Where does your forum name come from?

[The Happy Hooker]

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

Gina

I could also have been a rugby player. I like that it has several possible meanings

 

[dulvil]

What a nice thread, no one bitching just a good read

 

[InvictaMoto]

Pretty simple for mine, my names John, and I am an Arsenal supporter, a gooner...

John

Was going to use the login "Invincibles" but a mate uses that on footie forums...

 

[fat haggis]

All my vans have been called the fat haggis but I am a big lad and I like haggis.

 

[Rob Turner]

I used to own one of these amongst other Landrovers , and use the name on the various landrover fora View attachment 647227

TACR2A rapid response unit

I‘m sure my FIL used to use them at RAF Shawbury.

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[Rob Turner]

Erm

 

[MaidinDevon]

Err, its a play on words. I am from Devon, and girls are known as "maids" where i grew up.

Not so much a girl as a grandma these days, but I still like the affectionate moniker.

Karen

 

[bobnick]

For years i was known as BlackBob (nowt to do with the woof woof, long story you wouldn't want to know) anyway in these day's of PC
i made it fade away.

 

[DumfriesDik]

Many years ago (80's) in the Central Baths in Southampton was an arcade machine. On the very rare occasion I would be in the top ?50? you could enter your name. Well, three characters of your name. So, Richard became Dick, which in turn became Dik to fit on the screen. Many moons later I moved to Dumfries and DumfriesDik was born.

 

[the1andonly]

the1andonly
Didnt fancy being johnsmith52489
A long held nickname
First teacher a john smith
First job replaced a john smith
2nd job as i moved into a new desk a john smith was moving out.

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[Arnside037]

I like to crochet.

So glad you clarified that one for us !!

 

[Lenny HB]

I like to crochet.

Whoops I got that one wrong as well.

 

[kevenh]

My username is due to an early employer’s IT team with no imagination and I use it as a sort of positive protest.
That IT Team found there was already a ‘kevinh’ so instead of me being ‘kevinh2’, I was rechristened Keven for ‘kevenh’ to be my user name
‘Couldn’t believe it but at least I usually get that username on forums, etc.
If it’s not free, that often means I’m back at a forum or website I’ve forgotten being on

 

[highwayman]

Our first van was as Autohomes Highwayman

 

[CutThroatJake]

I liked the avatar hence the name

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[Shrimp]

Used to spend some of my school hols with my Aunt, Uncle and 2 male cousins. Aunt always wanted a girl, the whole family were taller than me so her pet name for me was Shrimp!

 

[David and Sally]

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.

Can we have that in English please

 

[ShiftZZ]

Can we have that in English please

I rang a support desk fir SCO UNIX, they talked me though a solution, it was. vi, anyhow the last command was to press shift (arrow up) and then Z twice. I thought they were winding me up..

 

[chocky]

At one of my previous jobs where everyone had a nickname I was 'christened' Chocky as I always had a chocolate bar for morning tea break. Not very original but some of the nicknames were pretty obscure.
Unlike the last job where we had to have (and sign for) training in office respect. Questioned this with HR and told them it was a box ticking exercise that could be used against me at some future date.
Got very cross with me.
No nicknames allowed there as was disrespectful.

 

[Indy259]

Mine is from our boat. When we first bought her, she was called Indecision, but after a few comments we re christened her with a few glasses of wine to Indy.

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[David and Sally]

Mine is from our boat. When we first bought her, she was called Indecision, but after a few comments we re christened her with a few glasses of wine to Indy.

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So good you named it three times

 

[EuroTrotters]

I changed my original username. It sounded like I was thug gang leader .

Surprising how people changed their communication and comments on this forum.

My new username. I’m not much of an Anglophile, in-truth, I dislike the UK quite a lot.

I like Europe, own a house on the continent and we like to explore it, but as we both work. At a slightly faster pace than we would like.

 

[Indy259]

Sorry, my finger slipped Not having done this before

 

[icantremember]

Mine is from our boat. When we first bought her, she was called Indecision, but after a few comments we re christened her with a few glasses of wine to Indy.

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SNAP! But I only had one.....

 

[Clivefog]

I used to play at Judo. I was a quiet player and just happy for a workout. However if my opponent made an illegal action I would change and do 2 and I'd turn into a wild man. You don't have to put people down with force but when riled I did. The youngers saw this and mentioned the red mist, one wit said more like a fog and hence Clivefog was born. Don't turn him into Clivefog !

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[Brains]

Given the nickname aged about 5 at school as I looked like the Thunderbirds character.
Went to work aged 16 and got given the same nickname.

Stayed in the same industry although several different companies for 45 years and the nickname stuck.
I even have business cards, from several of the companies I worked at, that just have my nickname and not my real name.

I was also given business cards for China, I found out later whilst they had my real name (difficult to say if you are Chinese) on the front, on the back, in Chinese script, they had my nickname both phonetically and translated.

For many people in the industry, they only know my nickname and not my real name.

 

[Maddaveleeds]

58 years old and still people call me Mad Dave oh and im From Leeds

 

[Fulham Dave]

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

1978 was the year I started to go regularly - was 11 years old and would go with a couple of mates. Great times!

 

[steve69]

Don't ask....

It will make sense next year as I'm currently 68.

 

[jollyrodger]

Upholding Cornish heritage, plus CB days and marine mobil call sign jr1944

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