Explain Your Name

[dk99358]

The dk are my initials, the 99358 comes from one of my deer rifles, a Savage model 99 chambered for the 358 Winchester.

Dale

[laz 57]

First 3 letters of last name and year I was born.
laz57

[Big_Boy_4005]

QUOTE: Originally posted by lionelsoni

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15989

Thanks for finding that Bob. It's nice to see that I have lost about 20 pounds since that post nearly a year and a half ago.[swg]

[Boyd]

Well its the name I was given and I have yet to sign up on a website where it was taken. One uncle had it as a first name. Its a rare first name but more common as a last name in the U.K.
P.S.: Big Boy, one of these thursday nights my boss will be off and we will have a slow period when your in. And I can actually visit for 10 minutes.

[garyseven]

Gary Seven is my user name or handle that I have used on computers for many years. It is the name of a character in the 1960's version of Star Trek. You can read about the character and that cat at this link:
http://catspawdynamics.com/ae.

[Jumijo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Buckeye Riveter

And again we explain:

QUOTE: Originally posted by Buckeye Riveter

Great question!! [:D]

Here's the real story about the my forum name Buckeye Riveter and my signiture as you see it here on the forum. [;)]

As many of you know I live in Central Ohio, the Buckeye State, near a crossroads that is named Roger's Corners. A small creek runs through Roger's Corners at an elevation of 936 feet.

I am a graduate of Purdue University in Civil Engineering and for the last 30 years have been part of the design or construction of many major projects. I actually had a class where I was taught how to design riveted connections. I am a Hoosier by birth, a Boilermaker by the grace of God. In the old days, one of the nicknames for the Purdue sports teams was Riveters. Therefore, combining the Buckeye and the Riveter nicknames became my forum name.

The photo that you see with the signature was taken in 1955 with my first electric train, a Marx. I love the photo because it reflects the joy of a young boy with his trains. A joy that has lasted over 45 years. [8D] (The photo makes it very easy to spot one of my replys on a posting.)

People from Roseyville, NC call me a pain in the A@$. [:0]

No one forced you or any one else to reply, Buckeye. [:0]

Jim

[Big_Boy_4005]

Jim, Buck's not really complaining. He just picked up a copy of his post from the old topic. Bob and I were too lazy to do that, so you'll have to click on the link to read ours.[swg]

This is a fun "get to know you" topic which , if you look at the dates in the link, hasn't been done in a while.

By the way, I'm almost back to the weight I was in that photo, and I still have those overalls and shirt in my closet.[:0][:p][:I][:D]

[Jumijo]

Sure looked that way to me, Elliot. The forum was kinda slow yesterday so I tried to get people writing. I'm relatively new and thought it might be an interesting discussion, and the very first sentence in my opening post says "Has this been covered already?". Had I known it was, I wouldn't have started the thread. But over 35 people have responded, so discussing it again can't be that annoying.

Congratulations on your weight loss! It ain't easy.

Jim

[Big_Boy_4005]

Thanks Jim, that photo is almost 13 years old. It's been a long yoyo ride. By the way, Buck's remark about people in "Roseyville" was a good natured poke at the Chief. You can't tell the players without a scorecard.

Speaking of the Chief, I'm thrilled that he is coming to town, and we are finally going to get to meet face to face Saturday evening. Should be a fun time, we'll tell you all about it, probably in the Coffee Pot.

[Jumijo]

The Chief is a good guy. He's helped me a lot getting started in this hobby, as have many others on this forum, including you, Elliot. Have fun!

Jim

[cheapclassics]

To all,

I wrote a series of articles for CTT a few years back on "Cheap Classics", which were Scout-based cars made in the MPC and early Kughn era. Sadly, Lionel seems to have lost interest in most of what I wrote about except for the SP cabooses and the two-bay hoppers. Maybe when they exhaust all the other PWC possibilities, they will make a PWC "Scout" set for Brianel and me :-)

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[Jumijo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cheapclassics

To all,

I wrote a series of articles for CTT a few years back on "Cheap Classics", which were Scout-based cars made in the MPC and early Kughn era. Sadly, Lionel seems to have lost interest in most of what I wrote about except for the SP cabooses and the two-bay hoppers. Maybe when they exhaust all the other PWC possibilities, they will make a PWC "Scout" set for Brianel and me :-)

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

Mike,

I enjoyed those articles! The only way you're going to see a PWC Scout outfit is if it sells in the $500+ range. All the PWC stuff is outrageously priced.

Jim

[mersenne6]

Mathematics is the main part of my job.

Marin Mersenne was a mathematician and the 16th century equivalent of the internet. He knew practically everyone in science at the time and they knew him. If you had an interesting fact, idea, theory, etc. and didn't know whom to contact about it you wrote Mersenne a letter and he would forward it on to someone who might share your interest and be interested in discussing it with you. Mersenne also studied a class of prime numbers as well as a class of numbers known as "perfect numbers" . The last are numbers that are the sum of their prime products. 6 is the first perfect number since 6 = 1x2x3 as well as 1+2+3.

[cheapclassics]

Jaabat,

Thank you for the compliment and I am glad you enjoyed them. I like to write about the inexpensive side of the hobby. Not all the PWC stuff is so bad. They are redoing the helicopter car, which I had an HO version of and fond memories of it, that is not too highly priced compared to an intact original car. I plan on buying one to relive my experiences.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[lionelsoni]

Some time ago, I tried to interpret mersenne6's name. The 6th Mersenne prime is one less than two to the 17th power. When I saw that this value is 131071, I thought I had it and e-mailed him to ask whether he was born on January 31, 1971. As you can see from his posting and as he told me, I was too clever for my own good and completely wrong.

[lmsjim]

I go by LMS Jim. This stands for the London, Midlands, and Scottish railway. It was formed in 1923 and was absorbed by British Rail in 1947. Scottish railways are my first love and I have an OO Gauge layout in addition to my Lionel one.

[marxalot]

Well do I really have too? Nope, you get it already but hey I must comment that
I love that bird Spanky! I mean he is great. Looking at the thumbnail photo I
always thought "hmmmm.......a man with a fake bird on his shoulder" but now
I know it is a real bird and a neat one at that. The HO layout will be DOWN this
weekend. Maybe I'll have a photo to post some Sunday in 2006!

And to the Buckeye Riviter; any chance you are making the IU vs. Purdue
game this month? I'll be there................. wearing red! Go Hoosiers!

Jim

[switch7frg]

Switch 8 was a switch in a classifying yard in east Dayton Ohio many years ago. When the humped cars would hit the frog , sometimes it would pop and other times it would groan. That is a memory that has remained with me . Hence , the name

[Buckeye Riveter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jaabat

QUOTE: Originally posted by Buckeye Riveter

And again we explain:

QUOTE: Originally posted by Buckeye Riveter

Great question!! [:D]

Here's the real story about the my forum name Buckeye Riveter and my signiture as you see it here on the forum. [;)]

As many of you know I live in Central Ohio, the Buckeye State, near a crossroads that is named Roger's Corners. A small creek runs through Roger's Corners at an elevation of 936 feet.

I am a graduate of Purdue University in Civil Engineering and for the last 30 years have been part of the design or construction of many major projects. I actually had a class where I was taught how to design riveted connections. I am a Hoosier by birth, a Boilermaker by the grace of God. In the old days, one of the nicknames for the Purdue sports teams was Riveters. Therefore, combining the Buckeye and the Riveter nicknames became my forum name.

The photo that you see with the signature was taken in 1955 with my first electric train, a Marx. I love the photo because it reflects the joy of a young boy with his trains. A joy that has lasted over 45 years. [8D] (The photo makes it very easy to spot one of my replys on a posting.)

People from Roseyville, NC call me a pain in the A@$. [:0]

No one forced you or any one else to reply, Buckeye. [:0]

Jim

Jim, when I complain, you will know I'm complaining. It ain't pretty or soft. "And again, we explain,” should not be construed as an opening line to a complaint, it just acknowledges that this topic has been done before and because Bob graciously posted the place where it was posted, I was able to cut and paste the story again. (Thanks Bob and how did you find it???)

Frequent visitors to the forum for the most part see similar questions such as this as time moves forward. If I had not wanted to participate in this topic, I would have simply not posted.

[thor CNJ]

CNJ - I live in central New Jersey, halfway between New York and Fooladelphia. And the CNJ is one of the railroads I like. (The others are Lackawanna, Erie-lackawanna, Erie, PRR )

Thor is appropriate - here's one of my lines of publications:
http://thortrains.com/bifrost/

[ChiefEagles]

OK, I waited long enough. The name Chief Eagles came from the Time Warner Road Runner installer. He suggested it as Eagles sounded like an Indian [Native American] name [which it is not]. So he set up my account as Chief Eagles. Well, when I came to CTT, I thought of the Santa Fe Chief [which everyone wants one] so I used it here. Works out good as there are two Franks that use this forum continously and another one that drops in some too. Well, after CTT, I've used it continously. [:D]

[Anonymous]

A most fitting name since you are somewhat of a Chief around here.
Mine is from one of the best Lotus forumla one cars.

[Anonymous]

Mine is pretty prosaic, just the first half of my e-mail address.

Possibly if I'd been a little sharper when I signed on I would have used the moniker I use with the Mike Skinner and Ship-of-Fools sites: al-in-chgo

[Anonymous]

Mine is pretty prosaic, just the first half of my e-mail address.

Possibly if I'd been a little sharper when I signed on I would have used the moniker I use with the Mike Skinner and Ship-of-Fools sites: al-in-chgo

[Dr.Fu-Manchu]

The Doctor Is In !!! To answer the question: I was a stage magician,untill I was retired by congestive heart failure in march 2003. I had planed to do a magic act with oriental magic and call my self "Dr.Fu-Manchu" Before that I started using Ebay and was calling myself "Fu-Manchu" till a fellow magician contacted me and was using the name with out the hyphen. So I became The Doctor and it stuck. I am also fond of the Movies featuring the evil doctor. Also, I want to rule the world(if I can keep nayland smith away)
Till My Next Missive, I Remain The Humble Yet Strangly Evil Doctor !!![}:)]

[3railguy]

I try to use jlong on all forums. There was already a jlong here when I registered so I picked 3railguy out of my hat.

[tmcc man]

T=Train M=Master C=Command C=Control. TMCC. I just thought of the name when I got the system last Christmas. Very simple. I just added man at the end.

[Anonymous]

Mine is pretty self-explanitory. Sask. is the abbreviation for Saskatchewan, the province I live in. Tinplater refers to my love of vintage prewar and postwar tinplate toy trains, which I collect and operate on a classic tinplate-style layout.

[IronHoarse]

Well I actually wanted "Ironhorse" for my user name but someone already had it. I came up with "Ironhoarse" because it sounds like "Ironhorse" when spoken. However, I believe that "Ironhorse" is pretty much self explanitory.

[jwse30]

jwse30: jw are my initials; and se30 is the name of a very old Macintosh computer that I use to check my email. Tinkering with old Macs is another hobby of mine.

J White