What was the inspiration for your Username?

[kamloops67]

Mine is pretty obvious.

Obviously ! - you’re a 52 year old fashion model

 

[greenwellg]

My current handle is my last name and first initial. My first handle in 1999 was Badger in a WW1 combat flying sim (Red Baron 3D). Another was SonofaB17Pilot. Another on a car forum was Old Mechanic. The Badger one stuck since I am kind of like a Badger in real life, just a little smarter. Older brother said I have a photographic memory. It's good but it takes a lot more work than one glance.

 

[Model52guy]

Obviously ! - you’re a 52 year old fashion model

LOL. Might have been 20 years ago.

 

[biku324]

Random letters and first badge number.

 

[Liftrat]

I was a ski lift mechanic for 40+ years (since retired). Liftrats were what folks called us (among other things ;-) ).

 

[seasoldier85]

My mother's maiden name, Kinman's were quakers and came over with William Penn in the very early 1700's. My grandfather always said that if you ever met a Kinman he was family. I ran across the picture and like the representation of an early character puzzling out flaking flint.

So, you're related to Hickok45?

 

[Golddollar]

Obviously ! - you’re a 52 year old fashion model

Hey, I was a tuxedo model for a couple of wedding shows.

 

[Kinman]

So, you're related to Hickok45?

I did not know his last name was Kinman, I just looked him up on Google. I have seen a few of his U-tube videos. I will say that we share the shooting of firearms as a viable pastime.

So, you're related to Hickok45?

 

[biku324]

I did not know his last name was Kinman, I just looked him up on Google. I have seen a few of his U-tube videos. I will say that we share the shooting of firearms as a viable pastime.

There's a nest of Kinmans in Deming, NM - any relation?

 

[Kinman]

There's a nest of Kinmans in Deming, NM - any relation?

Not as far as I know, my family came out west from Pike County, Illinois via St. Louis on the northern reach of the Oregon Trail back in the late 1800's.

 

[biku324]

It's kind of an unusual name, at least around here, so I thought you might be related. They're really nice, really solid folks.

 

[Kinman]

It's kind of an unusual name, at least around here, so I thought you might be related. They're really nice, really solid folks.

It ain't as common as my surname, there are seven people with my first and last name in our directory. I've never met a Kinman outside of the family, my mother's first name was Ardella. I've only met one other Ardella in my life. When I was doing some genealogy on Ancestry.com I ran across a feller from Texas that was related, but he came down through his mother's side which was another rather uncommon name of Herzog.

 

[Cities n Dust]

Cities N Dust

Siouxsie and the Banshees Song .... Basically about what happens to the body from fallout=Nuclear Death


All of my handles are song titles

Cities

 

[SS336]

First submarine I qualified on in 1965.

 

[Bugkiller99]

Former occupation. But not what you think.

 

[Rimfire Fanatic]

Mine is 1911 Fanatic on another forum. My favorite platform is a 1911. But due to increasing health concerns and disability, I can’t take shooting as much centerfire ammo as I used to. I have 5 .22 cal handguns and a rifle.

I am having fun shooting the 22’s. They don’t bug my arthritis like my centerfire handguns. I can shoot hundreds of rounds during a single range session with no problem. I have other problems though that preclude me from shooting a long time, multiple hours, during a single day.

I can’t stand for long periods and after an hour or two I’m beat. I also shoot rimfire before I shoot centerfire handguns as a warm up.

I will shoot a hundred rounds out of my 22’s, and then my 45’s, 9MM’s, and my 357 with 38’s. I can only shoot a few mags or a few cylinders with the center fire guns. Then I’m worn out.

But I’m back to loving shooting again. My son got me back into it.

I am currently planning on a couple more rifles and a couple more pistols in 22LR. One being a 22 cal 1911.

 

[Engineer1911]

I have a mechanical engineering degree, like 1911 pistols, was a Bullseye shooter (2700 competition) from 1989 until 2007. I never broke 2400, but came close with a 2387 one time. There are more than three S&W revolvers at our house. Several snub nose revolvers have been added, and 4 M29 / M629 have left the herd.

 

[Zoner]

I live in a beach community in San Diego. Every summer we are swamped with folks from Arizona coming here for a vacation and/or to beat the heat in AZ this time of year. They're everywhere....on the roads, in the stores etc. The locals started referring to them as zoners.
A while back I bought a place in Apache Junction, AZ so my wife could go there and visit her parents while they spent the winter there. I still have my place in San Diego(my primary residence) but I'm also one of the "Zoners"........

 

[Rimfire Fanatic]

I have a mechanical engineering degree, like 1911 pistols, was a Bullseye shooter (2700 competition) from 1989 until 2007. I never broke 2400, but came close with a 2387 one time. There are more than three S&W revolvers at our house. Several snub nose revolvers have been added, and 4 M29 / M629 have left the herd.

Nice. I used to shoot Bullseye when I was in college. I had a model 10, a Browning Buckmark, and a Colt Gold Cup. I only did it for a couple of years. Never got a box like the other guys. And I wasn’t the top shooter either. But I became a much better shooter.