Why you chose your forum screen name

[Moemg]

Moe is actually my nickname & MG are my initials .

 

[BTravlin]

It's what I like to do.

 

[GLM]

My older brother (who still can't save ) was always jealous that I saved my allowance and gift money and had cash when I needed it. Like any good little sister aggravating him was a bonus.

His nick name for me was "Greedy Little Miser"

The law of unintended consequences - it taught me the LBYM lifestyle. Thanks Bro......

 

[Rambler]

In middle school, a kid found a Rambler hubcap on the playground. How it came to be on the playground is anyone's guess. Kid puts said Rambler hubcap on my head and calls me Rambler. We all had nicknames (tiny school with only 25 students in 8th grade...had to find something to do with our time, do we found nicknames for each other). Rambler stuck for me thru high school, but was largely forgotten from the college years. I dredged it up 5.5 years ago when joining this (my first) online forum. I now use it, or a version of it adding my birth year, for a couple others that I visit less frequently than here. Avatar is the 'R' trademark that was on said hubcap 39 years ago, when it was placed upon my crown, dubbing me Rambler. I scrounged it from somewhere in the web.

R

 

[F-One]

I'm a big Formula One racing fan

 

[pb4uski]

In middle school, a kid found a Rambler hubcap on the playground. How it came to be on the playground is anyone's guess. Kid puts said Rambler hubcap on my head and calls me Rambler. We all had nicknames (tiny school with only 25 students in 8th grade...had to find something to do with our time, do we found nicknames for each other). Rambler stuck for me thru high school, but was largely forgotten from the college years. I dredged it up 5.5 years ago when joining this (my first) online forum. I now use it, or a version of it adding my birth year, for a couple others that I visit less frequently than here. Avatar is the 'R' trademark that was on said hubcap 39 years ago, when it was placed upon my crown, dubbing me Rambler. I scrounged it from somewhere in the web.

R

Do you own a Rambler hub cap?

 

[Bram]

A contraction of my name. My avatar is an Ohio star quilt block, because I am into quilts/quilting big time and I hail from Ohio.

 

[Rambler]

Do you own a Rambler hub cap?

No, I do not. My dad used to own a Rambler station wagon, hubcaps and all, 46 years ago. I may buy and restore the same car he had, just as a hobby. We'll see...lots of other priorities. But, if I run across a Rambler hubcap for sale, I'm buying it!

R

 

[REattempt]

Was fi before I joined the forum. I was attempting to retire early. I made it at 46. Some suggested that I change it now that I retired. I still think I'm attempting retirement cause I'm not entirely comfortable being retired...even after a year and a half...so I've left it. It too has become who I am and I likely won't change it.

Avatar is a pic I found somewhere. Love the water and it is the way i like to view myself in retirement...

 

[scrabbler1]

I am a big Scrabble fan and play the game a lot although not in clubs or tournaments any more. I am, however, involved with the local school Scrabble program on a volunteer basis which I find more satisfying.

 

[Walt34]

Walt is my name - could be first, middle or last - and the 34 is part of an ID number that was mine for almost 30 years. Every scrap of paper with my signature on it had that ID number on it too.

The tag line came about when I got a job after I retired. But the job looks like it is going down the tubes and unless there's a rapid turnaround I'll probably be fully retired again by May 1st after saying:

Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job and Shove It - YouTube

 

[Purron]

Purron. Love cats. Volunteer at our local shelter to help them. Hope they all do well and find a reason to "purr on".

 

[Lsbcal]

Least significant bit in california

Avatar is part of one of my oil paintings.

 

[M Paquette]

I yam what I yam. Keeps me honest.

Besides, I figure that nobody here will figure out that I'm a New Jersey police chief, let alone discover where my high end upholstery business is, or details of my dental practice. Certainly no ER fans would show up at the San Antonio gym where I work out, or want to catch my CNN appearances, attend my college classes, or visit my Arizona grave.

So there's that...

The avatar depicts George Washington on his favorite mount, "Blueskin". This is considered a historical oddity, due to the creatures obviously greenish hue.


(Oh, all right. It's really cribbed from the cover of http://www.amazon.com/Idiot-America-Stupidity-Became-Virtue/dp/0767926153 "Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free", by Charles Pierce.)

 

[sunnysideup]

Well, the screen name is my fervent wish. I hope to change my screen name in early 2014!

The avatar is a picture I took in NJ. Many people who have not seen the beauty in our state, and may think the state looks like the Linden refineries they see when they land at Newark Liberty Airport. So I am just sharing the beauty of the wonderful Garden State!

 

[Ronstar]

Back before DW and our friends and relatives got GPS navigation, they all used to call ronstar for directions.

 

[Nords]

But the job looks like it is going down the tubes and unless there's a rapid turnaround I'll probably be fully retired again by May 1st after saying:

After all the months that you've talked about your KMA hat, you would think that the bosses would've had plenty of warning about the job trend.

 

[REWahoo]

Walt, does that mean your name needs to go on the Class of 2013 list? Or is there a special list for re-retireds?

 

[dessert]

Working years are the "meal" and retirement is the "dessert".
The avatar will change from time to time.

 

[bbbamI]

Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered - Linda Ronstadt - YouTube

 

[brewer12345]

Moniker: I have been a homebrewer for 20 years.

Avatar: the Good Soldier Svejk, the main character in a classic work of Czech literature. Svejk is a conscript in the First World War who never quite manages to make it to the front lines. A little man caught in the machine story which has lots of hysterically filthy humor.

Signature: something I read in a book by Charles Murray which crystalizes the way I see the world.

 

[audreyh1]

My screen name - boring.
Avatar - the paint job on the rear of my motor home. It looks like someone let the genie out of the bottle.
My sig - self quote - because that's how it has turned out so far!

 

[REWahoo]

Screen name: Originally REWanabe, it morphed into REWahoo! the day I retired. (Note I lost the "!"at some point. I was told it was a side effect of aging.)

Avatar: Someone named a bar after me

Sig line: Hey, they is.

 

[Walt34]

After all the months that you've talked about your KMA hat, you would think that the bosses would've had plenty of warning about the job trend.

They do know and the agency at the site is fighting the change but they're the smaller fish in the pond. As with so many other things the final decision will be made by people in Washington, DC who won't have to deal with the fallout.

 

[utrecht]

I first heard about this fad called the World Wide Web back in 1992. Back then everyone didnt have 12 email addresses. My wife and I were trying to think up an email address for both of us to use. She went to New Utrecht H.S in NY City and I had visited the City of Utrecht in The Netherlands while in the Army so we used Utrecht@whatever.com as our email address. I've used utrecht or some form of it on forums ever since.