For fun. Why/how did you choose your handle?

[The patriot]

Geez doc. After that story, maybe you should have named yourself "doc mengle" sheesh...

I'd bet they didnt call you anymore.

Eric

 

[FATCAT]

I chose FATCAT because I have a fatcat. Found him as a stray, he is the bully of the neighborhood. He'll strut up to a group of cats (my neighbors) real slowly, and they'll scatter in all directions. He then just continues his slow walk picking out one particular cat to beat up in order to keep all of them in line.

He also does a good job of keeping the vermin out of the wood pile. (Many small animal corpses litter the back yard).

 

[Gray Ghost]

I have a gray beard and drive a gray truck.

 

[illflem]

Since I'm the guy whose hand Doc Tinker fixed and my other hand was damaged checking to see if my fan clutch really works I have to type with my nose. My handle is my name mis-spelled, I can't hit shift and a letter at the same time.

 

[Fireman]

Been a firefighter 25 yrs. Them danged Harley riders I ran nailed me with " Fireman ", and that is the only name that many people know. It's weird when folks you,ve been closely associated with 10-12 yrs or more ask, "Fireman ? what is your real name?"



56 ? Well someone already had my name so I added my "year model".

Too old





My wife got hers from our nephew. She was tring to teach him to say "cawabunga dude", next time he saw her he ran to her hollering "Dude, Dude!" and it stuck. Thus our e-mail address dudefireman.

 

[Fireman]

Been a firefighter 25 yrs. Them danged Harley riders I ran nailed me with " Fireman ", and that is the only name that many people know. It's weird when folks you,ve been closely associated with 10-12 yrs or more ask, "Fireman ? what is your real name?"



56 ? Well someone already had my name so I added my "year model".

Too old





My wife got hers from our nephew. She was tring to teach him to say "cawabunga dude", next time he saw her he ran to her hollering "Dude, Dude!" and it stuck. Thus our e-mail address dudefireman.

 

[Heetseeker_1]

Mine came from song by a band called AC/DC whom I grew up listening to, and from my job. A wonderful mix of Rock and pure insanity with an adrenalin chaser. (Misspelled, of course)

 

[Skydiver]

There is no feeling anywhere like falling through the air at 120 MPH. Yes SKYDIVING !!!

 

[Briar Hopper]

"briar hopper" is a semi-derogatory term used for hillbillies and other assorted rednecks in these parts. It struck me as funny, so I adopted it. I have family and friends all through the mountains of eastern Kentucky, and can assure you, the hillbilly stereotype is blown way out of proportion, Hollywood-style.

Still, I'd rather be called a hillbilly, than a liberal.

 

[JR2]

Well my name is John Rathert Jr... . a family firend started calling me JR squared, so I adopted JR2.

 

[Road Hazard]

About 20 years ago I had a buddy that was a truck driver call me up and said he needed some one to drive for him, he had a load to deliver and hadn't slept in 3 days. Well, I agreed to help even though I had never been in a big rig before. For the first few miles I was all over the road and another trucker came up behind me, came on the cb and said "Hey hand in the banana truck, you wouldn't be the Road Hazard would you?" It stuck.

 

[Hammer]

As my eyes are now crossed from reading all the ways everybody got their "handles",I'll give mine,,Had mine given to me back when I had my dirt late model and my best friend,head wrench,always claimed I had two speeds,parked and on the Hammer,,So there it is,my wife still accuses me of it,she claims I can not go from one end of town to the other at normal speeds,I tell her I just enjoy listening to my truck rattling along,,Ah yes those were the days,lots of tire stagger,heavy cushion,right rear planted on it,quarter panel scraping the wall coming off turn,roostertails of mud slinging,throttle dropped into the WIDE OPEN hole and the smell of VP fuel in the air,,What a ride... ... ... ... .

 

[Headlight]

Old CB Handle. Slightly balding at the time. Top of head looked like a single headlight. New handle could be "Baldy"!

 

[Mill Rat]

The factorys in our town are refered to as "mills". The local term for someone who works in one of those factorys is "a mill rat"

By the way, I am an electrical tech, and I do get into some real "rat's nests", (messed-up electrical panels), sometimes.

 

[Smokey1]

Smokey1,

I was spending time with my son (2 years Old), he started to name all of his trains. I named one Smokey, the name has stuck since.

 

[Batman]

Mine was given to me by my wife. Our last name is Robin, so... ..... she calls me Batman!

 

[Shovelhead]

Shovelhead= Harley-Davidson engine from 1969 through 1984. Riding my 1976 FLH earned me the nickname Shovel-Ed by the guys I ride with that all had EVOs (newer model engine that replaced the Shovelhead).

 

[Mill Rat]

Aren't You glad You are named after a 76 FLH and not a 46 FLH?

 

[Shovelhead]

Originally posted by Mill Rat

Aren't You glad You are named after a 76 FLH and not a 46 FLH?

You're right Mill Rat, but the Knuckleheads were beautiful bikes, and the begining of the H-D style that the Japanese bikes are still trying to copy.

 

[Mill Rat]

Let's not forget those beautiful Pans, either!