stikpusher wrote:

stick pusher- an Army airborne slang term for the last man in a stick of jumpers- he "pushes" all the other jumpers ahead of him out the door. I was often assigned this spot on fixed wing aircraft jumps, so I took this as my screenname (contracted and minus the "c") on most online sites that I am a memer of. The opposite is called a "wind dummy"- the first guy out who shows what direction the winds are really blowing.... this is me seated in a C-130 in stick pusher position, first man in the bird, last man out. my current avatar is an artwork that I found online of a jumpmaster doing a door check, I just loved the shot.

of course all of you are setting there singing Blood On The Risers!! I'll start the first verse and we'll join in! "He was just a rookie trooper, and he surely shook with fright. As he heard the engines moaning, and he heard the engines groaning; You ain't gonna jump no more!"

     My screen name means nothing much, but is just something easy to remember. Could have used my call sign like some did, but just never gave it any real thought.

gary

tabascojunkie wrote:

I really like Tabasco Sauce, and I'm a big H.P. Lovecraft fan. Hence the picture of Great Cthulhu.

"All Hail the great god Cthulu!" (I'm a huge H.P. Lovecraft fan!)

Grimmo is a short version of "Grimace" which was a nickname i picked up in the RAAF and it looked like i was grimacing all the time!