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User Names...how did you come up with yours?

My name is Robert. The numbers because someone already has robert, so I just picked four and one out of the blue.
 
Smoothie said:
Godly?!.....sorry to tar you with the same brush here buddy my experience of engineers is the REME... thats an anagram for Ruin Everything Mechanical Eventually (Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers), try telling them that whatever is running a bit lean and i guarantee they'll cower in the shade at the prospect of work :icon_lol: i know guys lets come up with a new 'Handle' for Bjoern.... :icon_lol:
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a) You're talking about the military.

b) You're talking about the english military.

c) You're talking about Englishmen.

;) :d



halvar342 said:
The number 342 is the number of the Bataillon i served.
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PzGrenBtl 342 (Koblenz)?
(Had to look it up 'though.)


Neither man nor animal, just a Panzergrenadier. :d


(Regards from an Ex-PzLBtl 93 member.)
 
it is an ISEC N34/29'98 E135/41'05 - obviously i have created an account right after my return from the mystic city of nara, former capital of japan. So more or less "flightsimerized".
 
Astoroth said:
Way, Way back, in the days of CFS1 online on the Zone, I was a member of several online Squadrons. After a bit, I got into designing scenery for CFS1 with a squad mate, and we formed the "Fallen Angels Design Group". That was many, many moons ago, but to this day any time I create something for the sims, I still brand it as a Fallen Angels Design.

According to Demonology, Astaroth is one of the Prince's of Hell, and thus a "Fallen Angel". So I chose that name for my part of the Fallen Angels Design Group. However, when writing the readme for my first scenery release, I misspelled it, Astoroth. So, I stuck with it. And I've been Astoroth ever since.
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sounds like a misspelling of astoreth (also known as ishtar) a pagan goddess from old testament times in the middle east. also mentioned in lovecraft's necronomicon. she's a pretty crazy sorta chick. look her up for some interesting trivia sometime
 
cheezyflier said:
sounds like a misspelling of astoreth (also known as ishtar) a pagan goddess from old testament times in the middle east. also mentioned in lovecraft's necronomicon. she's a pretty crazy sorta chick. look her up for some interesting trivia sometime
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This is exactly what I was thinking. Worship of Astoreth, Asherah, or any of the various baalim was a real no-no for a good Israelite, especially with all the associated cultic prostitution going on in the ancient Levant, so they were literally and figuratively "demonized." Joseph Campbell called the process by which the godheads of defeated religions become the demons of asendant ones "retroactive defamation".

My web name comes from Eoraptor lunensis, a Triassic dinosaur. If Velociraptor and T-Rex are the Ferrari and Porsche of dino world; Eoraptor is the Model T. I used to be a dinosaur, and this talk about my forearms being useless is a filthy lie.

JAMES
 
Many moons and winters ago we just arrived at Bahia,Brazil (my knowledge of Portuguese back then were nil) i was going back home walking after some soccer practice, trespassing a neighboring house back yard..well, this lady yelled at me "Prowler!" as I looked startled at her (she was speaking in english!) until i realized she was calling me a prowler, and ran as fast as i could trying to guide myself home.That night while we were dinning my dad said to me in front of all, "You know, the hag 4 doors away told me you were prowling on her back yard, and i said to her that´s impossible since my kids have good taste for women!" we all cracked in laughter and from then on my brother and sis kept calling me "Prowler", while my dad and mom made me promise to NEVER ever get near her house to avoid problems since we were not staying that long in Bahia(and we stayed 3 yrs, but not in that neighborhood)..by the internet age, it was my handle, "1111" since "Prowler" always seems to be taken...
And i just called my dad and asked him if he remembers this, "sure i do, what you didn´t know back then is that old hag had 3 beautiful daughters that your mom wanted to keep away from you boys"...20+ years and now he tells me!..TRUE STORY!

Prowler
 
About the time I made my first screenname, I had a fat cat named tig walk into the room. I couldn't think of anything better.:mixedsmi:
 
Luftwaffe nightfighter radio code for "I am attacking the target". Literally: Kettledrum! Kettledrum! :jump::jump:

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Mine Easy. Was my Call-Sign in the USCG for 10 years, some paper pushing Lt gave it to me.
 
tigisfat said:
About the time I made my first screenname, I had a fat cat named tig walk into the room. I couldn't think of anything better.:mixedsmi:
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It's a darn thing Deb didn't come walking into the room when I was setting up my user name..otherwise you folks would know me as "Debisnekkid" or "whatyouwantdonenow" or something like that.

OBIO
 
It was a choice between Stratobat (I was watching Batman) and Sparky (I have three friends who call me Sparky on account of having shocked myself twice on two seperate occasions).

Regards,
Stratobat
 
Officially this is my second legal name.

When I was first born I had a different name but after a few months I was adopted , given a new name and this has stuck with me ever since :icon_lol:

Pete.
 
PeteHam said:
Officially this is my second legal name.

When I was first born I had a different name but after a few months I was adopted , given a new name and this has stuck with me ever since :icon_lol:

Pete.
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Were you ever told what your original name was?
 
After finding out that it isn't always a good idea to post with your real name, as the Internet never forgets, I was looking for an alternative when joining new forums.
So when I needed one for SOH I simply chose the airplane my father learned flying on....the SG38
 
All those who are old enough will remember the Space Quest games, and its protagonist Roger Wilco. The first sequel came out in 1987, I think (16 colors EGA graphics, and even moving sprite figures and other amazing stuff).
This coupled with my birth year has been my screen name ever since in the early nineties. Many people know neither of Space Quest (shows I'm getting old...) nor voice procedures and think this is my real name. Oh well...

Cheers,
Mark
 
I choose the name Crusader in honor of a pilot in my unit in Vietnam . VMFA(AW)-235 "Death Angels" in 1967(F-8's) . I got to know him on the way overseas as I first went to MCAS Iwakuni , Japan for six months then we rotated to Danang for six months . We ran into each other a few times in Vietnam(Usually out on the flightline) as I was an Aviation Ordnanceman . I later found out after I left to go home he was killed when he flamed out and went into the bay and apparently drown . He and all others who gave the "Supreme Sacrifice" in all wars will always be inbedded in my thoughts .

Rich
 
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