After flying "crew" in a B-17, B-24, and B-25, and visualizing how it would have been in an arial combat situation, I realized that the 17-18 year old boys manning the .50 caliber guns in those bombers were truly some of the bravest men in American history. I wanted to recognize and remember them with my screen name.

In remembrance of my Grandpa, Staff Sgt. Robert C. Ellenwood 1920-2007, US Army Corps of Engineers, New Guinea 1942-43, and all of our WW2 Veterans, living and dead.

I'm on some engraving sites and a scrimshaw forum . I sell a little of both there and e-bay so I thought CAR-VER would fit me . I have sold some scrimshaw grips and a few engraved silver coins here .
PHILLIP

really enjoyed reading Evan P. Marshall book Handgun Stopping Power and Fell in love with the Federal 125 gr. .357 Hollow Point Bullet.

The "-ke" -suffix is a flemish diminutive of my name, is all.

kv4v is my amateur radio call sign.

In almost every forum I have ever been a member of, my forum name has always been Lesmith. Larry Edward Smith = Lesmith. Being some what slow at times it never entered my mind that I was joining a "Smith" & Wesson forum here and that LE stood for Law Enforcement. So picking Lesmith as my name here was sort of stupid.

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My handle is BUMMER, that's what my father-in-law calls my son. I desided to use it because most people call me other names that cannot be used in a public forum

Oh gee a new thread.

Hmm lets see.

I like guns!
I like guns!
I like guns!
I like guns!
I like guns!

Mine pretty much speaks for itself.

My last outfit in the 1st MAW, Cherry Point. Learned a lot, there.
TACC1

Best Porsche ever.
Tom

Rancid Crabtree. I'm a big fan of Patrick McManus. I initially tried to use Retch as a username in honor of Retch Sweeney, but Lee thought I was being crude. R Crabtree it is...although I consider myself to be more akin to Sweeney

BoB the palindorme. Relatively self explanatory even though in the truest sense not a palindorme such as the Canadian, "A race car a." Idea came from a song by Riders In The Sky, "Palindorme, Palindrome, what's in a name. Palindrome, Palindorme both ways the same." Sung to the tune of the old TV show Paladin.

I've got a thing for military and police firearms.

bayfisher is self explanatory to those who know me. I live less than a 100 yds from the gulf of mexico. still i enjoy fishing galveston bay than going offshore in my 19 ft. bay stealth. I have spent 3 days out of the last 5 fishing (trying to get it out of my system before the labor day weekend) Nobody with any sense wants to be caught in a holiday weekend at the boat ramps. Thats why i went to the range for three hours today.

Vegetaman is based off a television show I used to watch when I was 12 or 13, called DBZ. I don't watch it anymore, but I've used the username for so long and in so many places, I've hung onto it.

One of my Motorcycles is a Kawasaki Vulcan. One of my buddys wife started calling me Vulcan Bob and it stuck.

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Stay safe people!

Well, I'm from Missouri and Spouse says I can be a little stubborn (could she be right??) but I chose 'mule' because the critters don't stop once they're on task. (Pepe LePew just didn't fit well with MO.)

Lots of entertaining stories associated with screen names. I found the "Iggy" story moving. Good folks on this board.

Chris

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CAJUNGYNECOLOGIST was already taken-so I chose my profession instead of my hobby.

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Forum consigliere

You get a soldier who gets lost on his way to the invasion...sorry, couldn't resist.

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Thirty characters. Exactly...

Just a name I've always liked for years,forgot that it's also a movie name.

I enjoy playing guitar...so ( o=)==:::

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J for Jerry

38 for the caliber of the 1st gun I owned.

Jerry

For my great love of the most beautiful weather phenomenon in all Creation(my view, of course).

My name, and usual signon: Colin, was already taken so I chose Cyrano. Same initial. I have a large probosculum like the original Cyrano, although I'm not as good a swordsman as was Edmond Rostand's character, nor as good a philosopher as the historical Cyrano.

I was going to use Bigreddogs cause that's what I use on GB but that didn't happen and now I don't think I should change what I'm using, which is first four letters of my last name and zip code. Original huh?

E-mail. Had to be combination of eight letters and numbers. ECT- My initials. 1222- Birth month and date. T- Just another t to make it eight. Yeah I know. I put too much thought into it. -Ed.

It means nothing. When I set up my ebay account, this was the 7th or 8th screen name I tried (Babalooey was already taken).

Babalooey was Quick Draw Mc Graw's sidekick in a Hanna Barberra cartoon show from my misspent youth.

Wherever I go on the internet, I'm "Babalooie." It's easier to type than Zielinski.

Besides, "CAJUNLAWYER" was already taken.

Just what it says...

My newest S&W 1911 and pic ....

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S&W 1911ES
S&W M&P 9c

Anchors was a nickname I got from friends because I was in the Navy.

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Anchors

My highest score in a registered NRA conventional pistol (bullseye) match, and my way of saying thank you to Gunnery Sergeant Michael Curtis, USMC (Ret.), who helped me to become a passable slow-fire competitor, and to Sergeant Rick Rodriguez, USMC (Ret.), for giving me the opportunity to compete against the very best and reach my potential. I learned a heckuva lot more from these men than simply how to make little holes in paper targets.


Bullseye

Peyton was my Malamute, constant companion and protector of the realm when I was gone with the Army. My son and daughters would go for a walk every day, being drug by her. I asked my son how he decided where to walk and he said, "Peyton decides, I am just the guy attached by the leash".
Peyton died this last March, she is missed. My wife got a couple of lap dogs and they are just a couple of yappers.

Due to lack of imagination all I could come up with was my military rank and first name, Master Sergeant Dan.

Because I AM a one-eyed fat man, plus the first initial of my last name.

roosterk

My favorite S&W ... my Md 57 no-dash, 6" bbl, I bought new in the 70's, and the only handgun I hunt with.

Kinda obvious, but I am a die hard conservative.....

If I told you ... I'd have to kill you!
(I live in Lake Montezuma AZ.)

Wow, Bullseye 2620 says all that?

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In my case, a picture is worth a thousand words, at least...



Be safe.

A nickname going back to High School, if not Junior High. If you see it just about anywhere then it's more than likely me, I use it alot. My name is Rich, I've always been a pretty big guy, and 315 is the number "they" printed on the back of my neck...

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My Name is Mike and I like 44's .... Guns that is .

I was working for Meggitt Defense Systems/Caswell when I joined the forum. MDS/Caswell is one of the largest manufacturers of shooting range equipment in the country. I was working as a field tech installing and maintaining law enforcement and military ranges in between aviation jobs. The travel got to ge too much, so I'm back working on aircraft.

My avitar is a range inside a DOE nuke facility "somewhere".

I guess I actually should be plane tech or something now.

I've really enjoyed reading all of the posts in this thread. I usually don't go in the lounge much, but I'm glad someone dug this thread up.

+1 for Iggy

I have been a medical examiner and forensic pathologist for 45+ years. Medxam is on my car tag, is my password on most sites and just seemed a natural.

I am now retired from digging out projectiles!

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Dead Man's Doctor

used to do a little trap shooting and always shot a perazzi gun. i just spell mine differently.

perrazi:

If you're a father, does that make you Pa perrazi?

Chris

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Black Sheep, every family has one. I was sitting at a family reunion trying to figure out who the black sheep was and came to the realization that it was probably me. Since that time it's been my user name on a number of internet forums...

BTW, great story Iggy! It sounds like you've led an interesting life.

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I was the Chief aircraft pilot for the NBA Charlotte Hornets, then moved to New Orleans when they became the NBA New Orleans Hornets. Was their Chief Pilot for many years tell forced retirement in 2007. I very much miss flying and still think about it every day. Captain Hornet

I meant for mine to be Plinky McPlinker but mispelled it.

Plunky McPlunker:

LOL, this is a MO thing, according to my wife. I's or U's are interchangeable based on the Governor's pronounciation of the state name as "Missour-uh".

Chris

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