Where Does your Username Come from

[Dynamite Dan]

I get Dynamite Dan, from my on line gaming history, somebody once told me i was Dynamite in a helicopter, so i called myself Dynamite Dan, it has been my on line identity ever since.

As a coincidence, there used to be a very popular platform game on the Spectrum called the same.

What are the origins of your Forum name?

 

[JonnyP]

errrrr, errrrrrm, errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, can't remember......

 

[stonyman]

Mine came from a character from a series of books called the executioner, the main character is called Mack Bolan and his call sign is StonymanOne, I'm a big fan of the books and have used Stonyman as my username for a while, my avatar is the man himself Mack Bolan.

 

[jamesoconnor]

Mine came from my mum and dad around 30 yrs ago!!

 

[Goose]

Mine is an old nickname, take a look at this tread, http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2906&highlight=user , same question really but it was getting a bit long!

 

[spamel]

This came up once before on a forum somewhere, it may have been here, so I hope I give the same reason as last time!

It basically occured in Oman when I was in the forces. I have had a number of nicknames, the most obvious being Spam, most being based around my surname. I even liked some of them!

One of the guys decided that if i got a bit lonely in the desert, and if I was that way inclined (I'm not!), the offspring I would have from mating with a camel would be a Spamel! I think it was that or the gladiator night that decided that particular nickname.

The Squadron Bar was prepped for a gladiatorial night of fun and games, anybody not arriving in gladiator garb would be made to walk the slippery pole over a tank of water. So, our Troop got dressed up as gladiators, but not the Ridley Scott swords and spears type, no no! We went for the Wolf, Jet, and all the rest of them types, but we were all seriously lacking in looks and muscles!

We all got given tight shorts and vests bought from the Omani shops and naff gladiator names and mine was Spamel! None of us had to walk the pole apart from one, as he was an old fart and looked more like the guy who blows the whistle so that was who he went as! Not, strictly speaking, a gladiator!

 

[Dynamite Dan]

mmmm, how sexy was Jet? yummy

 

[unused[nl]]

I once wanted to throw away my America's Army account (free online first person shooter) and I named it something like: unusednotneededpleasedelete after a few weeks I restarted and shortened it up to unused. After awhile I started playing an other game and unused was already in use.. so I thought just put [nl] behind because.. well I am from the Netherlands!

 

[Twoflower]

errm, i'm a bit of a Terry Pratchett fan and well, I couldn't get my usual nickname (Harry ... see sig) so went for my second choice .. Twoflower is one of the best characters in all the Pratchett books.

 

[w00dsmoke]

My handle on here is the same as on SOTP, Inspiration it came from a book I was reading about native indian mysticism and the passage went onto describe the spirit of the person drifted through the woods like woodsmoke,and I guess having worked and lived in the woods and never having stayed around any one place for too long and always cooking on open fires, it stuck. It was not until many years later that I discovered that the name was already in use as a course... I was first!

 

[decorum]

I try to be tactful, so much so that many fail to realise that I don't actually agree with them; I'm just trying to understand their point of view. On occasions this gets to a point where I'm asked 'Why didn't you.......?'. If the inference is blame, they get 'told' :twak: . This has given me a reputation for being as tactful as a falling brick. decorum seemed to fit the bill.

 

[Ed]

No need to guess where my username comes from


Ed

 

[Northern Giant UK]

Erm . . Well. . . cos I'm in the north UK and at 6 foot 8 inches (and Ugly) . . . . .

Besides "Lurch" was already taken

Kev

 

[Eric_Methven]

I got my username from mummy and daddy in 1951. It's kind of stuck with me ever since.

Eric

 

[11binf]

my username 11B inf. stands for (light weapons Infantryman) which was may M.O.S. in the U.S.ARMY for many years.. ..vince g. 11b inf..

 

[Tadpole]

On some subjects I consider myself to be a master, hence my normal forum name “master[insert appropriate forum name] and by coincidence lots of my usernames on many other boards i visit are amphibian related, (a habit that comes from my daughters name, Frogmela)
With regards the subject of bushcraft I am still just a baby, so tadpole seem quite apt.

 

[falling rain]

Because I love the rain falling on my tarp or tent when I'm nodding off to sleep. Generally when it's peeing down you have the woods to yourself and everything smells fresh and new. It's great to get inside a holly bush or set up the tarp for a brew and just sit and watch it falling in the daytime too.

 

[Matt Weir]

Because I love the rain falling on my tarp or tent when I'm nodding off to sleep. Generally when it's peeing down you have the woods to yourself and everything smells fresh and new. It's great to get inside a holly bush or set up the tarp for a brew and just sit and watch it falling in the daytime too.

I'm all for that

Obviously no story to my u/n.

 

[Toadflax]

I can never think of a good nickname for forums, so I just tend to use my family name.

I have wondered about changing my forum name (I know it can be changed) but do people then have to learn me as a new person? I suppose I could change the name to something like Geoff_was_dgcalvert and then in a few months change it to Geoff (except that Geoff is already taken).


Geoff

 

[Jedadiah]

I tried my name and my nickname but they were not accepted or where already taken. I tried to think of something witty and memorable but as i have the personality and imagination of windsock i was flumoxed!

Just then, my 10 month old son called Jed crawled over and switched the TV on. There was an old western on and there was this old trapper/ mountain man character called Jedadiah (Son called Jed, Mountain Man called Jedadiah) This character seemed wise yet not arrogant, confident not bullish and just seemed to be the type of guy i'd like to spend time with (don't read anymore into that than is meant), I merely mean that, if I was to run into this guy or someone like him, in a pub on a lunchtime session, i felt that when i left, my life would be richer for having met him. I also feel that my life is already richer for meeting my son, Jed.

So there you go, Jedadiah it is. However, when he starts using this forum in a couple of months time , he's going to have to come up with a name as i've got his!