Tip your nick - How'd you pick?

[Seamaiden]

I'm curious about some people's nicks around here. I mean, sure, JimF is fairly easy to sort, but what about wax? Fish?

My curiosity is insatiable at times, but I'll start. My nick is the Latin/Greek meaning of my first name. It also means; mermaid, siren, and is where one parks a boat.

Who's next?

[Shakey]

A: My motorbike shakes and vibrates so when I get off of it... so do I
B: My photography stinks so I can blame it on (A)

I still have to make my camera shake icon for my avtar.


Tim

[fish]

well...mine's pretty boring actually. Ya see, I have ADD, and one day back in college, I was making a presentation and all of a sudden lost my train of thought, glanced over to the aquarium in the classroom and shouted "oh look...a fish!" it stuck. :nod

[Seamaiden]

LOULE!! No sheet, fish.. you serious? So, you have impulse control and distractibility issues too, eh? :lol3

Beauty dog, Molson. Sounds like the two of you had a really good, long run at it.

[fish]

LOULE!! No sheet, fish.. you serious? So, you have impulse control and distractibility issues too, eh? :lol3
No, I was lying. My username really comes from...oh look! a chicken!

[Win38-55]

It is the caliber of the rifle that I shot my first deer with. My grandfather owned it,then my father,now I do.

[lynnma]

A tribute to my recently departed Golden Retreiver, Molson. 15+ years. The "ancient one". What a pal she was.Oh Molsondoggie, I'm so sorry to hear you lost your pal... believe me, I'm still battling with loss of my best friend Toby... what a little shit he was, very intelligent, thought he was a real big dog but he was a little black cockerpoo.. sigh.. what a joy to have known them tho hey?:cry

[lynnma]

Oh Molsondoggie, I'm so sorry to hear you lost your pal... believe me, I'm still battling with loss of my best friend Toby... what a little shit he was, very intelligent, thought he was a real big dog but he was a little black cockerpoo.. sigh.. what a joy to have known them tho hey?:cryOh.. back to the thread.. my name is lynn and I'm so old and forgetful that I figured it was the only thing I'd remember and Lynn was taken so I added Ma for massachusetts. Very inspired don't ya think?:D

[Seamaiden]

<chuckling>

Lynn, I am here to tell you that it doesn't take age to be forgetful. Just ask my boyfriend.

[wxwax]

I'm an old surfer and I came up with my own board waxing compound. I started a business. My monicker is the name of the product I invented. Unfortunately the business failed, but I keep the name alive.

Huh?

What's that?

You don't wax surfboards, you say? Oh.

Well, no wonder the business failed.
















Your turn, fish.

[ian408]

I'm an old surfer and I came up with my own board waxing compound. I started a business. My monicker is the name of the product I invented. Unfortunately the business failed, but I keep the name alive.

Huh?

What's that?

You don't wax surfboards, you say? Oh.

Well, no wonder the business failed.

Your turn, fish.
Waxy, it's called Sex Wax and it's not just surfers that buy it :rofl

[ian408]

Hmmm....first name and area code. Not very original.


ian

[peachmaan]

Hmmm....first name and area code. Not very original.
ian
Last name + adding two a's subtracting an N... go figure it out... and translate it from german

[fish]

Your turn, fish.
ok ok. first four letters of my last name. It's been my username for 16 years. Back when we could name our hosts, everybody had clever username@hostname addresses, such as hard@work, kid@heart, hutch@wabbit. I was fish@chips.

[Seamaiden]

Oh fish, you are SO (Silicon) Valley.

[fish]

Oh fish, you are SO (Silicon) Valley. guilty. :hang

[cmr164]

initials + 164. The reason for 164 is so old I don't remember it.

[lynnma]

initials + 164. The reason for 164 is so old I don't remember it.Charles do you really speak Japanese??:bow

[Seamaiden]

initials + 164. The reason for 164 is so old I don't remember it.
I think you forgot that it's supposed to be 42. :D

[peachmaan]

I think you forgot that it's supposed to be 42. :D

The answer to the ultimative question????????? :thumb

and fish. --> Fish at Chips??

[peachmaan]

Oh.. back to the thread.. my name is lynn and I'm so old and forgetful that I figured it was the only thing I'd remember and Lynn was taken so I added Ma for massachusetts. Very inspired don't ya think?:D

And I thought ma is for mom... :scratch
Another and.... and did your eyes always blink in your avatar?? Or did you add that feature recently?? -'cause I just noticed it....
Little slow , ya know..

[fish]

and fish. --> Fish at Chips??
:dunno

Second choice was fish@$5.99/lb but they wouldn't let me use special characters :D

[Seamaiden]

<sm thinks fish would sell himself cheap>

[Baldy]

I had a mid-life crisis, rode my motorcycle through Mexico, and shaved my head bald with a Norelco when I crossed the border. I sent my family an email from an Internet cafe Mexico City about the shaved head; my wife freaked and my kids decided I rocked.

One of my best friends christened me Baldy and it stuck.

http://www.macaskill.com/Mexico/ChrisAcapulco.jpg

[pathfinder]

Back in the days of dinosaurs and Citizens Band Radios, Pathfinder was my handle because I was usually in the lead vehicle when a group of us would convoy to Colorado to go skiing or Florida to go diving. Lead, follow or get out of the way OR if you follow the southen end of a north bound cow, the view never changes.http://www.dgrin.com/images/icons/Laughing.gif

Pathfinder

[Seamaiden]

The answer to the ultimative question????????? :thumb


Heh.. you know it, baby! Still waiting for the story of your nick, but I'll tell you this much, it always puts that Stranglers song in my head "Peaches"

Walkin' on the beaches
Lookin' at the PEACHES

Doo doo-doo
doo-doo doo-doo doo

[wxwax]

OK, since Fish 'fessed, I shall too. No biggie. I work for an outfit that works with weather. And I write and make moving pictures about the subject. In other words, I wax about the weather. Weather abbreviated in my biz is wx. Hence wxwax. Sure, it could've been waxwx, but jeez, that's been done so often. :D

[fish]

OK, since Fish 'fessed, I shall too. No biggie. I work for an outfit that works with weather. And I write and make moving pictures about the subject. In other words, I wax about the weather. Weather abbreviated in my bix is wx. Hence wxwax. Sure, it could've been waxwx, but jeez, that's been done so often. :D

BTW, ol waxy produced an outstanding documentary about Alaska that we saw last year. Is it available on tape or DVD?

[wxwax]

BTW, ol waxy produced an outstanding documentary about Alaska that we saw last year. Is it available on tape or DVD? Thank you. Unfortunately, not.

[ian408]

Alaska! I wanna go back...looking like next year.

ian

[Seamaiden]

OK, since Fish 'fessed, I shall too. No biggie. I work for an outfit that works with weather. And I write and make moving pictures about the subject. In other words, I wax about the weather. Weather abbreviated in my biz is wx. Hence wxwax. Sure, it could've been waxwx, but jeez, that's been done so often. :D
Well, that is, by my take, INFINITELY more interesting than any sticky old sufr wax.

[peachmaan]

Walkin' on the beaches
Lookin' at the PEACHES

Doo doo-doo
doo-doo doo-doo doo

I was thinking more like .... I'm moving to the country, gonna get me a lot of peaches...I'm moving to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches (PUSA)

I did allready....explain my nombre..... ....kori or thalassa???

And Fish.... :thumb I broke out in laughter... @5.99 that's great!!, and
since I am in an Internet cafe......

[gus]

I'm an old surfer and I came up with my own board waxing compound. I started a business. My monicker is the name of the product I invented. Unfortunately the business failed, but I keep the name alive.

Huh?

What's that?

You don't wax surfboards, you say? Oh.

Well, no wonder the business failed.
















Your turn, fish.
.

[gus]

The name ? Did some double work for an off beat ozzie movie yonks ago...always wanted to be an overlord & wear a mask.

[pathfinder]

The name ? Did some double work for an off beat ozzie movie yonks ago...always wanted to be an overlord & wear a mask.
Izzat Yoouse in all the leather gear? Are you sure you are on the right website? http://www.dgrin.com/images/icons/Wicked.gif

I'll have to go watch Mad MAx again!

[wxwax]

The name ? Did some double work for an off beat ozzie movie yonks ago...always wanted to be an overlord & wear a mask.
:wxwax

[Seamaiden]

WHOA... <gulp.. sm makes mental note, don't piss of Humun> Kinky, but I like it. :wink


I was thinking more like .... I'm moving to the country, gonna get me a lot of peaches...I'm moving to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches (PUSA)

I did allready....explain my nombre..... ....kori or thalassa???


Aye, I kinda had a feeling The Stranglers might be a bit "before your time".

[cmr164]

Charles do you really speak Japanese??:bow
Nothing like answering a post several months later http://www.dgrin.com/images/icons/icon10.gif I am not fluent and have forgotten a lot but i started studying again a few weeks ago.

[gubbs]

Gubbs or Gubby was a nickname I was given before I can remember. Apparently, as a toddler I was very fond of a childrens book about a goat called Gubby who ate anything......
So I've no idea why I ended up with it!

[Andy]

pretty boring, eh?

actually, i'm "andy" on every website i ever have been to, or close to it, anyhow. i used to have the addy "andy@aol.com" i was one of the real early guys on the internet thru aol. then i realized aol sucked so i reluctantly gave that one up ;-)

in my professional life, for the past 20 years, the one that's stuck most often in "moon river" so that's how i named my business.

loved reading the stories from the rest of y'all! how'd i miss this thread?

[DewrGleision]

I most often wonder if anyone on any of the sites I go to can even pronounce my "handle"... Funny thing is, neither can I!
My name is two Gaelic words (I cant remember if theyre English or Irish or Scottish...) crammed together that translate as "Brave Blue"... I dont know why either! Its better than calling myself Dan, my boring first name, or my zip code, for crap's sake http://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gifhttp://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gifhttp://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif!!! No offense intended, of course, those who use their first names...
I played Dungeons & Dragons for a while, and you had to get the creative juices flowing to name your character something "original", and make it not sound like something from a retarded low-budget sci-fi flick (*cough* *star trek* *cough*...). I shoulda' used a different one for this board, but I wanted to afford seamaiden gloating rights and the ability to publicly defame me due to my acidic rhetoric on RDO and my age (*seems to be a popular thing in our society!*) *Sigh* I think I must have been a muslim in a past life, cause I have this thing for self-flaggelation (sp?); umm, different from hummungous, though....
Also, I use names like that for computer games and the like; BF1942 and NeverWinter Nights are a couple... Anyone else play these games?

[DewrGleision]

How come I have to login in everytime I want to post?

*bump*

[spink]

spink is a derivative of a much nastier word.

A friends dad called me it long time ago, it evolved from there.

it stuck, almost everyone calls me Spink.


http://spink.ca

[wxwax]

spink is a derivative of a much nastier word.

A friends dad called me it long time ago, it evolved from there.

it stuck, almost everyone calls me Spink.


http://spink.ca

Spink, yer web art and splash page are very cool indeed! :thumb

[MainFragger]

I'm an old surfer and I came up with my own board waxing compound. I started a business. My monicker is the name of the product I invented. Unfortunately the business failed, but I keep the name alive.

Huh?

What's that?

You don't wax surfboards, you say? Oh.

Well, no wonder the business failed.

Your turn, fish.

Now that your business went in the crapper, you should call it ex-wax... (just kidding..)

[MainFragger]

I'm sure this is already listed in two different places on this site. But for the benefit of those that haven't seen it, here is how Fragger and MainFragger came about.

In 1990 I started modeming at 1200 baud. Being the gnarly elite bbs'er, I decided I need a gnarly elite bbs handle. So I searched high and low for a handle worthy of someone who is gnarly and elite. I watched gnarly tv, read gnarly books, and last but not least checked out some gnarly comicbooks.

And I found one that was Fraggin' hilarious. It turns out that there was this fragger named Lobo that fragged people for a living. He can track anyone he has met and seen for even a second. He destroyed his whole fraggin' planet so to destroy anyone that had his species natural abilities that he could be the Main Man and not have any competion. His natural abilities include the ability to heal instantly, and to propegate by merely dripping blood on the ground. He has had a long an illustrius career as a bountyhunter/hitman/assassin. Where ever he is, so is death, mayhem, and well, even more death.
He has a bike that he rides around in space, and from time to time uses a chain and hook to make mincement of his enemies when using explosives, guns and various other high end weapons is too easy.

Anyway, as a result, I started using Fragger based off of his multipurpose usage of the word. When Quake and Doom came out, my handle became slightly popular. It seemed like for 3 of 4 years I was able to get away with Fragger69. But the last two years have gotten to the point where if you try to sign in on a new site as Fragger, you end up with Fragger9999929200982872. So I went with MainFragger because Lobo also refers to himself as The Main Man. So far that has been safe.

I now return to you to your regularly programmed reality...

[lynnesite]

I'm sure this is already listed in two different places on this site. But for the benefit of those that haven't seen it, here is how Fragger and MainFragger came about.<snip>

I now return to you to your regularly programmed reality...

I feel so mundane. Lynnesite comes from my website, lynnesite.com.

There is one funny story about that though--in the attempt to choose a website name that will be memorable and all--I didn't try to see who had variations on it. When one customer/friend had some trouble, he called--I asked how he was spelling "lynne" to find he had not included the "e" on the end. He relelated how the site without the "e" was a porn site, amateur, and of good quality. After he realized what he'd just said, we had a good chuckle, and every few years I check to see if ole Lynn is still in biz. (she is...)

[nikon90]

I was going to answer this last week and got distracted and forgot. Anyway... mine is really simple. Nikon is my favorite manufacter (I've dreamed since I started at age 17 of owning one) and the N90 was my dream camera. My husband actually bought it for me 3 years ago for Xmas and I love it!!! Its my baby!! I have several others I use, especially now that I am trying this digital stuff but the N90 is main film camera. So nothing exciting, but that's my story.