How'd Ya Git Yer Username

[Grizzly]

We don't take part on any other social sites but I needed this one for sawmilling education. Thus no experience with picking handles other than for trucker cb but I'm a bit young for that. ("The Duck" from Convoy was before my time) So the only thing I could think of at the time was that the children thought I must look like Grizzly Adams from some book. Gentle Ben maybe? But I wasn't comfortable using his full name so I just used part of it. Since joining I've become educated that their is a tool manufacture of that same name.

[dukndog]

Duk....short for Duck. N for "and", then Dog for Labrador Retrievers. Being from Arkansas and enjoying hunting and dog training, it seemed to fit.

[Babylon519]

Mine's from the road I live on and my telephone exchange. It's the handle I use for anything farm related. It has enough of a ring to it that an old TV show lifted most of it from me!  :D
- Jason

[Ljohnsaw]

I, too, thought I added to the list but after reading through for an hour and a half....

John is way too common for a login id as is JohnS.  I even have tried more of my last name (JohnSaw) but I found that used in places.  So, I took my first initial, middle name and part of my last - LJohnSaw.  However, I typed it in as all lower case here and it came out ljohnsaw.  It sort of reads as "I, John, Saw" - which kind of works as I am sawing logs for my cabin build...

[Magicman]

John, there are at least two of these "username" threads, so you probably put yours in one other than this one. 

Mine is somewhere in two of them but I ain't spending an hour and a half looking.   ;D

[coxy]

you just cant make it appear your the Magicman  :D :D 8)

[Magicman]

I may be da Magicman, but I ain't no Magician. 

My "handle" was given to me by co-workers back in the early 70's during my telephone equipment trouble shooting days.  Anytime that they had a trouble that they could not find, they would call Magicman, he could fix it.....like magic.

[Jeff]

Well,I'm a Logger & My first names Rick. But I do wish I would've used a big L in Logger though. But this is the first forum iv been on.

I see a big L in your future. :D ;)

[goose63]

In 1946 my uncle sent a christmass card to house of goose St Regis Montana the postmaster didn't know who to give it to so he got to thinking our last name is Geesey when you have one geese you have a goose so he gave it to dad inside it said ha ha how long did that take so we still have the name.

When i joined the F. F. I was 63 so it is goose63  ;D

[GRANITEstateMP]

This is another great thread!

Let's see GRANITEstateMP

Granite State - Yup, born and raised NH so that was easy.  MP, those are my initials, Matt Pitkin, gotta keep stuff easy!

[Savannahdan]

I had to sit on a login the backyard, like all great philosophers, to figure out my Username.  I wound up using the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach and went with Savannah since it's where I live and Dan for my first name.  I should get a Nobel prize for this stroke of genius.

[Bert]

I used my nickname. Most people in the lumber world know me as Bert but please write Ryan on the check. ;D

[muggs]

In Vietnam You could not use your real name on the radio. So you had to pick a nickname. Remember the old Deadend kids movies. The one character named Muggs. There you have it.     Muggs  :D

[Sixacresand]

When I bought my six acre lot, An older cousin commented that I had bought six acres of sand.  He told me that owner in the forties would not farm it because it was too sandy. 

[Logger RK]

Thank you

[chubby]

I think mine's pretty self explanatory. haha

[Banjo picker]

Mine as well. Just look at my avitar.  Just dont pick as much as i use to. Banjo

[PineHill4488]

Local name of my residence

[btulloh]

Not much mystery in mine.  When I was signing up for the forum I thought (for some reason) that I was just picking a login name and didn't realize this was going to be used for everything.  The security experts advise against using your last name for public display, but it was too late to change it at that point. 

[reelman65]

I used to sell fishing reels on ebay for extra money, also compared to the geeks i work with, i guess i am a real man, but compared to you guys that earn a living in the woods,, I am the geek.

[upnut]

For years, my wife and kids knew vacation meant north, and you are not truly north in Michigan until you cross the Mackinac Bridge. They accused me of being crazy about Michigan's Upper Peninsula, so upnut seemed logical... :D

Scott B.

[paul case]

My MOM gave me this handle. She was tricked by her mother in law who told her that Max( my dad) would name his kids paul and john. She did and he didnt complain.

Thank goodness for that. She was thinking of naming me basket or mental. I do have a cousin named justin and my wife's name is Anita when you say it all together it sounds like I need a case.

PC

[Magicman]

I once knew a lady named Anita Mann.

[thecfarm]

I had a teacher,Mrs. Mann.

[Jeff]

I went to school with a Penny Nichols.