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Title: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: WolfWalker on July 14, 2006, 08:50:14 am: Mine comes from a book from Gordon R Dickson called Wolf and Iron.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: LonWar on July 14, 2006, 09:09:56 am: Couldn't think of anything else.... If I could change it, I would....
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: JimH on July 14, 2006, 09:46:00 am: My parents named me Jim.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: olyar15 on July 14, 2006, 07:22:50 pm: oly = Olympic Arms
ar15 = AR-15
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: AustinBike on July 14, 2006, 07:37:35 pm: Guess.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: Krazykanuck on July 14, 2006, 08:03:00 pm: A name given to me while living and working in the US by some co-workers
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: KingSparta on July 14, 2006, 08:31:01 pm: If You Truly Seek The Holy Grail It Can Be Found Here

http://www.centercitybbs.com/
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: KingSparta on July 14, 2006, 08:34:31 pm: Quote
My parents named me Jim.

I had a Friend Named "Jim Cunningham" (From Florida) He was in my section when we went to Granada in 1983.

His father named him Jim Because His Father Was Holding A Bottle Of "Jim Beam" when his wife asked him what they should name there son that was due any day.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: jeffspl311 on July 14, 2006, 08:39:59 pm: jeff = Jeff
spl311 = model number of my 1969 Datsun roadster
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: Galley on July 14, 2006, 09:57:42 pm: First initial plus last name = Galley A college buddy gave me that nickname back in 1983.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: Doof on July 14, 2006, 10:49:35 pm: My parents named me Doof.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: Twit on July 14, 2006, 11:09:43 pm: Years ago - back in the day , I was joining a BBS and every name i thought of was taken.
I thought "am I a Twit that I can't think of a name nobody has" - The rest is history.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: John Gateley on July 14, 2006, 11:53:41 pm: Quote from: WolfWalker on July 14, 2006, 08:50:14 am
Mine comes from a book from Gordon R Dickson called Wolf and Iron.

I'd forgotten how much he wrote, and how much I liked most of it (Timestorm wasn't one of my favorites). I didn't read wolf and iron but I did most of the dorsai stuff, and the george and the dragon and....

my username comes from a quaint local custom of naming the children, in part, with the name of their father.

j
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: hit_ny on July 15, 2006, 02:24:45 am: comes from the screen handle i used with this (http://www.worms2.com/) game. A warning, that game is very easy to play and extremely addicitive in networked mode.

Hit man from NY
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: Doof on July 15, 2006, 02:44:42 pm: Quote from: hit_ny on July 15, 2006, 02:24:45 am
comes from the screen handle i used with this (http://www.worms2.com/) game. A warning, that game is very easy to play and extremely addicitive in networked mode.

Hit man from NY

hehe... that game rocked.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: Mr ChriZ on July 15, 2006, 02:50:39 pm: When I was born my mum was asked by the nurse what
I was to be called. She attempted to say
"Christopher"
but because of the anasthetics it came out as
"Chriztopher"

Which is what the nurse wrote down on the board,
and on my name tag.

My friends often call me Mr Chris to differentiate me from
the all the other Chris' in our group. (Big Chris, Little Chris, and so on...)

Always found the Chriz story amusing so...
Mr ChriZ :)
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: lee269 on July 15, 2006, 04:11:07 pm: My surname + my wedding anniversary date. Helps me remember, because forgetting is a bad move.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: glynor on July 15, 2006, 05:26:44 pm: Mescaline and too many pixie stix... (and a book of old Celtic names).
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: negopus on July 16, 2006, 12:56:18 pm: negopus: negotium, otium et opus

The name is made up of latin words:

negotium: whatever is essential for surviving
otium: fun stuff
opus: intellectual activity

I was looking for a way to organize my notes and my files at the time I registered into this forum. A way to organize ideas in general. I came up with the name (negopus) in the early stages of that search. When I found the myBase organizing program (http://www.wjjsoft.com/) I stopped searching further. That program is more than enough to keep ideas in order. I think that speculating on pseudo-philosophical matters is too far-reaching. I am quite satisfied with that program.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: JONCAT on July 17, 2006, 09:24:43 pm: I am constantly being alienated from my species-being, and the master/slave dialectic is endlessly turning me in circles, making my harrowing ascent to the peak of ignorance(?) even more cumbersome....thanks for the MyBase hint.....looks very useful!

Dr. Cilantro
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: ThoBar on July 17, 2006, 10:27:57 pm: Like Confucius (K'ung-fu-tzu), but a bit fishy...

... or something....
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: edbro on July 18, 2006, 09:01:18 am: "Mine is 'Moonchild' spelled backwards."
Reverend Jim Ignatowski from the old Taxi TV show.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: Dutch Peter on July 18, 2006, 10:21:37 am: First name is Peter and i Live in The Netherlands.
People from The Netherlands (or Holland) are referred to as The Dutch.
Don't ask me why!!??
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: GHammer on July 18, 2006, 11:04:06 am: Quote from: Dutch Peter on July 18, 2006, 10:21:37 am
First name is Peter and i Live in The Netherlands.
People from The Netherlands (or Holland) are referred to as The Dutch.

Why?
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: glynor on July 18, 2006, 11:22:02 am: From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language#Etymology_of_the_word_.22Dutch.22

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The word Dutch comes from the old Germanic word *þiudiskaz, later transliterated by the Romans into Latin as theodisk, meaning 'of the people', 'vernacular' as opposed to official, i.e. Latin or later French. Theodisk in modern German has become Deutsch and in Middle Dutch became Duutsc, which later gave the two early modern Dutch forms, Duits in the north and Diets in the south. Duits has taken on the meaning of "German", and Diets meaning "Middle Dutch" but no longer in general use (see the Diets article), dropped for its Nazi-era overtones. Theodisk survives as tedesco ("German") in modern Italian, tudasch, tudetsg in Romansch, tiois in eastern French dialects, and thîzhon in Wallon.

The English word Dutch has also changed with time. It was only around 1550, with growing cultural and economical contacts and the rise of an independent country, that the modern meaning arose, i.e., 'designating the people of the Netherlands or their language'. Prior to this, the meaning was more general and could refer to any Germanic-speaking area or the languages there (including the current Germany, Austria, and Switzerland as well as the Netherlands).

Now you know. And, as GI Joe said, knowing is half the battle.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: Dutch Peter on July 18, 2006, 11:42:25 am: I feel even more European than before ....

;)
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: dNj on July 21, 2006, 10:26:04 am: dNj is my dj name. dNj is short deepNjazzy
deepNjazzy is the style of house music i DJ
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: hit_ny on July 21, 2006, 01:56:02 pm: Quote
deepNjazzy is the style of house music i DJ

any website with sets to listen :)
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: modelmaker on July 22, 2006, 02:28:51 am: It's what I do.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: KingSparta on July 22, 2006, 08:44:51 am: Quote from: modelmaker on July 22, 2006, 02:28:51 am
It's what I do.

So you use the Toxic Or Non-Toxic Glue?
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: modelmaker on July 22, 2006, 03:05:32 pm: Quote from: KingSparta on July 22, 2006, 08:44:51 am
So you use the Toxic Or Non-Toxic Glue?

Toxic of course! It's a 2-fer, the model gets built and the high I get helps me to enjoy my MC. ;D

Seriously, I don't really have much choice, most of the materials I work with require some type of solvent, superglue or epoxy for assembly. Even metal work and soldering involves toxic fumes. So, the most important factor in my workshop is good ventilation.
The second, is good music and MC.
Jay.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: KingSparta on July 23, 2006, 02:51:15 pm: What Kind Of Models Do You Build?

I Seen A Few Shows On "How It's Made" (Science Channel) Neat Really How they Make Things Some Of The Times I Would Have Never Thought They Build Things Like They Do.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: modelmaker on July 23, 2006, 08:55:43 pm: (http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1069636/DH1976.jpg)

I am a custom builder of model trains, all sizes, large and small.

Here's another example, this one contains a Digital Command Control Reciever/Processor for independent train control and on board sound:
http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=1440312

I also work for a model train layout builder (Dunham Studios) up in Pottersville, NY (Adirondacks). I'm the guy in the blue t-shirt, grey hair and glasses. We build large layouts for display, museums, and (rich) private clients. The really big ones are built of sections assembled in the studio, broken down, shipped and reassembled.
http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=1441689

If you've ever been to NYC at Christmas time and have seen the big Christmas train display at CitiCorp, that's one of ours. The display latout at the Cincinatti Union Terminal is also one of ours.

Here's Dunham's website:
http://www.dunhamstudios.com/rrcontents.htm

Some people get to play for a living! ;) Jay.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: JimH on July 23, 2006, 09:16:13 pm: Holy cow! Amazing! Thanks for the picture.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: KingSparta on July 24, 2006, 05:21:09 am: Quote
Some people get to play for a living!

Really...

I don't think i can do the detail work like that i would get too frustrated, and end up. I had a train set when i was young it belonged to my grandfather. I kind of sold it when i was around 17, and sold it for drug money. Boy was i dumb back then, it was a good thing it only lasted a few years or i would have been another statistic.

I loved my train.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: modelmaker on July 24, 2006, 08:17:53 am: Quote from: JimH on July 23, 2006, 09:16:13 pm
Holy cow! Amazing! Thanks for the picture.

My pleasure & thanks for compliment.

Quote from: KingSparta on July 24, 2006, 05:21:09 am
I kind of sold it when i was around 17, and sold it for drug money. Boy was i dumb back then, it was a good thing it only lasted a few years or i would have been another statistic.

I did the same back in the late '60s and early '70s! The model making is actually a second career, (it's been a hobby since I was 12). For my first career I( spent 20 years in the audio and later A/V business, first as a technician and later tech/rep (15 yrs w/JVC) in Germany servicing the US military Audio Clubs and PX Sound Centers.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: JimH on July 24, 2006, 08:20:59 am: Quote from: modelmaker on July 24, 2006, 08:17:53 am
tech/rep (15 yrs w/JVC) in Germany servicing the US military Audio Clubs and PX Sound Centers.
You probably sold something to KingSparta then.
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: modelmaker on July 24, 2006, 02:12:01 pm: I think he was there in the late '60s? I didn't start working there until '73 onward. If he was there after that, then I may well have!
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: KingSparta on July 24, 2006, 02:31:55 pm: Quote
You probably sold something to KingSparta then.

Yep, Maybe

I was in Germany From 1976-1978 And 1986-1988

I Did Spend Much Money On Stereo Equipment Back Then...

Loved Germany, They However Did Not Love The U.S. G.I. Due To Some Of Them Acted Badly (Young Kids Really).
Title: Re: OT - How did you come up with your user name
Post by: modelmaker on July 24, 2006, 03:05:49 pm: Where were you stationed? It looks like we may have indeed crossed paths! I was an independent rep then, (75-77) repping Fisher ('76-just bought out by Sanyo), JBL, Phase Linear, Infinity, Mission, Quad, Hafler, Otari, Tandberg, Tanoy, B&W & DCM. I was also the sole rep for Audio Technica.

I still have my Infinty Column I's (now powered with Carver amps instead of the Phase Linears). I got a friend in the Army to ship them back in their household goods for me (they weighed around 500 lbs.).