So I read the thread that @cloves-fibs0f started regarding changing your user name . So I was thinking …… how did you pick your username / handle ? I bet theres some interesting stories ahead . Me ??
I retired as a p/t Animal Control Officer at my local Police Department . About 30 years ago a friend for some reason decided to call me “ Thunder “ and it stuck . It was even under my name in quotations on my business card …lol . One time a lady called the PD and asked “ do you have an offer Thunder that works there ? “ ..lol . The dispatcher replied “ yea , and sometimes we call him other things too …lol
I can’t remember the original reason, but my ex and my kids have always called me Curly. When I became a grandfather, I got to choose my grandfather name: Pop, gramps, granddad etc. I chose ‘Papa’, and I became Papa Curly. In hindsight, I should not have used it on the forum, because AI now picks up on everything I’ve ever said on the forum and provides a profile. I haven’t told any lies, and I think Ive always been polite, so I don’t have anything to be ashamed of, but it did shock me to make that discovery. It’s a bit of a cautionary tale; I should have used something anonymous. (Sword of Justice) It’s the same for my real name, if I search my name, it seems that everything about me that has ever appeared on the net is there to see. We need to be careful what we say!
I use my real first name. I was named after my grandfather, who in turn was named after his father. My great-grandfather really liked the name of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and that’s how my grandfather got it. My grandfather played the violin his entire life
My user name is a memorial to my black lab Mahitable. We were inseparable and I still miss her everyday. Anyway I was working as a baker and decided that I wanted to experiment with a cheesecake recipe. The recipe required a timed water bath and to turn off the oven and let the cheesecake sit in the oven for another hour to let it finish. I got a late start and after I turned off the oven I didn’t think much about it. I was getting ready to go to bed and realized that Mahitable was not with me in the living room so I got up to see what she was up to. She was sitting in front of the oven!! I had forgotten all about the cheesecake! I looked at her and just started laughing-she saved the cheesecake and became known as the baking black dog! And by the way, the cheesecake was absolutely delicious and I still use the recipe!
Very True. My user name is simply first name plus initial of family name. David plus my family name make a very common combination, so here are thousands of (not really) me out there. Many are of a similar age since David was a very popular boys name back then. As a teenager there was a kid just a couple of years younger at the same school as me with the same first and last names and same middle initial. He wasn’t at all related. That caused confusion on a number of occasions…
Actually I’m Donald F. Coppock II (the second) so I have often used “dfcii” as a user name. And, I’m a little embarrassed to say this, but I’ve used “HarpoonDon” also.
