Has this been coverd already? A lot of us use monikers or “user names” instead of our real names when we post on these forums. some are pretty clever, like Chief Eagles [;)]. I’d like to see some posts explaining some of those names. How did you come up with it? What does it mean? That sort of thing.
JAABAT = my 3 initials plus BAT (I’m a recovering Batmobile-aholic)
Jim
FJ&G is Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville RR, my hometown RR, now a rail trail.
I used my real name on another forum but found it comes up too much in Google.
Good topic, Jim. Mine is cnw1995 - Chicago and North Western and its death-date when assimilated into the UP: 1995. It is the road that used to / still runs through our town and that I still commute upon into Chicago - 16 years now of riding the scoot - let’s see at roughly 46 miles ea. way - 92 miles a day. 4 days a week - fifty weeks a year. Need a calculator to figure out the miles.
Any idea how I got my name [?]
Dr. John = Dr. (Doctor of Ministry degree from Samford University) + John (my name).
Actually, that’s what folks in my church tend to call me, so it’s easy for me to remember.
I also answer to “Hey, you!”
Mine’s an anagram…
And again we explain:
People from Roseyville, NC call me a pain in the A@$. [:0]
I work for CSX RR, & the 30 is for 30 years there. Gee, where did they all go [:D]
Trigtrax is short for Trigger Trax Module, an electronic control I used to manufacture for trains… T Rex is short for Trainasaurus Rex, a tee-shirt the wife sells because we’re all Dinosaurs in this hobby.[:o)]
Spanky Bird is that snow on that building roof or …?
Needless to say… I love the song.
It was a number one hit in 1940 by Glenn Miller.
Fats Domino recorded it in 1956. Went to # 2.
Where I live , is called " Blueberryhill ", also.
Chuck
I was not a high academic achiever my first 2 years in Engineering at Virginia Tech. In fact I was down right on the verge of failing out. I went into a final exam knowing that I needed at least an 88 on the final to PASS the class. So you can imagine what my grades were like. Anyway, I took the test, thought I failed and was leaving when someone said “is that yours?” It was a small plastic lizard under my chair.
Since no one else claimed it I picked it up and put it in my pocket. The next class we got our tests back and much to my surprise I aced it. I took that plastic lizard to every test I ever took for the rest of my undergraduate, and then later when I went back for my masters. I graduated in 93 on the dean’s list and had a 4.0 for my Masters.
I have also carried it on every airplane flight I have been on since then. Because, as I’ve said before, “have you ever heard of anyone ever finding a plastic lizard in the wreck of an airline crash?” Nope, didn’t think so. Call me superstitious if you want.
My first name is Craig, middle name is Norwood.
As a teen my older brother put the two together and called me Craignor the Barbarian, after the Arnold movie Conan the barbarian, as I was quite big and boisterous.
When I first got on the net, instead of being Craig39 or something boring, I remembered Craignor, and have used it ever since.
Well, Dad wanted to name me Donzel, after his father, but my Mom won the war.
My birthday is March 15. It’s one of the few things I can remember. Joe
Mine is philo426:Philo from Phlo Vance(a fictional detective)abd 426(cubic displacement of my fave muscle car engine the 426 Hemi)
I’m the morning discJOCKey at KOOL 105 in the Plattsburgh, NY/Burlington, VT market.
My wife came up with it because while I was working in Connecticut at a Top 40 station, they kept calling me “Super Jock”. So when I went to KOOL 105…
Jon [8D]
ZW-powers the layout bob-(thats me) operates the layout