http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Your Username - how was it chosen? en-US Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:01:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/search.php http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-60056 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:50:34 +0000 watcher13 60056@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>:D, midori. Oh well, it sounds like your "poor" hubby could have found a lot worse things to drive him crazy. </p> <p>Hey, I just had a weird daydream about my poodle talking crazy talk to me and it's hair had changed from white to blonde. ??? You'd better turn that dreamcatcher around! I think it's projecting!</p> <p>The Old West wisecrackslinger sings as he rides his old paint off into the sunset, "...drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds...". (Sons of the Pioneers, if anyone's wondering.) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-60046 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:57:47 +0000 midori 60046@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Lol, watcher... sometimes he calls me "poodlehead" because of my curly blonde hair. I think it more resembles a tumbleweed. In flight. :D But most often he just calls me "Wacky."</p> <p>&gt;BK... gee, I forgot I put that there. No, I don't make dreamcatchers, but I do have one hanging in my bedroom window, and if it's faced the wrong way, look out. But I used to weave a lot on a hand-made loom, and my weavings were like dreams, so I guess I was thinking of that. Also used to love to work with jute and beads and such... I should get back into all that neat stuff now that my daughter is in college, and become a hippie again. *&#38;;-) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-60043 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:53:35 +0000 watcher13 60043@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>My dog growing up was named Dory. Named after my mother Dorothy. A miniature poodle. If I asked your hubby, midori, would he say that you're that cute? :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-60032 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:09:26 +0000 Buckleysmom 60032@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Midori.....Yep, you got that right! Guess I forgot.</p> <p>Hey I've been wanting to ask....in your profile you mention "dreamweaver".....do you make dream catchers? I have a friend who makes them and was just wondering.<br /> BK </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-60008 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:02:17 +0000 midori 60008@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Lol, wrabbit... my childhood was far from idyllic. By "younger," I meant in my 20s and such! Ah, I miss that sailin' crowd. But I brought a good crew-member from one of the boats home with me for keeps... my hubby! :)</p> <p>And Buckleysmom... "mom" is actually a very, very long word (and servant is in there!) so I think you have it all covered with those three letters. :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-59993 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:28:30 +0000 Buckleysmom 59993@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I agree....it's nice to see this back on top.</p> <p>A lot of times I try to guess at why someone picked a certain name and I'm usually WAYYYYYYY off. Like I thought for sure GMMan was either because you liked chevys or because you worked for General Motors.....but I see I'm wrong again.</p> <p>Sometimes I think I should change my name to Buckleys servant instead of his mom....but that would be longer and it's already too long. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-59990 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:06:46 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 59990@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>That sounds like an idyllic childhood midori, and the name is cool. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-59981 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:06:39 +0000 midori 59981@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Nice, Quantum... Much like I experienced in "me dory." Ah, to be back in those carefree days of enlightened abandonment. But wait. It's time to start again now, isn't it. :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-59978 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:09:34 +0000 Paul F. Quantum AKA "The Dragon" 59978@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I like science, science fiction, comics and Chinese myths/culture (among MANY other things).</p> <p>So the first part of my nickname is from science fact and fiction, the second one from Chinese myth.</p> <p>The complete nickname looks like the name of a cosmic superhuman.</p> <p>Quantum also refers to the fact that when I am really into something (research, reading, writing, creating and even just walking out in Mother nature's garden), I am not exactly where my physical body is.</p> <p>Since I am in my third year of retirement, I can enjoy these voyages in the quantum folds. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-59977 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:58:06 +0000 midori 59977@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>That's pretty, Dawn... Shadawbi. Reminds me of a person with special powers in a tribe of sorts. "Take this matter to the Shadawbi, and all shall be well in two sunrises." :)</p> <p>Mine was one of those that I had to pick real quick because the one I wanted was taken. (How dare they! lol!) I guess most people think of the drink, or cordial, and I'm not even sure what's in those, but it is a pretty word. I also like the word "mimosa," which is also a drink, but I know it as a beautiful pink lacy flower that blooms this time of the year around here. But wait... I didn't pick that, did I.</p> <p>I spent a lot of my younger days on or around sailboats. When not racing, they pull a dinghy, or dory behind them to get ashore when anchored. It's like a little, rounded sturdy rowboat. When docked, that little dory was mine. I would take out "me dory" and explore all the nooks and crannies of the inlet. So I called it "midori," and that's what popped into my mind at that moment. "Sail on silver girl, sail on by. Your time has come to shine, all your dreams on on their way." (Paul Simon) *&#38;:-) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-59966 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:48:27 +0000 Dawn 59966@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Mine is simply my first name, but I don't use it as my username on most sites. I usually use Misty after my deceased pit bull or Shadawbi, which is a blend of a portion of each of mine, my husband's, &#38; my daughter's first names. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-59961 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:21:21 +0000 GMMan, Game Hacker 59961@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Me, simply, GM is the guided missile flag on the tank game BZFlag. I remember back then how I loved to snipe people with a GM on BoxyWars. This nickname have since been what I use on most sites. If GMMan is already taken, then I use GMMan_BZFlag (because my nick originated from BZFlag). </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-59955 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:51:33 +0000 butch552 59955@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>i got mine from my grandaughters ,butch is a nickname , 55 yr. born and 2 for my 2grandaughters </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-59951 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:51:24 +0000 LuvmyYorkies 59951@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks WhiteRabbit for starting this: It is very interesting to see why/how we all choose. As for mine...obviously I love my Yorkies (Ernie-named after sesame street and Maggie May - the song lol). I also go by Huntress (because I am a hunter) and bonnie_holdem on yahoo and pogo, obviously because I like to play Texas Holdem. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/3#post-59943 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:39:26 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 59943@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>It's nice to see this topic back. I to find it interesting apetta88. :)</p> <p>WR </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-59940 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:00:18 +0000 apetta88 59940@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>nice topic... I'm always interested in reasons that make us choice a username because i think our username it's like a "business card"...<br /> Tells other people in the forum who we are...</p> <p>However...<br /> Apetta88 [not aSpetta88 like SOMEONE write...:D] is my nickname also in life...<br /> It can traslated in english as "little bee".<br /> When my friends gave me this name they said: "in this nickname we condensed 2 important part of your character, a good and a bad one...</p> <p>The good one:you're that kind of people who's always busy with something [Scouts,university,gym,charity work...]...You never stop,always working on something, especially if it's for the sake of people around you and you don't care if you take an advantage of it or not, like the bee makes his honey even if she know that someone else will take it away from her...</p> <p>The bad one: bees are soooooo noisy, always buzzing and sometimes are quite annoying... you are so full of life,so happy,so extroverted... but you NEVER stop chatting!:D"</p> <p>[hope I traslated well their explanation :D ]</p> <p>I add: Bees don't sting normally, because when they sting they die, but when they sting they leave their sting in the enemy so the wound is most painful...<br /> So am I: I never get angry with people, but when I do [usually because they hurt people I love] I can became SO evil... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-54109 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:55:11 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 54109@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi Reeker, it sounds neary as good as a friend of mines moniker <strong>UpChuck</strong>, she's a sailing enthusiast, so it takes little imagination to guess how she received the nickname, lol. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-54103 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:02:31 +0000 Reeker001 54103@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Mine came from my 4 year old cousin and my grama about 20 years ago. For some reason she couldn't pronounce my name, Karen, and called me Kareeker. Grama shorted it to Reeker and my best friend found out and it kinda stuck. In fact, most people don't even know my real name! Lol. The 001 came from my not wanting to be Reeker82537746199452 on messangers. So I became Reeker001. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-54096 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:17:23 +0000 Hallford 54096@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hallford is my maiden name :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-54034 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:10:26 +0000 idon 54034@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Mine is pretty simple.My name is Ivan Donchev,so guess why I gave myself the name idon? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-54017 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:49:49 +0000 Paulga 54017@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Bobby,...nope not Her Majesty's Fusiliers,..but i did work,.."another name for it",..with them in the Mid East,..we were Armoured Car....Cav Corps,..first in and last out,..Panhard Armoured Cars,...two 7.62 machine guns and a 60mm mortar,..sometimes a 120mm mortar,..noisy!,..but devastating!,...our cap was the famous Glengarry,..(and so my YouTube name)..with black streamers,..colors were red black and green,..meaning through mud and blood through the green fields,...Africa,..Cyprus,...Lebanon,...and other places!,..we were Irish Defense Forces,..stationed with the United Nations,..Canadians,Americans,Swedes,Fins,Austrians,Australian Police,and British. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-54008 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:42:27 +0000 rezidue 54008@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>rezidue started out as an idea I had for a name for a band I was in in the late 80's by using initials from our names R S D U W - I ended up using it as an artist name and use it as my nic/username as well. It was Residue but I preferred the Z... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-53954 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:29:52 +0000 RosnSC 53954@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yep, it's pretty flat, too, Copmom/Lauri. When we get to go up to Kentucky, where my son is, stationed at Fort Campbell, it is such a treat because we actually get to see some real scenery, including mountains. :D</p> <p>Sue </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-53920 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:01:50 +0000 copmom 53920@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>RosnSC .. here in the NC mountains we'd call that "the flatlands" LOL</p> <p>Speaking of grandkids.. had a flashback. When our oldest grandson was little he'd call hubby PaPa.. and naturally, in his mind, he'd call me MaPa! Pretty inventive I think!</p> <p>{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}} ~ Lauri </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-53908 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:21:54 +0000 RosnSC 53908@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Bobby, I'm in the Lowcountry region.</p> <p>Sue </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-53904 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:28:42 +0000 Bobby 53904@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>@RosnSC ... &lt;perk!&gt; South Carolina?! Where 'bouts? I used to live on Lady's Island, outside of Beaufort. Mercy, what a beautiful state. Throw in a cast net and retrieve 20 pounds of huge shrimp. Use them for bait for sting ray and those for shark. Could fish through several tidal changes at Paradise Pier....just moving from one side to the other. To this day, I can't look at shrimp without recalling those halcyon days.</p> <p>@Paulga ... Kind sir, were you a member of Her Majesty's Fusiliers?!!<br /> BTW ...Dad would be the famous one, as much for his music as his stage work; I was the .. ahem .. infamous one. Alas, we lost Dad to Alzheimer's a couple years back. How I miss his music!</p> <p>@ModLox ... thank you for the warm welcome. It does feel like I've come 'home' again. I've been with this site since its inception and pleased to see it thriving still. Glad to see you in your new role, too! </p> <p>@FullBug .. &lt;slaps forehead .. DUH!&gt; I worked with VH off and on for years... from warm-up band to headliner years... and I did not make the connection. Good name, that one! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-53853 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:53:28 +0000 RosnSC 53853@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>My user name, RosnSC, is a sort of spin off of Rosulen which is my Yahoo, and other areas, ID. I use this ID on all forums I belong to. The Ros part is obvious, but the nSC part is for where I live - in S.C.<br /> Rosulen - similar to Paulga's, it is comprised of syllables of my 3 names - the first syllable of the first 2 names, and the last syllable of my last name. My boys liked my idea so much that they did the same with theirs, except that one added some numbers on the end of his.</p> <p>Sue </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-53848 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:54:05 +0000 Paulga 53848@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi Bobby,<br /> now i am going to confuse you more,..lol,..Paulga is my user name here,..my Christian name is Philip,..grin,....oh Ulrika is living in Stockholm,..Sweden,..but is from up north in Sweden. Oh military minded that i know of you,..but what a mind,..your Dad and you are quite famous for electronics,..to say the least,..and i hope your Dad is well,..i used to follow your site,..alas i fell by the wayside,..keep well,...and yes i did see your return with doggy in tow,..be good. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-53847 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:46:10 +0000 Paulga 53847@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi Samm,<br /> ah the name Ulrika is my youngest sons wife,..she would be pleased if it were used,..i like that name,..her mother is Ulla-Britt,..nice sounding names,...exercise for the tongue when speaking them.<br /> Oh not to confuse anyone,..my user name is Paulga,..my given name is Philip,..though most of you know this,...i also go under the name glengarry23,...that came from the type of beret i wore in the military,...another name for you,..is Atlantis,..it helps prevent me getting mixed up when i get emails from other forums. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4680/page/2#post-53822 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:49:00 +0000 fullbug 53822@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Mine comes from the name of a Van Halen song, 'The Full Bug' I also post on a Van Halen fan site so I came up with something VH related, I actually met a few members from there once and everyone just called me 'bug' so maybe I made the wrong choice, lol.... </p>