+element14 Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 Just wondering... Some of you folks have interesting user names, but why did you choose it? For example, Lazy Leopard - you not a leopard (well your photo doesn't look like one), and presumably not you are not that lazy, as you like to get out and find geocaches. Quote Link to comment
f-stop Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 Hi there, you don't really need to be Sherlock Holmes to discover the reason behind my name.....I'm a photographer in my spare time (when I get some that is ) Quote Link to comment
+exConn Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 quote:Originally posted by element14: Some of you folks have interesting user names, but why did you choose it? There is also this thread in the General forum if you are interested in seeing why other people chose their usernames. Alot of people responded (the first post contains a link to a similar earlier thread)... -exConn What is Project Virginia? Quote Link to comment
LazyLeopard Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 quote:For example, Lazy Leopard - you not a leopard (well your photo doesn't look like one), and presumably not you are not that lazy, as you like to get out and find geocaches.Way back in October last year when I was thinking about registering on geocaching.com, it just seemed most folks used a nickname rather than their "real" name. When I was trying to think of a suitable nickname it just tripped out. Or maybe I'm remembering a kids book I read to my nieces and nephews recently. Or something. Either way I liked it enough to grab a local domain incorporating it Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk Quote Link to comment
+LoCache Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 When I signed up and was asked for a screen name, the first thing that popped in to my mind was a scene from a movie called CB4 with Chris Rock. It was sort of the rap music version of Spinal Tap. Anyhow, there is a song in the movie where Chris Rock sings "Straight outta Locash, A Crazy Mutha****** named Gusto!" That was the first thing I thought of and I thought LoCache was a funny play on it. I knew probably no one would ever get it, but it makes me laugh every time I think of it, so who cares. Geo ---------------------- http://www.geopolitan.net/geotrex http://www.ggaonline.org Quote Link to comment
Moss Trooper Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Mine stems from the dark period of the Anglo/Scottish Border Reivers. After they were quashed by King James. All was quiet for about 40-50 years and they reamerged as Moss Troopers and carried on there trade of skulldugery, theiving, murder and mayhem. Out of interest wether yer wana know or not Two words spring to mind that were brought about from the reiver period. Bereived.. Was to have been Reived and a partner/relative died in the melle. Blackmail.. Green mail was the rent paid to land owners.. Black mail was the 'Rent' paid to Reivers to keep your possesions/house/life. Good huh! Moss de Boss... Sort Quote Link to comment
el10t Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Mine is nowhere near as educational as Moss Trooper's! I am named after my pet cat Eliot. the "1" and "0" are substituted for the "i" and "o" just in case someone already had used the Eliot name. And it makes me sound more modern and "with it" El10t Quote Link to comment
+jeremyp Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 My name - boringly - is the concatenation of my first name and the first letter of my surname. It was my log-in name on the computer science VAX at York University from 1984 to 1987. I've generally used it as my "handle" ever since. If you come across a jeremyp in a computer related context, there is always a possibility it is me e.g. my login on slashdot.org and the domains jeremyp.net and jeremyp.co.uk are both mine. ------- We're going to need a bigger boat! Quote Link to comment
Moss Trooper Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Just fer El10t From my period in history.. The double L and single T Decend from Minto and Wolflee, The double T and single L Mark the old race of Stobs that dwell, The single L and single T The Eliots of St Germains be, But double T and double L Who they are, nobody can tell Moss de Boss... Sorta Quote Link to comment
el10t Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Thanks Moss! Now I know where it comes from. It is actually single L and single T as in T.S.Eliot, the author of the Cats poems - not a very original name for a cat I know. However, after calling our kitten Eliot, we went and had him "done" only to be told by the vet that "he" was actually a "she". So now she is named after George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) El10t Quote Link to comment
el10t Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 By the way - element14, you started this topic without telling us why you picked "elemnt14" as a name. Please divulge El10t Quote Link to comment
+element14 Posted March 10, 2002 Author Share Posted March 10, 2002 quote:Originally posted by el10t: By the way - element14, you started this topic without telling us why you picked "elemnt14" as a name. Please divulge El10t Wondered if somebody would ask! Element 14 if you know your periodic table is Silicon, the most abundant element on the earths crust, and is used inside almost all computers, of course. Why element14? Well I'm into chemistry as part of my job, and it was a joke with myself that I get everywhere. Well, either that or I'm just dead common! Ciao Quote Link to comment
+Nia Posted March 11, 2002 Share Posted March 11, 2002 when trying for a "user name" i can NEVER get Steve or Sue so we allways use our daughters name Nia it is allways available. so as with Jeremyp if you ever come across a Nia its usually us. We geocache as a family anyway and we could not use all 6 names. Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted March 11, 2002 Share Posted March 11, 2002 I thought of using "Dead Thick", but Lost in Space sounded better...... Quote Link to comment
+Walker Dan Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 Walker Dan is a character in a cartoon in the Newcastle United fanzine - The Mag. Cartoon strips are often left in some of our caches - we hope they don't offend anyone from Sunderland. As active walkers we quite liked the double meaning (we are NUFC fans as well). Quote Link to comment
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