Guys: I received a PM from JMart and he jokingly said his "unique" forum "handle" was a contraction of his name...kinda' made me laugh and think about our names here. When I started on the forums I was unaware the "handle" I chose would eventually stick and be how I would be recognized. Had I known I would have been more creative than "SMJmodeler" (initials + modeler)..as would JMart probably...
So it begs the question, "how and why did you name yourself the way you did here?"
We've mentioned avatars before too, but some of you are new so let us know why you chose that too! I'll go first.
Me: SMJmodeler (initials + modeler), Avatar: "Spies Like Us" I love the movie and the particularly this scene...it kinda represents the sometimes crazy and hairpulling parts of this hobby!
Thanks guys!
Ok, I'll bite. My call-sign stretches back a long way...all the way to high school where I was given the ironic nickname by my 11th grade English teacher of "wild bill" (I was anything but wild, straight-A student, 3rd in my class, etc.). He had a good sense of humor and I would always finish my classwork early and ask for a pass to the writing lab or computer lab so he got tired of writing my regular name (Bill) and started doing creative things...the "wild bill" stuck in that regard. I used that all the time for online forums and such but when I joined the MMORPG "World War II Online", "wild bill" was already taken...so I shortened it down to wbill...but that was taken too...so I added my birth year of 76 to come up with wbill76. That's been my online handle in many places for nearly a decade now...so it fits.
As for the avatar...that's the first ever "tank" designed by Leonardo Da Vinci. I have a love of history (both social and military) and building armor, so the avatar joins the two together perfectly.
SMJmodeler wrote: Guys: I received a PM from JMart and he jokingly said his "unique" forum "handle" was a contraction of his name...kinda' made me laugh and think about our names here. When I started on the forums I was unaware the "handle" I chose would eventually stick and be how I would be recognized. Had I known I would have been more creative than "SMJmodeler" (initials + modeler)..as would JMart probably...So it begs the question, "how and why did you name yourself the way you did here?"We've mentioned avatars before too, but some of you are new so let us know why you chose that too! I'll go first.Me: SMJmodeler (initials + modeler), Avatar: "Spies Like Us" I love the movie and the particularly this scene...it kinda represents the sometimes crazy and hairpulling parts of this hobby!Thanks guys!
Yeah I'm in the same boat as you,if I had realized I would have thought of something more creative,as it is I just used my name and house # Oh well-boring!!!! As for the Avatar,I just use diffrent pictures,this idea I robbed from one member I can't quite remember who it was,but he has a picture of himself with the APG Panther,I thought it was cool so last summer i did one next to the Jagdtiger.
And yes,,, I await the explanation for "Mansteins Revenge"
So you want to know why I choose Pvt Mutt.
My blood line is Scot-Irish,Dutch,Shawnee and Cherokee= Mutt.
Simple Tony
Mine is simple my initials JT, I build race cars in real life,but didn't want to use my buissness name wasn't sure if that was alowed so I just use race,and 214 is the sprint car I crew chief on..
John
"Cameraflage" is the name I use for my photographic endeavors...mostly landscape stuff, nothing too weird an no weddings (been there, done that...ugh.) Its a take off on camouflage, which is what I tend to wear when I go out shootings. I like to see without being seen.
Note how my desert digital pants kinda disappear against the rock wall I'm standing next to. If nothing else, it keeps me from being noticeable in other people's vacation pictures.
I tend to sign my posts as Ranger Joe, since Joe is my real name and I used to be a ranger...I served my country in uniform as a seasonal National Park ranger at Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge of Virginia. Best job I ever had. The NPS was smart to not provide me with a firearm (much to my friends' relief..."They didn't give you a gun, did they?"), so my defense of bunnies was carried out from a park entrance station along Skyline Drive.
Ranger Joe, Defender (kinda) of Bunnies
Like a few of you have mentioned, my name spawned from online gaming as well. Specificaly Call of Duty 1. For those that don't know German my name means ghost. My avatar is just the eagle that appears on some modern German flags.
Erik
wing_nut wrote:Well mine USED to mean something
LOL.... traitor...
Well, mine's not a brain teaser, that's for sure. I'm sure you can guess what one of my favorite planes is?? Just put Focke in front of it. It's simple, easy to remember and spell!
Andy