What was the inspiration for your Username?

[Abbynormal]

To me it's the best line in "Young Frankenstein"

 

[Bald1]

March of 1987 I had just purchased a new 20 foot fishing boat. Parked in my driveway, I had one week to get it ready for a 10 day Lake Ontario trip. Of course it snowed and rained all week. Lot of work - Downriggers, electronics, rod holders etc. My elderly neighbor Gordon, came walking over one day while I layed in the snow running wiring, and said "You sure are a fishin fool". I kind of liked the name, and so named my boat "Fishinfool". That boat has put a lot of fish in the box...

Larry

Lake Ontario huh. You were in my neck of the woods.

 

[Skeet 028]

I shot a lot of skeet..for some reason I kept missing one with the 28 ga. In three years I had 27 99s where I missed one in the last round. Was shooting with 3 All Americans...one being Wayne Mayes. Straight at station 6 the last round. I handed Mayes an extra shell and said...Wayner...if I miss one of these just shoot me...Kinda matter of fact said OK! Can I keep your K-80?? thunk he mighta been serious so that was the end of that problem. Been using that handle for years

 

[CH4]

Chemical formula for methane, the simplest member of the paraffin series of hydrocarbons. Nobody else was using it as a user name.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

II am an old guy and love 44's

 

[lihpster]

Chemical formula for methane, the simplest member of the paraffin series of hydrocarbons. Nobody else was using it as a user name.

If I was going chemical formulas, I'd have to do a little sci-fi twist and go with Agenothree.

 

[charlie sherrill]

Here's a topic that came up on another firearms forum I frequent which proved to be most interesting, so I figured that I'd post it here as well.

This is actually the 3rd Username I've gone by here, but I'm going to skip right to my current and final one because the other two were just throw-aways I came up for in a hurry for lack of anything better.
Over the years posting on this forum, I've developed something of a reputation for the stories I would tell about my life experiences as well as my tendency to parody Wannabe Operators, Keyboard Commandos, and Mall Ninjas, which lead to folks asking me if I was Gecko45, (in jest or in earnest) whom I'd previously never heard of and had to look up.

For those who don't know, Gecko45 was the origin of the phrase "Mall Ninja" as he was a regular across multiple forums — most notably Glock Talk — back in 2001 who would tell tall tales of his career as a Shopping Mall Security Guard who was trained in Ninjutsu and regularly had to deal with all sorts armed robberies, hostage situations, terrorist attacks, etc which occurred inside his mall with the help of his elite task force of fellow mall guards.

For those who've read my posts, — especially in recent years once I mellowed out and stopped taking threads so seriously — the similarities are obvious. I worked for about three years as a Security Guard for a certain Retail Store, — which I won't specify both for the sake of privacy as well as the fact that I did have to sign a sort of nondisclosure agreement not to post details about it online — I do know a thing or two about martial arts including Iaido, and I had a few crazy encounters while working there with a variety of strange shoppers, dimwit thieves, and teenage troublemakers which I may have mentioned every once in awhile in threads. Last but not least, I've always been rather impatient with armchair drill sergeants who presume to instruct others on everything from selection of an "optimal" concealed carry loadout, to safe handling/storage of firearms, all the way down to tactics & training despite having at best dubious qualifications, which has lead me to often parody such individuals either to get them to dial it back or lighten the mood when everyone gets too uptight in threads on any of the aforementioned subjects.

So as of early this year I decided to change my username to Echo40 as a homage to the late (M.I.A.) great Gecko45 since so many users liked to tease me by asking if I was him, and so I shall remain because Handejector told me that he would never again indulge me in any name change requests, which suits me just fine since I feel this username is much more appropriate to my online persona than my previous throwaway usernames Dirty Harry Calahan and Forte Smitten Wesson.

What about the rest of you? Where did your username come from?

It just happens to be my name.

 

[Mike0251]

2002 RC51 (0251) From my racing days when I was in my 40's and 50's

 

[Kitgun]

First pistol I ever owned the S&W Mod. 34 Kitgun. Got it back in 1970 and still have today.

 

[URIT]

A forum username is a self-imposed label or tag. Tag was a favorite childhood game, so "URIT" became my tag or username.

 

[03hemi]

delete double

 

[03hemi]

Everyone I surfed with had nick names. They called me WooD.

As far as 714, if you have to ask you wouldn't understand.

Maybe it should be Rorer-714 then? lol

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

It was supposed to be Cajunlawyer, but I hit the all caps key by mistake.
Just a poor old country lawyer plying my trade on the banks of the Bayou Teche-with a little time off every now and then to recreate with a little cards, a little drinking, some shooting, hunting & fishing, a little of this....a little of that.....A simple man with simple needs......

 

[Marshwheeling]

Marsh Wheeling cigars. Almost never see them around any more.

 

[The Big D]

Long time nickname and…

…soon as Maryland authorized personalized license plates I requested and was given “BIGD.” Note no space.

A few years later one could request a space.

Now “BIG D” and currently on a Corvette. Originally on a Karmann Ghia…have had the plate for more than 50 years.

Be safe.

 

[ditrina]

ditrina...

DI ane ( Wife) TR acy ( Daughter ) t INA ( Daughter )

Also the name of my first Corporation ,ditrina inc. DBA Villa Capri Restaurant.

 

[Sam D]

Mine is possibly too complicated to explain.

 

[wood714]

Maybe it should be Rorer-714 then? lol

Or Lemmon!

 

[Rustyt1953]

Or Lemmon!

Or Orange AS.

 

[wood714]

Or Orange AS.

Remember the blue green capsules? We called them Cadillac's.

The last one's I ever had looked like the regular round white pills, but had LMN 300 on them. After that it was over.