Re: How did you come up with your Screen name ?
[Re: tedwca]
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07/01/07 04:34 AM
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rooikat
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I like rooikat armored vehicles. I like rooikats. I like the color red. I am actually the king of all rooikats. Once a year, they all gather together to pay homage to me, and bring me small presents. In my non-online real life, my wife calls me roo.
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Re: How did you come up with your Screen name ?
[Re: rooikat]
#117700
07/01/07 04:49 AM
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WhichDawg
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is rooikat Godzilla's last name or first?
JYD#18 "Server Slayer"
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Re: How did you come up with your Screen name ?
[Re: rooikat]
#117701
07/01/07 11:46 AM
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BRAMEL
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I like rooikat armored vehicles. I like rooikats. I like the color red. I am actually the king of all rooikats. Once a year, they all gather together to pay homage to me, and bring me small presents. In my non-online real life, my wife calls me roo. Mine is the first three letters of my first and last name BRA<>MEL....I also have it on my licence plate.
When you care enough to use only the best...stick'em with a SKYCO knife.
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Re: How did you come up with your Screen name ?
[Re: BRAMEL]
#117702
07/01/07 02:12 PM
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SSCamaro99_3
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I own a 1999 Camaro SS, and I am a big Dale Earnhardt fan. I started using this screename on car forums. I figured I would just be consistent.
JYD #43
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Re: How did you come up with your Screen name ?
[Re: SSCamaro99_3]
#117703
07/01/07 02:30 PM
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Unsub
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The first forum I signed up for there was a silly FBI show on in the background and they must have said the word "Unsub" about 30 times per scene and when it asked for a name it was right at the top of my brain. Several years ,dozens of forums and meeting thousands of people I am kindoff wishing I had maybe put a bit more thought into it. It seems like I use it more than my real name.
The show was "Criminal Minds", it took me a while to remember.
"if you want to be a hero you have to learn to drive stick"! Sara Conner
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Re: How did you come up with your Screen name ?
[Re: Unsub]
#117704
07/01/07 03:26 PM
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tedwca
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The first forum I signed up for there was a silly FBI show on in the background and they must have said the word "Unsub" about 30 times per scene and when it asked for a name it was right at the top of my brain. Several years ,dozens of forums and meeting thousands of people I am kindoff wishing I had maybe put a bit more thought into it. It seems like I use it more than my real name.
The show was "Criminal Minds", it took me a while to remember. I knew that was where it came from. They really overuse the term. 30+ times an episode is a low count. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Ted Wilson Dum inter homines sumus, colamus humanitatem. BTW - Winter is Coming.
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Re: How did you come up with your Screen name ?
[Re: KnifeParty]
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07/01/07 03:39 PM
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Rainwalker
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I away knew I'd get a chance to tell this story some day. Thanks for starting this thead Knifeparty!
In 2000 I went to Tom Brown's Tracker school. I was really into Native American philosophy and The Tracker School really seamed to reinforce a lot of what I had read and learned up to that point. It may seam crazy to some but Tom's books and teachings had a very deep and lasting affect on me. Not too long after coming back from Tom's school my father became very ill and had to be hospitalized and required very serious surgery, things did not look too good. He was in intensive care and I tried to spend as much time as I could at the hospital, but I still had to work. The hospital was only about a mile away from my work so sometimes I would walk to the hospital on an extended lunch break. On one particularly nice early fall day I decided to make the walk to the hospital. I was about 1/3 to 1/2 way there when I was caught in a very unexpected and pretty intence rain shower. I was not prepaired having only warn a light wind breaker. But instead of finding cover, I was stuck with the most profound feeling of what I can only explain as an almost spiritual feeling. That may seam goofy but we've all had experiences like this at one time or another. So instead of getting wet I felt the rain on a much deeper level and began to laugh uncontrolably it must have looked quite strange to the people and cars that I passed. I made it to the hospital completely drenched but with the most profound feeling of comfort. At that point I knew my dad would be OK and that no matter what happened everthing would always find a way of working out. That walk had the most profound effect on me that has lasted to this very day i will never be the same. It's funny too because my father had always had a say that I grew up hearing, "some people just don't have since enough to get in out of the rain". From that day forward I had a new saying, "some people feel the rain, others just get wet". Now I find myself from time to time drawn to a good rain shower. There's just nothing like getting out and playing in the rain.
So anyway, shortly after that experience I needed a screen name for something and the answer was clear as a bell to me. You might even say the name picked me instead of me picking the name.
You might even say that "Rainwalker" has become my given name. It's not what my wife and kids call me but it's become a very close second to my birth name.
Sorry if this story seams too goofy or too sappy, I've alway wanted the opportunity to tell it though and I hope it has given some food for thought. Sometimes the most profound things can happen in the most mundane circumstances, sometimes they're obvious sometime their not.
So that's the story of my name hope you enjoyed it... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
JYD#35 Dog Walkin in the Rain
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Re: How did you come up with your Screen name ?
[Re: Rainwalker]
#117706
07/01/07 03:46 PM
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WhichDawg
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Great story Rainwalker, I really enjoyed it bro <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
JYD#18 "Server Slayer"
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Re: How did you come up with your Screen name ?
[Re: WhichDawg]
#117707
07/01/07 03:49 PM
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Troy
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I just used my screen name from Rat Chat. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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Re: How did you come up with your Screen name ?
[Re: WhichDawg]
#117708
07/01/07 03:50 PM
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Rainwalker
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Thanks man I really enjoyed being given the opportunity to tell it...
JYD#35 Dog Walkin in the Rain
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Re: How did you come up with your Screen name ?
[Re: Rainwalker]
#117709
07/01/07 03:58 PM
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Horn Dog
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That story makes perfectly good sense to Crazy Vic, aka Horn Dog. It reminds me of an incident with a hawk when my father died.
Horned, dangerous, and off my medication.
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Re: How did you come up with your Screen name ?
[Re: Rainwalker]
#117710
07/01/07 03:58 PM
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Private Klink
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Great story Jeff! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> I think I told mine before, but here goes:
When I enlisted in the Marines back in 1968, Hogan's Heroes was still popular on television. My SSgt. Drill Instructor noticed a vague similarity between my name and Colonel Klink from the show. He was certainly not going to call me Colonel Klink, but dubbed me Private Klink. I had not used that until I joined Swamp Rat five years ago, and decided to use that for my screen name. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> Tom
Junk Yard Dog #1 Moderator/Leader of the Pack Good night Mrs. B, wherever you are! Long Live the Brotherhood of the Yard!
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