Usernames?

[sheepdawg]

I used to look like a sheepdog. A baseball coach started screaming that after I booted a ball back in the early 70s. I had quite a bit of hair then. My old buds have called me that ever since. Some pretender got sheepdog so I changed dog to dawg.

My avatar shows what I look like now except I'm getting a little closer to a Mexican hairless around the head.

 

[drmweaver2]

drm not dream...

Unlike what most people guess, it's not a simply misspelling of "dream weaver" though that was on the radio years and years ago when I first used this nickname. Actually, "dreamweaver" was already taken on that particular site. So I changed the spelling and became drmweaver...

Oh wait, there's a "2" on the end of the current nickname. Of course there is... I couldn't recover that account's lost password after a system lockup so I had to re-register there. I simply stuck the "2" on the end to make things easy to remember.

So, where'd the "drm" come from other than the simple shortening of "dream"... To be honest, I've always been fascinated by acronyms and abbreviations. Those 3 letters happened to be an acronym that my buds and I used in conversation decades ago --- like F.U.B.A.R. was created and used during WW2. It was, and remains, just a local to us phrase and is totally meaningless to anyone who hadn't "been there" when it was first created...a very small population's in-joke".

As for the "weaver", I've always had an active imagination. Kinda helps you survive when you're assigned to remote military duty stations with no computers, radio or television (ex., MacMurdo, Adak, Sinop...). I used to disappear into the dark recesses of my mind and "weave" fantasies, invent things, figure out how I was going to kill my perceived enemies (usually my military superiors) in the most gruesome fashion (never happened though similar ideas have shown up in films!), and even tried for out of body experiences without drugs.

AND, I happen to like (used to collect samples of) weaving - carpets, blankets, other "woven" items. Some of the techniques and designs still fascinate me after all these years.

So, drmweaver2 is a multi-level amalgamation of a number of facets of and events in my life.

Ultimately, drmweaver2 has been my most frequently used nom de plume for at least 15 years but I'm pretty sure I first used it nearly 25 years ago.

 

[Qball]

Well...Done it before, but her goes again.
"Qball" is my "Cowboy Action Shooting" alias.
And my hairstyle

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Have been the Pilgrim since the CB days of old.
Most of course from the Duke, like 'Watch yourself Pilgrim.'
And there is that song.


[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fqVtQzRwYTw[/ame]

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Mike from South Carolina.....and also a hunter/shooter.

 

[chopshopcop]

Police officer for 25 yrs, 16 yrs spent as an auto theft detective. Worked on a federal task force that targeted chop shops and cargo theft hence the name.

 

[BigBoy99]

I'm 6' 7" tall. Since the name BigBoy was already taken, I added a number at the end.

 

[captorquewrench]

I stripped out 2 oil plugs and a shower and kitchen faucet in a week and no one can open a jar after I close it.
Captain Torque Wrench is too long for most forums.

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[35Rem]

My favorite rifle cartridge. 35 Remington.
I only have 3, though...

 

[vireya]

my first name is dick

on the CB I used to be called The Blue Dick, as I drove a blue car. BUT then I changed to a red car...and the name became The Red Dick...but then a gal on the CB tried to make a date with me while my wife was in the car. After her hurricane passed, she told me to get a new name


so, since then, my passion for tropical rhododendrons, vireyas, has become my name

 

[BAM-BAM]

my first name is dick

on the CB I used to be called The Blue Dick, as I drove a blue car. BUT then I changed to a red car...and the name became The Red Dick...but then a gal on the CB tried to make a date with me while my wife was in the car. After her hurricane passed, she told me to get a new name

Now that's funny!

Even though everyone........... saw it coming!!!!!!

 

[Ranger514]

My radio call tag until I retired from LE.

 

[Sixgun100]

I love revolvers and 100 was my Police I.D. number when I retired in 2010.

 

[Skeet 028]

Mine is also pretty self explanatory I shoot skeet and like the 28 ga. Not many people know the word skeet means shoot

 

[Mainsail]

My original online username was my Air Force nickname; Criminal. That was given to me by a supervisor because I 'knew' things, and how to get things, although it was complete irony as I always stayed legal. I had that on two forums, the second being a hiker forum. At the time I joined the forum there were several threads about cars getting broken in to at trailheads, and it seemed like a few forum members thought I was the crook and had come to mock them. It took a while but they soon realized that wasn't the case, nevertheless I decided not to use that as a username in other forums. As an aside, there was one particularly daft female on that forum who actually discounted my opinion on something merely because of that username. I suppose I had chosen JohnnySmart or IntellectualAuthority my opinion on a subject would have more merit.

So instead I enrolled in future forums as Mainsail. MAINSAIL is the hailing call on the USAF Global HF radio system. It is used when you're trying to reach any station vs a particular station. It would sound like:

"Mainsail Mainsail, Reach 40681 on triple-one-seven-six upper….."

"Reach 40681 this is Bayonne Global, I have you weak but readable, stand by…."

"Bayonne this is Shandwick we have 40681 loud and clear –break- Reach 40618 go ahead with your traffic."

"Shandwick, Reach 40681 requesting a phone patch with Hilda East."

EDIT to add some history:
The freq 11.176MHz is no longer used, it was replaced with 11.175MHz.
Bayonne (NJ) global station is gone.
Hilda East is the Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC) East Cell.

 

[RSBH44]

Mine is just an abbreviation of my very first revolver

 

[walkinghorse]

Still ride my horse, though not as often and as long as before.
Still hate trotting, in fact going on 25 years since I last did post a trot! Wish it was that long since I did an unintended dismount.
Guess which breed of horse I ride, hint it is a gaited breed?

 

[Gulfecho]

Part of the call sign on my first airplane. You never forget your first!

 

[Okie21]

Mine comes from one of my favorite NY Islanders, #21 Kyle Okposo. Unfortunately, he is now a Buffalo Sabre. My other fav, Frans Nielsen, is a now a Red Wing. I should stop picking favorites.

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[vireya]

Part of the call sign on my first airplane. You never forget your first!

YUP. my first car, 1955, registered as DDW 839 in Calif (blue, by the way)