How did you get your handle or user name?

[1peggy]

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.

X wife

 

[Doug Hamilton]

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.

I was named after.my dad, so to save confusion they just went with my middle name. Doug is how.my friends know me. I figure that AH members qualify.

 

[Tom Leoni]

I had it easy: my parents gave it to me.

 

[Tgood1]

My name in short, t goodwin. After a fine bottle of $21.39 bourbon my creativity just blossomed

 

[Ontario Hunter]

X wife

Just can't let go, eh?

Sometimes I forget I have an ex. Or what planet I'm on. Getting old has a few perks.

 

[Pablo]

When I was in Spanish class in High School, we had to have a Spanish name. Wes doesn’t translate well, so I picked Pablo. I use it on a a few other sites as well.

 

[Longfeather1]

I so much would love to say it was in reference to a certain part of my anatomy, but alas "that" it is not.
It was given to me by some traditional bow hunting/shooting friends when I was experimenting with /using some extremely long 7-inch fletching on my arrows

 

[knuckleball]

Played a little ball back in the day.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

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.

@Ku-winda
Mines pretty self explanatory. I'm a Whelen tragic and love promoting it at any chance I get so I'm told.
I think 243 HATER would have been a bit much and may have given people the idea that I think it's a horrible little cartridge. Oh that's right I do.

The Whelen is a bit like me,
Misunderstood, and underrated, but has a lot of good qualities. Gets in gets the job done without the fanfare and goes home.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Three decades as a Field Artillery officer.

@Red Leg
In Australia we call artillery cloud punchers as the targets are so far away the shell goes into the clouds before landing on some distant target
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Mine was just sort of an afterthought, because back when I joined, the screen name, “Aardvark”, was already taken by someone.
But soon thereafter, that person promptly disappeared from the forum.

I am fond of antique firearms.
The Velo Dog revolver and all of its variants are somewhat collectible.
The full model designation was “Velocipede Anti-Dog”.
“Velocipede” was what bicycles were called well over 100 years ago.
Cars were not invented yet or if they were, they were at the least, not very common.
Bicycles however, were very common and stray dogs (including mean ones) were also very common, in large European cities back in those days.

That said, I sadly have never owned one of those tiny revolvers.

Beginning in the first grade of elementary school, the other children began calling me “Aardvark”, due to my last name being Ard.
That monicker has stayed with me to this day, amongst my friends.
By now I’ve become accustomed to “Velo Dog” here within the AH forum and so, that’s all there is to that.

Blah blah blah Zzzzzzz.

@Velo Dog
I remember have that conversation with you in a PM a while back. Y'all need to get a velocipede revolver for your atv.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

We ride BMW motorcycles and when we were in New England on a trip a guy called it a beemaa.

We laughed about it and then I started using as a screen name on a motorcycle forum. Keeping it simple means using the same one here.

Our 2006 GSA sidecar rig with the BEEMAA plates and Mr Happy in sunglasses. We were on a trip to Sedalia, MO for a rally.
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@BeeMaa
That's been the nickname for BMW cars and bikes for years.
I can see you in the side car three sheets to the wind(pissed) while Mrs BeeMaa years up the highway
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Military Freefall Instructor # 386

Considering changing it to SirLoinOfBeef!

@skydiver386
In the Australian military parachutists are called splat cats. Self explanatory.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

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

@Neophyte
That would have been easy fix in my house. If'n you gave the old man any sass you would get a size ten boot to the arse. Guaranteed to make you grow. Could explain why I'm 5'18"
Bob