How did you get your handle or user name?

[jeanes]

Just my name

 

[Rafiki]

I am a hunter named… you guessed it- Habib (“Habib” means “Friend” so I am a friend to all hunters).

Rafiki is friend in Swahili.

 

[skydiver386]

Military Freefall Instructor # 386

Considering changing it to SirLoinOfBeef!

 

[Inline6]

My white Dodge Ram 3500 gets 24 MPG when I'm not towing...

Lol, my white 2500 gets 15.5 on a good day.

 

[BSO Dave]

Back when I was a criminology student attending the University of Miami there were several Daves in one class. I was a road deputy at the time working for the Broward Sheriff's Office... The different Daves all got nicknames... The professor tagged me with BSO Dave, and it has stuck all these years...

 

[Joker12]

I flew helicopters in Vietnam and Joker12 was my callsign.

 

[Grandpa Moose]

With my years outfitting and guiding moose hunters we took 423 moose. My grandkids started calling me their Moose Grandpa with all the euros hanging around. The bull last year was down in just over an hour. The season opens next weekend

 

[Hogpatrol]

Since retiring I've spent many summers in the bean, alfalfa, and mulch hay fields helping my farmer buddies control groundhogs, aka woodchucks, aka whistle pigs. Whenever I was asked by my spouse or buddies what my plans for the day were, I'd reply "I'm going on hogpatrol".

 

[Rare Breed]

As I peruse those many threads on AH Forum that interest me, I often wonder about the story or meaning behind the handle or user names of the posters. Many are intuitive to me, but with others, I'd just be taking a wild guess. I've had the good fortune to get to know a select few on here really well and have their back stories, but for the rest, I'd love to hear how you got your name - please do share.

Ku-winda, by the way, is the name of Otto Koehler's Journal detailing his safari to Kenya and Tanganyika in the mid 50's. It means "to hunt" in Swahili and was the source and inspiration to many of us in South Texas and directly responsible for setting me on a path to adventures of my own on the Dark Continent.

Since I was 12 years old my parents taught me to always do what I thought was the right thing to do and never care for what the crowd thought. Being a middle child I have always been extremely independent. Due to this one of my high school friends said I was a “rare breed”. The name has stuck with me all my life so it seemed natural to use it as my AKA for AH

 

[Rare Breed]

Since I was 12 years old my parents taught me to always do what I thought was the right thing to do and never care for what the crowd thought. Being a middle child I have always been extremely independent. Due to this one of my high school friends said I was a “rare breed”. The name has stuck with me all my life so it seemed natural to use it as my AKA for AH

lol…my parents did not start teaching me values starting at 12! Peer pressure just starts about this age

 

[Trogon]

Birding has been a longtime hobby of mine, the Elegant Trogon is a favorite target to see in the mountains of southeast Arizona. Found my first driving up Sawmill Canyon on Fort Huachuca years ago. Had to pick something I figure.

 

[NIGHTHAWK]

My bother inadvertently gave me mine. My boat is shaped like an F-117 Stealth Fighter from the front. I think boats with Birds in the name are cool. He figured out the F-117 is named Nighthawk. I just adopted the handle.

The alternative was Hellcat. My boat being a catamaran. Equally cool boat name.

Both being better than my buddies suggested name: “Cirrhosis of the river”…

 

[Dirtdart]

Dirtdart is a term of endearment for a paratrooper.
Not sure if it is a reference to the high level of intelligence shown by the average paratrooper or ?