a couple of men have called catlike. And I can be playful like a kitten... My best friend likes to ask whether I've been good kitty or bad kitty this week. ( ;) )
Meow!! Felines rule!
Seriously, my friends all tell me I am from planet 'pusscat' LOL :D
That's where I got the name for my music project, "SuperPuss" :)

[Tyrbolift]

I must admit I never really got into ds9. My faves are Voyager and Next Gen.


BTW - sorry about the edit note on your post. I accidentally pressed 'edit' instead of 'quote'..... oops!!Oh, she was on Next Gen, in at least two episodes, maybe three.

[Titania]

Oh, she was on Next Gen, in at least two episodes, maybe three.
Hmmm.... don't remember her. Looks like I'll have to revisit some Next Gen episodes.

[Tyrbolift]

Hmmm.... don't remember her. Looks like I'll have to revisit some Next Gen episodes.OK, check out the one where little Alexander, Worf's son, is first brought aboard.

Also, the 2 parter Klingon civil war one, where Worf resigns to go do battle for one side.

[Titania]

OK, check out the one where little Alexander, Worf's son, is first brought aboard.

Also, the 2 parter Klingon civil war one, where Worf resigns to go do battle for one side.

Cheers for that. Will do! I have almost all the Voyager episodes on DivX. Been meaning to do the same with Next Gen too. :)

[dbx]

Talk about digging up an old thread :). It's almost 2yrs old, but was last posted in back in June of 07'.

Well, there's about a zillion new people here, so I thought some of you might want to explain what your screen name means or how it was derived. Some are no-brainers, some are interesting, and some are...just weird :).

EDIT: And there has to be a grandfather clause about the O/T thing :p

[ntrllftr]

I am not sure if I posted on this but here it is:

I am natural and I lift hence: ntrllftr :)

[tomdana]

Mine obviously means that it's never too late to get back into health and vitality once again . . . as the attached pic shows:

That is an awesome transformation. Congrats!!

I didn't realize the age of this when I posted. This is from page 1. Yikes I feel so up to speed. I was laughing at how many pages and years had passed since then. Was glad to see someone else had dug it up first.

tomdana= me and my wife together (deleted material here fit for Wooly Ace)

[Inthegrass]

Ummm? Lets just say that I like the outdoors and to do things Inthegrass. ;):D

Jeff

[djflex]

Mine is simple. I love music and all forms of music and I love to lift!!!

[Reality_Check]

I was going to break out of my usual style of writing diplomatic posts that don't offend anybody, and write some hard hitting posts to call people up on some of the bull that goes on here (I mean the whole site not just the O35s), now I'm back to writing diplomatic posts that dont offend anybody.

[Guff]

Guff is a play on my last name...which nobody can pronounce correctly.

[agsuper]

golf course super and an Aggie '94 hence the name agsuper

[Arlecchino]

Arlecchino:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlecchino_%28opera%29

What I was listening to when I signed up.

Interestingly enough, the Opera has four parts:"Allegro" - "rogue"

Coincides with a very mispent youth.

"Heroic March" - "warrior"

Used to fight a lot.

"Scherzoso" - "husband"

This used to apply as well.

"The Final Triumph" - "conqueror"

Working on getting this on my resume. Any day now. You will see.

:)

[lukamar]

I can't believe I Missed this 2 years ago Kev.

Well for all that are new. Lukamar is the name of our company, of our website and some other stuff. It's made up of my wife's nickname "Luk" (actually her nickname is Koy but that's a different story) and the first bit of my name "Mar". So we added an "A" for and so it ended up as "Lukamar"

[fishaholic]

Fishaholic because, well, I'm a fishaholic....http://img26.exs.cx/img26/2245/thumbsup8de.gif

[rea99]

Well my typical forum name is Stw(my initials) and 123 but Stw123 was taken, so I went with Stw+wolf(I have always been a bit of a loner) = StWolf.

[joed]

I'll tell ya Kev, this is the second time you've resurrected this thread & it's still going strong. I read it again from the beginning & it made me both happy & sad to think of all the folks who were around then & the fun we had, but it seems harder & harder to keep up with everyone who's here now. It's probably me, there's only so much time & energy anyone can invest in something, as you well know. But it's still a fun thread.

[speedblade]

It's what I do best,
It's what I love to do,
It's what makes me feel alive,
It's a reason to get up in the morning,
It's what gets me to the gym every night.

[unimoose]

My friends and I had been overserved in a bar that had a 12" stuffed moose with a stocking cap as a mascot. Somewhere along the night the moose ended up with one of it's antlers inside the hat making it a one antlered moose. We were well beyond loud and obnoxious and ended up getting kicked out. Somehow the blame was laid at my feet, I proceeded to take the stuffed moose out of my jacket and laid the blame on him saying something poetic like "It was the %#$&@ unimoose's fault!" When I needed a screen name for an E mail address that's the name I took and have used ever since.

[NotTooLate]

Mine obviously means that it's never too late to get back into health and vitality once again . . . as the attached pic shows:

Same here! lol and we are both 50 :D

[Geoff Richards]

Same here! lol and we are both 50 :D

well...ya wouldnt know it ;)