Where does your forum name come from?

[Odd-no-more]

I used to be a gas engineer

 

[Arnside037]

I used to be a gas engineer

Well I never ..........?

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Busted!
I could not use use my preferred user name (which I ain’t going to repeat) so named it after a dinghy I sailed, and it just carried on. Also two restaurants in New Zealand (closed after the big earthquake in Christchurch)

 

[Keep Right On]

Birmingham City anthem

 

[bigwood]

Any ex forces stationed in Germany 70s / 80s might remember BFBS radio and the tales of Bigwood.
The last rally I drove before being posted away from my co driver was the Bigwood Rally. I still have the trophy we won.

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[Bailey58]

I used to be a gas engineer

Well I never ..........?

Nor was I.

 

[jolly]

jolly is short for jollymarbles which was an affix for the kennel club. J (grandson first letter) O (granddaughter) L (daughters first letter and second daughter also L both endiing in Y. mar (my name) B (our surname) and Les (hubby).

 

[Bonsaiman]

In a past life I grew and sold Bonsai, mainly starter trees but kept a few decent ones and sold most of them on a web site called Bonsaiman so have used the name on a number of media sites every since cos I can remember it

 

[Fulham Dave]

Name is Dave and a massive Fulham FC fan, watching them home and away!

 

[Feltwell]

The village I grew up in. Not very original!

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[The Happy Hooker]

I like to crochet.

 

[DerryW]

Parents. Irish farther.

 

[Emmit]

If I were North of the border, (England/Scotland) I'd be incorrectly called a sassenach cos me Ma wis frae Airdrie but as a proud Tyke doing missionary work in Cornwall, (I'm trying to get the locals to allow the holiday makers to leave with a bit of money at the end of their hols.), I'm proud to be called an Emmit even though the locals think its a derogatory term.

 

[Gina M]

My now wife joined us both up 5/6 years ago so used her name Tina plus second name initial "L" for Louise, so named the Avatar TinaL, As its me that mostly posts on here, I assumed the "L" was an abbreviation of my name Les.
But it wasn't apparently, she always gets in 1st, and I know my place, its a much quieter life that way, resistance is futile!
But I always sign out with my name in Bold Capitals, just to make my point and let you all know I am still alive.
LES

Hi Les, yes I noticed that and I like it. I like to know who I am talking to.

Gina

 

[ShiftZZ]

Ex mode​

The ex mode is an extension of command mode. To get into it, press Esc and then : (the colon). The cursor will go to the bottom of the screen at a colon prompt. Write your file by entering :w and quit by entering :q. You can combine these to save and exit by entering :wq. However, if you're finished with your file, it's generally more convenient to type Shift-z-z from command mode.

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[Wildbill]

I like to crochet.

I would never have gused
Bill

 

[Gina M]

Really interesting thread this. Good idea Wildbill

Gina

 

[Gina M]

Oh by the way. My name is Gina and M is the first letter of my surname

Gina

 

[Smudger55]

I was knick named Smudge in the Marines, born on 5th but always liked number 5, daft I know, hence.......

 

[Wildbill]

Really interesting thread this. Good idea Wildbill

Gina

And I never though I would get this many replys in such a sort time

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[Folkranger]

Used to scour the net for obscure folk music to play/sing at local folk clubs. Carried the name to this forum.

 

[TheAleMan]

Name is Dave and a massive Fulham FC fan, watching them home and away!

I was ball boy at the cottage when I was a kid on Fulham’s books Dave..even played a game on the pitch. 1978 it was

 

[pampam]

My sons ex girlfriend always called me pampam(my names pam) and i used it on a previous motorhome forum so carried onto this one

 

[pampam]

Ps i loved her like a daughter and they split up (why do we get attached?)

 

[sedge]

Contraction of my maiden name - headmaster at primary school once called my big sis that - and simply continued the practice once she left and I started. Went on to the same senior school as the other Jennifer in the same class so she and others continued calling me that - in fact her husband still does but only when talking about me to anyone else who happens to know. Also two of the Susans at senior school had contractions of their surnames too. Wasn't any other Felicity, so our mate Fliss was safe there!

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[PDrill]

When internet as we know it started to form a friend of mine found hotmail, a place where everyone could have an e-mail address and there I went. Tried various combinations of my real name and the name my friends call me and they were all taken. Then I looked at the livingroom table and there was a powerdrill on it so I started using it (porakone in finnish) here and there, and shortened it for international use.

Slightly hilarious reactions if I ever have to tell my e-mail address somewhere in person. I also have a firstname.surname@ -address but it's not a finnish name so I just use the powerdrill - in finnish - everywhere.

 

[Gina M]

I would never have gused
Bill

I like to crochet.

Really !! I thought you were a lady of the night. Didn't realise you meant a crochet hook My nan used to crochet

Gina

 

[Ridgeway]

Name of the farm we lived at in the UK

 

[PebblesJnr]

We bough the moho and i already ad he name so I though 'why no?' otherwise i would ave been sealine30 after he motorcruiser we used to own

 

[Minxy]

On another forum I was Mel B (shortened first name and first letter of surname) but it was already taken and as Judgemental (RIP) had called me a Minx on that forum I used that whilst I tried to come up with something else, then people for some reason thought I was a bloke so I became Minxy, but some STILL thought I was a bloke so I became Minxy Girl, however as I'm now well known on here I decided to change to Minxy again ... so far so good!

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