I don't get it

[SSChameleon]

Mine is the style and model of my mountain bike. I was on mountain bike forums before I found this site so I stay with the same nickname so I don't have to remember more than one.

[Tristan]

Sorry.
Black or Dark water sounds really cool. I don't think my name means anything. Marlin is cool in it's own right-that was the first gun I ever had, oh, about 35 years ago.....a Marlin Golden 39A. Man, I loved that gun. Accurate as hell. Had it up to 12 years ago when someone broke in and stole it. Man, was I upset!
Ya, Mike is generic. But safe!
Sorry to sound stupid, but I don't know what a "Tackspitter" is. Like horse tack? or the nails?
Pickenup is cool. That makes sense. It's always interesting to me to learn this stuff. Gives me a couple ideas for a nick name for me. I cooked for a lot of years when I was young(er). Maybe cookie? like on Beetle Bailey. Naw, sounds too feminine.

[tackspitter]

It refers to a furniture reupholsterer. We put tacks in our mouths to hold them and take them out with the end of a magnetic hammer to apply them . Hence the term Tackspitter. Not very glamorous I know. As for being safe if your referring to my Quote at the bottom. I heard that one day when some one was debating gun control with someone who said they would feel safer if we banned guns and the other guy said Ill keep my gun thank you because feeling safe is like being safe only different. He may have gotten it somewhere but I always thought it was cool.

[theGinsue]

'cause it's cooler than my real name...

Same here.

well... I don't figure on using my real name as a screen name/id/profile unless really warranted. Lots of information can be gathered from the internet, thus using different names and ID's helps keep things a little more descrete (sp).

While I'm more open here on this forum that most other online activities Im involved with, even the most seemingly unimportant information can be the final piece of the puzzle an identity thief or online predator needs to make you a victim. Using a nickname adds another level of security.

My handle is a nickname I got while working for U.S. Space Command while I was Active Duty. As an IT guy I always carried a leatherman tool on one hip and a Gerber Gator on the other. Apparently that, coupled with my real name, led a co-worker to call me Ginsu (yeah, like the knive people; shirtly thereafter adapted to Ginsue). The name stuck - especially with another co-worker who is a hunting partner and my best friend. Now, that's all he and his family and all of my other hunting partners call me. In fact, anyone who knows me through this guy only knows me as "Ginsue", or "The Ginsue". I was told (by this guy) that it's actually more of a title, "like 'The President' ".

Now you know the rest of the story.

[Marlin]

No problem... Think I was 8 or 9,, found one of those baby names books, and looked it up.. Found out it was derived from McDougal,, wanted to change it to that, 'Cause THAT was cool... My Mother wouldn't let me though... German/English mix with a Scottish name,, No wonder I'm confused most of the time..

[MichiganMilitia]

Now you know the rest of the story.

Nice allusion to Paul Harvey. What a genuinely great radio personality!



Michigan Militia... Well, I came up with this nickname about 8 or 10 years ago when I played Medal of Honor and Call of Duty 2 online and I needed a good nickname then. I'm from Michigan and I wanted to let people associate with that, but I wanted it to have a connection to war or fighting or something and Militia sounded good so I put the two together. I am in no way associated with the ACTUAL Michigan Militia, nor do I ever plan to be. It's just a good-sounding online gaming name that has followed me to several online forums.

I know this is the COLORADO AR-15 club forums, but I grew up in Michigan and I've met some great people just by virtue of having Michigan in my name. So that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

-MM

[RRD3]

Didn't say My name sucked.. Just said "Marlin" was cooler...

My name means Black or Dark water in Scottish... Which is pretty cool in it's own right...

I'm from Scottish decent and my last name means "bald hill" I guess I know what to look towards when I get older.

On the subject of nicknames, I think most people... more so if you were in the Military are given nicknames. The nickname that was given to me when I was in the Corps was "Wicked". I'm kinda proud of that nickname seeing how a lot of people ended up with nicknames that are not that great.. like gumass, Uno (guy had one testicle) fish, ropeburn, or beans. I learned to appreciate mine really quick

I don't really use that nickname anywhere but around those who know the meaning and why it was given. I use RRD3 because those are my initials, Wicked is too common of a "online" nickname. Like MichiganMilitia I have played all the online games like MOHA, COD and so forth with a bunch of former Military guys and this is the only time use the nickname Wicked outside of my Corps family.

[Ranger]

But everywhere I go everybody uses nicknames 'cept me.

I'm kind of the same way, and made that mistake when joining this board. I've written the webmaster to change my name to something else but...... (hey webmaster: BUT..........).

I actually almost never use my real name but rather an acronym that I've used for years - except in places where there might be a tight LOCAL community where you might actually meet some of these people. The problem for me is not so much worry about identity theft or anything, it's that I am a conservative in a VERY particular liberal industry and would hate for my commie would-be clients to Google me and say "ahhhh, this guy is a whacko right wing gun owner".

[Pistol Packing Preacher]

I preach the Word...

and I pack a pistol...

and I do both at the same time...

[opie011]

I'm not very creative and picking a nickname was hard for me. I have several different ones but the most common one is opie011 and I chose that one because someone told me I looked like opie and then I just added 011 to the mix for no reason. So my nickname really has no meaning but I have one