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Nicknames and Usernames, how did you come by your's?

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Posted by pcarrell on Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:49 PM

 MisterBeasley wrote:

Mrs. Beasley, by the way, was the name of the little girl's doll in some old sit-com that I didn't watch. 

Family Affair......ahh yes, Mr. French, Buffy, and was it....Jody?

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:50 PM
Born in 1957 I have been Batman as long as that. My last name is quite similar to that cave dwelling hero. As soon as people hear my last name they start calling me Batman, even if they have just met me. I learned early in life to just accept the moniker. I use to love it in my single days when the girls would ask me to show them around my Batcave. My friends also say lets go watch the big game in the Batcave on the Batscreen and drink all of his Batbeer. I just wish there had been a Battrain and then I could run it on the layout when the Batfriends are over.

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Posted by aloco on Friday, August 31, 2007 12:15 AM
My user name was inspired by the Creedence Clearwater Revival song 'Porterville'.  In the chorus John Fogerty sings the words 'I don't care! I don't care!'  When I first heard the song I thought he was singing 'A-loco! A-loco!'.   And having trains on my mind at the time, well, the words couldn't have sounded like anything else.
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Posted by Cederstrand on Friday, August 31, 2007 12:30 AM

"Cederstrand" was my mothers maiden name. Following her death, I changed my professional Wildlife Artist name from R.B.Scott to Cederstrand as a tribute. She was my early mentor, an inspiration and a fine portrait artist in her own right. I would like to think she is still represented today in the best of my work.

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Posted by Pathfinder on Friday, August 31, 2007 2:12 AM

Mine is from the vehicle I drive, a Nissan Pathfinder.  It is my work truck.



On other forums, I am known as Trainman.  Hope I do not have to explain why here  Big Smile [:D]

 

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Posted by cordon on Friday, August 31, 2007 2:48 AM

Smile [:)]

It's a combination of my wife's name and mine.  Rhymes with "Gordon."  If we ever go into business together we will call it Cordon Enterprises.  Or Cordon Model Railroads or Cordon Computers or, you get the idea.

Smile [:)]  Smile [:)]

 

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Posted by Tracklayer on Friday, August 31, 2007 5:47 AM

I was in the middle of building my present layout, and was just beginning to lay the track when I climbed aboard the forum, so I called myself Tracklayer...

 

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Posted by RedGrey62 on Friday, August 31, 2007 7:08 AM

Mine was inspired from the colors of my favorite RR, the Burlington Route, whose locos were painted Red and Grey.  The 62 is simply the year I was born.

Gryphon, I like your signature with the prayer from the Red Green show!

Rick

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Posted by SilverSpike on Friday, August 31, 2007 7:48 AM

I tried GoldenSpike first in honor of the famous ceremony at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, but it was taken already so I tried SilverSpike next and it took!

Golden Spike National Historic Site

 

Ryan Boudreaux
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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Friday, August 31, 2007 8:01 AM

From the book title "Riding the Iron Rooster" and I was active in the Episcopal Cursillo movement at the time which uses the rooster as one of it's symbols.  It's all caps because I don't see as well as I used to and hit the <caps lock> key instead of the <shift> key when I was typing it in.

Enjoy

Paul 

 

 

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Posted by jesrr on Friday, August 31, 2007 8:02 AM
 I just used the initials of my full name and added rr to it. Whistling [:-^]
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Posted by Piedsou on Friday, August 31, 2007 8:16 AM

Piedsou is a short version of my freelanced model railroad, the Piedmont Southern.

You will be able to see the Piedmont Southern in Great Model Railroads 2008.

 

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Posted by SSW9389 on Friday, August 31, 2007 8:29 AM
My username reflects several facts of my life. I like the Cotton Belt, tunnel motors, am patriotic and was born on the national holiday in July.  
COTTON BELT: Runs like a Blue Streak!
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Posted by SilverSpike on Friday, August 31, 2007 8:32 AM
 Piedsou wrote:

Piedsou is a short version of my freelanced model railroad, the Piedmont Southern.

You will be able to see the Piedmont Southern in Great Model Railroads 2008.

 

Dale Latham

Hey Dale, I like your nickname! Looking forward to seeing your layout in the GMR2008 issue.

Cheers,

Ryan

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Friday, August 31, 2007 8:42 AM

When I first joined this forum back in 2003, I simply strung my first + lastname together.  Then I read an article warning against divulging my full name on high-traffic internet locations because of security concerns, identity theft etc.  So I nuked the old account and rejoined under my current moniker, which I chose because I had just finished kitbashing an ex-GP35 road slug from an RPP shell.

Now I question the wisdom of using this name, given the widespread hatred of CSX [which I was unaware of until ~6 months ago.]  It might be time for yet another name change... 

-Ken in Maryland  (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)

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Posted by GAPPLEG on Friday, August 31, 2007 8:48 AM

 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:
Mines the first and last part of my real name. Jeffrey Scott Reneau-Wimberly. My grandparents, being hardcore Native American (Cherokee) called me Running Bear.

My Jeff, we have connections, My grandmother is(or should I say was) full blood Cherokee, other sides had trickles. Had relatives over in Greenwood Miss.

Anyway my screen name is just my first intial , G , and the first 6 letters of my last name APPLEG .

Cherokee brave  Jerry   

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Posted by Gryphon on Friday, August 31, 2007 8:59 AM
 RedGrey62 wrote:

Gryphon, I like your signature with the prayer from the Red Green show!

Rick

 

Hey I thought other's besides myself would enjoy it. 

"Remember, if women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy." Red Green THE MAN'S PRAYER "I'm a man, but I can change. If I have to. I guess." Gryphon aka: Little Lone Coyote HO Scale Modular Group Rio Pacific Railroad
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Posted by Gryphon on Friday, August 31, 2007 9:03 AM
 CSX_road_slug wrote:
Now I question the wisdom of using this name, given the widespread hatred of CSX [which I was unaware of until ~6 months ago.]  It might be time for yet another name change... 
I thought your's was cool and did not know of the CSX hatred myself.
"Remember, if women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy." Red Green THE MAN'S PRAYER "I'm a man, but I can change. If I have to. I guess." Gryphon aka: Little Lone Coyote HO Scale Modular Group Rio Pacific Railroad
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Posted by Greg H. on Friday, August 31, 2007 9:18 AM
My first name and the first letter of my last
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Posted by gear-jammer on Friday, August 31, 2007 9:46 AM

Ours is pretty simple.  Truck drivers are sometimes called gearjammers.  My husband, Larry, is a truck driver.  Since I drive too, it was fitting.

Sue Truck Driver 2 





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Posted by loathar on Friday, August 31, 2007 9:57 AM
Loathar (of the Hill People) A Steve Martin character from the old Saturday Night Live. (re-done by Mike Meyers) He was the smart caveman that walked up right, possessed language and had opposable thumbs.
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Posted by johncolley on Friday, August 31, 2007 10:00 AM
I love big broad curves and use my initials plus the radius of a one degree railroad curve in feet (5,729'). The radius of any railroad curve can be found by dividing it by the degree of curvature (i.e.: transit offset for a chord length (surveyor's chain) of 100 feet.)                                  jc5729 John Colley, Port townsend, WA
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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, August 31, 2007 10:09 AM

 loathar wrote:
Loathar (of the Hill People) A Steve Martin character from the old Saturday Night Live. (re-done by Mike Meyers) He was the smart caveman that walked up right, possessed language and had opposable thumbs.

I always wondered if it was related to Lothar and the Hand People, a 60's band that most people have forgotten.  They never achieved much success, but some credit them with being the first band to tour using synthesizers and a weird electronic instrument called a Theramin, which was played by moving your hand around a central wire.  The electronics converted the changes in capacitance to audio tones.

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Posted by Dave Vollmer on Friday, August 31, 2007 10:23 AM
Mine was the result of days of careful creative thought and diliberation...!

Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.

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Posted by secondhandmodeler on Friday, August 31, 2007 11:23 AM

The equipment I started with came form my uncle when I was younger.  It sat in storage for eighteen years.  I had to try and make something out of second hand equipment.  I also kind of copied Spacemouse's old layout.  Once again, second hand.  Secondhandmodeler.

Moving forward,  I've ended up using only a few hoppers, and a few buildings.  The diesels and 50' boxcars are too new to have in my era.  I did end up using the brass sectional track, atlas flex track, and the old MRC power pack.  They work fine for me right now.

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Friday, August 31, 2007 11:41 AM

 Gryphon wrote:
  I thought your's was cool and did not know of the CSX hatred myself.

It's out there for sure - there's even a web site called "CSXsucks.com" or something like that.  Apparently many Western Maryland fans also hate it because one of its ancestor railroads, Chessie System, acquired and liquidated the WM.  (As a B&O fan I've never been too fond of 'Cheesie' myself actually...!)

-Ken in Maryland  (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)

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Posted by steamage on Friday, August 31, 2007 11:42 AM
"steamage" is short for Steam Age Equipment Company. A resource for older steam power plant equipment. So if you need a 70 ton Corliss stationary steam engine to generate a megawatt or two.

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Posted by dr.bones on Friday, August 31, 2007 11:55 AM

well it's kinda work related,

I'm an Orthopaedic Surgeon south of the border.

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Posted by yougottawanta on Friday, August 31, 2007 12:11 PM
That is a riot , aloco , CCR "a-loco !a-loco ! I love it  !Laugh [(-D] 
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Posted by whywaites on Friday, August 31, 2007 12:13 PM

I got my username by just adding "why" to my surname but my nick name in the RAF was Terry. I got this name from Terry Waite who was one of the Beiruit hostages back in the 1980's (along with John McCarthy and American hostages Terry Anderson and Tom Sutherland). I served 17 years with the RAF and some of the guys who I worked with didn't realise that Terry wasn't my real name until a few months before my discharge.

 

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