How'd Ya Git Yer Username

[reride82]

When I was young I had a bit of a speach impediment and when asked my name, instead of Levi, it came out sounding like Reride, so that is how I came about that nickname  :D

[muddstopper]

I used to landscaping and hydroseeding. I once hydroseeded a big bank behind a house that was washing mud down around the foundation. The lady that was paying me to do the work called me her muddstopper and it stuck.

[blackfoot griz]

I live in the Blackfoot Valley of Western Montana and I'm a University of Montana grad and a big U of M Grizzly football fan.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

I can't tell ya...... ;D

[red oaks lumber]

i use the name of my company. at first i was going to use my nickname    stymie but decided against that
in case anyone is wondering why i have the nickname stymie, its from the little rascles oh i'm white tho. :D

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

i use the name of my company. at first i was going to use my nickname    stymie but decided against that
in case anyone is wondering why i have the nickname stymie, its from the little rascles oh i'm white tho. :D

"Stymie's Lumber Company"....... :D

[bugdust]

When I first started sawing it seemed like every time I uncovered a lumber pile I saw "BUGDUST." So ... there you go ....

[Bogue Chitto]

Bogue Chitto river runs behind my house.  We swim, fish, boat, camp and almost live on it.  We love it.

[NWP]

NWP stands for Nicholson Wood Products, the name of my company.  Real creative I know.

[Okrafarmer]

I can't tell ya...... ;D

Why not? Too embarrassed?  :-[

[Okrafarmer]

A few years ago, when I was severely underemployed, my wife and I raised a huge garden and sold produce at the local farmers' market. I'm not sure how much money we brought in, but any was better than none. Our biggest seller was okra, the plant that never quits. We sold our organic okra for $3 / lb. and sometimes sold $100 / week of it. We also discovered it was just about the only plant in the garden that wild hogs don't bother with.  :-\

[Migal]

I just liked it from a day or two ago err Lord Migal   8)

[log cutter]

Thought Log Cutter was better than Tree Killer.  ;)

[Migal]

 8) 8) 8) got to lot dat one leaf raker JK  8) 8) 8)

[hardtailjohn]

Got mine from riding "hard tail" Harleys.  Never smartened up enough to like a rear suspension, I guess.... haha

[WildDog]

I deal in Wild dog/Dingo destruction at work....Second thoughts I probably should of chose something different that doesn't remind me of my day job when relaxing around the FF ???   

[thurlow]

Thought I had responded to this thread, but in quickly scrolling back, didn't see that I had:

Nearly all of my 24 years military service was in the Tennessee Army National Guard; the last 15 as a section leader in Headquarters Detachment of a MP Battalion. It was a small, close-knit unit with about 25 EM and 5-7 officers. The (SFC) supply sergeant was full-time (AGR) and a nice guy, but he took everything much more seriously than the rest of us......his livelihood depended on it. The last 2 hours of each monthly drill were devoted to care and cleaning of individual equipment. The whole unit was never there to clean weapons and they all had to be cleaned, so weapons cards weren't used; just serial number on 'roster' and signature. One day when the supply sergeant had been particularly 'horsey', everyone gathered for final assembly/dismissal. The armorer came out and said, "Sergeant Moss, we're missing a weapon". "Well, look and see who's got it".........in a voice filled with sarcasm. "Thurlow Beaver". Well, of course, there was nobody by that name. He jerked the roster out of the guys hand and looked for my name, since I had a reputation for practical jokes. My name was on there where I had checked out/cleaned another weapon or two. Well, the weapon was found over in a corner of the room where everybody had gathered to clean them and it was in as many pieces as it was possible to disassemble it.........far more than was supposed to happen at unit level. The supply sergeant had an impressive command of the English language and we were treated to a fully array.........until he finally ran out of breath. We all enjoyed it immensely!. I happened to meet the como chief's eyes and realized that he was responsible. The supply sergeant carefully monitored what was going on for the next 2 or 3 months, before he forgot. For the rest of my time in the unit, the como chief, another guy and myself would occasionally sign "Thurlow Beaver at any 'appropriate' time..........never with any prior planning or consulting each other. We never signed a pay roster, but pretty much everything else at one time or another...........dozens of times.   No one except the three of us ever knew. When I left the unit in '89, I carried the handle thurlow with me and have used it on a lot of forums.

[Misfit]

Travelled to a lot of different countries and lived in a few different ones too. My friends kept referring to me as the Canuck since I was born and raised in PEI, Canada.

Plus I don't have the imagination to come up with anything clever and "Bull-headed S.O.B." might not have made Jeff's cut.  ;D

[chain]

Chain...an everyday tool for me when working on the farm or forest. A man of many chains, I am.

I'll tell this story of a special historical 'chain 'of the early American Civil War era: I live several miles south of the Columbus-Belmont, Kentucky State Park. This park is located on the east bluff of the Mississippi river south of Cairo, Il. The park also was once a early-war military post as located stratgically to guard against Union gun-boats plying down-river.

The confederates had a very large chain forged, the links weighing near 9lbs. each and the chain-links extended across the river laid on wooden pontoon rafts, the  distance apart as to hang-up enemy craft so the shore gun-batteries could sink them. Some historians say the chain did not last long as the rising river and currents broke and sank the chain. Nearly a century later parts of the original chain were dredged up and today, that very chain is on display at the Park along with a federal siege cannon. I've been to this lovely State Park many times, both as a civil war re-enactor and visitor. If you are ever in the vicinity of Western Kentucky, you owe yourself and family  this special treat of American history and artifacts...and beautiful river view.

[Woodhauler]

Its what i do!

[mooleycow]

The ll Bean guide to the outdoors by Bill Riviere.

[OneEyedJackIndy]

I have a disease in my eyes.  in 1999 I had an operation that cost me the vision in my right eye.  From 20-15 to 0-0 for the low price of 30k.  I had to relearn to shoot(my favorite thing to do) mow hay, spot a wagon, throw a punch(another favorite of mine-little guy u know), swing a hammer,ect.  So I set out to relearn all the trades I had previously been a Jack of.  Now I am a one eyed jack and depending on my mood I may be wild.

[giant splinter]

I think you figured it out before you even got to this point and yes it hurt big time.
Fish hooks are more difficult to get out and flies even with a bent barb are nasty when you get one hung on your ear.

[Jeff]

When I was about 12 years old, I wore a flopping northern pike home from the river after he drove the treble hook from the spoon I was using clear through my thumb while trying to release him. I was about a half mile from the house.

[sandhills]

I have a disease in my eyes.  in 1999 I had an operation that cost me the vision in my right eye.  From 20-15 to 0-0 for the low price of 30k.  I had to relearn to shoot(my favorite thing to do) mow hay, spot a wagon, throw a punch(another favorite of mine-little guy u know), swing a hammer,ect.  So I set out to relearn all the trades I had previously been a Jack of.  Now I am a one eyed jack and depending on my mood I may be wild.

Sorry to hear about the vision (mine isn't any better, just didn't pay 30k for it) what did get me was your user name, I live about 35 mins away from where Two Eyed Jack was born and raised, not sure if anyone here knows or cares but he was a world famous quarter horse, as far as bloodlines go, good horses but the colts always seem to buck a lot.