How did you get your handle or user name?

[Dirtdart]

Figure in all the adverse variables to a good jump, factor in "Murphy" and that sudden hard landing puts a jumper hard into the dirt. Feet and knees together and the jumper resembles a Dart speeding to, or into, the ground with a grunt or a whom.

Blast From the Past:

" I use to be 6 feet 6 inches tall with a baritone voice. Made my first parachute jump followed by a sudden hard landing.....and...Now I'm 5 - 10 with a high pitch scratchy voice."

I prefer " Dirtdart" over "Meat Bomb" which is a term some of my Afrikaans speaking friends use.

 

[Ridge Runner]

I got lawn darted by one too many ranch broncs as a kid. I used to be 6’ but now I’m 5’6”.

Yeap....been put on my backside a few times by horses.

 

[Neophyte]

Yeap....been put on my backside a few times by horses.

I always landed on my head so my ankles are in great shape.

 

[Puddle]

I got lawn darted by one too many ranch broncs as a kid. I used to be 6’ but now I’m 5’6”.

I eventually figured out that the ranch broncs were the perfect ground school for parachute training...

 

[LimbNoMo]

I asked AH what name I should use after losing my lower left leg in a motorcycle accident...now to make it to Limpopo.

 

[Trail Rated]

 

[MontanaPat]

Well I’m not real creative since my name is Pat and I live in Montana

 

[Rem280]

It is my favorite caliber! Does wonders in the US and Africa! Warthog it smighted in my avatar and this boar with remains of heart plus slug.

 

[Speedster]

I played slow pitch softball for many years. Most of the guys on the team had nicknames; Toad, Hack, Bubba, D Squared, Goldie, Mule, Foat, Nerp (Don't ask me where those last 2 came from). I was a pretty good left handed hitter and was pretty fast. I batted leadoff or second most of the time, so they called me Speedster. Whenever I see any of my former teammates they still call me that.

 

[Phil Giordano]

Just my name and surname - why not?
Well, actually my first name is Filippo, "Phil" is how my anglosaxon friends call me.

 

[Rimbaud]

After the French poet who left France and went to Africa to run guns and trade.

 

[Firebird]

Professional firefighter and longtime bird taxidermist.
Firebird is also the name of my company

 

[Wyatt Smith]

You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.

 

[ArmyAV8tor]

A reflection of my beloved military career! Took me to places and experiences I could have only dreamed of otherwise.

 

[Sideshow]

Three decades as a Field Artillery officer.

Funny and I thought you where named after French partridge

 

[Sideshow]

You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.

Go on try us

 

[CBH Australia]

@Sideshow have your shared the origin of your handle?

 

[CBH Australia]

It is my favorite caliber! Does wonders in the US and Africa! Warthog it smighted in my avatar View attachment 636913

 

[Green Chile]

I lived in New Mexico for a long time and it's one of my favorite foods. It's also distinctive and people tend to remember it.

 

[Mr. 16 gauge]

I'm a big fan of the 16 gauge......use it for probably 90% of my bird and waterfowl hunting chores. I have three shotguns chambered in said gauge: A Remington model 11, and Ithaca M37 featherlite, and a Stoeger SxS.
As for the "Mr." part..........we were hunting chukars on a pheasant preserve when my water spaniel put up a bird and my two hunting partners opened up on it and missed with every shell out of their 12 gauges. After they were empty, I said "Are you done?" and fired a hail Mary shot as the bird was about 60-65 yards out and, as luck would have it, a golden BB found it's way into the back of the birds head, and it dropped like a rock! Of course, it was skill. (not luck).
So the next day at work, I was bragging about it when one of the other fellows who was there said, snarkily, "Ok, Mr, 16 gauge......"
...........and the rest is history!